FLORIDA DIGEST - October 10, 2008

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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~

Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Congregation Etz Chaim to hold fall picnic Nov. 9
News release from Congregation Etz Chaim:
Congregation Etz Chaim, South Florida's Reform Synagogue for "Jews of the Rainbow," will hold its annual Fall Picnic on Sunday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek. As in previous years, the CEC Picnic will feature food, cold drinks, games, activities, fun and a chance to socialize with old and new Synagogue friends. The Picnic is open to the public, not just CEC members.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/

-Four Miami gay film fest board members resign
Shortly after a staffing upheaval at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, four prominent community board members have quit. The festival says their resignations have nothing to do with the recent staff changes.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/


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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Gays targeted in two new bias attacks
Muslim suspects told victims 'faggots' are 'stoned to death' in Middle East Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay people are stoned to death in his home country in the Middle East, according to a police report.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5137.cfm

-Suze Orman says No to Amendment 2
Financial expert lends name to defeat of 'marriage protection'
An event intended both to highlight the political accomplishments of an anti-Amendment 2 group and honor a gay women who works in the public eye has united them to work together to achieve their goals. More than 3,000 members of the GLBT community and their supporters met in Washington, DC this weekend to attend an array of Human Rights Campaign (HRC) events culminating with the star-studded HRC 12th Annual National Dinner.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5136.cfm


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Justin Flippen Candidate for Wilton Manors City Commission
You are invited to a fundraiser!
Sunday, October 12th
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
George's Alibi
Manchester Room
2266 Wilton Drive
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Please consider a contribution between $25 and $500.
www.JustinFlippen.com


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ArtsUnited Invites You To
Martinis and Erotic Art
ArtsUnited's Annual Erotic Art Exhibit & Reception
Sunday, October 12, 2008 6-8pm at Matty's on the Drive
2426 Wilton Manors Drive
Wilton Manors, FL, 33305
$10 Donation at the door
Dozens of male and female erotic art pieces will be on display, and for sale, for the one night only exhibit with drink specials by Matty's, and food from Galanga Restaurant, to benefit ArtsUnited and its many programs.
Bring a friend, or come make new ones!
For more information go to www.artsunitedonline.org


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Stonewall Library & Archives
Join US for our October SNAP
Social Network Active Professionals
October 16, 2008 - 6:00- 8:00 pm
Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel
1875 SE 17th St
Fort Lauderdale
More information - contact Jack Rutland, Executive Director
jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org.


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Say No to 2 - Florida's Anti-Gay Amendment
Download and print as many copies as you like of these flyers. Take them to places that you go - bars, cigar lounges, nail salons, poker groups, and especially places of worship. They are easy to understand for the average voter.
Contact Ray's List for this attachment:
rays.list@comcast.net


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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Say No to 2 - Video Ad - Home Page - Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/


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AVER's - Veterans Day BBQ
Wilton Manors - New Moon Bar
2440 Wilton Drive
Saturday, November 8 - Noon to 5pm


~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~

Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-South Florida district board votes to make watering limits permanent
The governing board of the South Florida Water Management District voted 7-1 on Thursday to impose permanent twice-weekly limits on landscape irrigation in Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and 13 other counties, saying the region needs to find alternatives to spraying billions of gallons of drinkable water onto lawns. The rules, similar to ones being imposed around the state, will go through a comment period and, if they remain unchanged, will go to the board for final approval in December.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbwater1010sboct10,0,7522040.story

-Gov. Charlie Crist is tilting Florida Supreme Court too far to right
Stephen Goldstein | Columnist
Gov. Charlie Crist has proved he is enamored of the radical right. His recent appointment of two right-wing ideologues to the Florida Supreme Court are dead wrong for blind justice, the court of last resort in the state and every man, woman and child here - and for generations to come. He has now willingly turned himself into Florida's version of President Bush, having given us the equivalent of U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito - and for the same crass, self-serving purposes.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/sfl-sgcol10sboct10,0,6521800.column


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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD
School Board to vote on Carvalho's contract
One month after naming Alberto Carvalho superintendent, the Miami-Dade School Board on Friday will vote on his proposed
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/720571.html


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Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
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-Training intensifies for 8,000 poll workers
At the conclusion of a five-hour poll worker training class, a woman who will oversee a Palm Beach County precinct during the upcoming presidential election had just one question. "What does SOE stand for?" she asked. "Supervisor of elections," she was told.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/yourtown/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/a1a_poll_workers_1010.html


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