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| There are social classes. There will always be social classes. And no amount of wealth redistribution, left-wing bemoaning of that reality will ever change that reality. |
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| Tuesday’s ballot originally had nine proposed constitutional amendments. The Florida Supreme Court removed amendments 5, 7 and 9. Following are the proposed amendments that will voters will act upon Tuesday – each requiring a 60 percent supermajority to be approved – and followed by the plain English explanation of each. |
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| Voters will be asked to vote on six proposed state constitutional amendments Nov. 4. The plain English of those amendments will be discussed in next Sunday’s editorial.
But did you also know there will be a proposed Palm Beach County charter amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot?
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| Beach renourishment sites are supposed to receive new sand every six to 10 years, according to Mike Barnett, chief of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems
Palm Beach County commissioner Burt Aaronson thinks – and based on the county’s experience – that Barnett’s assertion is a joke.
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| Among the darkest and most despicable years for American journalism was when Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst shamelessly published what were known to be exaggerations and even outright lies in reporting about the Spanish American War in the late 19th century – all designed to increase circulation for one another’s New York City competitive newspapers. |
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| The Bailout
Here’s the problem with the $700 billion “bailout” -- the same politicians who created this mess have now put themselves in charge of the solution.
That’s like putting the mice in the charge of the cheese.
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| You've likely heard it sometime, somewhere in Boca Raton.
You've certainly heard it on a cop show, or a so-called docudrama, and perhaps on even more so-called reality TV: “Give him a polygraph. That way we’ll know the truth.”
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| Think about it: What are some of your life’s achievements? It’s okay. No one’s watching. Go ahead. What accomplishments make you proud of yourself?
Your achievements
Now ask yourself, how many of your life accomplishments did you achieve completely on your own? Let me answer that question for you. The answer is “none.” Our successes always come with help.
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| The reality of a primarily video world is that humans react to (spend little time thinking about) what’s visual, and respond to (spend more time thinking about) what’s read.
But there are outlandish exceptions.
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| The School District of Palm Beach County pays 13 (count ‘em, folks) full-time attorneys, not to mention more than a dozen outside law firms annually.
To say that this reflects our litigious society begs the question.
To say that this also affirms the need to split one of the 10 largest school districts in the nation illustrates that assertion.
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