The Sweetwater event left me thinking there’s something still missing in this bromance. Are you convinced the Republicans back Scott?
Here’s the update with Jeb Bush from Jacksonville.
… if there had been only one Haitian-American campaigning for the District 17 seat, instead of four, even in a primary field with nine candidates.
The Miami Herald broke down the unofficial primary results.
The unofficial results released Wednesday show that the four Haitian American candidates collectively got almost 20,000 votes in the Democratic primary — enough to defeat the winning candidate, state Sen. Frederica Wilson, a popular African American lawmaker. She garnered more than 16,500 votes in the safe Democratic seat held by Rep. Kendrick Meek, who won his party’s U.S. Senate nomination by trouncing real estate tycoon Jeff Greene.
Here was my look at the largest primary field in Florida in the midterm elections.
4 Haitian-Americans were in the running for US House District 17. None won the crowded Democratic primary. Dr. Rudy Moise finished second to Florida state legislator Frederica Wilson (who’s not a Haitian).
I was at Jeff Greene’s party. I’m using the term “party” very loosely.
I’m looking forward to seeking seeing my friend, Libreri Mapou owner Jan Mapou stage his kreyol-English adaptation of Jacques Roumain’s novel this weekend.
UPDATE: Really professional production. I think I was the only blan in the theater. So who was using the kreyol-to-English translation thingys? They sold out before I got there.
The urgency of the oil spill may be past, but birds on the Gulf Coast are still struggling to survive. Here’s a look at a National Audubon Society team trying to help save the birds.
Will the Haitian community in District 17 split its vote and miss the chance to see a Haitian-born candidate take an open seat?
The more I learned about the sedimentation patterns and levee construction and about what we sacrifice to get the oil and gas resources we need, the more the drama is clearly one about human choices.
documentary photographer Kael Alford framing the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the wider panorama of survival on the Louisiana coast
Here’s the Panama City News Herald’s account of what the Obamas ate during their weekend visit. The AP’s Bill Kaczor also noted Sasha’s ice cream choices. … Is it enough to make Bourdain swing through the Panhandle? One can only hope.
Anyone inspired to hit the outlets in Destin now?
