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Radio, radio: Mayo, Wallman on The Florida Roundup today
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI have the pleasure to fill in as host of The Florida Roundup at noon today on WLRN (91.3 FM), the local NPR affiliate. If you've never heard the show, it's one of the best hours of airtime for local......Tags: NPR, Politics, The Miami Herald, Primaries, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
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Reasons to be thankful, 2012 edition
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBefore the blog takes a break for the long holiday weekend, my annual list of reasons to be grateful this Thanksgiving. Feel free to contribute your own lists below. 1. A bright, beautiful, healthy daughter, who just turned 7. 2.......Tags: Barack Obama, Allen West, Holidays
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What do you think of FPL's proposed rate hike?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFlorida utility regulators are in town for public hearings on FPL's proposed $690 million increase in annual base rates, starting in 2013. For my print column today, I gave my two cents. If the rate hike goes through, monthly bills......Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Plantation, Pembroke Pines
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Ex-state regulator: FPL doesn't need rate increase
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAfter my recent column and blog post on Florida Power & Light's proposed $690 million annual rate increase for electric bills, I heard from Nathan Skop, former Florida Public Service Commission member. His verdict: FPL doesn't need a rate increase.......Tags: Government, Civil and Public Service, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Politics, The Miami Herald
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Coping with Irene
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelHurricane Irene is really throwing her weight around and is apparently approaching??category 4 storm status, with winds of 131-155 mph. Expert Max Mayfield predicts she will be a major event no matter where she lands. In the spirit of her threat and hoped...Tags: Miami Lakes, Disasters, Hurricane Irene (2011), Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters
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What's better: South Florida in February or August?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsWe're headed to the peak of tourist season -- Presidents' Day weekend -- and if all the crowds and traffic make you want to scream, then join the club. It's the best of times -- perfect weather, a million events......Tags: Sports, Traffic, Marathon
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Nuclear crisis in Japan: The latest trust meltdown
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe Titanic was called unsinkable. It sank. Deep-sea oil drilling was supposed to be spill-proof. It wasn't. Nuclear power is supposed to be disaster-proof. It isn't. So much for believing the assertions of those who want us to feel risky......Tags: Disasters, Petroleum Industry, Japan, Environmental Pollution, Nuclear Power
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FPL rates (and transformers) get frozen
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI could barely make out the headline in my Sun Sentinel on Wednesday, the one that read: "FPL deal keeps base rates steady for 2 years." That's because my kitchen lights were so dim, with the watts struggling to course......Tags: Tropical Storms
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So many outrages, it's no wonder people have taken to streets
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIt seems every time I go to the mailbox, I find something that makes my blood boil. My bank, my phone company, my electric company ??? they're all sending me bad tidings. So the prospect of the cash-strapped U.S. Postal......Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Consumers, U.S. Postal Service
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FPL feels the heat
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI love me a good public-relations backtracking. In the case of FPL, the utility did a quick turnaround on its shameless request for higher fees to cover fuel costs in 2009. It took some probing and shaming from consumer groups......Tags: Sports, Civil and Public Service, Government, Petroleum Industry
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AIG: Astounding Idiotic Greed
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsDid you hear the one about the company that got a $152 billion government bailout that turned around and paid ???retention bonuses??? to roughly 7,000 employees? And that some of those bonuses were for 100 percent of the workers??? annual......Tags: Water Restrictions, American International Group, Charlie Crist, South Florida Water Management District, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008)
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After the shock: FPL???s rate hike request just a starting point
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsOK, take a deep breath. You???ve seen the headlines about FPL requesting a $1 billion increase in its annual base rates, or some 30 percent, starting in 2010. Just remember this: It???s not a done deal yet. It???s just the......Tags: Florida, Disasters, Hurricane Damage, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters
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