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• The Rivera files: Why Mr Smith...er...Mr. Sternad didn’t go to Washington

  @MarcACaputo

  Lamar Will Take Us Far.
  
  The catchy slogan of the congressional candidate who called himself Lamar Sternad was the earliest indication of a campaign of deception. His first name isn’t Lamar.
  
  But Justin Lamar Sternad’s slogan was spot-on in one regard.
  
  Of the hundreds of no-name political [...]

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• Raul Castro: I'll leave Cuba presidency in 2018

  Reuters:

  Cuban leader Raul Castro announced on Sunday he would step down from power after his second term as president ends in 2018.
  
  Castro made the announcement in a nationally broadcast speech shortly after the Cuban National Assembly elected him to a second five-year term in the opening session of [...]

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• The legislature's Medicaid dilemma: Meet some of the lives in the balance

  Florida’s Medicaid system today serves more than 3 million people, about one in every six Floridians. The decision whether to expand the system by a full third will be made by men and women in suits in Tallahassee’s mural-filled chambers this spring.

  But the impact is elsewhere, in children’s hospitals [...]

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• Phantom ballots, a mystery hacker and a grand jury: Miami-Dade's electoral whodunit

  The first phantom absentee ballot request hit the Miami-Dade elections website at 9:11 p.m. Saturday, July 7.

  The next one came at 9:14. Then 9:17. 9:22. 9:24. 9:25.

  Within 2½ weeks, 2,552 online requests arrived from voters who had not applied for absentee ballots. They streamed in much too quickly for real [...]

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• Another revolution of the Tallahassee revolving door: Haridopolos lobbyist

  You guessed it. The latest to cash in on the executive lobbyist windfall in Tallahassee, former Senate President Mike Haridopolos. He's gone to work for Railex LLC, a company that manufactures refrigerated rail cars to transport fruits and vegetables.

  He joins former House Speaker Dean Cannon on the growing list [...]

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• In David Rivera investigation, suspected ringer charged in federal court in $81,485 scheme

  A one-time candidate whose suspicious campaign finances led to an investigation of former Miami Congressman David Rivera was formally charged Friday in federal court with three crimes.

  Justin Lamar Sternad pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, false-statement and illegal campaign-contribution charges.

  Sternad, however, is expected to strike a plea deal as he cooperates [...]

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• In David Rivera investigation, suspected ringer charged in federal court in $81,486 scheme

  A one-time candidate whose suspicious campaign finances led to an investigation of former Miami Congressman David Rivera was formally charged Friday in federal court with three crimes.

  Justin Lamar Sternad pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, false-statement and illegal campaign-contribution charges.

  Sternad, however, is expected to strike a plea deal as he cooperates [...]

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• Federal charges against alleged ringer "a message to Rivera."

  A one-time candidate whose suspicious campaign finances led to an FBI investigation of former Miami Congressman David Rivera was formally charged Friday in federal court with three crimes.

  Shackled at the wrists, waist and feet, Justin Lamar Sternad pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, false-statement and illegal campaign-contribution charges.

  Sternad is [...]

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• Board of Governors wants Polytechnic to explain grab for more cash

  The Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees says it needs an extra $25 million to get its first building off the ground. Earlier this month, trustees indicated they will go directly to legislators to fulfill that request.

  Now the state Board of Governors, which oversees all 12 universities, is asking [...]

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• In defense of Rick Scott

  Not many people (Republicans at least) are defending Rick Scott's endorsement of a proposed expansion of Medicaid in Florida. But today Sarasota GOP chairman Joe Gruters took a stab at it ... by blaming the media (and ignoring that all media really has done is quote prominent Republicans critical of [...]

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