... registered voters in the Southeastern part of the state of Florida. In 1994 the four major counties that form the southeast portion of Florida, Palm Beach, Broward Miami-Dade, and Monroe elected the democratic candidates Lawton Chiles and Buddy MacKay for Florida's governor (Division of Elections, 1994). In ... the 1998 governor's race the counties were evenly divided. The majority of voters in Broward county and Palm Beach county again voted for the democratic candidates whereas in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties the majority of voters voted republican (Division of Elections, 1998). ......

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... it more potential for danger when Mother Nature presents herself. Every new severe storm that plows over the shoreline creates more damage to the beach's natural state and its man-made developments. Not only is the disaster of coastal development highly expensive for the community to recover from, ... than when compared to areas where dunes have been destroyed or removed (Hurricane Opal, 1995). Damage is usually higher to houses surrounded by flat beach fronts because the dunes act as a barrier against oncoming waves. The dunes absorb the shock of the waves and help protect against flood...

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... anybody's game. The rest of the states were either decided or all but decided and without Florida, the unofficial tally saw Gore being three votes short, Bush 242. When Palm Beach County announced it would hand recount over 400,000 ballots, the election of 2000 now went to the courts as Bush sues in U.S. district court to bar the counting. In ... all of the Florida counties until 2 PM the next day to give a viable reason for votes to be recounted. With the ruling in effect, Harris refuses the requests of Palm Beach and Broward Counties to include their hand recounts in the final electio...

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... fingerprints and establish why they need the weapon before the sale. The Oak Trading Post also came under fire in the late 1980's, when a crazed gunman shot 10 at a Palm Beach shopping center. The gunman had bought the gun at the Post. When asked about the Empire State building incident, Mayor Giuliani responded by saying "Weak gun laws in Florida and ... ...

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