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Judicial candidates warned about conduct on campaign trail
South Florida Sun-SentinelElection season and mudslinging may have become almost synonymous, but those aspiring to become a Palm Beach County judge have learned that judicial races are held to a higher standard. Two sitting judges up for re-election and three lawyers looking to...Tags: Elections, Judges, Death Penalty, Punishment, Laws
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There oughta be a law
The behavior of former Suffolk County Legis. Elie Mystal has often been bizarre, but at least there was a sense that he knew and served the constituents of his southwest Suffolk district pretty well. Recent events make that impression seem wrong....Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Huntington Station
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Brookhaven board members' grants under scrutiny
erik.german@newsday.comUsing money slated for "public information," one Brookhaven town council member last year gave a $15,000 bonus to an aide; another spent $30,000 to buy ads in a politically friendly newspaper; a third bought $30,000 worth of energy-efficient light bulbs...Tags: Floods, Beach Vacations, Voting, Elections, House and Home
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8 years after chads and dimples, ballots still stymie voters
The Associated PressThe solution should have been a no-brainer, voting specialists say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that inflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon — pregnant, hanging and otherwise....Tags: Voting, Polls, Electronics, Government, Referenda
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Earth Day expletive adds spice to San Diego mayoral race
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA four-letter word has enlivened an otherwise wonkish mayoral race between incumbent Jerry Sanders and businessman Steve Francis, attracting much more attention than the two Republicans' disputes over infrastructure needs and municipal financing....Tags: Wages and Pensions, Regional Authority, Elections, Political Candidates, Earth Day
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SPIN CYCLE: Dems eye seat after Fossella scandal
dan.janison@newsday.comIn the storm over the sexual and alcoholic escapades of Rep. Vito Fossella Jr., one telling episode of the region's past has escaped proper mention. Guy Velella was a Bronx state senator, married with four children, in 1987 when he publicly...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, National Government, Government, Vito Fossella
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SPIN CYCLE: GUIDE TO POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
NO JOB, NO BENEFITS Lindsay tiff with OTB turns moot William Lindsay, presiding officer of the Suffolk legislature, was irate after finding out that Suffolk OTB failed to keep its promise to cut off medical benefits for board members. So he refiled a...Tags: National Government, Health Insurance, Private Health Care, Political Candidates, Health Treatments
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Nuñez leaves the speaker's post
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAssembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, the gardener's son who rose from a San Diego barrio to one of California's most powerful posts, leaves office Tuesday having arguably fulfilled a vow he made when he was sworn in four years ago: to renew his chamber's...Tags: Global Warming, Elections, Unions, Laws, Medicaid
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Hapless Hampton
On Tuesday, the citizens of Hampton proved they have no sense at all. Voters in the City Council election only made one smart decision, and that was bringing Angela Leary back to the council. She has done an outstanding job working for the citizens and...Tags: Elections, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Buckroe
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Help IW education
It is appalling that the Isle of Wight school system once again has told another child in special education that it's doing everything possible to provide a free education –– but it's not. The administration and numerous others in this...Tags: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia)
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