FLORIDA DIGEST March 2, 2008

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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Sex Offenders
ISSUE: Felons evicted from bridges.
A bridge is no solution for the challenge facing government officials keeping track of convicted sex offenders released back into society. Or for those offenders trying to piece their lives back into order.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafbridgespnfeb26,0,4207399.story
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Gutless move by Florida Board of Education on evolution
BOTTOM LINE: "Theory" still waters down standards.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-224evolution,0,7098793.story
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Fort Lauderdale mayor delivers State of the City address
Mayor Jim Naugle highlighted the positives in his latest State of the City address, noting that there were no hurricanes in 2007 and the city's top two industries are faring well. ..... In resurrecting the gay sex issue, he said that despite the Police Department's official statements last summer that public restrooms were not being used as a hookup site for men, they were. He said city parks were listed on the Internet as places to meet, and that 12 related arrests have been made in city parks since the controversybegan in the summer. He didn't specify what the arrests were for."As long as I'm mayor, I'm going to do all I can to make sure the activity doesn't take place," he said. "And hopefully whoever takes my place in 2009 will have the same opinion. I think the majority of the residents do support parks that are available to the children without having to see illegal activity."
To view the speech, go to
http://www.fortlauderdale.gov./

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flftlcity0302semar02,0,4561494,print.story
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Democrats turn out for delegate selection
Whether the delegates picked Saturday will be seated in Denver is still uncertain. When Florida moved up its primary earlier than Democratic rules allowed, the national party punished the state by revoking its convention delegates. Party leaders hope a delegation will get seated, but no final decision has been made.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/
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Michael Mayo: Water management tricky in South Florida
Parker Priest was confused. A few weeks ago, rare, heavy February rains pelted the Everglades water conservation area where he regularly takes his airboat. But in a matter of days, he saw all that water vanish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened spillway gates along the North New River Canal in western Broward, causing the water level to abruptly drop nearly 2 feet.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmayocol0302sbmar02,0,7678360.column
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Hiding the homeless won't work
ISSUE: Business leaders want the homeless removed from downtown.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editajjhomelesssbmar02,0,3100261.story
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Funny money: Questionable spending by ex-pastor at homeless shelter demands answers
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editnbwestgatepnmar02,0,4983548.story
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Miami Herald
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Teacher gets 13 years for molesting boys
Arrested for molesting students in 2005, a former teacher pleaded no contestto related charges in exchange for 13 years in prison. After Adrian Valdez is released from prison, he must serve three years of house arrest and then 50 years of sex offender probation. A former middle school geography teacher accused of molesting three students at his Pompano Beach school was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/439841.html
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MIAMI EDISON SENIOR HIGH - Students released from jail
A judge sent home 18 teens arrested after a clash with police. The students say they were protesting the vice principal's behavior. .... Although the students were allowed to go home, the charges were not dropped.
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/440880.html
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Broward delegation gears up for budget battles
Broward's mostly Democratic legislators hope they can persuade their Republican colleagues to spare priority programs like hospitals, schools and courts from major budget cuts.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/440871.html
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Tough choices await state lawmakers
If lawmakers don't know it already, they will discover when they convene in
Tallahassee Tuesday for the 60-day legislative session that the party is
over. We're not talking about the lobbyist-fueled party circuit, but about
running one of the largest states in the union, which is in deep trouble.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/439429.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/steve_rothaus/
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Gay South Florida - by Steve Rothaus
Slide show Gay American Heroes Foundation/Stonewall Library reception at
Winter Party Festival
As part of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's annual Winter PartyFestival, two South Florida groups held a reception Friday at the MiamiBeach Botanical Gardens: Gay American Heroes Foundation, which is raisingmoney to build a memorial to GLBT people killed in hate crimes; and theStonewall Library & Archives presenting "Days Without Sunshine: AnitaBryant's Anti-Gay Crusade."Here are photos I took at the event:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Black Banana becomes HIV Testing Location
6890 Powerline RoadFort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
Contact: AJ Cross 754-367-6366
The Black Banana is proud to announce the Broward County Department ofHealth will be listing the minority based club a "Testing Location",starting in March. Every 2nd Saturday of the month patrons will be able toget discrete Rapid Oral testing inside of the club in our private VIPlounge. The initiative was the brainchild of AJ Cross (BLACK BANANA) andMichael Rajner (NAPWA), both of whom are fully aware of the great difficultythe Department of Health has had in gaining the access and trust of theblack gay demographic.Contact mhtml:%7BD07EF213-143A-499A-A907-131F6AEC2A28%7Dmid://00000035/!x-usc:mailto:rays.list@comcast.net for the full article.
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