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...Castro with the shield he needed to survive the demise of the communist bloc. The embargo denied Castro nothing he couldn't buy elsewhere, while his totalitarian communist system has destroyed entrepreneurial initiative, squandered wealth on weapons and brought abject poverty to the Cuban populace. Tony Gonzalez, Weeki Wachee, Florida...
...Tennessee isn't the only neighbor it is poking. Last year Lake Lanier, Atlanta's primary water source, hit record lows and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue took on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, demanding that the flow of water from the reservoir and the Chattahoochee River downstream to Florida and Alabama be restricted. The Corps politely disagreed and more recently a federal court ruled Georgia's access to Lake Lanier be curtailed...
...possibility that Florida officials are considering is a mail-in vote, similar to the system used in Oregon, to be held in May or early June. The cost of that kind of primary is estimated to be around $5 million to $10 million, which is considerably less than what it would take to hold a traditional state-wide primary...
...hand-wringing, look for a resolution soon. Everyone knows it is in their interest to get this behind them, and it would put to rest some more extreme, legally dubious proposals being thrown around; some Florida state legislators, for instance, have even discussed a bill that would prevent the Democratic presidential nominee from having his or her name on the November ballot if the state's delegates aren't recognized...
What's ironic about the whole controversy is that both states moved their primaries forward in hopes of having more influence in choosing the ultimate nominee. As things turned out for the Democrats, it will be the ones who vote latest - which ultimately may include both Michigan and Florida - that will have the biggest...