/tags/dispatches Dispatches en-US WLRN Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:48:15 GMT /politics/2012-10-18/dispatch-the-server-and-the-cat During the previous debate, our Dispatches from the Swing State team met an interesting character in a Key West pub -- a local server named Patti Wilde… Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:48:15 GMT /politics/2012-10-18/dispatch-the-server-and-the-cat /politics/2012-10-15/tonight-come-hang-out-with-us-at-books-books Florida voters could decide the 2012 presidential election. We have more electoral votes than any other swing state. Miami Herald Pulitzer-Prize winning… Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:37:54 GMT /politics/2012-10-15/tonight-come-hang-out-with-us-at-books-books /politics/2012-10-12/taking-the-political-pulse-on-the-smallest-of-small-businesses-a-hot-dog-stand Flagler County, where Palm Coast is located, has the highest unemployment rate in Florida. 1 in 8 workers there is without a job.Our Dispatches from the… Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:15:07 GMT /politics/2012-10-12/taking-the-political-pulse-on-the-smallest-of-small-businesses-a-hot-dog-stand /politics/2012-10-11/how-to-survive-on-the-oyster-harvest-with-help-from-the-president Everyone #FLDispatches talked to about oystering told us the same thing: oysters are unusually scarce this season. 32-year-old Matt Hodges has been… Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:03:44 GMT /politics/2012-10-11/how-to-survive-on-the-oyster-harvest-with-help-from-the-president /politics/2012-10-09/where-do-goat-cheese-trickle-down-economics-and-swing-state-voters-meet There were just over 21-hundred jobs in the agriculture and mining sector in Lee County, by the last census numbers.Our Dispatches from the Swing State… Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:56:24 GMT /politics/2012-10-09/where-do-goat-cheese-trickle-down-economics-and-swing-state-voters-meet /politics/2012-10-09/dispatch-the-forgotten-gladesman David Shealy makes a lot of his money off Florida’s version of Bigfoot. He sells T-shirts, bumper stickers and hot sauce out of the Skunk Ape Research… Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:18:36 GMT /politics/2012-10-09/dispatch-the-forgotten-gladesman /politics/2012-10-08/dispatch-cuban-american-artist-in-miami Known just by his first name, Antuan, the 40-year-old artist is a sculptor provocateur whose work is at times absurd (brains, pills and ashtrays) and more… Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:41:19 GMT /politics/2012-10-08/dispatch-cuban-american-artist-in-miami /politics/2012-10-08/dispatch-sleepless-in-miami Jimmy Lewis admits his presidential preference is controversial among his fishing friends and family. But there’s something about Barrack Obama that has… Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:35:33 GMT /politics/2012-10-08/dispatch-sleepless-in-miami /politics/2012-10-05/dispatch-one-sister-two-sister-red-sister-blue-sister Twin sisters Carrie Guise of Tampa, Fla., and Mindy Magrath of Raleigh, N.C., came to Key West to celebrate their birthday, not talk politics. But when… Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:12:39 GMT /politics/2012-10-05/dispatch-one-sister-two-sister-red-sister-blue-sister /politics/2012-10-05/what-health-insurance-means-to-the-fire-juggling-voter Mark Riggs, 42, says the Sunset Celebration at MallorySquare is an economic bellwether. "If the economy is not good we’rethe first ones hurt because no… Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:51:01 GMT /politics/2012-10-05/what-health-insurance-means-to-the-fire-juggling-voter