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• Long on promise, short on specifics, Jon Huntsman kicks of Florida tour

  Jon Huntsman paid his first visit Thursday to Florida as a Republican presidential candidate to highlight a campaign premised on civility, economic improvement and securing the nation’s borders before passing tough immigration laws.

  “We’re discussing, throughout the morning, the importance of economic expansion and creating jobs,” Huntsman, a former Utah governor [...]

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• Homestead councilman won't answer questions about Carlos Gimenez and Luther Campbell

  Homestead City Councilman Jimmie Williams has not been returning our calls ever since Luther Campbell accused Williams of offering him a $40,000 "appearance fee" -- which Campbell interpreted as a payoff to endorse Carlos Gimenez for Miami-Dade mayor.

  (Campbell later endorsed Gimenez's opponent, Julio Robaina. Gimenez has said [...]

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• Gov. Scott signs off on transfer of school nutrition programs to Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam

  Gov. Rick Scott signed off Thursday on Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam's session priority: transferring school food and nutrition programs from the Department of Education to his agency.

  "Obviously we’re thrilled that the governor has signed the bill into law," Putnam told the Times/Herald, "and has embraced our vision for improving the quality [...]

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• Gimenez gets a flier sent to 'Mother Teresa'

  

  At first, the flier attacking Carlos Gimenez appears no different from any other one sent to voters in the run up to Tuesday's election for Miami-Dade mayor.

  
  But look closer and this particular flier is addressed to an unlikely county resident: Mother Teresa.

  [...]

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• Ad claims Robaina highest paid mayor. Was he?

  Common Sense Now, a group headed by Carlos Gimenez who is running for Miami-Dade County mayor, claims that his opponent Julio Robaina has the highest salary among Florida mayors -- even higher than our governor and U.S. Senators. While mayor in Hialeah, Robaina raked in more than $260,000 a year -- [...]

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• Robaina, Gimenez will debate one more time

  Our news partner friends at WFOR-CBS 4 have informed us that Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina have both agreed to appear on News & Views with Eliot Rodriguez on Saturday, in what will be the last debate before Tuesday's election for Miami-Dade mayor.

  It will also be the first debate since [...]

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• Jon Huntsman's straw poll, Florida strategy

  When Republican Jon Huntsman pays his first visit to Florida today as a presidential candidate, he’ll try to engage in a little retail politics in a big state where retail politics don’t really work. Expensive TV ads do.

  But 2012 could be different.

  On Sept. 24, the Republican Party of Florida hosts [...]

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