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Reminder: Attend a Take Action meeting with special guest Ron Klein
September 12th from 6:30 - 8:00
Gay & Lesbian Community Center in Wilton Manors
1717 N Andrews Ave
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
RSVP to stuart.rosenberg@hrc.org
State Senator Ron Klein is running
for Congress in Florida's 22nd district
Choose your side- Vote on November 7th.
Help elect HRC-endorsed State Senator Ron Klein to the 22nd CongressionalDistrict seat. Come to the HRC and Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus TakeAction meeting on September 12th, where you will learn how you can help makea difference in this year's election. Incumbent anti-GLBT Congressman ClayShaw has supported a Federal Constitutional Amendment banning equal marriageand has voted against the Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2005. Ron Kleinwill bring a new, fresh voice to the Congress, promising to oppose anyattempts at putting discrimination in our Constitution, vote for protectingthe GLBT community in the workplace, and support the Hate Crimes PreventionAct.
Help build GLBT political power!!
Cosponsored by the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus
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Broward School Board to discuss role of diversity committee
Members will discuss whether the district's diversity committee needs a newname and focus at a workshop meeting today.
BY HANNAH SAMPSON
hsampson@MiamiHerald.com
Broward School Board members will consider a question today that they havetackled many times before: What is the role of the district's diversitycommittee?
This time, they also will discuss whether ''diversity'' should continue tobe part of their name.
A subcommittee of the diversity panel has suggested that the title bechanged to the ``educational equity compliance committee.''
That reflects the group's charge in 2000 to monitor how well the district iscomplying with the court settlement to a racial equity lawsuit.
But some board members said they are not willing to give up other diversity-related issues to focus solely on the lawsuit settlement.
''You have to monitor every issue,'' said board member Robin Bartleman.
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25,000 property tax notices returned as undeliverable in Broward
By Scott Wyman
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
September 12, 2006
More than 25,000 property tax notices have been returned to the BrowardCounty Property Appraiser's Office as undeliverable, prompting concern thatresidents might miss their chance to protest their new home values and taxes.
Property Appraiser Lori Parrish mailed out about 800,000 notices in lateAugust detailing how much the property's value has increased, what eachgovernment plans to assess in taxes this year and the schedule of upcomingbudget hearings.
Prompt delivery is critical because governments hold their hearings on theirspending and taxes by the end of September and the deadline to appeal aproperty's new valuation is next Monday. Parrish and the U.S. Postal Serviceare working to figure out what went wrong and to resend them as quickly aspossible.
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St. Petersburg Times
The voters spoke with an unclear message
By HOWARD TROXLER, Times Columnist
Published September 7, 2006
After the primary election:
(1) Who knew that Charlie Crist was going to crush Tom Gallagher in theRepublican primary by 30 percentage points? (Oh, go ahead, claim that youdid.) In the closing days, Gallagher's support collapsed like a fallingsouffle.
(2) Some tried to conclude from Tuesday's results that the importance of"values voters" is overrated. Gallagher lost and so did anti-abortioncrusader Randall Terry in a state Senate race. Is this the beginning of aNew Moderation, etc., etc.?
Nah. I wouldn't read anything broader into the case-by-case results. Both ofthose guys just had tough opponents with a broader appeal. Look at the wayRonda Storms cruised in her Hillsborough state Senate race.
(3) Notice the first words of Crist's acceptance speech: He said he wants tobe the governor of all the people, not just Republicans.
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