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EYE ON MIAMI

• If I read the articles about me, and ...

  If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me,  I would think I was Satan.
  Lobbyist Jack Abramoff
  
  Some days I get up and sit at my computer to write a blog post and I say to myself, after 7 years, what is the point. [...]
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• Former Mayor Manny Diaz for Governor? By Geniusofdespair

  Manny Diaz and Charlie Crist both might run for Governor as Democrats.
  Is our next Governor going to be a Democrat? I don't know. Florida Democrats are so misguided when picking candidates. Manny Diaz? Really?
  
  According to Public Policy Polling:
  
  Among Democratic primary voters, Charlie' [...]
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• Miami politics, India style ... by gimleteye

  "Once they are elected, you never see them," our guide said of local municipal officials in the small town in Tamil Nadu where we are staying. "All they want to do is get their photos taken with big politicians." Don't we know. (I didn't mean to channel Manny Diaz.)
  
  Villages, [...]
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• Thank you, Neocons ... By gimleteye

  Financial Times, January 24, 2013 
  There Will Be No Peace Dividend After Afghanistan Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
  
  Nearly 12 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan began, a war-weary America is getting ready to leave. But there will be little in the way of a peace dividend for the [...]
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• Erik Fresen Hides Funds? By Geniusofdespair

  Florida State Rep. Erik Frensen's CCE (Committee of Continuous Existence) Floridians for a Strong 67 has a $2,500 donation from Rebuild Florida another for $55,000 from Creating Possibilities. Rebuild Florida is controlled by Carlos Trueba out of Doral. Carlos's PAC, Rebuild Florida got $35,000 from the Republican Leadership Committee. [...]
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• Can Republicans Change Their Spots ... by gimleteye

  Before the presidential election, I predicted an Obama victory would cause the GOP to take a hard look at the extremists who control the party. For example, Jeb! Bush and Marco Rubio; both have hewn to the patriarchical, top-down, ideological driven agendas. Marco Rubio on gun control, immigration and the [...]
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• Re-thinking arranged marriages and the price of gold ... by gimleteye

  Arranged marriages are prevalent in India. With divorce rates in the United States much higher, one begins to wonder. How many marriages are unhappy in each country? No statistics, there. In the United States, would the overall good to the society through the institution of marriage be harmed or otherwise [...]
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• Does the Dolphin Deal Stink as much as the Marlins Deal? By Geniusofdespair

  Most of the County Commissioners, some of whom voted for it, readily admitted yesterday that the Marlins stadium deal was a stinker. Well, in a way I think the Marlins deal is better than this Dolphins deal.
  
  In the Marlins deal, the Parking Garage and the Stadium are OWNED [...]
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• Miami elected officials earn their poor reputations ... by gimleteye

  'Use Me' is the tag line on municipal trash containers in southern India. Recent decisions by unreformable majorities of our elected officials (Dolphins stadium, FPL nuclear) give birth to the notion these colorful, useful bins -- decorated to be something other than what they are --, could be screwed down [...]
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• Dolphins Hearing. By Geniusofdespair

  The County Commission starts the ball rolling on Marlins Dolphins stadium funding hearing:
  
  From the discussion: Bovo no. Moss wants to hear more. Heyman BIG yes. Jordan BIG yes. Bell will be a yes. Stupid woman, okay to fleece the tourists not the taxpayers.
  
  Audrey Edmonson, she sounds [...]
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