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• Palmer-Trinity hearing from hell...Guest Blog By Miamigal

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  This came in while I was away....Palmer Trinity won at the May 4th meeting...but not entirely because a seemingly endless list of amendments were added to the application. One amendment in particular softened the impact of the vote. The amendment was placed on the table to reduce the maximum number [...]
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• "Imagining a New Florida" on WPBT Channel 2, tonite ... by gimleteye

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  I'm curious about tonite's hour-long local PBS documentary on Florida and its signature state bird: the gated subdivision. OK, sprawl is not a bird, but low density, scattered subdivisions define Florida. The excesses of sprawl substantially contributed to the greatest economic decline in Florida since the Great Depression. I strongly' [...]
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• Deepwater Horizon: "managing expectations" of oil spill ... by gimleteye

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  Yesterday, BP released a short video of the oil spill, taken one mile down. This is one of two leaks in the pipe out of the blowout preventer. I suppose BP released this to show that it is not "all" oil but oil mixed with methane that is coming out [...]
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• June Bonanza: Mega Tax Certificate Sale. By Geniusofdespair

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  There is over a quarter of a billion dollars in unpaid property taxes in Miami Dade County. I got a copy of the Miami Times, they carry the ads -- that paper has all the good public notices because it is an acceptable vehicle but the paper is hard to [...]
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• Google Earth: best source of mapping on oil spill crisis and forecast ... by gimleteye

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  Here is a link to a Google Earth site that has many overlays and images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis, including a forecast track. The spill, about 23 days and counting, could massively expand if BP is unable to stop the blowout. It will take up to three [...]
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• Counterpunch: Is Arcadia Lost?

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  From Counterpunch, "Oil and Wetlands", a worthwhile meditation on what is at stake in the Gulf of Mexico and the Deepwater Horizon disaster.May 4, 2010Is Arcadia Lost?Oil and WetlandsBy DARWIN BOND-GRAHAMThe entire Gulf Coast wetlands ecosystem is a delicate and profound balance of tides, winds, and ocean temperatures. It's almost [...]
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• Gov Charlie Crist: please veto HB 1565 ... by gimleteye

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  Governor Charlie Crist should veto HB 1565: this isn't one of the bills that the mainstream press has bothered to pick up, but it reads like just the kind of trash the Florida legislature would slip in, to boost the fortunes of special interests who ran the economy right off' [...]
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• Young Turks on Stop-o-Marco Rubio. By Geniusofdespair

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  Republican Credit Card Spending....The Florida Tobacco Company No Tax Deal....The Florida International University Job....Rubio's "Lobby Shop" With Hospital Contracts....It is hard to believe that today, a Republican icon like Ronald Reagan, could not get elected by his party...too lefty. [...]
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• Pray, baby, pray ... by gimleteye

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  The Rev. Jack Kale of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church leads a prayer circle along the shore in Pensacola Beach, Fla. (Photo by Bruce Grane/ Penasacola News Journal via AP) Accompanying story: Florida Panhandle residents report kerosene-like odor. [...]
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• New Candidate in the District 8 "Katy" Seat. By Geniusofdespir

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  Add number 8 to the list of candidates for Katy Sorenson's District 8 Commission seat: Daniel "Danny" Marmorstein. His treasurer is Anne Katz. He wrote "Rabbi" on his form and crossed it out so I would suppose this is a photo of him. This is an August 2009 report on' [...]
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