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Article: Orlando mayor indicted, suspended in election case.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2005
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Byline: Mark Schlueb
ORLANDO, Fla. _ In a day of swift and stunning developments triggered by four grand jury indictments, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was charged Friday with violating state absentee ballot law during last year's mayor's race and was quickly removed from office.
Dyer, his campaign manager Patti Sharp, accused ballot broker Ezzie Thomas and Circuit Judge Alan Apte braved a phalanx of reporters at the jail Friday morning as they entered a booking area to be fingerprinted and processed.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suspended the mayor Friday afternoon, issuing an executive order prohibiting Dyer "from performing any official act, duty or ...