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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:37 PM
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Florida DUers, check in.
Edited on Sat Mar-20-04 06:37 PM by JohnLocke


We have the unique distinction of being the smartest people in the best state ever...with the worst governor, Jeb "Devious Plans" Bush.

But we still live in the best state ever, so check in now, y'll, and give your location.
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gyopsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:40 PM
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1. Orlando
And I would just like to say that Florida will make up for Election 2000 big in 04. Everyone I know is going to the polls to vote for Kerry in November.

And last I heard, a Miami Herald article reported Kerry was ahead here by 7 points!
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 03:29 AM
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23. Here too
but I disagree about Florida being the best state ever. Sadly, it has one of the worst educational systems in America, to name just one of a horrendous list of problems. I'll stay long enough to vote, but I'll be moving Northwards soon after!
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:42 PM
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2. I'm here! Tampa Bay area...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/orl-asecelect20x032004mar20,0,1774252.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

The 132-mile stretch from Daytona Beach to Tampa Bay is once again seen as a major route to the White House.

But this is not the same Interstate 4 corridor that handed President Bush a 4,400-vote buffer in his bitterly fought presidential contest with Al Gore.

Since 2000, the rolls of registered voters in the seven counties connected by I-4 have swelled by 156,000 to 2.4 million, with the Democratic ranks growing twice as fast as the Republican. However, the dramatic surge has come in the numbers of people registering as independents.
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:48 PM
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3. Pinellas County
One of the most conservative urban counties in the country. :(
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:50 PM
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5. Well, there's at least two of us in Pinellas! NT
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:34 PM
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16. Make that 3 of us!
St. Pete :)
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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:51 PM
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6. But has the BESTEST Newspaper over The Facist Trib
:)
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:55 PM
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7. I agree with that
Edited on Sat Mar-20-04 06:55 PM by camero
The St. Pete Times is a great paper. I just can't read the letters to the editor anymore. Too much stupidity.

Before I forget, it's also one of the very few independently owned papers in the country.
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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:49 PM
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17. It is owned by a non-profit and because it sets the price
both Mother Trib and St. Pete Times are 25 Cents except Sundays :)
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:54 PM
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18. ah, I'm paying 35 cents.
:) And here I thought it was non-profit because it wanted to be independent and not the fascist Trib. That was putting it nicely cause I think the Trib is a rag.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 07:04 AM
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26. st petersburg here
there's more of us but they don't post on DU
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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:50 PM
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4. Tampa
33609
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x-g.o.p.er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:57 PM
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8. Ft Walton Beach
Edited on Sat Mar-20-04 06:57 PM by x-g.o.p.er
In the dark heart of conservatism, lol.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:07 PM
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13. hey neighbor
Pensacola here
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 07:10 PM
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9. Saint Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited city of European
origins in the United States. And one of the most charming cities in the US. Come visit and stay a week or two. See the few small pockets that are left of the real Florida coastal region before urban sprawl and the developers concrete the whole freakin' state and we have one megapolis from Miami to Bangor, Maine...
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retread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 06:55 AM
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25. I was born there. Left when I was 20. n/t
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 07:39 PM
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10. Jupiter
:hi:
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:06 PM
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12. Palm Beach Gardens!
:hi:
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 07:42 PM
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11. Volusia County here
Home of the amazing negative Gore vote tally of 2000. Can't say I have much confidence for 2004 with wicked witch Glenda having taken over for Cruella.
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rppper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 02:25 AM
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22. worlds most famous beach....daytona here.....
Edited on Sun Mar-21-04 02:26 AM by rppper
highest gasoline prices, lowest wages, highest percentage of homeless...oh yeah, and the home of NASCAR...although the area as a whole is pretty liberal(except ormond-by-the-sea)...thank god for the News Journal, another independant newspaper with DEFINATE liberal leanings...
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Samurai_Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:10 PM
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14. Fort Pierce here
I moved here two years ago from Houston, Texas, so I am used to having a Bush as governor. But I have to say, I love living in Florida and wished I moved here years ago! When you have 5 state parks within 30 minutes, beach 5 minutes away, and live in a nationally-protected area (Indian River Lagoon), who could not love it?
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gator_in_Ontario Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 06:44 AM
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24. I was born there
well, White City actually. Nice to see someone else appreciates its natural beauty.
My grandfather (with partners) owned what is now the Savannahs Recreational Area. It used to be a sand mine.
My favorite beach is Frederick Douglas State Park. Usually empty and unspoiled...at least it was when I left.
Homesick??? oh just a tad.....
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:19 PM
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15. St. Pete.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 01:13 AM
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19. Lakeland DUer here.
Send Jeb back to Texas or Maine or Connecticutt or whatever his tribe might call home.
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neoteric lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 01:17 AM
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20. Gainesville currently... born and raised in WPB
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kdmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 01:42 AM
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21. Delray Beach here
But I drive to Plantation every day to work! :hi:
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 12:04 PM
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27. Quite a drive.
I live in Palm Beach Gardens. :hi:
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nayt Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-21-04 01:24 PM
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28. orlando
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