Almost a year after he was indicted on felony charges of corruption, former Florida GOP Speaker Ray Sansom is finally leaving the legislature.

He resigned on Sunday:

The move, rendered in a letter hand-delivered by Sansom's attorney to the Capitol shortly before 8 p.m., ends a legislative career that once put Sansom near the apex of Florida politics but unraveled in scandal as he took a job at Northwest Florida State College on the same day in November 2008 that he was sworn in as House speaker.

Sansom, R-Destin, did not acknowledge wrongdoing, but said he was stepping down out of love for the House. The resignation was effective immediately.

Despite Sansom's refusual to acknowledge wrongdoing, the House Ethics committees was prepared move forward with a hearing which would have laid out the case against him in full.

That's off now that Sansom has resigned -- which is probably good news for lots of Republicans (like former Speaker Marco Rubio, who made Sanson his budget chief).

One GOP lawmaker it doesn't help is the next Speaker -- Rep. Chris Dorworth. Dorworth made news this week for dipping into his campaign funds to pay for a $600 flight to the Super Bowl and a $527 visit at the luxury Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.

The reason the future Speaker is using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses? He owes $2.7 million in legal fees for a bad business deal.