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• The Campaign Reports in the County Commission Races. By Geniusofdespair

  The latest campaign reports are up for the County Commission races. Looks like all the challengers have stalled on fundraising. Not the incumbents.
  
  District 1
  Shirley Gibson has raised $6,004 between 7/7 and 7/20 for a total of $26,964
  Barbara Jordan has raised $16,439 between 7/7 and 7/20 for [...]
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• 3rd in the Series: New Development in the District 100 State Race. By Geniusofdespair

  I am trashing Sheldon Lisbon again, running for State Rep in District 100. Won't vote for him.
  
  I just got a Sheldon Lisbon flyer paid for by Nature Coast Conservatives. Well if that isn't a bad sign I don't know what is. (see my post earlier today)[...]
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• Miami Herald Moderates its Comments Now. By Geniusofdespair

  I was so angry at the Miami Herald today I posted a comment. The first time in months. The paper moderates comments.  When did that start? They don't have enough staff as it is.
  
  Anyway, the Miami Herald ditched my comment: Here is what I wrote on Scott' [...]
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• Red Flag, Red Flag on State Rep. District 100, Now My Absentee Ballot is Useless. By Geniusofdespair

  What to do, What to do? On July 25th I said vote for Joe Gibbons in District 100 for State Rep. Yesterday I got his flyer. It is a DEAL BREAKER for me. He was endorsed by Associated Industries of Florida. How bad is that? Really bad [...]
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• Herald Said Absentee Ballot Fraud Under Investigation. By Geniusofdespair

  Although I do applaud the Herald mentioning another blog in the article today (the blog reported that two women were arrested in Hialeah caught with a bundle of absentee ballots), that Blog author has actually followed around these absentee ballot brokers in the past, the North Miami absentee voter [...]
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• Eye on Miami Works Against Fraud. By Geniusofdespair

  At the June 13th Miami Dade County Infrastructure and Land Use Committee Meeting, Eye on Miami was congratulated for its participation in stamping out Absentee Ballot Fraud. In This instance it was the adoption of a collaboration between the Elections Department and the Florida Assisted Living Associations to do absentee [...]
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• Voting 2012 in the Primaries. By Geniusofdespair

  In 2012, this is without a doubt the worst group of candidates we ever had running. I am having to pick 'worse' over 'worst' in numerous instances. I give you my reasons, but the lines between candidates are very close and not in a good way.  I am choosing [...]
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• The Third Rail of Florida Politics: Mercury ... by gimleteye

  Larry Fink is the former chief scientist of the South Florida Water Management District. He has emerged, having left his career working for government, as a fierce spokesman for disclosing the secrecy that mars the operation of the most important infrastructure in Florida: water supply and quality.
  
  In a [...]
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• When the religious right deforms Christ's teachings ... by gimleteye

  On the NY Times OPED page yesterday, Frank Bruni clarified something that has troubled me from the first: why does the media legitimize conservatives as the "religious right" when it deforms Christian values?
  
  Bruni lasers in on Michele Bachmann, a politician who the media identifies as a conservative [...]
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• In District 100 Vote for Joseph "Joe" Gibbons. By Geniusofdespair

  You won't believe this one at all. 
  
  Shelly Lisbon from Surfside  is running against incumbent Joe Gibbons from Hallendale Beach for the areas of Northern Miami Dade County, East of U.S. 1...Many Jewish people in that area. It encompasses Aventura, Bal Harbour, Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, all' [...]
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