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	Perspective: Alex Penelas confronts a tough critic: his own party
		Penelas says county attorneys made it clear he could not in any way try to influence the canvassing board.
		Penelas, whose mayoral term ends in 2004, faces at least four other Democrats also looking to replace Graham in the U.S. Senate: U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd of Monticello; former Education Commissioner Betty Castor of Tampa; U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch of Pembroke Pines; and U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings of Miramar.
		I think Democrats want people like Alex Penelas, who have had to fight an uphill battle to remain as a Democrat and to live by the principles of the party.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/08/31/Perspective/Alex_Penelas_confront.shtml (1239 words)

	Pre-K Now \| Business & Community Leaders \| Leadership Profiles \| Alex Penelas
		Penelas says that the public response was enthusiastic, and he points particularly to the supportive role played by Florida's business community.
		Penelas recognizes that the fight for early education in Florida isn't over.
		Penelas is rightfully proud of what has already been accomplished.
	www.preknow.org /community/profiles/penelas.cfm (624 words)

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		Leading the charge for the stadium is Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas, whose goal is to wheel away from Miami Beach the 50 million convention development tax dollar revenue stream currently earmarked to be spent on what it’s named to do: develop the Miami Beach Convention Center into a more competitive facility.
		Penelas is eyeing the revenue from the convention development tax as one component of that pledge.
		Miami Beach’s administration and legal department disagree with how Penelas and his county commission majority are defining the criteria of a pledge and also their attempt to roll over the inter-local agreement.
	www.miamisunpost.com /archives/2003/11-27-03/ACpolitics-plaintext.htm (953 words)

	Alex Penelas - dKosopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alex Penelas was, from 1996-2004, the Democratic mayor of Miami, Florida, and a candidate for retiring Democrat Bob Graham's Senate seat in 2004.
		Penelas was responsible for shutting down the recount in Miami/Dade during the contentious Florida wrapup of the Presidential election of 2000.
		Penelas' campaign, already marred by bickering with Deutsch and a lack of money, never recovered, and Penelas was a distant third on primary day.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php?title=Alex_Penelas&printable=yes (111 words)

	WCTV \| Penelas Campaign Kickoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas began the public phase of his campaign for the U.S. Senate Monday.
		Penelas chose Tallahassee where he spent time in a job center.
		Penelas has raised $2 million and says winning the primary will take at least two million more, and has already started taking shots at the GOP.
	www.wctv6.com /home/headlines/447581.html (265 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Penelas is not mentioned by name, but a Gore aide confirmed Sunday that he was not referring to Betty Castor, the other candidate competing for the Democratic nomination.
		Deutsch has accused Penelas of failing to campaign for Gore during the stretch run of the presidential race or come to his aid during the 36-day recount.
		Penelas said he understood that Gore must "feel very bitter" about the 2000 election, "but to want to single out one person because of his friendship with Peter Deutsch, I think, is unfair."
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=19592 (376 words)

	Penelas Strives For Balance Between His Party And His Roots: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		TAMPA - Alex Penelas, the youngest in his family of three brothers, was the ``hijo del exilio'' - ``son of exile'' - the child his mother and father agreed they would have, to be born in freedom in America, if they could both get there alive.
		Penelas' mother, a teaching academy graduate, could not overcome the language barrier and worked as a hotel maid in Miami Beach and later as a seamstress.
		Penelas contends the reason is that voters, preoccupied with the presidential race, haven't paid attention yet.
	www.tampatrib.com /floridametronews/MGBFY1MWGXD.html (1878 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: In Senate Battle It Pays To Speak Spanish, Si? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Democrat Alex Penelas looks at Mel Martinez's ascendancy in the Republican Party and sees opportunity where the early polls show a bust in Penelas' bid for the U.S. Senate.
		Penelas, who has been in a nasty war of words with Deutsch, has the highest unfavorable rating -- 15 percent -- of the pack.
		The ghost of Elian Gonzalez may be jinxing Penelas, too, among Democrats who opposed his threatening to pull a George Wallace to stop the feds from taking the little shipwreck survivor back to Cuba.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n18/SenateBattle.shtml (555 words)

	Photo Gallery of Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mayor Alex Penelas addresses the Board of County Commissioners on September 25, 2001 regarding the economic downturn caused by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
		Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas is presented with a certificate of appreciation on behalf of North Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce President Stan Marcus on June 21, 2001.
		Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas greets residents and community leaders during a Jose Marti parade on January 27, 2001, in Sweetwater, in honor of the Cuban patriot and poet’s birthday.
	www.miamidade.gov /photogallery/gallery2001.htm (7077 words)

