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Orioles ask Broward for $30 million toward stadium
Fort Lauderdale, state also being asked to contribute to project.
By Sarah Talalay
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
September 16, 2006
In their quest for public dollars to overhaul Fort Lauderdale Stadium, theBaltimore Orioles are proposing Broward County kick in $1 million annuallyfor 30 years, with the city, state and team covering the rest of the proposed $38 million project.
County officials said they are willing to consider the request to use $1 million annually in county hotel bed tax dollars at their Sept. 26 meeting.
The project would overhaul the stadium, level neighboring Lockhart Stadiumand add baseball diamonds and soccer fields to the overall site. The stadiumwould include 7,000 fixed seats and berms with room for 2,000 more fans. Thecomplex would accommodate community events and high school football gamescurrently played at Lockhart.
"I don't have a position on it yet myself," Broward Mayor Ben Graber said Friday. "I'm willing to listen to the debate and the argument."
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ELECTION 2006
Pick for ticket breaks with white-male history
Daryl Jones would be the 1st black lieutenant governor in Florida if elected.
Mark Hollis
Tallahassee Bureau
September 16, 2006
TALLAHASSEE -- The path to the Governor's Mansion has been forged by a longtrail of wealthy white men.
Oil paintings of former governors that hang on the first-floor walls of thestate Capitol tell the story: captains of business, real-estate tycoons.Nearly all white males, including the current governor, Republican Jeb Bush.
It's history quite familiar to Daryl Jones, a black former state senator whoran unsuccessfully for governor four years ago and who has been selected byDemocrat Jim Davis to be his lieutenant governor running mate on November'sstatewide ballot.
''I certainly carry a responsibility to all Floridians, particularly theminority community which has felt so disenfranchised,'' Jones said shortlyafter being named for the job Thursday.
Jones, 51, raised in segregated Mississippi, would be the first blacklieutenant governor in Florida's history. He and Davis will face Republicangovernor's candidate Charlie Crist and his running mate, Jeff Kottkamp, inthe general election on Nov. 7.
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BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD
Eight hopefuls set sights on Carole Andrews' seat
Carole Andrews' resignation from the School Board has set off a scramble for her successor -- short- and long-term.
BY NIRVI SHAH
nshah@MiamiHerald.com
Three people have declared plans to run for the Broward District 1 SchoolBoard seat vacated this week by Carole Andrews. And another five want thejob at least through the election.
Andrews resigned Tuesday, a week after being reelected to her third term,citing health problems.
Outgoing state Rep. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, said Friday she will file torun for the seat. In November, Sobel will have reached her term limit aftereight years of representing parts of Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Davie in state House District 99. Sobel, 60, is a former teacher.
''I think there's a great need to help our schools in Broward County,'' said Sobel, who taught students with disabilities in New York and Boston. ``I'vealways had a passion for education.''
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Gay Realtors band together for support, profit
By STEPHEN FRATER
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
SARASOTA, Fla.
After reading about a secret society of high-end Realtors, anotherunder-the-radar group of real estate industry professionals decided to telltheir story publicly.
The Sarasota-based group is called "Green," an acronym for the "Gay RealEstate Executive Network." Its membership, all gay and lesbian, represents ahalf-dozen brokerages.
On a recent Thursday afternoon, a large group of "Greenies" gathered in ahome near Palmer Ranch. Besides Realtors there are mortgage brokers,contractors, home inspectors, painters and even an architect.
The two-year-old association describes itself as a "family-oriented" groupof friends and colleagues who have banded together in a business network tobetter market real estate and related products.
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