============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.bonitanews.com � October 30, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Bonita Daily News: http://web.bonitanews.com/circulation/ BUSH, KERRY SPAR OVER BIN LADEN VIDEO John Kerry criticized President Bush on Friday for failing to capture Osama bin Laden as a new videotape of the terrorist leader surfaced just before the election. Bush accused the Democrat of "shameful" second-guessing in the face of threats by America's deadly foe. The broadcast of the bin Laden tape jolted the campaign's closing days, accentuating the terrorism theme with a reminder of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and Kerry revived his contention that Bush missed an opportunity to capture or kill bin Laden during the Afghan war. PLANS WOULD CHANGE LOOK OF DOWNTOWN BONITA AREA In 68 highly detailed pages, The RMPK Group sets out the most significant and ambitious plan yet to revitalize what it calls the "heart and soul" of Bonita Springs: Old 41 Road. The much-anticipated study suggests a slew of projects intended to draw people to the downtown area, such as building a massive public library, a waterfront shopping district and creating up to 1,431 parking spaces. MCCAIN: BIN LADEN VIDEO SHOWS NEED TO RE-ELECT BUSH U.S. Sen. John McCain said the Osama bin Laden video flogging the country's foreign policies that aired Friday is a strong argument for the need to re-elect President George W. Bush. The Republican Party star from Arizona swooped through Naples on Friday night to cheer the Collier County GOP faithful at a public event at the Telford Center at Naples Community Hospital. CASTOR, MARTINEZ DUEL OVER JOBS, IRAQ IN FIGHT FOR VOTES PANAMA CITY � Democrat Betty Castor and Republican Mel Martinez tangled over jobs and the war in Iraq again Friday as both appealed to voters in the Florida Panhandle in their tight race for the U.S. Senate. Castor focused on economic issues, promising to secure manufacturing jobs that are at risk of being sent overseas, and took a swipe at Martinez for outsourcing by La-Z-Boy Inc. Martinez is on the company's board of directors. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.bonitanews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD Trust. That is what Collier County School Board member Kathleen Curatolo says she wanted to build at a board meeting this week to set goals for the new superintendent. Holding such an important meeting in a bank rather than a public administrative center, with ample meeting and parking space and live TV cameras, is at odds with that mission. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: A LOCAL UNIVISION TO ADD TO SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV Hispanic television options continue to grow in Southwest Florida. Little Rock, Ark.-based Equity Broadcasting plans to start a local Univision affiliate and another Univision-owned network, TeleFutura, in the area. Comcast and Time Warner carry Univision, but those are national feeds with no local programming. Equity does not have deals with the two cable providers to carry the local affiliate but is pursuing it, said Gregory Fess, senior vice president. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: REFLECTIONS FROM BROKEN GLASS What happened to her is insignificant in the scheme of things. Lorie Mayer doesn't even usually talk about it. Yes, she was a child living in a Berlin suburb as the Holocaust erupted around her. And, yes, she witnessed and endured Nazi wrath � from simple name calling to murder in front of her innocent eyes. But Mayer somehow escaped it all when so many others didn't. She shakes her head at the irony. When so many others faced the worst horrors, she was somewhat safe. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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