============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.bonitanews.com � August 28, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Bonita Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ JUDAH, SLOT LOCKED IN EXPENSIVE COMMISSION RACE Ray Judah has been the Lee County commissioner for District 3 since 1988. Jake Slot says it�s time for a change. Judah and Slot are running the most expensive County Commission race in Lee history, a race that for all practical purposes ends Tuesday. There is a write-in candidate in the race, so only Republicans will get to choose between Judah and Slot. GOP NOTABLES, REV. GRAHAM PRAY WITH CHARLEY VICTIMS Two weeks after Hurricane Charley slammed this community, the prayer service was to show support for the weary. But it packed enough political clout to blow away the party unfaithful. Gov. Jeb Bush and an entourage of GOP political heavyweights held a prayer service Friday morning at the First Baptist Church of Port Charlotte, with evangelical powerhouse Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, in tow. FOOTBALL GAME TURNS INTO CHARITY DRIVE FOR SCHOOLS The exhibition football game Friday between Barron Collier and DeSoto high schools didn�t count, but every bottle of water, can of food and dollar bill donated sure will. With students, teachers and parents lined up at the main gate to accept donations to help Barron Collier�s opponent for the evening, the game turned into a charity drive. But when DeSoto kicked off to start the game, the battle was as fierce as a football game should be. OPPONENTS, SUPPORTERS OF PROPOSED WAL-MART FACE OFF A Wal-Mart Supercenter planned for Estero was met with sharp disapproval Friday from some Estero residents who brought along petitions to a public hearing and from Lee County staff who said the store would choke traffic along U.S. 41. Nearly 10 residents rose to the podium in a chilly hearing room in downtown Fort Myers to express disgust for the store, while more than 20 other residents voiced support during the nearly eight-hour hearing. CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED PORTER GOSS HAVE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL PRIORITIES All four of the Republican candidates running to succeed Porter Goss in Congress are pledging to bring federal money back to Southwest Florida. But their financial priorities are somewhat different even though all tend to mention the same issues. The District 14 candidates are former state Rep. Connie Mack, Naples doctor Frank Schwerin, state Rep. Carole Green and former Lee County Commissioner Andy Coy. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: COLLIER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT When we first learned of Ben Marlin�s resignation on Tuesday, we were disappointed. We were disappointed that Collier County Public Schools would miss his leadership on programs he started during a busy first year as superintendent. We were disappointed in Marlin himself, for making a mountain out of a molehill of criticism. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA JUDGE: TOUCHSCREEN COUNTIES MUST BE ABLE TO DO MANUAL RECOUNTS A state rule barring the 15 Florida counties that use touchscreens from doing manual recounts is at odds with state law, which requires hand recounts in certain close elections, an administrative law judge ruled Friday. A coalition of government watchdogs and other interest groups sued the state arguing the law requires provisions for hand recounts in every county, no matter what voting technology is used. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: TEMPLE SHALOM SERIES OFFERS A LOOK AT WORLD EVENTS There�ll be a little bit of New York in Naples come September. And it doesn�t have anything to do with the upcoming influx of snowbirds. Temple Shalom will be offering a satellite broadcast of programming called �Live from NY�s 92nd Street Y� come Sept. 9. It�s part of a series that the Y offers the New York community each year and involves speakers from all walks of life offering their take on the world. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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