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        &lt;p&gt;CL blogger George Niemann is also a Hillsborough County political activist, and he comes in today with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://posting.cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2011/10/13/former-county-administrator-pat-bean-we-want-our-money-back?cb=594db54ff03cd858ea1d6f4a41f8d0a1&quot;&gt;fiery post a&lt;/a&gt;gainst the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners, for allowing former Administrator Pat Bean to collect a sizable financial settlement when she left local government last year. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Did you know that there have been financial cuts in both Medicare and Medicaid funding that are seriously imperiling the future of nursing homes here in Florida?&lt;a href=&quot;http://posting.cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2011/10/14/combined-funding-cuts-could-put-some-florida-nursing-homes-out-of-business?cb=94524eabb8bce1ec792df889f1bcb5cc&quot;&gt; It&#039;s true.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Though the media focus has (correctly) been on the &quot;Occupy&quot; protests scheduled again for this weekend in Tampa Bay, some activists supporting Barack Obama have planned an action for &lt;a href=&quot;http://posting.cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2011/10/13/liberal-activists-plan-rally-this-saturday-in-front-of-st-pete-bridge?cb=f4cd93d4ce98838bde4e9e5c477fff2f&quot;&gt;tomorrow in St. Pete.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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