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Voter’s Guide 2010 Elections

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Equality Florida, based in St. Petersburg, has made their recommendations for the upcoming General Election to be held on November 2, 2010. Equality Florida was founded in 1997 and is one of the the state’s largest civil rights organizations dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s LGBT community. Equality Florida has stated that additional recommendations may be made as election day approaches.

In addition to Equality Florida (EF), several other voter’ s group

s have made recommendations. The additional groups include: Palm Beach County Nonpartisan Voters Coalition (VC), SAVE Dade Action Pac (SD) and Palm Beach County Human Rights Council (PB).

Below is a list of the recommendations. Please note that not all organizations have made recommendations in all races and just because a recommendation isn’t noted, this doesn’t mean that the represented organizations are opposed to the particular candidates or won’t make an additional future recommendations.

United States Senate: Charlie Crist (I) VC

United States Senate: Kendrick Meek (D) SD, PB

U.S. House District 16: Tom Rooney (R) VC,

U.S. House District 18: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) SD

U.S. House District 19: Ted Deutch (D) VC, PB

U.S. House District 20: Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) SD

U.S. House District 22: Ron Klein (D) VC, PB

U.S. House District 23: Alcee Hastings (D) VC, PB

U.S. House District 25: Joe Garcia (D) SD

Governor: Alex Sink (D) EF, VC, SD, PB

Attorney General: Dan Gelber (D) EF, VC, SD, PB

Chief Financial Officer: Loranne Ausley (D) EF, SD

Chief Financial Officer: Jeff Atwater (R) VC, PB

Agriculture Commissioner: Scott Maddox (D) EF, SD, PB

Agriculture Commissioner:  Adam Putnam(R) VC

Senate District 25: Kelly Skidmore (D) EF, VC, PB

Senate District 27: Kevin Rader (D) EF, VC, PB

Senate District 35: Gwen Margolis (D) EF, SD

Senate District 38: Les Gerson (D) SD

House District 7: David Pleat (D) EF

House District 9: Michelle Vasilinda (D) EF

House District 24: Michael Hageloh (D) EF

House District 30: Amy Tidd (D) EF

House District 31: Jodi James (D) EF

House District 33:  Leo Cruz (D) EF

House District 35: Amy Mercado (D) EF

House District 36:  Scott Randolph (D) EF

House District 40: Todd Christian (D) EF

House District 41: Lee Douglas (D) EF

House District 44: Diane Rowden (D) EF

House District 49: Soto (D) EF

House District 51: Janet Long (D) EF

House District 53:  Rick Kriseman (D) EF

House District 57: Stacy Frank (D) EF

House District 60: Russ Patterson (D) EF

House District 69: Keith Fitzgerald (D) EF

House District 83: Pat Rooney (R) VC

House District 83:  Mark Marciano(D) PB

House District 84:  Mackenson Bernard (D) EF, VC, PB

House District 85:  Joseph Abruzzo(D) EF, VC, PB

House District 87:  Bill Hager (R) VC

House District 87: Hava Holzhauer (D) PB

House District 88: Mark Pafford (D) VC, PB

House District 89: Jeff Clemens (D) EF, VC, PB

House District 90: Irv Slosberg (D) EF, VC, PB

House District 91:  Barabara Stern (D) EF, PB

House District 95: James Waldman (D) EF

House District 96:  Ari Porth (D) EF

House District 98: Franklin Sands (D) EF

House District 100:  Evan Jenne (D) EF

House District 107:  Luis Garcia (D) EF, SD

House District 112:  Sandra Ruiz (D) EF, SD

House District 114: Millie Herrera (D) EF, SD

House District 115: Jeffrey Soloman (D) EF

House District 118: Dwight Bullard (D) EF, SD

House District 120: Ron Saunders (D) EF

Alachua County School Board, District 1: Rick Nesbit EF,

Broward County Commission District 4:  Ken Keechl (D) EF,

Broward Co. Commission District 6:  Sue Gunzburger (D) EF,

Broward County School Board, District 4: Dave Thomas

Broward County School Board, District 6: Phyllis Hope

