Mel Martinez Votes Against Minimum Wage

Senator Mel Martinez (Wingnut- FL) voted against the Minimum Wage Bill
voting against the working people of Florida.
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By the Numbers

State of the Union - By the Numbers

In his 2007 State of the Union address, President Bush will hail the state of the union as "strong", pointing to the growing economy, new jobs, and record home ownership. But for Americans worrying about how to make ends meet around their kitchen tables at night, the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Just look at the numbers, and how Bush's rhetoric has failed to match reality throughout his presidency...
Education

The Reality
  • Average cost of a public four-year college in 2000, annual: $9,958
  • Average cost of a public four-year college in 2006, annual: $12,796 1
  • Maximum Pell grant in 2001 school year: $3,750 1a
  • Maximum Pell grant in 2006 school year (inflation adjusted): $3,558 1b
Bush's Rhetoric
  • 2005 State of the Union: We'll make it easier for Americans to afford a college education, by increasing the size of Pell Grants.
  • 2004 State of the Union: I propose larger Pell grants for students who prepare for college with demanding courses in high school.





Healthcare

The Reality
  • Americans without health insurance, 2000: 38.2 million 2
  • Americans without health insurance, 2005: 46.6 million 3
  • Average monthly worker contribution for family coverage, 2000: $135
  • Average monthly worker contribution for family coverage, 2006: $248 4
  • Percentage of annual bankruptcies due to medical bills: 55% 5
Bush's Rhetoric
  • 2006 State of the Union: Keeping America competitive requires affordable health care. Our government has a responsibility to provide health care for the poor and the elderly, and we are meeting that responsibility. For all Americans, we must confront the rising cost of care, strengthen the doctor-patient relationship, and help people afford the insurance coverage they need.
  • 2005 State of the Union: we must make health care more affordable, and give families greater access to good coverage
  • 2004 State of the Union: To make insurance more affordable, Congress must act to address rapidly rising health care costs.
  • 2003 State of the Union: Our second goal is high quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
  • 2001 State of the Union: Many working Americans do not have health care coverage, so we will help them buy their own insurance with refundable tax credits.
Energy

The Reality
  • Average price of home heating oil on January 3, 2000: $1.15/gallon
  • Average price of home heating oil on January 1, 2007: $2.42/gallon 6
  • Increase in average price since January 2000, percent: 110%
  • Average price of a gallon of gasoline on January 3, 2000: $1.31
  • Average price of a gallon of gasoline on January 1, 2007: $2.38 7
  • Increase in the average price since January 2000, percentage: 82%
  • ExxonMobil profits in 2000: $7.9 billion 8
  • ExxonMobil profits in 2006: $36.1 billion 9
  • ExxonMobil's profit during the second quarter of 2006, per second: $1,318 10
  • America's Annual Consumption of Gasoline (million of barrels per day) 2000: 8.472 10a
  • America's Annual Consumption of Gasoline (million of barrels per day) 2005: 9.125 10b
Bush's Rhetoric
  • 2006 State of the Union: Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology.
  • 2005 State of the Union: To keep our economy growing, we also need reliable supplies of affordable, environmentally responsible energy
  • 2004 State of the Union: Consumers and businesses need reliable supplies of energy to make our economy run -- so I urge you to pass legislation to modernize our electricity system, promote conservation, and make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy.
  • 2003 State of the Union: Our third goal is to promote energy independence for our country, while dramatically improving the environment
  • 2002 State of the Union: Good jobs also depend on reliable and affordable energy. This Congress must act to encourage conservation, promote technology, build infrastructure, and it must act to increase energy production at home so America is less dependent on foreign oil.
  • 2001 State of the Union: We can promote alternative energy sources and conservation, and we must. America must become more energy-independent, and we will.
Stagnant Incomes
The Reality
  • Median household income in 2000: $47,599
  • Median household income in 2005: $46,326 11
  • Decrease from 2000-2005: $1,273
  • Salary full-time minimum wage employee without vacation, 2006: $10,712
  • Average time for top CEOs to earn that sum, hours: 2.06 12
  • Federal minimum wage in 2000: $5.15/hr
  • Federal minimum wage in 2006: $5.15/hr
  • Loss in purchasing power, full time worker annually: $1,562
Climate Cooking
The Reality
  • Year Bush stated that the emission targets of the Kyoto Protocol were "not based upon science": 2000 13
  • Decrease in NASA budget for Earth science and observation in real dollars since 2000, percentage: 30% 14
  • Year with US highest average temperature ever recorded: 2006 15
Retirement Insecurity
The Reality
  • Workers without defined-benefit retirement plan at work, private sector 2006, percentage: 80% 16
  • Baby boom Americans approaching retirement: 76 million 17
Iraq War Fiasco

