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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (4981)	10/15/2002 3:41:37 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

"a new federal law ( the leave no child behind ) so called education act now mandates that all students in high school have their names , addresses, and phone numbers be given to military recruiters unless their parents sign a doc refusing.................." Frightening!

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (4981)	10/15/2002 3:45:19 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Contaminated Beef: The Bush and Norton style: Let industry police itself! So now there is a big recall. There was a story on tv about problems in the industry a few weeks ago. We quit eating beef! I'll let The Toxic Texan and Noxious Norton eat the tainted beef they are feeding to the American public! I read Bush tries to blame Democrats for economy. He's nusts. If he wasn't so busy so obsessed with terrorism and scaring the wits out of everyone, and if he had focused on the economy, we wouldn't be in such a mess. Gotta run! I'm behind with fall cleanup.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (4981)	10/16/2002 11:58:11 PM
From: Dorine Essey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Posted on Wed, Oct. 16, 2002 Dade mayor threatens to veto election monitors Commission votes narrowly to hire observers BY KARL ROSS kross@herald.com Still divided over the issue of election monitors, the Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday narrowly voted to hire the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Democracy to oversee the Nov. 5 general election. ''All of America is watching us, because we've bungled this before,'' Commissioner Dorrin Rolle said. ``Maybe we won't bungle it a third time. But I'm supporting this group to come here and give us an extra set of eyes, ears, mouths, whatever it takes to make sure we get it right.'' But late Tuesday, a spokesman for Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas said the mayor is considering a veto and will announce his decision today. Penelas is concerned with an ''inherent possible conflict of interest'' in paying money to an organization expected to pass judgment on the county's performance, said his chief of staff, Javier A. Soto. A two-thirds vote of commissioners present is needed to override a veto -- which might be hard for program supporters to muster. Earlier Tuesday, the commissioners approved by a 6-5 vote the $92,000 deal to deploy the center's team of election observers to help the county as it struggles with new voting technologies and an edgy electorate after the chaotic Sept. 10 primary. In the past, the center has been enlisted to work mostly with emerging democracies. Besides visiting polling sites Nov. 5, the center's staff would advise county elections officials on training and other facets of running an election, issuing reports before and after the election. As expected, the vote Tuesday followed ethnic lines as the five Cuban-American commissioners present -- Natacha Seijas, Rebeca Sosa, Joe Martinez, Bruno Barreiro and newcomer Jose ''Pepe'' Diaz -- opposed the monitors. An apparent walkout last week by the Cuban-American contingent had stalled the vote until Tuesday. NO THIRD WORLD ''I don't live in a Third World country, and I don't want to feel like I live in one,'' Seijas said, explaining her opposition to the plan. All the same, Seijas said she would support members of the monitoring group once they arrive. She and other Cuban-American commissioners reiterated the walkout causing the commission to lose a quorum last Thursday was not a deliberate act. Martinez did ask the county legal advisor Tuesday if he could block the vote by invoking a technical clause in the county's meeting protocol, the ''four-day rule.'' The request was denied. miami.com