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elleng

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21. Try the facts: He was a magistrate in VIRGINIA.

Sat May 19, 2012, 02:41 PM

May 2012

First, I'm a person, second, a U.S. citizen, third, an attorney, and I KNOW that FACTS MATTER. I am not trying to 'minimize' any 'likelihood.'

AND, Sanford is NOT a 'small rural' community.

'Sanford is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Seminole County. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 53,570. It is a principal city of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 2,134,411 people as of the 2010 U.S. Census.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford,_Florida

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