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• Today's pink slip day at BSO jails

  Today will be a somber day at the Broward County jails. An estimated 290 jail deputies will be called in and told they might lose their jobs. Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti was told by county commissioners to cut deeply into his $706 million budget because the status quo is unaffordable. Public [...]
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• Analyst assesses future for Crist, Republican Party

  Charles Zelden, a professor of history and legal studies at Nova Southeastern University, said Charlie Crist as an independent could become Florida’s next U.S. Senator. “Politically he’s got a lot of advantages. He’s got the best name recognition. He’s well liked. He’s going to poach voters from moderate Democrats. He’s [...]
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• About 280 jail deputies at BSO will get layoff news Friday

  Friday will be a somber day at the Broward County jails. An estimated 280 jail deputies will be called in and told they might lose their jobs, union officials warned. Click here to read the layoff memo. Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti has made no public pronouncements about his proposed budget and [...]
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• Rubio: Crist's decision doesn't change his campaign calculus

  Staff writer Mike Clary reports: Hours before Gov. Charlie Crist’s expected announcement Thursday afternoon that he would continue his run for a U.S. Senate seat as an independent, Republican rival Marco Rubio invited reporters to a Coral Gables campaign office for a what promised to be a little advance reaction. [...]
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• Broward's Democrats in Congress all line up behind Meek for Senate

  The Democratic game plan is to put on a show of unity to capitalize on the split in the Republican Party over Senate candidates Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio. Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek has been rolling out statements of support all day Thursday, with the effect of showing he's the Democratic [...]
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• Bogdanoff action stalls Broward ethics legislation

  State Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, enjoyed a publicity bonanza before the legislative session by advocating ethics legislation to clean up government in Broward County. But now, our Tallahassee bureau reports, her actions are preventing the ethics bill from becoming law:

  A bill to create a new government watchdog office in [...]

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• Stermer decides not to seek Wasserman-Rubin commission seat

  Weston City Commissioner Dan Stermer has decided not to get into the race to succeed Diana Wasserman-Rubin in representing southwest Broward on the County Commission. In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, Stermer said he was concerned about potential conflicts between being a county commissioner and his law practice. Last [...]
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• Sheriff spokesman re layoffs: Prepare for worst, hope for best

  Though employees at Broward Sheriff's Office might be biting their nails as they worry about layoffs, spokesman Jim Leljedal said no one knows for sure yet how many employees might lose their jobs. "We have to prepare for the worst, and hope for the best,'' he said Wednesday afternoon. The agency sent" [...]
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• Sistrunk Boulevard: Land of opportunity?

  Here's my last Fort Lauderdale beat story, for now. I'm switching to the Broward County government beat today. In the video, you get a flavor of Fort Lauderdale's Sistrunk Boulevard, and some of the residents' or business owners' hopes for it. The story: So much government attention and money have been' [...]
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• Broward bans sex offenders from parks, school grounds

  Parks, schools, school bus stops and daycare centers are now all off limits to convicted sexual offenders in Broward County. County commissioners unanimously approved a new law Tuesday that creates 300-foot child safety zones around those locations. Sex offenders caught loitering there could face up to 60 days in jail or [...]
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