	Boston.com / News / Politics / Florida senators rebut Gore's comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Florida's two Democratic senators defended U.S. Senate candidate Alex Penelas on Monday, a day after Al Gore's published comments calling Penelas "the single most treacherous and dishonest person I dealt with" during the 2000 election.
		Several Democrats spoke on Penelas' behalf after Gore issued a statement to The Miami Herald published on Sunday praising one of Penelas' two main rivals, Rep. Peter Deutsch.
		Some Democrats criticized Penelas for failing to actively support Gore during the final months of the 2000 election.
	www.boston.com /news/politics/us_senate/articles/2004/06/07/fla_senators_question_gores_comments (389 words)

	County News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The budget that Penelas and County Manager Merrett Stierheim are travelling through the county, creatively stumping for is $4.1 billion and will generate an additional $34 million for the county, largely from homeowners whose property has increased in value.
		In turn, Penelas wants the public to call their commissioners, who are used to passing a series of tight, roll-back budgets.
		On July 22, Penelas and Stierheim are scheduled to help demolish a crack house in the county and detail the law enforcement measures in the budget, which include $3.5 million in support for special operations, such as tactical narcotics operations and enhanced protection for tourists.
	www.naco.org /cnews/1998/98-07-06/miami.htm (569 words)

	The New York Times > National > Gore's Venting Stirs Up Senate Race in Florida
		Mayor Alex Penelas of Miami-Dade County distanced himself from Al Gore in the 2000 campaign.
		Penelas is rooted in the showdown around Elián González, the 5-year-old Cuban boy who was found clinging to an inner tube off Florida's coast on Thanksgiving Day 1999.
		Penelas also stayed in the background during the Florida recount, while Representative Peter Deutsch, a South Florida Democrat who is among Mr.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/06/08/national/08penelas.html?ex=1402027200&en=a79f5e8705e6f5f8&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (1037 words)

	miaminewtimes.com \| \| Columns \| Alex Penelas's Rite of Passage \| 1999-07-01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Eventually Penelas recognized that arriving by helicopter every time there was a catastrophe, while getting him major face-time on TV, was actually bad for his overall image.
		During the past two years, Penelas further refined his "Crime Is Bad" strategy by stating unequivocally that he thinks it is wrong for children to shoot other children with handguns and assault rifles.
		All Penelas did was jump on a bandwagon with a bunch of other Democratic mayors to sue the gun makers.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /Issues/1999-07-01/columns3.html (669 words)

	Gore Labels Penelas `Treacherous And Dishonest' - from TBO.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Penelas long has maintained he supported Gore's campaign, but according to the Gore statement, ``Not all who claim to have been supportive and loyal truly were.''
		Deutsch has accused Penelas of failing to campaign for Gore during the stretch run of the race or come to his aid during the 36-day recount.
		Penelas said he understood that Gore must be bitter about the 2000 election, ``but to want to single out one person because of his friendship with Peter Deutsch...
	news.tbo.com /news/MGB75IPW5VD.html (396 words)

	Report: Gore calls Miami-Dade mayor Penelas 'treacherous and dishonest' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Al Gore harshly criticized U.S. Senate candidate Alex Penelas, saying his fellow Democrat was "the single most treacherous and dishonest person" he dealt with during the disputed 2000 presidential campaign.
		Although a Democrat, Penelas is mayor of a largely Republican county.
		Penelas added that if Gore had won his home state of Tennessee, he would be in the White House.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/06/politics2225EDT0639.DTL (295 words)

	sfweekly.com \| \| Postscript \| Revenge of the Wimp \| 2000-11-15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After all, as mayor of Miami-Dade County, Penelas is one of the highest-ranking Democrats in Florida and presumably one of the most powerful.
		Penelas had a chance to be the hero of the Democratic Party.
		A few years ago, the notion of Penelas distancing himself from Gore and the Democrats was unthinkable.
	www.sfweekly.com /issues/2000-11-15/postscript.html (832 words)

	Democrats chide Gore in Florida feud - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Several Democrats spoke on Penelas’ behalf after Gore issued a statement to The Miami Herald that was published Sunday.
		Penelas is the source of simmering anger among some Democrats, who claim he succumbed to pressure from Cuban-Americans and Republicans not to actively support Gore during the final months of the 2000 election.
		But Penelas had failed to attend a Democratic Party-sponsored Gore-Lieberman rally in Hialeah two weeks before the election, opting for the trip to Spain instead.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5164515 (672 words)

	Fireworks Lacking In Senate Debate: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The one with the most to gain probably was Miami- Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas, trailing in the polls.
		Penelas sought to distinguish himself, emphasizing his call for a quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and his experience with issues including security, health care and early-childhood education as head of a large government, Miami-Dade County.
		Penelas, whose loyalty as a Democrat has been questioned, said he is doing everything in his power to elect Kerry.
	www.tampatrib.com /politics/MGBU4A9XGXD.html (827 words)

