Tampa Tribune: "We have waited long enough for action to be taken,'' state Sen. Charlie Justice wrote in a letter sent today to Michael Sole, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection. "To be told that we will have to wait generations for our neighborhoods to be safe is unacceptable."
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National Journal: A handful of candidates have taken up earmark spending as a campaign issue, including state Sen. Charlie Justice, D-Fla., who went public with his criticism of Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., the day after the earmark report came out. Young was the biggest recipient of earmarks in the House, accumulating around $90 million. "Bill Young has embraced the corrupt ethics of a bygone era and made it a part of the federal budget process.
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