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THE FLORIDA SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD ENDORSES:
President and Vice President
Justice of the Supreme Court Carlos Muniz
No
District Court of Appeals Drew Atkinson
No
District Court of Appeals Morris Silberman Yes
District Court of Appeals Daniel Sleet
No
District Court of Appeals Andrea Teves Smith No
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Representative In Congress District 12
Kimberly Walker
Representative in Congress District 14
Kathy Castor
Representative in Congress District 15
Alan Cohn
Representative in Congress District 16
Margaret Good
State Attorney, 13 Judicial Court
County Court Judge Group 7
Andrew Warren
Bill Yanger
Sheriff
No. 4 Constitutional Amendment
Chad Chronister
Voter Approval of Constitutional Amendments
No
Property Appraiser
No. 5 Constitutional Amendment
Bob Coach Henriquez
Limitations On Homestead Property Tax Assessments No
Tax Collector
Nancy Millan
Board Of County Commissioners District 1
Harry Cohen
Board of County Commissioners District 3
Gwen Myers
Board of County Commissioners District 6
Sandy Murman
No. 6 Constitutional Amendment
Soil and Water Conservation Seats
No Recommendations
Supervisors of Community Development Seats
No Recommendations
Citizenship Requirement To Vote In Florida No
No. 2 Constitutional Amendment Raising Florida Minimum Wage
Yes
No. 1 Constitutional Amendment
No. 3 Constitutional Amendment
All Voters Vote in Primary Election for State Legislature, Governor and Cabinet No
Ad Valorem Tax Discount for Spouses of Certain Deceased Veterans Who Had Permanent, Combat-Related Disabilities
Yes
PLANT CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW BUSINESSES AND EXPANSIONS OF EXISTING BUSINESSES
Yes
Editorial
State Senator District 19 Darryl Rouson
State Senator District 20 Kathy Lewis
State Senator District 21 Anthony ‘Tony’ Eldon
State Representative District 57
Scott Hottenstein
State Representative District 58
Cleo CL Townsend, Jr.
State Representative District 59 Andrew Learned
State Representative District 60
Julie Jenkins
State Representative District 62 Susan Valdes
State Representative District 64 Jessica Harrington
School Board District 1
Nadia Combs
School Board District 3
Mitch Thrower
School Board District 5
Henry ‘Shake’ Washington
School Board District 7
Sally Harris
Temple Terrace City Council
No Recommendation
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Shadows Over Ginsburg Replacement
We join America and the world to mourn the pass- ing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gings- burg. Moreover, we realize her death is eclipsed only by her life-long accomplishments on the battlefield of racial, gender and overall equality for all Americans.
However, Ginsberg’s untimely death has been super- seded by the unethical actions of both President Trump and leading Republican Senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and their Republican cohorts who for us now pose two very compelling and ethical questions: (1) Who shall succeed her? And, (2) When and by whom will she be appointed. Already, Republican racism and unfairness are creeping under the table.
In February 2016, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Gra- ham refused to accept any nomination to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama for 293 days, the longest time between any other appointments, claiming it was “too close to the election” to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016.
Their claim that their policy would be “to refuse to consider any nominee to the Supreme Court put for- ward by President Obama....,” arguing that the next President should be the one to appoint Scalia’s replace- ment.
Moreover, Republicans previously had filibustered many of Obama’s federal appointments for judgeships between 2009 and 2015.
Here we are today, only 39 days from the election and 105 days from the inauguration of a new President, and now the leading Republicans want to rush and push through the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg’s replacement.
Indeed, Lindsey Graham said in 2016 that we could “call him on the position he was taking if he changed.”
Well, the only difference between 2016 and today is that Obama was Black and Trump is white, and there is less time before the election.
Senators McConnell and Graham, we are “calling” both of you on your very obvious unethical and racist ac- tions, plain and simple, which casts shadows over every- thing Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg stood for.
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