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tough decision, that jury duty thing

September 17, 20083 comments - add to the conversation!

A couple of months ago, I was summoned for jury duty.  I noted at the time that “many people complain about how they can’t “waste their time” by serving on jury duty, and try to get out of it…“  Of course, I never ended up going.  They apparently overbooked and before I headed downtown, I [...]

why voter turnout was ‘crappy’

We recently mentioned the low voter turnout for the primaries in Pinellas and Hillsborough, and suggested that you just don’t care about picking a leader.  But was that a fair statement? Creative Loafing’s Wayne Garcia weighed in on the sorry turnout for voting in the primaries, calling it “crappy.”  He says the “circumstances” include (my highlights): few [...]

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