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February 29, 2008

Things you don't see in Pinellas County, #347

(Miami Herald)

Eager to avoid a taxpayer backlash, Miami city commissioners Thursday voted unanimously against granting former City Attorney Jorge Fernandez any form of severance pay -- rejecting a proposed payout that could have cost taxpayers nearly $300,000.

That figure represented a combination of accumulated vacation and sick days along with six months of severance pay. Fernandez was earning $257,231 a year at the time of his resignation earlier this month.

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Things you don't see in Miami-Dade - an obnoxious holier-than-thou newspaper Columnist who makes a living exalting his own perfection.

oh, i didn't know carl hiaasen had moved.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: WEEKLY LIVE CHAT: Join Howard from noon to 1 p.m. each Tuesday here on TroxBlog for a live online chat about current events in Florida and the Tampa Bay area.

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Born March 19, 1959, in Burlington, N.C., Troxler writes a mix of reporting, analysis, satire and commentary on state and local matters. He considers himself politically unpredictable with libertarian leanings ("I'm for gay marriage WITH gun ownership") but readers routinely conclude he is hopelessly biased against whatever it is they happen to be for. He is married to a woman who has more sense than he does and lives in St. Petersburg.

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