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• No decision from Miami-Dade commissioners on leftover Dolphins elections cash

  @PatriciaMazzei

  Deciding what to do with left over cash from the Miami Dolphins’ short-lived referendum on stadium improvements proved too much Tuesday for Miami-Dade commissioners.

  After delaying a vote earlier this month and considering three competing spending proposals at length, board members declared a stalemate, conceding they could not agree on any [...]

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• Amazon giveaways popular, even if company doesn't need them

  When Amazon expands, like it wants to in Florida, state and local governments practically line up to offer to pay the company to move.

  Virginia officials approved $4.4 million in taxpayer subsidies so Amazon could build two warehouses in the state. California reached a deal where the online company was free [...]

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• Dems aren't ready to measure their candidates but they do have metrics on -- the JJ dinner

  Here's a new one -- an infographic touting a dinner. This one is about the Florida Democratic Party's annual Jefferson Jackson dinner, held Saturday at the Westin Diplomat in Broward.

  The party offers up on its web site its metrics for what says was an unprecedented number of attendees and $850,000 [...]

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• Ex-Sen. Dockery: Florida GOP 'scared of Charlie Crist'

  Former Republican state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland says it was "kind of silly" and "dumb" that the Republican Party of Florida mounted a campaign urging that Democratic candidate for governor Nan Rich be given speaking time at last weekend's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Hollywood.

  Dockery said that by promoting Nan Rich, [...]

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• Kentucky governor hits back at Scott's job-poaching efforts

  Gov. Rick Scott is targeting yet another state in his effort to poach out-of-state jobs -- and this time the other governor is firing back.

  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, took issue with Scott's characterization of the Bluegrass State as a land of high taxes and anti-business regulation.

  "Gov. Scott's description [...]

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• Gov. Scott gains ground in new statewide poll, but still trails Crist

  Gov. Rick Scott's poll numbers are showing signs of progress, but he would still lose to former Gov. Charlie Crist by 10 points if the 2014 election were held today, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

  Still one of America's least popular governors, Scott trails Crist 47 percent  to 37 percent [...]

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• Gov. Scott gains ground in new statewide poll, but trails Crist by 10

  Gov. Rick Scott's poll numbers are showing signs of progress, but he would still lose to former Gov. Charlie Crist by 10 points if the 2014 election were held today, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

  Still one of America's least popular governors, Scott trails Crist 47 percent  to 37 percent [...]

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• Poll: Absentee-ballot scandal makes Miami Rep. Joe Garcia vulnerable in reelection

  @PatriciaMazzei & @MarcACaputo

  A leading rival of U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia released a new poll Monday that shows the incumbent has a double-digit lead but a major vulnerability: the absentee-ballot fraud scandal haunting his campaign.

  The poll shows Garcia, a Miami Democrat, leading 46 percent to 34 percent in a potential 2014 [...]

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• Supreme Court agrees to expedite briefs in redistricting case

  The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to partly expedite the review of the redistricting challenge brought by the League of Women Voters and a coalition of  individuals and voter groups this month by giving the parties until June 21 to file their briefs.

  The court did not say whether it would [...]

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• Citizen's top defender, long-time CFO Sharon Binnun, resigns

  A top official at Citizens Property Insurance, chief financial officer Sharon Binnun, resigned Monday, the company president Barry Gilway announced Monday in a note to employees.

  Binnun served the company as a steadfast defender of some of Citizen's most controversial policies and faced withering criticism from lawmakers and consumer advocates over [...]

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