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Getting out the vote backfired
Here’s a bit of irony. In the recent mayoral election, the Republican Party did heroic work in driving Republicans to the polls. The overall turnout was 33 percent. The Republican turnout was 43 percent. But way too many of the Republicans voted for the opposition. Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats, although they are gaining. When…
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Information filters hurt more than they help
Sometime around 1967, the Jacksonville Police Department assigned Sgt. J.T. Lowe to be its first public information officer. I was a police reporter and Lowe asked how he could help me get information. I told him I would call him if I needed help but I didn’t anticipate having any problem. For years before that…