The Reality
  • Number of US troops killed in Iraq prior to "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003: 139
  • Number of US troops killed in Iraq as of January 22, 2007: 3,056 18
  • Number of Iraqi civilians killed in 2006, according to the United Nations: 34,452 19
  • Number of US troops wounded in Iraq prior to "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003: 542
  • Number of US troops wounded in Iraq as of January 10, 2007: 22,834 20
  • Total US military expenditures (including Iraq/Afghanistan) in 2006: $522 billion
    (Includes China, Russia, the UK, Japan, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Italy, and Australia) 21
  • US Federal Discretionary Budget spent on Military not including Iraq, in 2006, percentage: 48.7%
  • Amount spent on Education, percentage: 6.7% 22
Bush's Rhetoric
  • 2006 State of the Union: Fellow citizens, we are in this fight to win, and we are winning.
  • 2006 State of the Union: As we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels -- but those decisions will be made by our military commanders, not by politicians in Washington, D.C.
  • 2005 State of the Union: As those [Iraqi] forces become more self-reliant and take on greater security responsibilities, America and its coalition partners will increasingly be in a supporting role.
  • 2004 State of the Union: Month by month, Iraqis are assuming more responsibility for their own security and their own future.
  • 2004 State of the Union: Already, the Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations
  • 2003 State of the Union: The British government has learned that Saddam
  • 2003 State of the Union: [Saddam Hussein] clearly has much to hide.
  • 2003 State of the Union: Saddam Hussein has gone to elaborate lengths, spent enormous sums, taken great risks to build and keep weapons of mass destruction.
Debts and Deficits Climbing
The Reality
  • US Trade Deficit, October 2000, monthly: $33.8 billion
  • US Trade Deficit in October 2006, monthly: $58.9 billion 23
  • US Current Account Deficit, FY 2000: $435.4 billion 24
  • US Current Account Deficit, FY 2006: $900 billion 25
  • Loss of value of U.S. dollar relative to the Euro, January 24, 2000-January 23, 2006, percentage: 23%
  • US Budget Deficit in FY 2000: $236 billion surplus 26
  • US Budget Deficit in FY 2006: $423 billion deficit 27
  • US National Debt in FY 2000: $5.7 trillion
  • US National Debt in FY 2006: $8.5 trillion 28
  • National Debt Increase 2000-2006: $2.8 trillion
Household Debt Surpasses Savings
The Reality
  • Personal savings, November 2000: –$56.2 billion 29
  • Personal savings, November 2006: –$95.0 billion 30
1 Costs include tuition, fees, room & board. MSN Money 2000/Associated Press. "The Real Cost of College: Going Down?" January 14, 2005. College Board. Trends in College Pricing 2007.
1a US Department of Education. "FY 2003 Budget Summary." February 4, 2002.
1b Constant Dollars as taken from College Board. "Total Pell Grant Funding Declines for First Time in Six Years." October 24, 2006.
2 US Census Bureau.
3 US Census Bureau.
4 The Kaiser Family Foundation. "Employer Health Benefits 2006 Annual Survey." September 26, 2006.
5 Health Affairs Health Policy Journal. "Marketwatch: Illness and Injury Contributors to Bankruptcy." February 2, 2005.
6 United States Energy Information Administration. "U.S. Weekly No. 2 Heating Oil Residential Prices-cents per gallon." January 4, 2007.
7 United States Energy Information Administration. "U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices-cents per gallon." January 5, 2007.
8 CNN Money.
9 CNN Money.
10 CNN.com "ExxonMobil makes more than $10 billion." July 27, 2006.
10a US Energy Information Administration. Annual Energy Review 2005. July 27, 2006
10b US Energy Information Administration. Annual Energy Review 2005. July 27, 2006
11 Constant Dollars. US Census Bureau, Table H-8. Median Household Income by State: 1984 to 2005
12 Forbes Magazine. "What the Boss Makes." April 20, 2006
13 The White House. "President Bush Discusses Global Climate Change." June 11, 2001.
14 New York Times, Blinding Ourselves in Space, January 21, 2006.
15 National Climate Data Center. US Department of Commerce. "Climate of 2006 – In Historical Perspective." January 9, 2007.
16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2006.
17 The Seattle Times. Retirement of baby boomers may reverberate in workplace. January 22, 2005.
18 iCasualties.org. "Iraq Coalition Casualty Count." January 17, 2007.
19 UN Assistance Mission for Iraq. "Human Rights Report." January 16, 2006.
20 iCasualties.org. "Iraq Coalition Casualty Count." January 17, 2007.
21 sCenter for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. "US Spending vs. the World." February 16, 2006. (*latest available data for China and Russia are for FY 2004)
22 White House Office of Management and Budget. "Table S–3. Growth in Discretionary Budget Authority by Major Agency." February 6, 2006.
23 U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics. "Trade Deficit Decreases in November, 2006." January 10, 2007.
24 Economic Policy Institute. "Economic Snapshots." March 14, 2001.
25 Economic Policy Institute. "Current Account Picture." March 14, 2006.
26 White House Office of Management and Budget. Historical Tables
27 White House Office of Management and Budget. "Table S-1. Budget Totals."
28 Bureau of the Public Debt. "The Debt to the Penny." January 16, 2007.
29 Bureau of Economic Analysis. "Personal Income and Outlays." December 22, 2000.
30 Bureau of Economic Analysis. "Personal Income and Outlays." December 22, 2006.
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Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Listening Session




