Palm Beach Post staff writer Paul Quinlan has an interesting tidbit today about what happened to former Gov. Jeb Bush’s “Acceler8″ program:

Bush signed the Acceler8 agreement during a news conference at a wildlife refuge near Boynton Beach, as staffers handed out clocks, pens, T-shirts and fans emblazoned with the Acceler8 logo.

Fast-forward to mid-2008.

With Bush out, leaders of the South Florida Water Management District say, orders came down from Gov. Charlie Crist’s office to stop using the term “Acceler8″ and start referring to the ex-governor’s Everglades package by a decidedly less sexy name: “Expedited Projects.”

“Quite frankly, the reason is that the governor’s office needed the Acceler8 logo for a new initiative,” testified Ken Ammon, a district deputy executive director, during a recent deposition.

Sure enough, in August, Crist unveiled an economic stimulus plan called “Accelerate Florida.”

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