Dave "Big Dave" Patlak and BJ Chiszar on cleanup detail Saturday at North Shore Open Space Park, Miami BeachThe Miami Herald enlightened us as to what the Republicans will be doing this weekend: dropping big bucks at glamorous fund-raisers. All weekend long. We Democrats, answering the call of Howard Dean, are having a reunion at which we will clean up a park. Whoopee! They're doing the Versace Mansion. We're watching out for poison ivy.
The Herald story raised the question: what happened to limits on donations? Tutorial needed.
It was pleasing to see later that two fine Democrats sought to raise a ruckus over this gross excess. Michael Calderin and Christian Chiari, both candidates for the state House of Representatives, pumped out a sharp statement to DailyKos. "While pampered lobbyists wine and dine on a megayacht, millions of Floridians are facing rising property insurance costs. ...etc."
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There will come a time when this blog and DailyKos and Flapolitics.com and Eye on Miami and others will be our major sources of news and analysis. I read the Herald story waiting to see a little Democratic input -- some fair and balanced input. In vain. Over to the Internet, and a fuller story emerges.
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