Friends,
 
Attached is a flyer to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Listening Session this Thursday, January 25th at 10am at the Joseph Meyerhoff Senior Center.
 
Please pass this flyer along to anyone you feel might be intersted in attending.
 
If you have trouble opening this document, or have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
 
Jodi Bock Davidson, District Director
Office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
10100 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
954-437-3936 office * 954-437-4776 fax
jodi.davidson@mail.house.gov
 
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Insurance Reform Update

message From Rep. Martin Kiar:
Hello,
 
As you are aware, this week the Florida House, Florida Senate and Governor are convening together in a Special Session to address the crisis we are currently all suffering from. Attached is an update that I have prepared. Please let me know your thoughts and I would truly appreciate it if you could forward the update to your email lists.
 
Very truly yours,
 
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CREW beta-project - We need your help!

   
CREW - Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington
 
CREW is unveiling a revolutionary new tool that gives anyone with an internet connection the power to investigate the federal government. It's the CREW Open Community Document Review System, and we're giving you the first chance to use it.
As a part of our ongoing efforts to expose government corruption and clean up Washington, CREW makes Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents and information from the federal government. In response to our FOIA requests we receive thousands of documents ranging from memos to emails to personal handwritten notes. Just last week, we posted dozens of documents from the White House's Council on Environmental Quality relating to climate change. We also have several pending FOIA requests with the Secret Service for White House visitor records from folks such as of Jack Abramoff, Grover Norquist, and Ralph Reed.
Starting today, you can help us review documents CREW receives from the government, and root out instances of illegal and unethical behavior. You can browse our collection of documents, send links to individual document pages to your friends, conduct searches of our document collection to find that needle in the haystack and more. By using the combined power of thousands of individual activists working together to review documents we can quickly tag and sort tens of thousands of pages, discover new information and make it all searchable for you, your friends and other activists.
In the past, when CREW received boxes of documents in response to its FOIA requests, the only way we were able share them with the public was by posting huge PDF files on our website. Now, with CREW's new document review system, not only can you help us search and tag these documents, but every page of every document will have its own unique URL so that you can link to a particular page from your blog, forward interesting nuggets that you find to your friends, or share pages on sites like Digg and Reddit. As an example, take a look at this note from Julie Finley, a major conservative fundraiser, to Gale Norton when she was confirmed as Secretary of the Interior.
We are very excited about this new system and already we have plans to add new features and tools. We need your help today, not only to review documents, but to test the tool. What works? What doesn't work? What do you like? We look forward to getting your input. If you find a problem that needs fixing, or if you've got a great idea for future features, post a comment on our development blog.
We hope you find this new tool as exciting as we do.
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Florida Democratic Party Goes Hi- Tech

Thurman in Cyberspace

The Florida Democratic Party is planning to air regular podcasts with Chairwoman Karen Thurman and other party leaders on its website. The feature begins today with Thurman talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Day. Watch it here.
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Bush is out of control

Fasten your seat belts.  President Bush is going to announce his new "strategerie" for Iraq next week.  A surge.  A surge right over the cliff.
 
