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Opinion editor, sunsentinel.com. Alum of The Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times and WPLG. Proud native of Pawtucket. RTs not endorsements.

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Steve Bousquet is Opinion Editor and columnist for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He is the former Tampa Bay Times Tallahassee bureau chief. He joined the Times in 2001 after 17 years at the Miami Herald, where he held a variety of positions including Tallahassee bureau chief, and previously was a reporter at TV stations in Miami and Providence, R.I. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island and a master's in history from Florida State University.

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Last-minute election trick stirs suspicions | Steve Bousquet

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| South Florida Sun Sentinel Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Elections are all about choices: giving voters credible, legitimate choices in representation for public office. It’s a bedrock principle of democracy. The choices in Florida’s next election became official at noon Friday, the deadline for candidates to place their names on the ballot for a primary on Aug. 18.
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Artificial turf, real anger in Lauderdale | Steve Bousquet

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... People everywhere worry about artificial intelligence. But in Fort Lauderdale, the outrage is over artificial turf. A turf war at a commission meeting Tuesday revealed much about what ails this politically fractured but never boring city. What should have been a celebratory moment involving the city’s beach ended in discord. Things got ugly. People went home angry and frustrated. Days later, they were still talking about one commissioner’s conduct.
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The calm before the property tax storm | Steve Bousquet

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| South Florida Sun Sentinel Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Three days. That’s how much time Gov. Ron DeSantis has blocked out for the special session on property taxes. The sixth special session in 18 months starts Monday in Tallahassee. The potential impacts of what’s being considered are well nigh impossible to fully calculate. If you have never paid any attention to what happens at the state Capitol, now is the time to do it.
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