Republicans falling like flys in Florida.....

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WEST PALM BEACH — County Commission Chairman Tony Masilotti has resigned, effective immediately, ending his run of 14 consecutive years in political office.

In a one-page letter, Masilotti wrote that he planned to plead guilty to yet-unknown charges stemming from a federal investigation related to his involvement in land deals. Records show the deals, where Masilotti represented himself as an elected official, benefited him and his family.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbcwest/content/local_news/epaper/2006/10/27/s1a_MASILOTTI_102706.html

In a calm voice that betrayed just a hint of inebriation and anger, state Rep. Ralph Arza left a 20-second message on the cellphone of his colleague Gus Barreiro some time after 8 last Saturday night.

''Hey, bitch,'' said Arza, who Barreiro had just accused of using racial slurs in a formal complaint. ``You're nothing but a bitch. You're a bitch. You're nothing but a bitch. God bless you, bitch.''

Sometime later, in a voice just a little less calm, Arza left a second message: ``Hey, bitch. You ain't nothing but a bitch. You ain't nothing but a bitch, brother, my nigger.''

Then the messages got scary.

An as-yet-unidentified man soon left three more recordings in English and Spanish that mixed a string of graphic compound expletives and threats that troubled Barreiro, a Republican like Arza. Barreiro is from Miami Beach. Arza lives in Miami Lakes.

''What you are is a big snitch,'' the second caller, his voice growling and rising in intensity, said. ``I'm gonna get you.''
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15859512.htm

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1. ROTFLMAO - Stop it - your killing me !!!!

[dhill926]

2. Ah...more grist for the mill

for Carl Hiassen.