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Wellington rapper and reality TV star Vanilla Ice, a.k.a. Rob Van Winkle, tells Page2Live he is honored that college Republicans on the West Coast used words from his famous tune to promote a party that caused protests on campus!

Last week at Central Washington University, in the small city of Ellensburg, Wa., campus Republicans honored Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a raid on the town that netted 30 illegals.

The party was dubbed ICE ICE Baby, using both the acronym for the Customs, ICE, and Vanilla Ice’s famous 1991 rap anthem.

“I think it is great because people can relate to it, and it gets attention,” Ice wrote in an email from England, where he’s filming a TV show. “These people are stressing a point and I feel honored that they use my song to get it across.”

Ok, Rob, tell us more about your politics.

“Two things I will never talk about in public,” he emailed back, “religion and politics.”

Protesters, meanwhile, told the Associated Press the ICE ICE Baby party made a mockery of those caught, including folks with campus connections.

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Eligible bachelor Joe Abruzzo, the Democratic state representative from Wellington, is eligible no more.

The Matt Lauer lookalike, 30, popped the question on one knee in New York City’s Central Park the other day, and sexy Good Samaritan emergency room nurse Brittany Johnston, 26, voted yay!

Abruzzo and his betrothed, Brittany Johnston

Abruzzo tells me it’ll be the first attempt at marital bliss for both.

“I was just waiting for the right person,” Abruzzo said today. “I’m extremely fortunate. I love Brittany more than anything and I’m excited to start a family here in Palm Beach County.”

Are the lovebirds politically compatible?

Johnston isn’t registered to vote in Florida just yet. But according to records, she voted in Ohio, where she attended school, as a member of the Natural Law Party. The little-known party advocates meditation in problem-solving, some that the Florida legislature could use.

Abruzzo first laid eyes on the Palm Beach Gardens hottie a year ago while waiting for a table of Rocco’s Tacos on Clematis in West Palm Beach.

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With a beefy bodyguard in tow, Houston millionaire trust-funder John Goodman (above, with his arm raised next to an unidentified family member) has started to re-appear at his polo club in Wellington.

Goodman, 47, is facing trial on charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in last February’s death of 23-year-old engineer Scott Wilson.

Goodman, who could be sent to prison for 30 years after a trial expected in the spring, disappeared from public view most of last polo season and was holed up in fancy Miami Beach hotels.

This season, however, he’s been spotted catching some of the action at his International Polo Club Palm Beach. He even posed for photos with tennis champ Serena Williams on a recent Sunday.

An attorney for Wilson’s parents wasn’t amused when he saw the pictures.

“While Mr. Goodman is free on bail attending polo matches and continuing to wine and dine the rich and famous,” said attorney Scott Smith, “Mr. and Mrs. Wilson continue to suffer from the loss of their only son.”

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More on Goodman and Wellington’s polo scene:

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– The Kardashians take in polo in Wellington

– DUI death suspect John Goodman in hiding

– Goodman’s $200-Ladies Night booze tab

Vanilla Ice, the “Ice, Ice Baby” rapper and self-proclaimed seasoned house flipper, is going on camera with his latest project: the rehab of a 7,000-square-foot foreclosed Wellington mansion.

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Ice bid $420,000 on the Versailles house after it had been stripped bare by its former owners.

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Vanilla Ice, or Rob Van Winkle as is his legal name, said the DIY Network will broadcast the reality show — “sorta like ‘Pimp My Ride,’ except for houses” — starting in the fall.

The program will feature Van Winkle and his homies working on the property’s transformation.

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“The previous owners took everything,” he told Page2Live. “They ripped out mirrors attached into the walls, the fridge, the files by the pool.

“At one point,the house was worth $2.4 million,” said the Wellington native, who has lived in the gated Versailles community for five years.

Van Winkle owns some two dozen rental properties in Palm Beach County.

He plans to re-list the finished property for $1.5 million.

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Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan was dropped on the field of Wellington’s International Polo Club Palm Beach by helicopter Sunday for the coin toss of the afternoon’s featured match. Donovan, 41, plays chameleon ex-spy Michael Westen on the popular USA Network series. He’s filming the show’s next season in the Miami area and was accompanied by little-known actress Michelle Woods. To see who else has been at polo, click here or on the Rich Graulich photo.

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