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• GOP Worry: Early Voting “Cleaning Our Clock”

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  The flood of Democratic early voting continued Wednesday and it should start to worry every Republican on the ballot.

  WPTV in Palm Beach obtained an e-mail from a distressed Palm Beach County Republican who fretted that Democrats were “cleaning our clock.”

  The e-mail said the early voting might drag [...]

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• Election Tidbits: Lamberti Accused of Dirty Campaigning…Again

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Fun and games continue in the sheriff’s race.

  Democratic nominee Scott Israel Wednesday accused Republican Sheriff Al Lamberti of using a defamatory ad accusing Israel of  marital infidelity, statutory rape, and paying for an abortion.

  Here is the latest salvo in the dirtiest race in Broward:

  Contact: Scott Israel                                                         

  Phone: 954-682-2266                                                                                                                    [...]

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• More Photos of Jammed Early Voting: Midday

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  (Click To Enlarge.  Pictures and locations from Obama For American campaign)

   

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  North Regional Library, Coral Springs:

   

   

   

  Tallahassee:

   

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• Photos: Thousands Jam Polls For Early Voting

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  A massive effort by President Barack Obama’s campaign has brought thousands to the polls across the state for the first day of Early Voting.

  I personally was at the West Broward Library, which was filled with voters at 8 a.m.  There were so many voters I decided to return [...]

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• Billy Graham’s Support of Mitt Not Based On Bible

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  BY SAM FIELDS

   

  The Rev. Billy Graham is running ads across the country imploring voters to “cast our ballots for candidates who base their decisions on biblical principles” which he claims are anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage.

  Is it that he is 94-years-old and loosing it or is just that he has never [...]

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• Big Stink: Huge Landfill Hit With Dozens Violations Over Smell

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  At the same time Waste Management is trying to win hundreds of millions of dollars in Broward waste contracts, the company is wrestling with dozens of violations involving the smell of its towering mountain of trash along Florida’s Turnpike.

  Broward County Waste regulators filed 37 pollution violations of air [...]

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• Who Played The Latest Dirty Trick?

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

  Robocalls are at it again.

  The calls hit Broward on Wednesday inviting telephone owners to a Broward Sheriff’s Office community event on Saturday  at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors.

  Featuring Sheriff Al Lamberti’s voice, the calls weren’t strictly political and didn’t mention the upcoming election.

  But the fact that the [...]

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• Gov. Scott Dumps FCAT In Re-Election Move

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Gov. Rick Scott has announced plans to eliminate the much-criticized FCAT English and Math tests.

  Positioning himself for his re-election in two years, Scott said a Common Score State Standards will replaced the hated old tests.

  “Under these new standards, students will no longer just be asked to answer math [...]

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• Lamberti’s Pal Bill Lewis: I Was Cleared

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

  Wife beating charges have been dropped against William “Bill” Lewis, a political consultant for Sheriff Al Lamberti who was arrested earlier this year.

  The charges were dropped when Lewis’ wife took the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination and refused to testify in the case.  Other accusations contained in the police [...]

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• Medical Examiner Mistake Could Threaten Thousand of Cases

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Apparently Quincy, ME doesn’t live in Broward County.

  I don’t think fictional medical examiner R. Quincy (actor Jack Klugman) would have made the mistake on his famed TV show that now threatens as many as 3,600 criminal cases in Broward.

  The Medical Examiners Office told State Attorney Mike Satz this [...]

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