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• Mayoral Election in North Miami is a Dizzy Spell. By Geniusofdespair

  There are so many candidates for Mayor in North Miami I got dizzy trying to keep track.
  
  Now running:
  Gwendolyn V. Boyd ($38.577 raised of which $25,000 is a loan and has been running since June 2012), Kevin Burns, Modira Escarment, Joseph Smith ($34,700 raised of which $30,000 is [...]
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• Susan Markley gets a well deserved award. By Geniusofdespair

  Susan Markley, Ph.D.In the Company of Women 2013
  In the Company of Women, presented by Macy’s and Enterprise Holdings, is celebrating its Silver Jubilee on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Rusty Pelican.
  
  The annual event, hosted by Miami-Dade Parks, The Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade and the Miami-Dade [...]
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• March 1st is the Cut-off for Filing Homestead Exemptions. By Geniusofdespair

  This is the link to file your Homestead Exemption online.  The deadline for filing is March 1st, so do it today if you moved lately. Questions? Try this link.
  
  If you want to rat out your friends for suspected homestead exemption fraud, call the Property Appraisal Homestead [...]
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• The problem identified: Homestead, in a nutshell ... by gimleteye

  The economic crisis arising out of the housing boom -- involving mainly the conversion of "cheap" farmland into suburban tract housing -- infected the entire United States. The model of destruction was clearly visible in south Florida, where so much stupidity followed the massive rezoning of open space and private [...]
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• Sea Level Rise: do you care, or, are you just willing to give up? ... by gimleteye

  The best reason to restore the Everglades is to give the next generations a chance to live in South Florida. It is always about water quality and the quantity of water needed to support urban populations, agriculture, and natural wetlands. Saving the Everglades has never been more important, than it [...]
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• Dedicated to Gimleteye. By Geniusofdespair

  
  
  Gimleteye's favorite subject, if 149 posts is any indication. Not on Facebook try the trailer.' [...]
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• Continued, The Tragedy of the Commons in Florida ... by gimleteye

  Governor Rick Scott and his appointees have done enormous damage to Florida's environment, through careless, reckless surrender to private industry. At the time of his election, it seemed impossible that wrecking environmental protections in the name of conservative values could be advanced even more rapidly than during the Jeb! Bush [...]
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• Oh Those Audits! We Should Have More. By Geniusofdespair

  Whether it was poor planning and/or operational deficits, Galata’s facility purchase (In Homestead) was impacted by questionable financial practices. - Inspector General AuditEveryone should know where their County tax dollars are going. Here is one place: Galata. This is an example of your hard earned tax dollars going, going, [...]
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• Florida Rules Again! Slowest Voting. By Geniusofdespair

  Source: 2012 Survey of the Performance of American Elections, conducted by Charles Stewart III of M.I.T.
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• US Senator Marco Rubio: A Light Weight On The Most Pressing Issue Of Our Times: Global Warming and Climate Change ... by gimleteye

  Why is climate change the most pressing issue of our times? It seems an absurd question obligating an answer. Yet, there are many reasonable and well-educated people who believe that global warming fits in the order of priorities "out there"; a kind of black swan series of events that we [...]
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