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• Charlie Crist: first fundraising event as an independent ... by gimleteye

  Number of comments: 3
  I attended the Crist fundraiser last night at the Grand Miami Beach Hotel. The Grand is just up the block from the Fountainbleau. It is a modest addition to the strip in keeping with the times. The Crist campaign for US Senate as an independent is also part of these [...]
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• Ridiculed Speaker at County Strikes Back. By Geniusofdespair

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  First let me say it is very brave to speak in front of this ugly County Commission because the consequences can be infuriating. County Commissioner Souto ridiculed a public speaker at the County Commission Meeting April 28th - the subject was a truck parking lot outside the UDB line near [...]
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• Boca state of mind ... by gimleteye

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  More than 39 million have viewed Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes' 'Empire State of Mind' on Youtube. I'm down with the Boca parody.This is the Florida I know, baa--aa--by! [...]
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• Boca state of mind ... by gimleteye

  More than 39 million have viewed Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes' 'Empire State of Mind' on Youtube. I'm down with the Boca parody.This is the Florida I know, baa--aa--by! [...]
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• The key conservative value on energy production: polluters pay ... by gimleteye

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  The proof that politicians who claim to be conservatives -- mostly Republican-- aren't really who they say they are is that they support laws and policies that don't require full cost accounting for pollution. This is true of Big Sugar's pollution of the Everglades as it is of Big Oil's' [...]
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• Palmetto Bay – Palmer Trinity Zoning Tug of War Resumes. Guest Blog by Miamigal

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  The Palmer Trinity School zoning hearing affects the people who live in Palmetto Bay and in Cutler Bay, as well. The requested increase in students (from 600 to 1150 or 1400) plus staff, massive new buildings and the 17 sports different venues are bound to change the lives of many [...]
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• Marco Rubio on Drilling off Florida's Coast: Dead Wrong! By Geniusofdespair

  Number of comments: 6
  Very short video from short-sighted man. [...]
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• Oil spill drifting toward valuable Florida real estate ... by gimleteye

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  There was good reason for Floridians to oppose drilling for offshore oil, off Florida's coasts. Remember? For decades, opposition to offshore drilling was a bedrock principle of Florida politics. As much as the oil companies tried, Floridians wouldn't budge. What changed? "Drill, baby, drill" entered the lexicon with Sarah Palin [...]
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• The "corrosive" war within the Florida Republican Party ... by gimleteye

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  I watched Charlie Crist's announcement running as independent for the US Senate. Upbeat and sunny as always, the speech contained nothing of the corrosive war within the Florida GOP. This race has national implications. Republican leaders have to be a little careful not to wage a slash and burn campaign [...]
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• County Commissioner Natacha Seijas' Rift With a Union. By Geniusofdespair

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  Thanks to a member of Vile Natacha Seijas' staff I got this letter she sent to the Metro Dade Firefighters union membership. These are the same guys and gals that go out and hit the streets in support of her when she runs for office. The union is engaged in' [...]
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