Mr. President, it's over.  You've lost control.  Here are the facts that matter:  80% of Iraqis want us to leave; over 40% of Iraqis are now unemployed;  no place is safe or normal due to insurgency and civil war – women can not even give birth safely, due to the total breakdown of a once excellent healthcare system (WPost 1/4/2007).
It is over.  The world knows it, America knows it, your own military knows it (only 35% believe in your policy).  Shifting generals and overruling your advisors is moving the deck chairs on the titanic. Hardly anything is going right, even Saddam's execution was a disaster you couldn't control, Mr. President.
The Iraqis are going to take their country back in whatever form, regardless of what we do, however we do it, whenever we do it.
 
Don't delay the inevitable Mr. President.  Vietnam taught us that lesson. It took 7 years and over 35,000 more deaths after 1968 when the handwriting was on the wall. Vietnamization. Pacification. Search and Destroy.  Winning the Hearts and Minds. None of it worked.
 
This is no longer a military battle, a war, it's a political battle.  We are not the surge protectors.  We are not the NYPD.
It is time, Mr. President, to adapt the late Senator George Aiken's strategy for Vietnam:  declare victory and get out.


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2007 Election Dates for Broward County

2007 Election Dates for Broward County
Date
Jurisdiction
Election Type
02/13/07
Cooper City
Primary Election
02/13/07
Dania Beach
Primary Election
02/13/07
Hollywood
Special Election
03/13/07
Coconut Creek
General Election
03/13/07
Cooper City
General Election
03/13/07
Dania Beach
General Election
03/13/07
Davie
General Election
03/13/07
Hallandale Beach
General Election
03/13/07
Miramar
General Election
03/13/07
Oakland Park
General Election
03/13/07
Pembroke Park
General Election
03/13/07
Plantation
General Election
03/13/07
Pompano Beach
General Election
03/13/07
Sea Ranch Lakes
General Election
03/13/07
Sunrise
General Election
03/13/07
West Park
General Election
03/13/07
Hillsboro Beach
General Election


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The Case for a Revote

 
 

ACLU sees clear case for a revote in disputed District 13 election

 
Howard Simon is executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida . Peter Tannen is chairman of ACLU's Sarasota-Manatee- DeSoto Chapter.
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Some voters have protested the 13th Congressional District election because they are unhappy with the (tentative) results; others have remained silent, perhaps pleased with the results. We hope more are concerned not with the results but the disfranchisement of thousands of voters that made this failed election an affront to democracy.

Elections in a democracy are not simply a matter of who wins or loses; winners must win legitimately.

That is why no one should walk away from this failed election hoping that the next one goes better, and why Jennings and Buchanan supporters (and supporters of "none of the above") should join the fight for a revote. Only a revote (with a paper trail) will ensure a legitimate election.

The lawsuit seeking a revote, filed on behalf of voters by the American Civil Liberties Union and other voting-rights organizations, addresses the disfranchisement of what could be as many as 18,000 voters, not the outcome. The suit would have been filed if the tentative results were different: These paperless electronic touch-screen voting machines were not ready for prime time.

If we are to have a democracy in reality, and not in name only, voting systems must be:

Easy to use and accurately count, tabulate and report votes;

Subject to independent testing, certification and verification of their operational soundness;

Designed to prevent negligent programming, operational errors or malicious tampering;

Immune from unintended undervotes;

Fully accessible to every eligible voter and not compromise the right to vote with anonymity;

Capable of meaningfully recounting votes to verify their accuracy.

The defective election occurred because voting equipment did not meet all of these standards.

A revote is necessary because the extraordinarily high number of undervotes casts reasonable doubt on whether the election results, as certified, express the will of the voters. It is simply not credible to maintain that all of the undervotes were attributable to voters "turned off" by the contentious congressional election, especially compared to the 2.5 percent undervote rate of those casting paper absentee ballots in the same race.

The Herald-Tribune has reported that ballot design was a significant factor, but it was not the only factor in accounting for 18,000 undervotes (approximately 15 percent of those casting ballots on the iVotronic touch-screen machines on Election Day). While the ballot was poorly designed by the Supervisor of Elections, no one knows the precise interplay between a poorly designed ballot, a voter's decision to abstain and machine malfunction.

