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Ballots missing in Palm Beach elections |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
It has been reported that a close judicial race in Palm Beach County between incumbent Richard Wennet and challenger William Abramson has been undeclared owing to the fact that over 3,400 ballots were missing from the August 26 elections. The reports were that 2,700 of the missing ballots were found. Although a county elections board had previously called Wennet the winner, this could not be confirmed because of the missing ballots.
County Commissioner Mary McCarty said the remaining 758 ballots were needed by 5 p.m. last Friday, and if they were not located the race would be left as it was, without a winner being certified, and most likely the candidates would have to go to court and let a judge decide the winner.
Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning visited West Palm Beach on Friday, indicating the Friday deadline and said that Florida Governor Charlie Crist other leaders are seriously concerned about the possibility of public skepticism of new optical-scan voting equipment, if Palm Beach County can't confirm how many people voted locally. |
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Broward teachers bare their “soles” |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
Like their counterparts in Miami-Dade County, teachers in Broward
County are growing restive regarding their salary negotiations,
especially in these pressing economic times.
Broward teachers on Wednesday made a pledge to work less, which would
weaken the effectiveness of the public school system, unless the salary
negotiations with the Broward School District are favorably resolved.
Some 1,000 teachers from the Broward Teachers Union demonstrating in
Fort Lauderdale bared their soles creating a high pile of thousands of
tattered bedroom slippers, worn-out sneakers and plastic flip-flops to
symbolize that they have given their ''soles'' to education, and can’t
take any more. The demonstrators announced that until the negotiations
improve their salaries they would be on a ''work to the rule,'' working
no more than 7 ˝ hours a day. If this threat is carried out students
would not benefit from field trips and extra tutoring, and teachers
would not be involved in volunteering, and would not take papers home
to mark. This work to rule, taken in lieu of the teacher’s inability to
strike, was expected to start immediately.
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SFLA Relief Agencies send help to Haiti |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
With the situation in Haiti getting desperate as a result of the impact three Tropical storms, Fay, Gustav, and Hanna, relief agencies in South Florida are busy organizing relief to the country. The storms have caused severe destruction to homes, businesses, roads, and killed over a hundred Haitians, and South Florida is responding to the calls for help.
Food for the Poor, an international relief agency based in Coconut Creek, responded immediately with attempts to reach storm victims stranded because roads were cut off. The agency used helicopters and boats to rescue stranded and hungry Haitians, some who were sitting on roofs for almost two days.
According to reports Haitians residing in South Florida were in communication with each other in an effort to coordinate help to the country, especially with thousands of people in shelters and churches. Some people here are worried that they are unable to get in touch.
Haitian radio hosts also suspended the usual format of their shows to provide update reports on the situation in Haiti, and airing requests from agencies in the tri-county area for relief supplies and cash donations.
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
After grueling campaigning for the August 26 elections, the results are
in and while some candidates who were expected to win copped their
victory, there were some election upsets and a few surprises along the
way.
In the Congressional races, Congressman Alcee Hastings and Ron Klein
were easily re-elected. For Florida State Representative Gwendolyn
Clarke–Reed also won convincingly in District 92.
Taking a landslide victory, Christopher Smith, in the race for State
Senate Representative District 29, walloped his competitors by 71.4
percent of the votes, leaving his closest rival, Earleen Smiley with a
mere 15.8 percent.
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Unemployment - worst in 13 years |
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Saturday, 23 August 2008 |
Unemployment continues to rise in Florida, leading the nation with an rate of 6.1 percent in July, the worst in 13 years and represents an increase over the 5.5 percent recorded in June. Over the past year approximately 96,000 jobs have been lost in the state. However, the rate of job losses in South Florida has been less than the state’s average, except for Palm Beach County where job losses averaged 6.9 percent compared to 4.9 percent in July 2007.
Miami-Dade’s unemployment rate of 5.2 percent was slightly less than the June average of 5.3 percent, but up from the 3.8 percent recorded a year ago. Jobs losses in Broward were reported at 5.8 percent up from 3.9 this time last year. Munroe County recorded lowest job loss rate at 4.6 percent, but still an increase from the 3 percent recorded in June of 2007.alm Beach County t a year ago.
Across the South Florida the greatest job loss was recorded in construction (16,400 jobs), manufacturing (4,000), retail (5,000) and financial services (5,600). On the other hand there were job gains recorded by hospitals, the leisure and hospitality industry and with city, county, and state governments. |
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