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Governor Rick Scott and the capital press corps shared donuts and coffee for more than an hour this morning. Scott hosted an open house for reporters at his office for the first time since he became governor. Scott talked about everything from growing up poor to buying his first business. A donut shop.

“Once we got out of the donut business we didn’t have donuts for five years, because what we did in the donut business is we gave everybody all the free donuts they wanted, who worked there, because after the second day you won’t want eat them, because you can’t take all that sugar in your body,” said Scott.

Reporters were allowed to ask questions for about an hour, a far cry from the first six months of his administration when reporters found it more difficult to get access to the governor. Political strategists say Scott is changing his communications strategy in an effort to better communicate his message with the public.