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...outsider: his folksy, populist style and low-budget campaigns are hallmarks of a career in politics that ranks as one of the most successful in Sunshine State history. A former three-term U.S. Senator, the Democrat has come out of retirement to try to oust incumbent Republican Governor Bob Martinez. In an era when massive campaign war chests, 30-second television spots and hired image makers define and often decide elections, Chiles is banking on the strength of his own reputation to carry him to the statehouse...
...victory. Citing "burnout," Chiles retired from the Senate and politics in 1988. Yet when he quick-started his campaign for Governor in April, Chiles' enduring popularity made him the instant favorite to clobber Congressman Bill Nelson in the Sept. 4 Democratic primary, and to oust Martinez in November...
Hamstrung by his own contribution limit, Chiles had hoped to save his money to battle Martinez in the general election. Instead, he had to rush his first major campaign ad onto the air last week. Even with his $100 limit, Chiles has raised more than $1.7 million, but Nelson's receipts total $5.2 million and Martinez's are expected to top $12 million. "If Chiles wins the primary, he may be broke against Martinez in November," says political analyst Robert Joffee. "And then his noble crusade could be doomed...
...known whether they are true or false. In a Los Angeles courtroom last week, the jury in the child-molestation trial of Raymond Buckey, 32, a former teacher at the Manhattan Beach, Calif., preschool, declared itself deadlocked. With that, the state decided to drop the charges. Said prosecutor Joseph Martinez: "How long can you keep this...
...Although they are more regressive than income taxes, they give people a feeling that they can control the amount of tax they pay by limiting the amount of goods or services they consume. Levies on alcohol and cigarettes can be portrayed as appropriately discouraging bad habits -- Florida Governor Bob Martinez vetoed a gas-tax increase last month, but he and the legislature are considering raising the tax on cigarettes to 43 cents a pack...