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		<title>Behind-the-scenes push for off-shore drilling near Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY LUCY MORGAN AND MARY ELLEN KLAS HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU

TALLAHASSEE &#8211; Dangling the promise of millions for the state&#8217;s dwindling budget, a group of mostly unidentified oil and gas companies are bankrolling a last-minute fight to bring offshore drilling to Florida&#8217;s coastline.
Florida Energy Associates, a corporation formed in December by Daytona Beach lawyer Doug Daniels, has hired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Legislature&#8217;s shameful behaviopr</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the state&#8217;s editorial writers and columnists have expressed despair at the possibility the Legislature will OK drilling for oil a short distance from Florida&#8217;s shorelines, including Derek Dunn-Rankin of the Charlotte Sun.
Here is what he said:
It does seem ironic that the Florida Legislature should propose drilling for oil 3 miles off our beaches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yacht owners to get some relief, thankfully</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY HOWARD TROXLER
Yachts! The Florida Legislature is going to pass a new tax break for buying luxury yachts and private airplanes.
Let&#8217;s hope this passes in the same year that the Legislature hurts the K-12 schools, guts the universities, makes it harder for Floridians to vote, drains the Lawton Chiles tobacco trust, kills Florida Forever, weakens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting issue getting widespread notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Institute for Southern Studies
Voting rights advocates were shocked after a Republican-dominated committee in the Florida House passed sweeping new election rules after allowing only six minutes of debate last Friday. 
The 81-page bill, which among other things eliminates two forms of ID used mostly by elderly voters and restricts third-party voter registration, now moves [...]]]></description>
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