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

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  Occupy Palm Beach to Be Evicted From City Hall Property This Morning

  published Mar 02, 2012

  The sign went up earlier this morning, and eviction is scheduled for 10 a.m. Developing...Stefan Kamph: Twitter | Facebook | Email The Pulp on Twitter | New Times on Facebook... More >>

• Police Union President Expels Retired Detective Who Dug Up (Incorrect) Dirt on Fort Lauderdale Police Officers

  published Mar 01, 2012

  Updated below with comments from the investigator, Al Smith, who says "I think I'm being kicked out [of the union] because of my involvement in these cases."Last week, we posted about public defenders... More >>

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  Why You Should Stop Being Jaded and Watch The Voice

  published Feb 27, 2012

  rI've watched only an episode-and-a-half of The Voice, NBC's new prime-time singing competition, and I don't think I've ever seen a full episode of America's Next Semi-Talented Matinee Idol or whateve... More >>

• John L. Mica Is the Latest Florida Congressman to Screw Everything Up

  published Feb 25, 2012

  A maddening story in the New York Times this morning about the House transportation bill has a Chicago placeline, but the real story is here in Florida. Specifically the seventh congressional district... More >>

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  Al Lamberti Fundraiser Smells Delicious but Yields No Interview With the Sheriff

  published Feb 24, 2012

  We dropped by a fundraiser for Al Lamberti at Athena by the Sea, a Greek Restaurant at Commercial Boulevard and A1A that's stuck in the same charming but bygone era as the rest of Lauderdale-by-the-Se... More >>

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  Woman Sues Riviera Beach for Alleged Harassment by Police (UPDATED)

  published Feb 23, 2012

  A Riviera Beach woman is suing the city in federal court for an incident in December 2009 when she claims Riviera Beach Police officers grabbed her, accused her of being a mental patient, kicked down ... More >>

• CCA Threatens to Deprive Residents of Money if They "Reject" Immigration Detention Center

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Hey, remember that ICE detention facility that prison contractor CCA is trying to build in a remote exclave of Southwest Ranchesr Opponents of the project are still raising hell.For months, the people... More >>

• Chris Brown Will Be Rihanna's Next Boyfriend, Say Oddsmakers

  published Feb 21, 2012

  We're not sure what's going on in Ireland these days, but it must be pretty boring, because the country's largest bookmaker has drawn up extensive odds on who will be Rihanna's next boyfriend.Paddy Po... More >>

• Supreme Court to Hear Fane Lozman's Lawsuit Over Towed Riviera Beach Floating House (UPDATED)

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Riviera Beach activist Fane Lozman has been in a long legal battle with the city after Riviera Beach officials got the feds to seize and tow away the houseboat floating home* where he lived in a local... More >>

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  O'Neal Dozier Leads "Spiritual" Initiative to Spur African-American Investment in Africa

  published Feb 21, 2012

  It's not every day that policy experts and international financiers share a stage with a Florida pastor who has no qualms about saying homosexuality "makes God want to vomit." But that was all part of... More >>

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  Burritos: They're Not for Women

  published Feb 17, 2012

  I don't remember where I had my first Chipotle burrito, and that's the point. I was too busy eating it. I do remember the careful ritual: peeling off rounds of foil, a quick visual examination followe... More >>

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  Public Defender, Judge Say Cops Are Avoiding Questions in Depositions; Department Responds

  published Feb 16, 2012

  Last week, Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein sent a letter (thanks, JAABlog) to Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler condemning "offensive, oppressive and highly questionable police tactics in p... More >>

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  Palm Beach County's Cops-in-Schools Program Leads to a Love Story on This American Life

  published Feb 13, 2012

  Last year, Palm Beach County school district police sent rookie officers into schools to pose as students, eventually busting 30 kids, mostly for selling small amounts of drugs. The kids faced expulsi... More >>

• Pumping Treated Poopwater Into the Water Supplyr Pembroke Pines Won't Be the First

  published Feb 10, 2012

  As cities across the country face growing water shortages with the innovative idea of treating wastewater, then sending it back to the tap, probably the biggest hurdle is public perception. Media outl... More >>

• Sierra Club Formally Opposes Southwest Ranches Detention Center

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Along with agitated residents and the entire city government of Pembroke Pines, here's another addition to the list of opponents to the planned immigration detention facility in Southwest Ranches: the... More >>

• Sheriff Candidate Louis Granteed: A Veteran Hollywood Cop's First Campaign

  published Feb 09, 2012

  We're interviewing candidates in the race for Broward County Sheriff. So far, that means Scott Israel, this guy, and incumbent Sheriff Al Lamberti (who has not accepted an interview request).rThe Pulp... More >>

• Local Porn Exec Fills Mitt Romney's Coffers

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Most (male) Mitt Romney supporters have probably stumbled across an ad for AdultFriendFinder.com (NSFW) at one point or another, though they might not admit it. But now there's another connection, bet... More >>

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  Broward Sheriff Candidate Scott Israel: "I Have a Pristine Record"

  published Feb 06, 2012

  The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is one of the largest sheriff's departments in the country. It provides law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services to areas across the coun... More >>

• Destination Casinos Are Nixed, but Pari-Mutuels Stagger Onward; Bergeron Eyes a New One

  published Feb 03, 2012

  This year's legislative session has issued its first blow to Florida gambling, roundly rejecting the proposed "destination casinos" like the one Malaysian company Genting wanted to build on Biscayne B... More >>

• Pembroke Pines Is (Now) Pretty Damned Serious About Opposing the ICE Detention Center

  published Feb 02, 2012

  The Pembroke Pines City Commission may have spent years quietly voting in support of the development of CCA's proposed immigration detention facility in Southwest Ranches (read our feature here), but ... More >>

• Negotiations Are Under Way for Expansion of Fort Lauderdale Airport's Terminal 4

  published Jan 30, 2012

  We told you last week that Broward County has broken ground on a $791 million runway expansion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International that will send planes up a six-story ramp over Federal Highway... More >>

• Here's Florida's Blacklist of Everyone Excluded for Life From Pari-Mutuel Casinos

  published Jan 30, 2012

  If Uncle Earl has been coming around and causing trouble recently, it might be because he was kicked out of the casino for card counting, stealing, or other stupid behavior. Wouldn't it be great to se... More >>

• Fort Lauderdale's Sky-High Runway: Looks Like They're Actually Going to Build This Thing

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Welcome back to "Holy Crap, That's Big," our blog series in which we look at humongous things going up in South Florida and the people behind them. Let this blog post serve as official notice that we ... More >>

• Southwest Ranches Detention Center Site to Lose Existing Prison as a Neighbor

  published Jan 25, 2012

  For years, an argument in favor of building a CCA-run prison on a plot owned by Southwest Ranches (see our massive feature on the project in last week's issue) has been that it was already sandwiched ... More >>

• Welcome to the Everglades Ranch Where FPL Might Build a Big-Ass Power Plant

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Welcome to our new blog series "Holy Crap, That's Big," where we write about humongous things going up in South Florida and the people behind them. Today's item: a proposed fossil-fuel power plant in ... More >>