Email Author Stefan Kamph

Awards

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published June 23, 2011

  "My Father's Bones"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 8, 2011

  "The Case of the Missing Pen"

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2012 Stories by Stefan Kamph

• Fidel Castro's Niece Endorses Obama, and Conservatives Are Absolutely Thrilled About It

  published Jun 11, 2012

  It's a Wall Street Journal editor's wet dream, splashed across the opinion page today: "Castro Endorses Obama."Mariela Castro, niece to the tracksuit guy and daughter of Raul, calls herself a "sexolog... More >>

• Ten Signs You've Probably Been in South Florida Too Long

  published Jun 11, 2012

  Move down here for work, love, or sunshine and after a while, you start to melt into the place. You adopt the weird habits and mannerisms of the natives, who once were just like you: people running fr... More >>

• Scott Israel Has Retweeted Our Interview With Him Hundreds of Times

  published Jun 08, 2012

  One day in February, we sat down for a get-to-know-you interview with Scott Israel, who's running in the Democratic primary this August to challenge Al Lamberti in the Broward County sheriff's race. S... More >>

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  Florida's Anti-Cuban Trade Law Is an Insult to Capitalism

  published Jun 06, 2012

  Odebrecht, the giant Brazilian company that has a $225 million contract to help build the new runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, is suing the state over a histrionic law that R... More >>

• Should We Respect the Ideas in Public Records, No Matter How Silly They Arer

  published Jun 04, 2012

  Here's a conundrum. Last week, via the environmentalist group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, we got wind of some notes from a meeting of state Department of Environmental Protectio... More >>

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection Meeting Produced Some Strange Ideas For Making Money Off State Land

  published May 31, 2012

  Hello. You pay taxes in Florida, and have a stake in state-owned lands and public parks. So naturally, you want the state to save money on those lands, and would be supportive of such enterprising ide... More >>

• It's True: Those Plants in Stranahan Park Are Definitely For Keeping Out Homeless People

  published May 30, 2012

  A couple months ago, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler was on the radio one fine Saturday, after spending the morning on his hands and knees along with local volunteers planting gardens of tropical fo... More >>

• Texas Hold 'Em BBQ Coming Back to Downtown Fort Lauderdale

  published May 30, 2012

  Texas Hold 'Em BBQ now operates a high-visibility restaurant and bar at Federal Highway and Sunrise Boulevard, but a smaller outpost in downtown Lauderdale that won some New Times honors didn't fare s... More >>

• Daniel Webster, Orlando Congressman, Invokes "Liberty" in Death Blow to Very Useful Survey

  published May 29, 2012

  I was checking out at Publix a few days ago when a man came up behind me in the express lane, put down his sandwich, and started muttering about whether they would screen him for putting terrorist wea... More >>

• Food Not Bombs Prepares to Move On: Photos

  published May 29, 2012

  The Fort Lauderdale chapter of the food-sharing network Food Not Bombs gathered on Friday afternoon, as it has done most weeks for years, to serve free vegetarian food with a side of anarchist literat... More >>

• SHE 103.5 FM Is No Longer "Only Rock and Roll," Has Some Competition on the Internet

  published May 24, 2012

  A local radio station whose name was once synonymous with rock 'n roll to many Miamians is coming back -- in a lighter, slightly less rockin' format.WSHE was known in the 90s by its tagline, "SHE's ... More >>

• Food Not Bombs to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary and a Farewell, Before Embarking on Puppet Show Bus Tour

  published May 24, 2012

  Every Friday for the past few years, Food Not Bombs has been gathering at Stranahan Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale to pass out food to the homeless, hungry, or just plain bored. Our cover story on t... More >>

• Five Ways Fort Lauderdale Could Spend the $14 Million It Found Lying Around

  published May 22, 2012

  The Fort Lauderdale city commissioners must be patting themselves on the back right now for hiring Lee Feldman as city manager: Turns out he's a master at rooting around the couch cushions of city bud... More >>

• Preppers Beware: Gas Can Manufacturers Warn of Shortage During 2012 Hurricane Season

  published May 17, 2012

  Less than two weeks to hurricane season, amateur preppers: not so much time to study up on your Mormon theology or survival medicine before the ol' cones start showing up and the TV weathermen experie... More >>

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  Psychic-Shop Owner Tells Everyone Previous Psychic Occupant "Was a Fraud"

  published May 15, 2012

  There's a small psychic shop on SW Fourth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, just south of the bridge. If you drove by on Sunday, you may have seen a banner across the front door, reading:ATTENTIONPersons wh... More >>

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  Ron Vinci Murder: Photos From the Crime Scene

  published May 11, 2012

  While we were reporting our cover story on the murder of high-flying multimillionaire Ron Vinci and the impending trial of his girlfriend, Catherine Pileggi, New Times went to court to fight for the r... More >>

• Fane Lozman Files Legal Brief; Supreme Court to Decide if His House Was a Boat

  published May 10, 2012

  The U.S. Supreme Court has taken on some of the most compelling debates in history: the struggle for civil rights, the power of corporations to influence political campaigns, a woman's right to get an... More >>

• Emergency Shelter Plan: Rick Scott Sets Aside More Places to Hide From Disasters

  published May 09, 2012

  We're less than a month away from the official opening of hurricane season. After reading our recent cover story about modern-day survivalists, you may feel compelled to make better preparations this ... More >>

• Local Preppers Get Airtime on CBS News

  published May 08, 2012

  As our recent cover story about local survivalists, or "preppers," was going to press, we learned that one of the main characters in the story, Hollywood-based agricultural consultant Chris Petrovich,... More >>

• Zev Auerbach, Aventura City Commissioner, Preaches Enlightenment Through Kabbalah

  published May 07, 2012

  After hearing Zev Auerbach a few times on the radio -- introducing himself as an Aventura city commissioner and promising to reveal the wonders of Kabbalah in "29 amazing minutes" -- I was curious. I ... More >>

• Hollywood to Let Live-Music Venues Stay Open Later; Demand for Musicians Likely to Rise

  published May 02, 2012

  Are you a desperate musician looking for a gig for your obscure bandr Look no further than downtown Hollywood, where proposed city laws are likely to send restaurant and bar owners scurrying to fill l... More >>

• Meet the Preppers... and the Mormons (Part 2)

  published May 02, 2012

  James Talmage Stevens lives up on a mountain somewhere in Texas, where he has a few years' worth of food, a well he can pump by hand, sturdy walls, and gardens for food. He's prepared for just about a... More >>

• Meet the Preppers... and the Mormons (Part 1)

  published May 01, 2012

  Check out part two of our exploration of the connection between prepping, spirituality, and the Mormon church.In this week's cover story about survivalists, I speak with a man who identifies himself o... More >>

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  The Highly Coincidental Day That Shaped, and Tarnished, Survivalism in America

  published Apr 27, 2012

  This week's cover story is about modern survivalists.August 23, 1992, was an exceptionally shitty day in America. Hurricane Andrew was gathering strength over the Caribbean, and by nightfall, it would... More >>

• Broward Clerk of Courts Scrambling to Comply With New Florida Public-Records Laws

  published Apr 26, 2012

  For members of the public (including the news media), getting court files from the Broward County Clerk of Courts has been a somewhat arduous process in recent years. The clerk's offices are crowded a... More >>