FLORIDA DIGEST - July 03, 2008

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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~

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Ft. Lauderdale Staffing for GOTV table July 5th needed
TIME TO TAKE DEMOCRACY BACK
DOLPHIN DEMOCRATS GET OUT THE VOTE TABLE
JULY 5TH - GLCC FLEA MARKET
1717 N. ANDREWS AVENUE
NEED PEOPLE POWER TO HELP US OPERATE THIS TABLE
Contact Michael Albetta if you can help -
president@floridaGLBTdemocrats.org


~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~

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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Tropical depression forms off coast of Africa
MIAMI - A tropical depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean offthe coast of Africa. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with highergusts. But some strengthening was forecast and the National Hurricane Centersaid early Thursday that the depression could become a tropical storm laterin the day. The storm is located about 250 miles south-southeast of the CapeVerde Islands. The depression is moving toward the west-northwest at about 9mph, and forecasters are expecting that to continue with some increase inspeed over the next couple days.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-72tropicalwave,0,5393975.story


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Miami Herald
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-Teachers locked with district over pay
The Miami-Dade teachers union and school-district officials will begin theirthird day of negotiations over salary increases with no resolution in sight.
http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/592196.html

-Former Broward judge sues for spot on the bench
Broward County's chief judge is being sued by a former colleague, who wantsto return to his post. Broward Chief Judge Victor Tobin is being sued fordefamation and accused of misleading the state Legislature and the CountyCommission about the cost of a program that handled traffic cases for thecounty, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/592118.html


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Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
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-Anderson's latest 'glitch' sends out voting shivers
Palm Beach County's supervisor of elections office will hold an open housenext week to help voters learn how to use the new optical-scan machines. Butfirst, someone has to teach the supervisor of elections office how to usethe new optical-scan machines. The idea of counting votes is to find outwho won. The elections office counted votes last week in a special West PalmBeach City Commission race. The office announced "unofficial" results, as italways does, on Tuesday night. The next day, or perhaps not until Thursdaymorning, the elections office learned that nearly 700 votes had not beencounted. The public didn't learn of this "glitch" until Friday, three daysafter the election.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/07/03/a14a_leadedit_election_0703.html

-Home safety aid ending
Officials plan to announce Thursday the end of the My Safe Florida Homeprogram, even as requests for its free hurricane home inspections continueto deluge the state. The $250 million state program, which was designed tohelp residents protect their homes against hurricanes, was supposed to offermatching grants of up to $5,000 and free inspections through June 30, but itused up its allocation of 39,000 matching grants last May.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/business/epaper/2008/07/02/a7b_mysafe_0703.html


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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Walt Disney World fires back on guns at work
Walt Disney World employees won't be packing any heat in the company parkinglots anytime soon. The giant resort has declared that much of its sprawlingproperty is exempt from a new state law that allows Floridians withconcealed-weapons permits to keep firearms locked in their cars at work.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/printedition/orl-disneyguns0308jul03,0,2361927.story

-Crist signs dating violence bill into law
Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill that expands Florida's domesticviolence laws to cover dating relationships. The legislation (HB 313),which Crist signed today, was prompted by the 2007 murder of two collegestudents.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/BREAKINGNEWS/80702049/1086

-State eases rules for troubled Broward, Palm Beach County schools
Plan helps them avoid 'restructuring'
Sixty Palm Beach and Broward County schools facing serious federal sanctionsmay be catching a break. The Florida Department of Education on Wednesdayannounced that state schools will have new flexibility with the AdequateYearly Progress requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpadequate0703pnjul03,0,4384350.story

-Our view: Cheaper drugs
Prescription discount card program fills small gap in broken health caresystem
We hope comprehensive health care reform by Congress under the nextpresident will greatly reduce numbers of the uninsured, including about82,000 Brevard County residents who lack coverage. There's also a chance anew, no-frills health care coverage initiative pushed through by Gov.Charlie Crist and the Legislature this year will reduce the ranks ofFlorida's uninsured.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080703/OPINION/807030320/1004&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL

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