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• Tar and feathering all developers in the same Publick Square ... by gimleteye

  Number of comments: 4
  Yes it is something I do. Lumping developers together as enemies of the public interest. Sure it is hyperbole: I did it yesterday with anger at news that the developer lobby is interfering with the implementation of the new zoning code for Miami, Miami 21.I know why land speculators are [...]
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• Some In-Fighting at the County Commission. By Geniusofdespair

  Number of comments: 7
  You can see Vile Natacha Seijas walk off after Commissioner Souto calls her and Audrey Edmonson out for talking while he is talking.In the video it is obvious that Natacha is leaning over talking when he calls her out on it, she gets up and storms off the dais saying [...]
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• Help Amendment 4, Florida Hometown Democracy ... by gimleteye

  Number of comments: 3
  Every dollar you donate becomes $2 for Amendment 4, and FHD needs your HELP NOW to win in the fall. Donate now, and help FHD take up the opportunity of an anonymous donor's matching challenge! (click, read more)Here's the story on Amendment 4's new Matching Funds Campaign:"Your donation will doubly" [...]
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• Miami 21 under attack by Growth Machine... city officials, don't listen to the developers ... by gimleteye

  Number of comments: 9
  The Herald reports a behind the scenes attack of the new Miami zoning code, Miami 21 before it is implemented, by land use attorneys and builders associations including the LBA. 5 years and countless hearings and controversies proceeded its passage. The developers never want more government intervention through zoning and [...]
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• Marco Rubio on Offshore Drilling. by Geniusofdespair

  Number of comments: 2
  I think he still sounds like a member of DRILL HERE DRILL NOW. [...]
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• Allen C. Harper, Ghost Town at Maggie Valley: Miami owners buy theme park out of bankruptcy: and Steve Shiver, too? by gimleteye

  Number of comments: 6
  This is a story that doesn't add up, and so belongs with the long list of banking stories revolving around saving skin in the real estate collapse that require more in-depth investigation than blogs can provide. A bankruptcy court judge in North Carolina has approved a deal to allow the' [...]
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• Oil Spill: The rest of the country is chock full of morons. By Geniusofdespair

  Number of comments: 6
  As 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day flow into the Gulf of Mexico, incredibly, 62% of voting Americans STILL support an expansion of oil drilling according to a Zogby Poll conducted Tuesday (Miami Herald). Floridians, we can do better...we aren't morons like those polled are we? We don't STILL support [...]
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• Van Morrison Concert at Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida. By Geniusofdespair

  Number of comments: 1
  One thing about Van-the-Man, he starts his concerts on time. The lights went out and they started playing before half the venue patrons were seated. Speaking of the venue, it is more suited for boxing matches than for concerts. You had to look sideways to see the band and there [...]
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• Is Rentboy.com what State Sen. Mike Bennett was looking for? by gimleteye

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  I got it all wrong! State Sen. Mike Bennett wasn't looking for Girlz Gone Wild Bradenton from his computer at the Senate Chamber in Tallahassee; he was channeling fellow GOP activist Dr. George Rekers, a leading "scientific" voice in the anti-gay movement and founding board member of Dr. James Dobson's [...]
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• Miami Dade Strong Mayor Discussion. By Geniusofdespair

  Number of comments: 14
  We all signed petitions to get power away from the County Commission to give it to the Mayor. We still have the same rat's nest of a County Commission and now they want to put on the ballot that we do away with the Strong Mayor form of government. I [...]
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