FLORIDA DIGEST February 26, 2008

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Sun-Sentinel
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Fort Lauderdale: Service to honor shooting victim, 17
A memorial service will be held Thursday for Simmie Williams Jr. on the samecorner of the Sistrunk neighborhood where the 17-year-old was gunned downlast week.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-fl8boverflowdig02260sbfeb26,0,908593.story
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How does same-sex marriage affect other unions?
I ask because voters are being asked to approve an amendment to our stateConstitution that would forever deny her the right to a legal union of anykind. Why? Certainly not because it harms anyone else. I have racked mybrain and can come up with no ideas about how it would affect anyone else'slife.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-pbmail752pnfeb26,0,1740927.story
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Miami Herald
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Days Without Sunshine-Anita Bryant's Anti-Gay Crusade: Stonewall Library & Archives presents the exhibit on the campaign and how the gay civil rightsmovement mobilized against it. Includes a traveling exhibit entitled GayAmerican Heroes that honors the lives of LGBT people who died as a result ofhae crimes based on their sexual orientation and gender identity; 9 a.m. to5 p.m., Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Dr., MiamiBeach; free. 305-571-1924.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/433100.html
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THE REV. IRENE MONROE, THEOLOGIAN AND WRITER,
TO SPEAK AT WINTER PARTY FESTIVAL'S INTERFAITH SERVICE
Winter Prayer, Winter Praise:
The 2nd Annual Interfaith Service of Winter Party Festival
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Temple Israel, 137 NE 19th Street, Miami
Join LGBT-friendly congregations and spiritual groups -- representingJewish, Christian, Buddhist, and other faith traditions -- as we gathertogether in downtown Miami's beautiful and historic Temple Israel for apowerful interfaith service and joyous musical celebration presented byProCLaiM - a voice for Progressive Clergy and Laypeople in Miami-Dade.
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FORT LAUDERDALE: Service to honor shooting victim, 17
A memorial service will be held Thursday for Simmie Williams Jr. on the samecorner of the Sistrunk neighborhood where the 17-year-old was gunned downlast week. The event is to take place at 4:30 p.m. on the 1000 block ofSistrunk Boulevard. A town hall meeting focusing on hate crimes in Floridais scheduled for after the service at 6:30 p.m. at the Gay & LesbianCommunity Center of South Florida at 1717 N. Andrews Ave. Equality Floridaand the Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives (TERI), two statewideadvocacy groups, are sponsoring the event. Police say Williams was attackedFriday by two young men who might live in the neighborhood. Williams waswearing women's clothing when he was shot, authorities say.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-fl8boverflowdig02260sbfeb26,0,908593.story
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Fort Report
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Proposal puts state sales-tax increase on November ballot
A state panel voted unanimously Monday to put a proposal on the Novemberballot that would raise the state sales tax by a penny, close billions ofdollars worth of sales-tax loopholes and use the money to replace $8 billionin school property taxes.
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/CAPITOLNEWS/802260322/1010/NEWS01
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Republican budget knife trained on public good
Some Republican legislators are using the state budget crisis as convenientcover for renewing their partisan attack against public campaign financing.
Their time would be better spent repairing the damage they already have doneinstead of asking voters to kill it.
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/26/Opinion/Republican_budget_kni.shtml
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Legislator battles for license plate to honor Confederacy
A Panhandle legislator with a proud disdain for political correctness and nofear of bucking Gov. Charlie Crist or the state Republican Party wantsFlorida to issue license tags honoring Confederate Heritage - complete withimages of Dixie flags and buttons from Rebel uniforms.
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/CAPITOLNEWS/802260331/1010/NEWS01
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Web site teaches South Floridians how to conserve water
After South Florida's driest back-to-back years on record, a new Web siteaims to teach residents and businesses how to save water beyond just turningdown sprinklers.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flwaterwebsite0225pnfeb25,0,3394378.story
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