July 15, 2008
Sun-Sentinel Political Blog
So the mayor’s race in Fort Lauderdale has taken a slight culinary sidetrack, with an openly gay candidate promising to deliver a fruitcake to Mayor Jim Naugle.
But Monday, said fruitcake was officially a no-show.
This is the actual fruitcake
that soon will be Property of the Mayor.
Naugle, who says he is not anti-gay, [...]
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July 14, 2008
Sun-Sentinel Political Blog
Mayoral candidate Earl Rynerson (www.earlformayor.com) might not have raised any money in his campaign for the open mayor’s seat in Fort Lauderdale in 2009. But he’s sure raising some controversy.
Rynerson, who is openly gay, was on the radio Monday morning responding to Mayor Jim Naugle’s recent comments about gays and sex [...]
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July 11, 2008
850 AM (WFTL) Morning Show
A candidate for Fort Lauderdale mayor is criticizing the city’s current mayor for making allegedly anti-gay comments.
Click here to listen to the interview
Note: You will need to select audio clip ‘7-11 - Gay Ftl Mayoral Candidate Earl Rynerson’
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July 11, 2008
CBS4.com
http://cbs4.com/video/?id=58247@wfor.dayport.com
A candidate for Fort Lauderdale mayor is criticizing the city’s current mayor for making allegedly anti-gay comments.
Click here to watch the video
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July 11, 2008
Tim Smith’s Fort Lauderdale
http://blog.timsmith.com/2008/07/09/more-mayoral-candidates-crowding-up-the-field.aspx
And now there are five ! …
Just in case you are keeping count, the fifth candidate for Mayor of Fort Lauderdale jumped into the fray this week! More about him in a minute!
If you’ve been following what is sure to be an interesting political cauldron bubbler, you will remember that [...]
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) — Fort Lauderdale’s mayor is no stranger to controversy. Jim Naugle’s comments about the gay community have attracted national attention in the past, and now he’s at it again.
Naugle spoke about the two gay mayoral candidates vying for his position Thursday morning on an AM radio talk show, on 850 WFTL, [...]
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July 07, 2008
MiamiHerald.com
by Steve Rothaus
Earl Rynerson, a gay Gulf War veteran and South Florida business owner announced his candidacy for Fort Lauderdale mayor in an unusual way: handing out “Fort Lauderdale Image Polishing Kits.”
Here’s the news release that came along with the kit:
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - July 4, 2008 - After months of speculation, South [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Earl
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Earl Rynerson plans to fight bureaucracy, and emphasize equality and tolerance
ExpressGayNews.com
By JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A second openly-gay candidate has officially announced a run for the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale.
Earl Rynerson, owner of CLAD Tile & Stone, made it official on July 4. The 55-year-old entrepreneur said he will bring his business acumen to [...]
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July 9, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
By Brittany Wallman
FORT LAUDERDALE - It would be ironic, but if a gay candidate wins the mayor’s post in Fort Lauderdale next spring, city residents would have Mayor Jim Naugle to thank.
A second openly gay candidate filed to run for Fort Lauderdale mayor this week, citing Naugle’s comments last year as [...]
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July 2008
Sun-Sentinel.com Political Blog
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Gay mayorial Dean Trantalis won’t be able to count on “the gay vote” in his bid for Fort
Lauderdale mayor. Now there are two openly gay candidates in that race.
Earl Rynerson, a local political unknown who owns a tile store, announced last week that he was running. But [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Earl
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July 2008
Sun-Sentinel.com Political Blog
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UPDATE: The three top officials seeking 5 percent raises also got 5 percent cost-of-living increases this year. So this request would bring their raises to 10 percent. The vote is tonight. Stay tuned.
Fort Lauderdale city commissioners will talk Tuesday about giving 5 percent raises to three of [...]
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