Hillsborough Co. Commission District 1:  John Dingfelder (D) EF,

Hillsborough Co. Comm. District 5: Linda Saul-Sena (D) EF,

Hillsborough County School Board, District 6: April Griffin

Leon County Commission, District 1: John ’Corri’ Byrne (D) EF,

Leon County Commission, At Large: Cliff  Thaell (D) EF,

Miami-Dade County Commission, District 8: Eugene Flinn SD

Palm Beach County Commission District 2:  Sherry Lee (R) VC

Palm Beach Co. Comm., District 2:  Paulette Burdick (D) PB

Palm Beach Co. Comm. District 6:  Jess Santamaria(D) VC, PB

Palm Beach Co. Comm. District 7:  Priscilla Taylor (D) VC, PB

Palm Beach School Board District 3: Bill Graham VC, PB

Palm Beach School Board Dist. 4: Jennifer Prior Brown VC, PB

Palm Beach School Board District 6:  Dean Eric Grossman VC

Palm Beach School Board District 6:  Marcia Andrews PB

Pinellas County Commission District 4: Susan Latvala (D) EF

Pinellas County School Board, District 7: James Jackson

Volusia County Commission, At Large:  Joyce Cusack (D) EF,

Amendment 1 (Public Campaign Financing): YES VC,

Amendment 2 (Homestead Tax Credit):  YES VC,

Amendment 4 (Comp. Land Use Plans):  NO VC,

Amend. 5 (Legislative Redistrict):  YES EF, VC, PB

Amend. 6 (Congressional Redistrict):  YES EF, VC, PB

Amendment 8: (Class Size Requirements): YES VC

Early voting is underway. Check with your county election board for early voting polling places and times. The general election will be held on November 2, 2010.

Gay Student Group Endorses Candidates For Office

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Young voices want to be heard

By DMITRY RASHNITSOV

The Broward County Council of Gay-Straight Alliances, an independently-run LGBT student group, has announced its’ list of endorsements for the 2010 election cycle. Representing student groups from 26 Broward High Schools, the Council advocates on behalf of LGBTQ students and teachers.

“In these challenging times for LGBT Equality, we are proud to stand beside our allies and work to ensure fair-minded, progressive candidates are elected to positions that can help ensure LGBT students receive a fair and adequate education,” said Ryan Terrell, President of the Broward Council of GSAs.

The Council plans on providing volunteers, tactical advice on issues, and other campaign services to its preferred candidates. They have already supported a couple of Broward campaigns this year.

Andrew Torres of Coral Springs, the incoming President of the Council, added that the Council usually makes endorsements only in races that it deems can have a direct impact on LGBT students and teachers.

“We’re looking forward to a fun and spirited campaign cycle,” said Torres, who takes over at the end of the school year.

This year’s endorsements are:

Scott Galvin- U.S. Congress, District 17 Justin Flippen- State Representative, District 92 Ken Keechl, Broward County Commission, District 4 Patti Good- Broward County School Board, District 2 Dave Thomas- Broward County School Board, District 4 Laurie Rich Levinson- Broward County School Board, District 6 Jennifer Leonard Gottlieb-Broward County School Board, District 8- At Large.

The Broward GSA was founded in February 2008 and has about 50 members.  In two years the group helped more than 20 high schools start local gay-straight alliances.

“This new community support was essential to our efforts to pass a Broward School Board Resolution recognizing the National Day of Silence and a Broward Democratic Executive Committee Resolution calling for a National School Safety and Crime Prevention Strategy by the Department of Education, both projects that I spearheaded as the Council President,” Terrell said.

For more information about the group, visit www.dosomething.org/project/broward-county-council-gay-straight-alliances

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