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• No decision from Miami-Dade commissioners on leftover Dolphins elections cash

  @PatriciaMazzei

  Deciding what to do with left over cash from the Miami Dolphins’ short-lived referendum on stadium improvements proved too much Tuesday for Miami-Dade commissioners.

  After delaying a vote earlier this month and considering three competing spending proposals at length, board members declared a stalemate, conceding they could not agree on any [...]

  From Naked Politics at June 18, 2013, 6:18pm in News, Politics

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• Amazon giveaways popular, even if company doesn't need them

  When Amazon expands, like it wants to in Florida, state and local governments practically line up to offer to pay the company to move.

  Virginia officials approved $4.4 million in taxpayer subsidies so Amazon could build two warehouses in the state. California reached a deal where the online company was free [...]

  From Naked Politics at June 18, 2013, 5:56pm in News, Politics

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• Suze Orman: Gay couples face unfair tax penalties, must keep fighting for marriage equality in Florida

  BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com

  Celebrity finance advisor Suze Orman says regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on gay marriage, same-sex couples in Florida need to keep fighting to save their assets.

  “We have to gather our forces in this state [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 18, 2013, 5:02pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Dems aren't ready to measure their candidates but they do have metrics on -- the JJ dinner

  Here's a new one -- an infographic touting a dinner. This one is about the Florida Democratic Party's annual Jefferson Jackson dinner, held Saturday at the Westin Diplomat in Broward.

  The party offers up on its web site its metrics for what says was an unprecedented number of attendees and $850,000 [...]

  From Naked Politics at June 18, 2013, 3:49pm in News, Politics

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• Diving great Greg Louganis to marry paralegal Johnny Chaillot in fall

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  NEW YORK -- Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall.

  People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis will marry paralegal Johnny Chaillot.

  The four-time gold medalist is the only man to win consecutive Olympic [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 18, 2013, 3:11pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• BSO threatens layoffs

  Broward Sheriff Scott Israel is threatening to lay off employees if county commissioners don't provide enough funds for his budget this fall. ' [...]
  From Broward Politics at June 18, 2013, 3:01pm in News, Politics

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• No Retirement! Judge Running For Re-Election

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  Lawyer Rhoda Sokoloff might want to reconsider yet another race for judge.

  At least reconsider running for Broward Circuit Court Group 18.

  Sokoloff opened a campaign financial account for Group 18 on May 30 amid rumors that incumbent Circuit Court Judge Patti Henning, who has held that seat for decades, [...]

  From BrowardBeat.com at June 18, 2013, 2:48pm in News, Politics

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• Attorney: Florida judge in sex trial involving teenage lesbians should step down

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The attorney for a young Florida woman who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend has filed a motion asking the judge to remove himself from the case.

  Circuit Judge [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 18, 2013, 2:29pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• SYDNEY SMITH HAS PASSED AWAY

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  Many of you will remember Syd Smith as a lawyer with the Public Defenders office. He then spent some time in private practice before returning to his home in London, England, to battle leukemia. We received word that Syd lost his courageous battle (three rounds of chemo knocked out the [...]
  From JUSTICE BUILDING BLOG at June 18, 2013, 2:11pm in Law, News, Politics

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• The Old Stuff - Overtown in the 1970s

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  Here are a few more images that I found in my files as I continue sorting and organizing almost 50 years of prints and negatives, These were shot in Overtown in the 1970s. Capitol Theater at 322 N.W. 14th Street, Overtown. (Click all images to enlarge.) Shotgun shacks in Overtown. Vicinity [...]
  From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at June 18, 2013, 2:08pm in Media, News, Politics

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