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• Mayor Election - Some areas are more apathetic than others. By geniusofdespair

  To give you an idea about how bad turnout was in some precincts, in Precinct 984, 47 voters, out of 955, voted (less than 5%). Yet Precinct 113 had an 18.38% turnout and some precincts in Hialeah averaged 30%. Precinct 178 had a 66.67% turnout but there [...]
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• Bestiality in the Florida Legislature: finally banned! by gimleteye

  Bestiality is now illegal in Florida. This is such good news. Gov. Rick Scott could have tackled ethics reform this year-- criminalizing violations by public officials. It was the focus of an extensive state grand jury report before the legislative session, what with Florida being the most corrupt state in [...]
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• Lets Go Heat! By Geniusofdespair

  Great game. Thank you LeBron James. Now I have to get tickets. Anyone have any? [...]
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• Xavier Suarez Won the Election in County Commission District 7. By Geniusofdespair

  Xavier Suarez beat Julio Robaina 53.43% to 46.57%. Julio won in early voting by 32 votes but lost in absentees by 1,225. On election day Suarez prevailed by 214 votes. Voter turnout was at 15.96%. It remains to be seen if there is any traction with the lawsuit brought by [...]
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• GOP radicals put party in danger of being swept away ... by gimleteye

  The furious undercurrents of a struggling economy -- and the dawning awareness on the part of many voters that they have been hoodwinked by GOP radicals, under the Karl Rove banner of the Republican Party -- are beginning to surface. In many ways, Florida Governor Rick Scott represents most the [...]
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• The 2004 Mayoral Election Compared to 2011. By Geniusofdespair

  In 2004 Jimmy Morales lost in the primary by 21,514 votes but he made the runoff. Carlos Gimenez lost the primary Tuesday by 9,026. Jimmy went on to lose the election to Carlos Alvarez in November 2004 by 74,766. There were 151,717 votes up [...]
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• Is US Century, history? ... by gimleteye

  US Century Bank, founded by prominent Republican campaign donors as the housing boom metastasized to consume Florida and destroy common sense, is on the ropes. The bank is the largest welfare recipient in Florida of TARP funds, of which it has not repaid a cent. If not for Tier [...]
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• My Advice to Carlos Gimenez. By Geniusofdespair

  Carlos Gimenez came in second in yesterday's election with 28.85% of the vote. Julio Robaina came in first with 33.74%. Since neither candidate got 50% of the vote we will have a runoff on June 28th.
  
  In my informal interviews with voters, I found that [...]
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• Why did the Miami voter cross the street? ... by gimeteye

  Miami Beach-based senior correspondent for Time Magazine, Michael Grunwald, brings our attention to the latest report by Transportation for America: Dangerous by Design. Of the most dangerous metro areas in the United States for traffic fatalities involving pedestrians, the top four are in Florida. The [...]
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• Miami Dade County Mayoral Election Results. By Geniusofdespair

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  Hit on images to enlarge them. These ARE NOT THE FINAL NUMBERS. This is 677 precincts out of 829. Close enough. We will have a runoff between Robaina and Gimenez. On election day Carlos Gimenez and Hialeah [...]
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