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Actor, Author, and Activist: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age in Gainesville

Photo: Francis Hills, Tempus Fugit, 2013

I sort of think the fact that we worship at the alter of youth as a culture is wrong and kind of sort of denies us some of the pleasures and good qualities about growing older and I try to celebrate them. So that’s really my message. It’s sort of just, not to listen to the people who tell you to act your age because what does that actually mean?

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GRU control bill gets House committee approval

The House State Affairs Committee approved Representative Chuck Clemons’ bill giving the state of Florida control of Gainesville Regional Utilities on Wednesday. GRU is in significant debt. According to a press release from the city’s Public Information Officer Rossana Passaniti, GRU accounted for “80 percent of the overall debt” of …

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Jury seated in Andrew Gillum’s trial

TALLAHASSEE — A federal jury was empaneled Monday in the trial of former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who was indicted last year on corruption charges including wire fraud and lying to federal investigators. Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor, catapulted to rising-star status in Democratic circles as he campaigned …

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