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• Luther Campbell comments after endorsement prompt complaint against Julio Robaina

  After ex-rapper and former candidate Luther Campbell endorsed Julio Robaina for Miami-Dade mayor last week, Campbell suggested in an interview that Robaina had promised to offer one of Campbell’s friends a job at County Hall — a no-no under state law.

  Robaina’s campaign dismissed the notion that a deal had been [...]

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• Video: Nephew of North Miami mayor caught on video taking cash bribe

  The nephew of North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre strolled confidently into the office of a local businessman and offered assurances that he could control how the council votes.

  As proof, Pierre’s nephew, Ricardo Brutus, points to an agenda item that he says he asked to have pulled the night before.

  In an [...]

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• Obama doesn't pack 'em in at the PAC

  Maybe it was the cost of the tickets ($44-$2,500). Maybe it was the rain. Or the night. Or maybe there wasn't that old '08 enthusiasm.

  Either way, President Obama's fundraiser-speech at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center wasn't a packed-to-the-rafter's event. Seats remained empty in the wings and the upper level. [...]

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• Scott issues emergency order for statewide wildfire threat

  With 310 active wildfires blazing from the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp, Gov. Rick Scott today issued an executive order to handle the estimated 115,000 acres burning throughout the state because of the latest drought. The order involves activating the national guard, allowing for tolls to be waived and highways closed if needed to evacuate people or [...]

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• DC-Based Progressive Group Ridicules Florida Business Opportunities in New Video

      A left-leaning public interest group has released a video that shows off business opportunities in Florida. WLRN Miami Herald Reporter Gina Jordan tells us the message sounds positive at first, but it actually disses the Republican leadership.

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• President Obama kicks of Miami fundraising bonanza

  President Obama just landed in Miami where he’s planning to pick up some campaign money and take a few potshots at Republicans.

  The president’s trip, on the day that his potential Republican rivals debate on CNN, underscores the importance of the nation’s biggest swing state. It’s not just a cash cow, [...]

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• Movers and Shakers: Gov. Rick Scott adds a new lawyer

  Gov. Rick Scott has added attorney Michael Sevi to his general counsel's office. Sevi left his job at Tampa's DLA Piper LLP for the $80,000/year assistant general counsel gig, which he started in late May. The North Miami Beach native previously worked as an associate at Hogan Lovells LLP in [...]

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• Sen. Mike Bennett scraps bid for Congress

  State Sen. Mike Bennett says he will not run for Congress, after all.

  The colorful Bradenton Republican said in a statement that he was "overwhelmed" by support but that he misread the "fire in the belly" to run.

  "In all honesty, I quickly realized that the 'fire' I was feeling was heartburn [...]

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• Group takes aim at state Supreme Court justices

  Using a decision that kept a vote on health care reform off the 2010 ballot as a rallying point, a conservative group is launching a campaign to unseat three Florida Supreme Court justices.

  Jesse Phillips, a founder of the group Citizen2Citizen, is set to start the "Restore Justice 2012" campaign Monday evening [...]

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• Is Gov. Rick Scott right about the state debt?

  We've heard a lot about the country's mounting national debt recently. But what about Florida's?

  In a recent TV interview, Gov. Rick Scott said the state debt was $23 billion.

  PolitiFact Florida checked it out. Read on to see how the first-year governor's claim fell on the Truth-O-Meter.

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