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To: tejek who wrote (563397)	4/28/2010 8:41:28 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576348

Red Light Charlie...? If Charlie Crist signs this bill he's finished. Red-light camera bill on its way to governor; opponents vow to continue fight in court. palmbeachpost.com TALLAHASSEE — Red light runners would have to pay a $158 fine if they're caught on camera in a 24/7 traffic surveillance system outlined in a bill on its way to Gov. Charlie Crist's desk for signature. The Senate gave final approval on Tuesday to a red-light camera bill after failing for eight years to pass similar measures. The cameras are already up and running in dozens of Florida cities, including at least seven in Palm Beach County, but a judge's ruling in an Aventura case that only the state legislature — not local governments — can create traffic laws created questions about whether fines could be collected. Crist's signature could settle that dispute, but opponents of the cameras, citing due-process concerns, say they will continue to fight them. "It's still a violation of the U.S. and Florida constitutions," said West Palm Beach attorney Richard Schuler, whose firm has filed more than 20 lawsuits against communities with the traffic cameras, including Juno Beach and its camera in a van. "The right to remain presumptively innocent until proven guilty is torn asunder." "All the citations issued up until now are still illegal," said Schuler's partner, Jason Weisser. "We're still going forward 100 percent." The bill would mean that Juno Beach could not revive its use of a van to hide a camera, said state transportation officials who will have to write the rules regulating the equipment. "Any traffic infraction that you're using a camera is preempted to the state, which means you can't do other than what the legislature tells you to," said Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Kevin Thibault. Under the bill, only red-light camera systems or law enforcement officers would be authorized to give the traffic citations, Thibault said. But Juno Beach Vice Mayor Bill Greene said he believes the van will eventually return. "Technology in law enforcement is a good idea because it frees up police officers for more important duties," he said. "The legislature may delay the van, but they won't stop it for being used for traffic safety. The van will be back."

To: tejek who wrote (563397)	4/28/2010 8:58:35 AM
From: Jim McMannis	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576348

Don't mess with Texas, ted. Texas gov. shoots, kills 'wily' coyote during jog news.yahoo.com AUSTIN, Texas – Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog. Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during a February run near Austin. Perry said he will carry his .380 Ruger — loaded with hollow-point bullets — when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. He'd also seen coyotes in the undeveloped area. When one came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever, Perry charged. "Don't attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you're a coyote," he said Tuesday. Perry, a Republican running for a third full term against Democrat Bill White, is living in a private house in a hilly area southwest of downtown Austin while the Governor's Mansion is being repaired after a 2008 fire. A concealed handgun permit holder, Perry carries the pistol in a belt. "I knew there were a lot of predators out there. You'll hear a pack of coyotes. People are losing small cats and dogs all the time out there in that community," Perry said. "They're very wily creatures." On this particular morning, Perry said, he was jogging without his security detail shortly after sunrise. "I'm enjoying the run when something catches my eye and it's this coyote. I know he knows I'm there. He never looks at me, he is laser-locked on that dog," Perry said. "I holler and the coyote stopped. I holler again. By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it. It is now staring dead at me. Either me or the dog are in imminent danger. I did the appropriate thing and sent it to where coyotes go," he said. Perry said the laser-pointer helped make a quick, clean kill. "It was not in a lot of pain," he said. "It pretty much went down at that particular juncture." Texas state law allows people to shoot coyotes that are threatening livestock or domestic animals. The dog was unharmed, Perry said. Perry's security detail was not required to file a report about the governor discharging a weapon, said Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange. "People shoot coyotes all the time, snakes all the time," Mange said. "We don't write reports." The governor left the coyote where it fell. "He became mulch," Perry said.

To: tejek who wrote (563397)	4/28/2010 10:56:41 AM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576348

Did Sebelius Bury Damaging HHS Report Before Health Vote? The economic report released last week by Health and Human Services, which indicated that President Barack Obama's health care "reform" law would actually increase the cost of health care and impose higher costs on consumers, had been submitted to the office of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius more than a week before the Congressional votes on the bill, according to career HHS sources, who added that Sebelius's staff refused to review the document before the vote was taken. "The reason we were given was that they did not want to influence the vote," says an HHS source. "Which is actually the point of having a review like this, you would think." The analysis, performed by Medicare's Office of the Actuary, which in the past has been identified as a "nonpolitical" office, set off alarm bells when submitted. "We know a copy was sent to the White House via their legislative affairs staff," says the HHS staffer, "and there were a number of meetings here almost right after the analysis was submitted to the secretary's office. Everyone went into lockdown, and people here were too scared to go public with the report."" thefoxnation.com