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• Crist painting on eBay put back up

  While checking what the Charlie Crist painting was up to on eBay earlier today, we got this error message: "This listing (150440082471) has been removed, or this item is not available." (It was up to $6,200 with over 75 bids earlier this morning -- more than enough to recoup [...]

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• The end of Good in Hallandale Beach?

  Updated: Hallandale Beach Commissioners voted to bring back an item in two weeks that would lead to the firing of City Manager Mike Good.

  It may be the end of City Manager Mike Good in Hallandale Beach. The City Commission is currently talking about canning Good who has worked for the [...]

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• Aronberg wants Crist to seek $1 billion for escrow from oil companies

  Sen. Dave Aronberg, a Greenacres Democrat running for attorney general, sent the following letter to Gov. Charlie Crist, asking him to demand $1 billion from BP, Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton to be held in escrow to cover potential clean up costs for the oil spill.

  Here's the letter: Download [...]

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• Bill Nelson and Kendrick Meek team up on legislation to block drilling

  The two Florida Democrats have introduced bills aimed at halting the Obama administration’s plans to expand offshore drilling – at least until investigations into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill uncover the cause of the disaster.

  The bill, filed in the Senate by Nelson and in the House by Meek, would prevent the Department of Interior from [...]

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• Witness in state's gay adoption case caught with male escort at MIA

  From Gay South Florida: "George Rekers, the 'expert' witness hired by Attorney General Bill McCollum to defend Florida's anti-gay adoption ban has been caught with a male prostitute at the Miami airport, according to the Miami New Times.

  "Rekers was one of only two witnesses Attorney General Bill McCollum called [...]

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• Sink turns to Fort Lauderdale for new pr director

   Alex Sink's campaign for governor has hired Stephen Gaskill as its communications director.

  Gaskill, who owns a home in Fort Lauderdale and has been active in gay and Democratic circles for decades, said he'll be based out of headquarters in Tampa.

  We asked Gaskill why would Sink, who is trying to portray [...]

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• Vern Buchanan calls for BP investigation

  Sarasota Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan, who yesterday sent a letter to President Obama asking him to reconsider his decision to open more areas offshore to oil drilling, today is asking for the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform to investigate why British Petroleum received a waiver from conducting a detailed environmental [...]

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• Anti-gay adoption witness caught with male prostitute

  

  News release from Equality Florida blog:

  (MIAMI) - George Rekers, the "expert" witness hired by Attorney General Bill McCollum to defend Florida's anti-gay adoption ban has been caught with a male prostitute at the Miami airport, according to the Miami New Times.

  Rekers was one of [...]

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• You'll never guess who Jeb endorsed for Senate

  After months of former Gov. Jeb Bush slinging arrows at Gov. Charlie Crist and blowing kisses at former House Marco Rubio, after announcing that he would appear with Rubio at a Pasco County GOP dinner this weekend, after his sons raised money for Rubio, after a history of kinship with Rubio and friction [...]

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• FL GOP sent Lt. Gov. to Disney World

  The Florida Republican Party spent more than $9,500 on special Disney World tours for  Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and others in the summer of 2008, according to credit card bills obtained by The Miami Herald and The St. Petersburg Times.

  The outings were part of roughly $47,000 in expenses charged that [...]

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