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Marcus pushing to preserve more Ag Reserve land
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsOutgoing Palm Beach County Commissioner Karen Marcus plans to launch a new push to stop development from eating up farmland west of Delray Beach and Boynton Beach. Less than a week before term limits force Marcus from office, the commissioner......Tags: Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Agriculture, Wildlife
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Palm Beach County vote counting keeps going and going and going
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County missed its goal to finish counting votes by 3 p.m. Friday, with stacks of absentee and provisional ballots still to go as the state???s noon Saturday deadline loomed. Thousands of absentee ballots marred with printing errors have......Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Voting, Elections
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Done! Palm Beach County finally finishes counting votes
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsDragging into the fourth day of vote counting after Election Day, Palm Beach County at 4:45 a.m. Saturday finally finished tallying delayed results from thousands of absentee and provisional ballots. Slowed by the tedious process of counting stacks of...Tags: Florida Elections, Susan Bucher, Allen West, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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FEMA snub surprised Palm Beach County
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County and the rest of Florida getting turned down for federal aid in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaac came as a surprising snub ??? especially given who signed the letter. The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week......Tags: Charlie Crist, Government Aid, Tropical Storms, Executive Branch, Local Government
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Lots of seaweed + big towel = problem solved
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsMy colleague David Fleshler writes today about a heavy seaweed invasion at South Florida beaches, and the problems disposing it. Then I remembered the story my colleague Ihosvani Rodriguez wrote about the big towel that Miami artist Misael Soto has......Tags: Fort Lauderdale
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Clinton campaigning for Obama at Palm Beach State College
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsFormer President Bill Clinton will try to rally support for President Barack Obama today with an appearance at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth. The campaign rally at the school???s Duncan Theatre starts at 8:30 a.m. and the president......Tags: Lake Worth, Barack Obama, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Bill Clinton
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Charter and virtual schools need more oversight
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFor my Broward print column today, I wrote about the dark side to the explosion of charter and virtual schools that's been encouraged by our choice-happy Legislature. There are now 84 charter schools operating in Broward (serving some 33,000 students),......Tags: Education, Charter Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning, Schools
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Boca teen's fight leads to court ruling blocking state law
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsFrom the Associated Press: A Boca Raton teen's determination to fight a state law limiting minors' political contributions culminated Tuesday in a federal judge's ruling that the limitation is an unconstitutional infringement on free speech rights. U.S....Tags: Laws, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government
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Broward charter enrollment surges to 33,279
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFor the eighth straight year, enrollment in Broward's traditional public schools has declined and the charter school population has surged, according to school district data released this week. There are now 33,279 students in 84 charter schools in... -
Did you get insurance 'takeout' letter? Let me know
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsA Thursday smorgasbord: --After writing about Citizens Property Insurance in yesterday's blog, what shows up in my mailbox but one of those letters from a "takeout" private company, Homeowners Choice, saying that they were set to take over my policy.........Tags: Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Politics, Elections
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South Florida political leaders react to Ryan VP pick
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsRepublican and Democratic party leaders in Broward and Palm Beach counties alike were excited ??? though for far different reasons ??? Mitt Romney picking budget hawk Paul Ryan as his running mate. The Wisconsin Republican serves as House Budget Chairman....Tags: Medicaid, Public Finance, Paul Ryan, Government Health Care, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Palm Beach County's 5 hottest political races
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsDemocrats and Republicans, political operatives and elected officials, Broward and Palm Beach county residents all agree: In the South Florida battleground of white-hot 2012 election contests, none is hotter than the showdown between two incumbent state...Tags: Ellyn Bogdanoff, Allen West, Political Fundraising, Lois Frankel, Boca Raton
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