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• Bombshell request to Democrat U.S. Reps at forum: Can you stop dad from being deported at 4 a.m.?

  @MarcACaputo

  Carlos Rivas was told to keep it short when he asked the four members of Congress a question. They were hungry and the immigration forum in North Miami was running late.
  
  “My dad, he was two months ago arrested by ICE. I have my family right here: My [...]
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• Former Florida GOP Hispanic outreach director switches to Democrat

  By Alex Leary

  The DNC tonight circulated this note from Pablo Pantoja, who was at one time employed as the RNC's Hispanic outreach director in Florida but has not switched to Democrat, citing "the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today." The change was reported on Kevin Cate's blog.

  As we reported [...]

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• Immigration reform: It’s not just about Mexicans.

  @MarcACaputo
  Immigration reform: It’s not just about Mexicans.
  
  A group of Democratic members of Congress relayed that message Monday at an immigration forum in North Miami, home to one of the nation’s largest Haitian communities.
  
  “You can’t discuss a new modern immigration system without discussing a new, fairer [...]
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• Miami Dolphins spent big bucks on campaign for canceled election

  @PatriciaMazzei

  The Miami Dolphins and their owner, Stephen Ross, spent a staggering $10 million over the past six weeks on a special election that never happened.

  Leading up to a planned May 14 referendum asking voters to help pay for renovations of Sun Life Stadium, the Dolphins’ political action committee, Friends of [...]

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• Movers & Shakers

  New executive editor at News Service

  Jim Saunders has been named the new executive editor of the News Service of Florida. Saunders replaces founding executive editor David Royse, who will become the News Service’s associate editor of special projects.

  Along with his role as associate editor, Saunders, 47, has also reported on [...]

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• North Miami mayor candidate flyer: Jesus Christ endorses me.

  @MarcACaputo
  

  UPDATE** A North Miami mayor candidate who has previously said she was a victim of Vodou sorcery is says she's endorsed by none other than Jesus Christ.

  "Anna Pierre, RN is endorsed by Jesus Christ," says a campaign-style flyer on her Facebook page, which says she'll advocate for [...]

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• Kathy Castor gets a Half True on her Head Start sequester claim

  From PolitiFact Florida -- with news about Head Start slots in Broward and Miami-Dade:

  Faced with complaints about airport delays, members  of Congress (who happen to be frequent fliers) took action to halt sequester-related furloughs for air traffic controllers.

  Some Democrats want to know why other groups aren’t getting similar relief from [...]

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• As Florida shuts down pill mills, heroin fills void

  By Audra D. S. Burch

  Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County’s drug court — fellow abusers sitting behind in him in the pews — talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter.

  Foley, [...]

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• Despite Florida law, cities quiet on kids' gaming machines

  via @glenngarvin

  Since Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation outlawing video gambling machines last month, South Florida cops have rolled through their cities like the Untouchables, seizing dozens of machines from mom-and-pop stores and cafes and arresting their owners, while politicians deliver fiery orations about rubbing out a cancer on the community.

  But [...]

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• Accused Hialeah absentee-ballot broker kept campaign notes

  via @msanchezMIA and @kikeflor

  Deisy Pentón de Cabrera kept meticulous notes on hundreds of voters, several political campaigns between 2008 and 2012 and what appear to be payments of $50 to $1,300 that are not on any candidate’s financial reports.

  Detectives confiscated three notebooks in which she wrote this and other [...]

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