Silver Spring State Park is home to at least 300 rhesus macaques. The monkeys carry a rare and deadly form of herpes virus called herpes B. ---
It's Colonel Tooey"s fault. In 1938 he released six rhesus macaques onto a small island within what is now the state park. The animals are breeding rapidly, and a new study estimates that the monkey population will double by 2022 unless state agencies take steps to control it. here
"Lets be clear about what we are witnessing in Florida: The sitting Governor is seeking to throw out lawful votes and seize the voting equipment in order to win an election."
May 16, 2018: Brenda Snipes elections supervisor in Florida’s second-most populous county broke state and federal law by unlawfully destroying ballots cast in Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s 2016 Democratic primary, a judge ruled Friday in a case brought by the congresswoman’s challenger who wanted to check for voting irregularities. here
Democrats control the seven-member board for the first time since 2004. And in other races in Hillsborough, including two local sales tax referendums, voters backed liberal-leaning causes that could change the face of everything from transportation, growth and support for public schools to Tallahassee’s reach over local government. here
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. Joseph Stalin
Miami-Dade County announced today that it has finished counting votes for the 2018 election.
But photos obtained by New Times show scores of mail-in ballots sitting inside an Opa-locka mail distribution center.
Suzy Trutie, a spokesperson for the Elections Department, told New Times her office was aware of the ballots but confirmed nothing else about them. She said that, by her office's reading of state law, any ballots not delivered to the Miami-Dade Elections Department by 7 p.m. on Election Day could not be counted toward the 2018 total.here