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• Exxon Claims It Doesn’t Hate Children

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  Exxon hated this video by Exxon Hates Your Children so much that Exxon threatened “legal action” against TV stations in Arkansas who had planned to run it as a paid ad.

  Even assuming that the ad is wrong, and Exxon doesn’t hate our children, what would the nature [...]

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• Coral Gables Election Results

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  From Miami-Dade Elections — The Herald slate won: Cason (70.8%), Lago (52.7%) and Keon (49%):

  Election Results – Coral Gables General Biennial Election Precincts Counted 35 (100%) Absentee Precincts Counted 1 Registered Voters – Total 30,672 Ballots Cast – Total 7,101 Voter Turnout – Total 23.15%

  Mayor – Group I

  Votes % Ralph Cabrera 2,057 29.20 Jim Cason 4,988 70.80

  Commissioner – Group II

  Votes % Marlin Ebbert 2,116 31.29 Ross Hancock 1,081 15.98 Vince Lago 3,566 52.73

  Commissioner – Group III

  Votes % Jackson [...]
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• #NameCollision

  AS WELL AS CAUSING an outpouring of grief, vitriol and general controversy, the death of former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday also managed to highlight the pitfalls of hashtags.

  The trending hashtag #nowthatchersdead was read by many Tweeters – well, those who are totally uninformed on news and global [...]

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• Vote Today in Coral Gables

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  It’s election day, although like many of you I voted absentee (in my case because I’m at a conference in California today). Here are my recommendations on how to vote, if for some reason you are still in doubt. You [...]

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• Dispatch from We Robot 2103

  I’m at We Robot 2013, which is being held at Stanford and has a strong business focus. One of the many interesting moments this morning was watching Josh Blackman play this video…

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  … and then explain how misleading it is. Apparently, this sort of service is only [...]

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• Voting in the April 9, 2013 Coral Gables Election

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  Getting information about local elections is hard, and that’s why I’ve blogged the Coral Gables election so much.

  People, especially colleagues at UM, ask me who I think they should vote for. Here is my advice, barring last-second surprises, for whatever it is worth:

  Coral Gables Commission Group II: Ross [...]

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• House Rules

  Dear Candidates and Friends-of-Candidates,

  Thank you for sending me your opposition research. While it is interesting to read the dirt you’ve dug up on your opponents and the harrowing accounts by anonymous witnesses to various things, I am not going to print anything for which I do not have a source [...]

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• Pro-Cason Mailer Tries to Suggest UMiami Endorsement

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  I think this pro-Cason mailer that turned up in today’s mail is sort of sleazy.

  It is by some Electioneering Communications Organization based in Venice, FL (!) called Citizens United For Future Leaders, represented by one Eric Robinson.

  The mailer is clearly designed to create the impression that the University [...]

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• Vince Lago’s Homestead Exemption Becomes a Campaign Issue

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  According to the Eye on Miami blog, there may be an issue as to the legitimacy of the homestead exemption for Vince Lago’s new house on San Amaro Drive because he has yet to actually live on the premises. This turns out to be potentially a pretty complicated and [...]

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• Election Coverage Elsewhere

  Recent Coral Gables election stuff appearing elsewhere, in case you missed it.

  Eye on Miami, Term Limited Coral Gables Commissioner Maria Anderson goes out with a bang. (4/1) Report from the Gables. Guest Blog by Gabler (3/31) Gables Talk (3/31 and earlier) Miami Herald, Howard Cohen: Candidates for Coral Gables mayor differ [...]
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