In addition to the SOE, there are others to blame for the failed election. The Jeb Bush administration, including several secretaries of state, has dismissed the need for a meaningful recount, charging that critics like the ACLU are seeking to undermine voter confidence. And they are dragging their heels on certifying more reliable voting equipment.

They tell us to trust the machines and blame the voter.

But times they are a' changing. Paperless electronic touch-screen voting machines that do not meet minimal standards should soon be on the scrap heap of history.

In a startling development this month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology recommended that, because touch-screen voting machines are not secure from tampering and lack independent audit capability, only optical-scan or touch-screen systems with a voter-verified paper audit trail should be used.

Proposed legislation to require paper trails and other safeguards will get serious consideration in the next Congress, and similar legislation may also get an airing in the Florida Legislature.

This is important for the future of our democracy, but for the failed congressional election: A revote is necessary to ensure a legitimate election and an untainted winner.

Whether it's badly designed voting machines miscounting votes or a badly designed ballot that misleads voters, up to 18,000 voters must not be deprived of the right to have their votes counted.


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CD: 13 - Jennings V.S.

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11/21/2006

COMPLAINT Receipt: 47176 Date: 11/21/2006

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-TOM GALLAGHER

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-SUE COBB SECRETARY OF STATE

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-KATHY DENT SARASOTA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-GOVERNOR JEB BUSH

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-THE SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD

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11/21/2006

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAUL MERCIER

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SUMMONS ISSUED VERN BUCHANAN

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-FLORIDA ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-SARASOTA COUNTY JUDGE PHYLLIS GALEN

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11/21/2006

SUMMONS ISSUED-STATE SENATOR DAN WEBSTER

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11/22/2006

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE - AZIZA NAA-KAA BOTCHWAY FOR AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC.

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11/22/2006

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

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11/22/2006

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ATTEND COURT

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11/27/2006

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE RICHARD T DONELAN (Attorney) on behalf of TOM GALLAGHER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (DEFENDANT)

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11/28/2006

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE FREDERICK J ELBRECHT (Attorney) on behalf of THE SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, SARASOTA COUNTY JUDGE PHYLLIS GALEN, SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAUL MERCIER, KATHY DENT SARASOTA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, THE SARASOTA CO0001

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11/28/2006

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

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11/30/2006

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ATTEND AUDIT

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11/30/2006

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11/30/2006

PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' MOTION FOR ENTRY OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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11/30/2006

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

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11/30/2006

PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF ITEMS WITHIN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE STATE UNDER FLA. STAT. 101.5607 AND FLA. ADMIN. CODE RULE 1S-2.015(5)( F) (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANTS SUE M. COBB AND DAWN K. ROBERTS' MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT AS TO THEM FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

WAIVER AND ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973) GLENN THOMAS BURHANS JR (Attorney) on behalf of VERN BUCHANAN (DEFENDANT)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO FEDDER COMPLAINT (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANT SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO FEDDER COMPLAINT (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB'S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

ANSWER (ORIGINAL FILED IN 2006 CA 2973)

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12/01/2006

DEFENDANT TOM GALLAGHER'S ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTION

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12/06/2006

DEFENDANT ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC.'S MOTION REQUESTING FIFTEEN (15) DAYS TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION, MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION AND MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER AND REQUEST FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING (ORIGINAL FILE0001

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12/07/2006

NOTICE OF HEARING ON DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB'S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM & DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB AND DAWN K. ROBERTS' MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT AS TO THEM FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM (ORIGINAL FILED IN 06 CA 2973)

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12/07/2006

DEFENDANT DENT'S MOTION TO DISMISS FEDDER'S COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTIONS

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12/08/2006

EXHIBIT F - HARDWARE MAINTENANCE SERVICES

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12/08/2006

VOTER PLAINTIFFS' JOINDER TO JENNING'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND VOTER PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND OPPOSITION TO ESS MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME

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12/08/2006

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12/12/2006

VOTER PLAINTIFFS' FIRST SET OF REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION AND INSPECTION TO ES&S

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12/13/2006

NOTICE OF HEARING ON VOTER PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL - DECEMBER 19, 2006 AT 1:00 P.M.

