Carl Hiaasen
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Obama attack campaign scripted in the gutter
By Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald Carl Hiaasen McClatchyTribune In Print: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Joe Ricketts has decided not to spend $10 million on hate. Good call. Ricketts is a billionaire, having founded TD Ameritrade, a company that promotes online st from TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times Read more »
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SCAT
Author: Carl Hiaasen Age range: 12 & up Content: No relationship content, mild cursing, and medium violence Genre: Reality Adventure Publisher: Knopf Where to get it: Barnes and Noble Summary: On a class field trip to the Everglades, Bunny Starch, the mo from Book Brat 98 Read more »
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In my library Carl Hiaasen
Only in Florida — and in the fiction of its native son Carl Hiaasen — does a dead iguana fall from a palm tree and kill somebody. “True story,” swears Hiaasen, whose new YA novel, “Chomp,” opens just that way. “We had a big freeze, and all these iguanas from New York Post Read more »
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Miami considers selling advertising space on public buildings, fire hydrants, rights-of-way
Fresh off a controversy over its preliminary approval of electronic billboards that Miami-Dade County says are illegal, the city of Miami has set off a new flap as it gets set to consider opening up the public streets and sidewalks to revenue-producing a from Miami Herald Read more »
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A respect for life
Carl Hiaasen gave us the most important reason for a trial in the death of Trayvon Martin ( Zimmerman charge will be hard to prove, April 22, Issues & Ideas). Being 17 is not a crime, nor is being out at night or wearing a hoodie. That terrible night end from Miami Herald Read more »
