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==Other ventures==
During his Congressional career, Scarborough was involved in led a rock -and -roll band called [[Ordinary Regular Joe]], which frequently performed at the [[Fish House]] restaurant owned by his friend [[Collier Merrill]].The band performed at the [[Wikipedia:2000 Republican National Convention|2000 Republican National Convention]], where Scarborough greeted the crowd with poetry: "Unite, not divide, so once again we can look at the White House with pride."<ref>"The Republicans: The News Media -- Political Surfing; Journalists Are Making Very Much Of a Little." ''New York Times'', August 3, 2000.</ref>
In November [[1999]], Scarborough founded a weekly tabloid newspaper, ''The Florida Sun''. It merged with competing weekly '''The Independent''' in [[2001]], calling itself the '''Independent Florida Sun''' until [[2004]], when former ''Independent'' publisher [[Rick Outzen]] purchased control of the publication. It has since been published as the ''[[Independent News]]''.