	The Election of Alex Penelas
		Alex Penelas, the youngest member of the County Commission, proposed to fill this vacuum by establishing the position of executive Mayor.
		Penelas' support for Mayor was almost exclusively in the Hispanic community, with Latinos making up 74.19 percent of his supporters, Anglo consisting of 22.58 percent, and the survey failing to register any fl support for his candidacy.
		As Penelas was clearly becoming the candidate of choice for Dade's Hispanic voters, Teele's second place finish in the August survey, and ultimately in the September election, was due largely to his overwhelming support in the Black community.
	www.fiu.edu /~morenod/scholar/mayor.htm (7735 words)

	EVOTE.COM \| Washington Insider \| 9-16-2000 \| Dick Cheney: Gore's Secret Weapon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alex is, in this case, Alex Penelas, the young and charismatic Democratic mayor of Miami.
		Penelas assured Gore that he would do everything possible to help him, and Gore reported to his close advisers that whatever else happened, they could count on the City of Miami and Alex Penelas.
		You see, Alex Penelas is a Cuban-American, and an icon in the Cuban exile community in Miami.
	www.evote.com /features/insider/insider02062001.asp (788 words)

	Democrats defend mayor after Gore attack - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Gore said in a letter to The Miami Herald published Sunday that Penelas was "the single most treacherous and dishonest person I dealt with" during his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign.
		Gore supporters have said Penelas broke a promise to rally the Hispanic community in the days before the election.
		Penelas is seeking the Democratic nomination for the retiring Graham's seat in the Senate.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040607-103730-6599r.htm (206 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		MIAMI, FL (AP) -- Through an e-mail sent by a spokesman, former Vice President Al Gore has told The Miami Herald that Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas was the -- quote -- "most treacherous and dishonest person" Gore dealt with during the 2000 presidential campaign.
		Penelas is a Democrat vying for the U-S Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Bob Graham.
		Some of Penelas' political rivals have long said that the mayor should have done more to support Gore during his run against George Bush four years ago.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /politics/news-article.aspx?storyid=19556 (242 words)

	Pre-K Now \| Business & Community Leaders \| Leadership Profiles \| Alex Penelas
		Back in 1998, Alex Penelas was the mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida, a jurisdiction of 2.4 million people, larger than 16 states in the Union.
		From the summit, we already knew how they felt on the issue; so we were confident in broad support." Thus began a constitutional-amendment process that would take over two years and cost 2.8 million dollars.
		The measure passed constitutional muster and eventually qualified for the ballot, garnering a total of 722,000 signatures.
	www.preknow.com /community/profiles/penelas.cfm (624 words)

	Lighten Up, Francis!
		In a Democratic debate last week, Deutsch accused a fellow candidate, Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas, of costing Al Gore the election.
		Penelas said he was a strong Gore supporter and pointed out that the former vice president won Miami-Dade County by more than 30,000 votes.
		He said the fact that he was in Spain during the final weeks of the campaign had nothing to do with his support of Gore.
	users.rcn.com /mkingsley/2004/05/florida-forever-here-are-couple-of (555 words)

	USATODAY.com - Florida AFL-CIO backs Castor, Deutsch in U.S. Senate race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The labor group snubbed Penelas because of what leaders described as his indifference to the alleged mistreatment of labor demonstrators during a Free Trade of the Americas meeting last November.
		Penelas campaign spokeswoman Danae Jones said that Penelas encouraged protesters to file complaints if they thought their civil rights had been violated.
		As examples, she said Penelas pushed to enact a living wage ordinance in Miami-Dade, increased the number of children of working parents who have health care.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/state/florida/2004-06-28-fla-senate_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (634 words)

	Mudslinging Bogs Down Senate Race - from Tampa Bay Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Penelas denies Deutsch's charges, saying he worked hard for Gore and the fundraising charges are bogus.
		Party insiders say Penelas hesitated to go all-out for Gore in 2000 because of his political reliance on the Cuban-American community, which was outraged over the Clinton- Gore return of Cuban refugee child Elian Gonzalez to Cuba.
		According to Deutsch's complaint, the e-mail also said changes contemplated by Penelas in the county's indigent health care system could be profitable for the company, and that Fernandez had asked for an accounting of who did and didn't donate.
	election.tbo.com /election/MGAOPEMDQJD.html (1183 words)

	News - Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida
		Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas was hosted by the Chamber at a luncheon held at the Hyatt Regency Miami on February 17th.
		Penelas addressed Chamber members and guests on the importance of the Brazilian-American community in Miami-Dade and of his administration’s international agenda for further ties with Brazil and the rest of Latin America.
		The Penelas Administration is also assisting with trade missions from Latin countries to Miami-Dade and is forging closer ties with Latin consulates in Miami.
	www.brazilchamber.org /news/archive/archive_penelas.htm (628 words)

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