'A simple man': Associates of Al Pina have contacted the Gulf Coast Business Review at his request to vouch for the minority activist.All things must pass: Tampa commercial real estate broker Kyle Burd recently told his boss the news he didn't want hear.Pity underpaid bank CEOs: Really, Coffee Talk writes that headline with all sincerity.The little firm that can: Lawyers Jon Tileston and Brent Simon took on the Florida Department of Transportation and won $7 million - more than twice what state officials had offered to pay for the taking of nearly 2 acres on the Courtney Campbell Causeway that had housed Scarletts, a topless cabaret, and B.J.'s restaurant.JQC rebuffs Holder: The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission says Hillsborough Circuit Judge Greg Holder is not entitled to legal fees of about $1.8 million because its failed prosecution against him wasn't related to his job as judge.