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12/13/2006

VOTER PLAINTIFFS' JOINDER TO JENNINGS' MOTION TO COMPEL, AND VOTER PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL, AND OPPOSITION TO ESS MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME

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12/13/2006

VOTER PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR ENTRY OF ANTI-SPOLIATION ORDER

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12/14/2006

MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE- MATTHEW J ZIMMERMAN

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12/18/2006

VOTER PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

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11/20/2006NOTICE OF APPEARANCE HAYDEN R DEMPSEY (Attorney) on behalf of VERN BUCHANAN (DEFENDANT); GLENN THOMAS BURHANS JR (Attorney) on behalf of VERN BUCHANAN (DEFENDANT)VIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.510,JESSICA RING AMUNSONVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006SUMMONS ISSUED - DAWN K. ROBERTS, DIRECTOR, DEPT OF STATEVIEW IMAGE
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11/20/2006SUMMONS ISSUED SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARDVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTION Receipt: 47142 Date: 11/20/2006VIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.510, SAM HIRSCHVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006SUMMONS ISSUED - KATHY DENT, SARASOTA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONSVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006SUMMONS ISSUED - SUE M COBB, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDAVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006NOTICE OF HEARING Event: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 11/21/2006 Time: 10:30 am Judge: GARY, WILLIAM L Location: CHAMBERSVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.510, DONALD B VERRILLI JRVIEW IMAGE
11/20/2006PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND FOR INSPECTION OF TANGIBLE THINGSVIEW IMAGE
11/21/2006RESPONSE OF ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION SECRETARY OF STATE SUE M COBB AND DAWN K ROBERTS TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL EXPEDITED DISCOVERYVIEW IMAGE
11/21/2006ORDER ON MOTION TO COMPEL EXPEDITED DISCOVERYVIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED 11/21/06 ON KATHY DENT SARASOTA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONSVIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006NOTICE OF APPEARANCE RONALD LABASKY (Attorney) on behalf of KATHY DENT AS SARASOTA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTI (DEFENDANT)VIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006STATE DEFENDANTS' FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO PLAINTIFFVIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED NOVEMBER 20, 2006 ON ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA RECEIVED BY SHARON LARSON, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSELVIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED NOVEMBER 20, 2006 ON DAWN K. ROBERTS, DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIRECTOR RECEIVED BY SHARON LARSON, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSELVIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED 11/21/06 ON SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARDVIEW IMAGE
11/27/2006SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED NOVEMBER 20, 2006 ON SUE M. COBB, SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA RECEIVED BY SHARON LARSON, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSELVIEW IMAGE
11/28/2006NOTICE OF APPEARANCE FREDERICK J ELBRECHT (Attorney) on behalf of SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD (DEFENDANT)VIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006AMENDED COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTIONVIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006SUMMONS ISSUED-1VIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006ORDER ON VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE OF SAM HIRSCHVIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006ORDER ON VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE OF DONALD B. VERRILLI, JR.VIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF ITEMS WITHIN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE STATE UNDER FLA. STAT. 101.5607 AND FLA. ADMIN. CODE RULE 1S-2.015(5)( F)VIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' MOTION FOR ENTRY OF A PROTECTIVE ORDERVIEW IMAGE
11/30/2006ORDER ON VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE OF JESSICA RING AMUNSONVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006DEFENDANTS SUE M. COBB AND DAWN K. ROBERTS' MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT AS TO THEM FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIMVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB'S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIMVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006WAIVER AND ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE GLENN THOMAS BURHANS JR (Attorney) on behalf of VERN BUCHANAN (DEFENDANT)VIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO FEDDER COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006ANSWERVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006DEFENDANT SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO FEDDER COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/01/2006ANSWERVIEW IMAGE
12/05/2006STATE DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND FOR INSPECTION OF TANGIBLE THINGSVIEW IMAGE
12/05/2006NOTICE OF HEARING - DECEMBER 15, 2006 AT 9:00 A.M. BEFORE JUDGE GARY, IN CHAMBERS (MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF ITEMS WITHIN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE STATE)VIEW IMAGE
12/05/2006DEFENDANT DENT'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND FOR INSPECTION OF TANGIBLE THINGSVIEW IMAGE
