FLORIDA DIGEST - August 07, 2008

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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~

Congregation Etz Chaim Announces High Holy Days Food Drive
The Board of Directors of Congregation Etz Cham has announced plans for itsAnnual Food Drive to benefit the Poverello Food Center. The Congregationorganizes the Food Drive each year as part of its observance of the JewishHigh Holy Days. The Poverello Food Center, located on Wilton Drive inWilton Manors, serves the nutritional needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS.People who would like to contribute to the Food Drive should bringnon-perishable food items to Etz Chaim's Kol Nidre or Yom Kippur services,which are being held at the Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 N.E. 26Street, in Wilton Manors, on Wednesday, October 8, at 8 p.m. and Thursday,October 9, at 10 a.m. This Annual Food Drive is coordinated by theSynagogue's Tzedakah & Tikkun Olam Committee, which in Hebrew means Charityand Repairing the World.
For more information contact CEC at (954) 564-9232


~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~

Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Sneaky school amendments might pull fast one on Florida voters
Patricia Levesque, the executive director of former Gov. Jeb Bush'seducational think tank, took time out from maternity leave to ask me aquestion on Wednesday. "Why is it that the same Catholic school that can'tteach a 5-year-old using an opportunity scholarship voucher can teach a4-year-old in a [state-backed pre-kindergarten] program?" she said fromTallahassee.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmayocol0807sbaug07,0,5052331.column

-Non-Hispanic whites leaving Broward, Palm Beach counties
Non-Hispanic whites are leaving Broward and Palm Beach counties in droves.Meanwhile, the dramatic growth of Hispanics and other minority groups hasslowed.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcensus0807sbaug07,0,345294.story

-South Florida personal bankruptcies nearly double from just a year ago
Using the local bankruptcy court as a barometer, individuals are hurtingmore than businesses in South Florida. Total bankruptcies in the U.S.Bankruptcy Court's Southern District of Florida, which includes MonroeCounty north to Indian River County, have nearly doubled in July from a yearago. Most of them, 1,731 to be exact, were personal bankruptcies rather thanbusiness filings.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzbankruptcy0807sbaug07,0,200400.story

-Broward voting machines go through their final test
Voting machines go through their final test before primary
Broward County officials did a final test run of the county's new votingequipment Wednesday, making sure the paper ballots and optical scanners workthe way they're supposed to.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbvotingtest0807sbaug07,0,6023941.story

-Bartleman the choice in School Board at-large District 9.
In her first term on the School Board, Robin Bartleman worked hard toestablish a hands-on reputation with a public that is often far fromenamored with the board. An at-large member, Bartleman spent plenty of timein schools, at construction sites and meeting with teachers to learn aboutproblems and then try to get them solved.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editgsschoolboard9sbaug06,0,7346238.story


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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Crew may still have a job, but at what cost?
It's rarely a good idea to dredge up quotes from Clarence Thomas'confirmation hearing. Better to avoid raising questions about foreignsubstances on Coke cans and any variation of Justice Thomas' indignantcharge that he was the victim of a ``high-tech lynching.'' Rudy Crewunabashedly reprised the infamous lynching hyperbole as he fended offefforts to oust him from the Miami-Dade superintendent job Monday night. Butthere was nothing high-tech about the attempt to fire Crew. Justold-fashioned demagoguery of the low-tech kind.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/columnists/story/631914.html

-For Broward County Commission, District 7
The Miami Herald recommends JOHN RODSTROM.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/631992.html

-For Broward County Commission, District 9
The Miami Herald recommends JOSEPHUS EGGELLETION JR.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/631973.html

-Hispanic vote keeps on growing
For Sen. Barack Obama, winning Florida is not essential, but it'sstrategically important. In 1988, then Vice President George H.W. Bush'schief strategist, Lee Atwater, when told that the Democrats could not winthe presidency without California, answered, ''That is exactly why I wantit.'' If Obama carries Florida on Nov. 4, there is no way Sen. John McCaincan become president.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/631985.html


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Local10.com
http://www.local10.com/
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-Smart Signs Sync Driving Times
Starting this morning, Miami-Dade commuters will get a little help timingtheir commute. Smart signs are being unveiled today on I-95, 195, and thePalmetto Expressway from I-75 to the Golden Glades Interchange. You mayhave noticed the signs being tested recently. The signs were turned on alongparts of 595 last month. The system uses sensors on the side of the highwayto pick up the number of vehicles on the road and how fast they are goingand then estimates the time of your commute.
http://www.local10.com/print/17118554/detail.html

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