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SoFlo: TAINTED (3#) -

# "A former Palm Beach County commissioner was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison for using his public office for personal gain... involving tainted land
deals." [ap]

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# A Broward County FL lawyer writes to the Chief Justice in Tallahassee requesting an Independent Monitor for the election of a chief judge in the 17th Circuit Court system:

"I have just learned the entire process for the selection of chief judge will be secret and thereafter the ballots will be destroyed."

Maybe Mexico will send one. [jaab]

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+ SoFlo Fun Fact:

The first immense cloud of Sahara dust of the season is en route to South Florida and due to arrive just in time for this weekend. [mher]

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