12/06/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGS REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND FOR INSPECTION OF TANGIBLE THINGSVIEW IMAGE
12/06/2006NOTICE OF APPEARANCE HARRY O THOMAS (Attorney) on behalf of ELECTION SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE INC (DEFENDANT)VIEW IMAGE
12/06/2006DEFENDANT ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC.'S MOTION REQUESTING FIFTEEN (15) DAYS TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION, MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION AND MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER AND REQUEST FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARINGVIEW IMAGE
12/06/2006NOTICE OF APPEARANCE MIGUEL A DE GRANDY (Attorney) on behalf of ELECTION SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE INC (DEFENDANT)VIEW IMAGE
12/07/2006NOTICE OF HEARING Event: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 12/08/2006 Time: 2:00 pm Judge: GARY, WILLIAM L Location: ROOM 365 IVIEW IMAGE
12/07/2006PLAINTIFF'S JOINT NOTICE SETTING A DECEMBER 15-2006 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE REQUESTING PROMPT ENTRY OF SCHEDULING ORDER AND SEEKING PRIORITY STATUSVIEW IMAGE
12/07/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT ELECTIONS SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC'S MOTION FOR FIFTEEN DAYS RESPONSE TIME AND AN EVIDENTIARY HEARINGVIEW IMAGE
12/07/2006PLAINTIFF JENNING'S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF ITEMS WITHIN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE SARASOTA COUNTY DEFENDANTSVIEW IMAGE
12/07/2006DEFENDANT ELECTIONS SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE INC SUPPLEMENTAL ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION REQUESTING 15 DAYS TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION AND MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER AND REQUEST FOR EVIDE0001VIEW IMAGE
12/07/2006NOTICE OF HEARING ON DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB'S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM & DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB AND DAWN K. ROBERTS' MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT AS TO THEM FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM Event: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 12/150001VIEW IMAGE
12/11/2006CONGRESSMAN- ELECT BUCHANA'S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/11/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLIANT AND FEDDER COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/11/2006ANSWER TO JENNINGS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/11/2006CONGRESSMAN- ELECT BUCHANAN'S ANSWER TO THE FEDDER PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/12/2006DEFENDANT DENT'S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTIONVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006DEFENDANT DENT'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF ITEMS WITHIN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE SARASOTA COUNTY DEFENDANTSVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS COBB AND ROBERTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIMVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006DEFENDANTS SUE M. COBB AND DAWN K. ROBERTS' NOTICE OF WITHDRAWL OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISSVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO JENNINGS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006DEFENDANT SUE M. COBB'S NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION TO DISMISS COPMLAINTVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' RESPONSE TO STATE DEFENDANTS' FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTIONVIEW IMAGE
12/13/2006PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' REPLY TO AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES OF SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARDVIEW IMAGE
12/14/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S RE-NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND FEDDER COMPLAINT - DECEMBER 19, 2006 AT 9:00 A.M. BEFORE JUDGE GARYVIEW IMAGE
12/14/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S AMENDED RE-NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO JENNINGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND FEDDER COMPLAINT (AS TO TIME ONLY) - DECEMBER 19, 2006 AT 1:00 P.M. BEFORE JUDGE GARYVIEW IMAGE
12/14/2006ORDERVIEW IMAGE
12/14/2006DEFENDANT ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC.'S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTIONVIEW IMAGE
12/14/2006NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION FOR ENTRY OF ANTI-SPOLIATION ORDER Event: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 12/19/2006 Time: 1:00 pm Judge: GARY, WILLIAM L Location: CHAMBERSVIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006NOTICE OF SERVING STATE DEFENDANTS' FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO PLAINTIFF JENNINGSVIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006CONGRESSMAN- ELECT BUCHANAN'S FIRST INTERROGATORIES TO PLAINTIFFS ELLEN FEDDER, ET AL.VIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006DEFENDANT, SARASOTA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITYVIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006CONGRESSMAN- ELECT BUCHANAN'S FIRST REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS TO THE PLAINTIFFS ELLEN FEDDER, ET AL.VIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006CONGRESSMAN- ELECT BUCHANAN'S FIRST REQUEST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS TO PLAINTIFFS ELLEN FEDDER, ET AL.VIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006NOTICE OF SERVING STATE DEFENDANTS' FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO EACH FEDDER PLAINTIFFVIEW IMAGE
12/15/2006CONGRESSMAN- ELECT VERN BUCHANAN'S NOTICE OF SERVICE OF FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO PLAINTIFFS FEEDDER, ET ALVIEW IMAGE

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