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• Democratic Stars Back Sunrise Candidate

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  What does the head of the Democratic National Committee, a candidate for governor and Broward’s property appraiser have in common?

  They are all Democratic heavyweights and they are all hosting a fund raiser for Sunrise City Commission candidate Yomtov “Vivi” Assidon.

  DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former state senator and [...]

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• The Pix: Broward Ds At Inauguration

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  A group of select Broward Democrats celebrated the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington this week.

  They traveled to Washington comfortable in the knowledge that Broward’s overwhelming margin for Obama helped the president win a second term.

  Many of these Ds posted photographs on social media.  Here are a [...]

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• Sheriff Scott Israel’s Massive Blunder

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  It took Sheriff Scott Israel less than two weeks to stumble.

  When Israel publicly embraced the felonious former sheriff Ken Jenne at Broward Sheriff’s headquarters this week, he made a political blunder of spectacular proportions.

  Spectacular because of the timing, roughly a week after Israel was sworn in as sheriff.

  Spectacular [...]

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• Governor Will Not Propose New Gun Laws

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  I think these statements speak for themselves –Buddy Nevins:

   

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  JANUARY 17, 2013

  CONTACT: GOVERNOR’S PRESS OFFICE

  (850) 717-9282
  media@eog.myflorida.com

   

  Governor Rick Scott Statement on Election Reforms

   

  TALLAHASSEE – Today, Governor Rick Scott released the following statement, outlining his call for election reforms after a briefing with Secretary of State Ken Detzner:

   

  “I asked Secretary Detzner [...]

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• Fort Lauderdale Runoff: Fight Over Gay Vote

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

  A predicament faced Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler as the final returns from the special commission election trickled in Tuesday:

  What to do about the runoff?

  Should Seiler back Dean Trantalis, who ran against him for mayor in 2009?  Or should he support Charlotte Rodstrom, who sometimes was a thorn [...]

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• Sources: Rude Pol Has Run In With Residents

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Petty annoyances:   (1) Being unable to reach a real person when calling a company, (2) intrusive body searches by TSA agents at the airport, (3) over-priced beer at basketball games and (4) self-important politicians who arrogantly brush off their constituents.

  Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo fits in the later [...]

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• Fields: Not A Stadium Ripoff Again?

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  BY SAM FIELDS

   

  Fool me once…shame on you.

  Fool me twice…shame on me.

  Fool me three times…someone needs to be Baker Acted.

  That thought occurred to me as I read Dolphin owner Steve Ross was going to the Dade County “well” to once again ask them to chip in a couple of hundred million [...]

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• Ryan: Building Consensus To Stop Gun Violence

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  BY MIKE RYAN

   

  As a Mayor of a town with 90,000 residents, thousands of businesses, 11 public schools, and millions of visitors a year, I have a very keen interest in preventing gun violence where possible.  As a former PTA president and father of two in our Broward County Public Schools, [...]

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• Tallahassee Demos Will Learn Size Matters

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  In Tallahassee like in the bedroom, size matters.

  Size means the 74 Republicans compared with 46 Democrats in the Florida House.

  Size means 26 Republicans and only 14 Democrats in the Florida Senate.

  The overwhelming size of the GOP majority means nothing the Democrats say counts…much less anything the Ds sponsor.

  All [...]

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• Making A Monkey Of The Mayor

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Broward County’s staff has left Mayor Kristin Jacobs with egg on her face.

  Jacobs told residents last week that they would have plenty of opportunity to protest the 21-acre expansion of the stinky Waste Management landfill in North Broward.

  Then she found out that the permit to expand the landfill [...]

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