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Voters don’t always choose the winners
Questions remain about the unusual shuffle in a race for a Florida Senate seat from Jacksonville. Three House members had an eye on the position, all conservative Republicans. The public could not have lost by choosing among the three. But they didn’t get the chance. Two dropped out and endorsed the third, Clay Yarborough. Why?…
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Anti-police efforts get a boost from one City Council committee
Another special committee of the City Council created for dubious reasons is muddling along. It has issued its “final report” but continues to exist. That makes no sense, but neither does the committee’s existence. The two-member committee was created last year and continued this year, charged with holding workshops that are “fact finding in nature…