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Rwalsh Donating Member (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-26-09 06:11 PM
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"Florida Senator Jim King dead"
Source: Channel 4 - Jacksonville. FL

Former Florida Senate President Jim King, who sometimes fought Gov. Jeb Bush and his own Republican Party over the Terri Schiavo right-to-die battle in 2005, died Sunday after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, a family spokeswoman said. He was 69

Read more: http://www.news4jax.com/news/20183479/detail.html



Prayers to his family.
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-26-09 06:15 PM
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1. If the guy was hated on by Randall Terry, then he couldn't have been all that bad
RIP, Jim King. And an extra point to you for surviving a challenge from the terrorist leader, Randall Terry.
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DaLittle Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-26-09 09:38 PM
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2. He Was Pretty Bad!!! Thought That Education , "Teachers" Only Needed A couple Of Courses To Teach..
Typical puppet but hate to see someone die from cancer before their time. He was 69.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-26-09 10:35 PM
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3. He was bad.
He sponsored a bill that made it virtually impossible for ordinary citizens to challenge big land developers and environmental polluters. In Florida, that's a big, big problem and King contributed to it.

There's more to life than just a couple of hot button social issues, you know.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:59 AM
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4. Must had been part of the Jeb Bush real estate cabal
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