Subject: Al Capellini

• Somebody Listened

  August 3, 2006

• Deerfield Editor Resigns

  June 5, 2006

• The Mayor and the Lifeguard

  April 7, 2006

• Billingsley To Run Against Eggelletion

  October 10, 2007

• There Will Be Blood: Jean Robb to Run for Deerfield Beach Mayor

  In Deerfield Beach, they don't do Democrats and Republicans. Rather, you've got the Indicted Party, which nominated Al Capellini, who resigned as mayor last month after corruption charges were filed against him. And you've got the Nearly Indicted Party, which recently chose Jean Robb as its nominee.Robb was mayor from 1980 - 93, when Capellini beat her in a hotly contested four-candidate race.This woman had pissed off so many people that someone actually reported her for violating the Florida Su

  January 5, 2009

• Sun-Sentinel: Corruption Is Suddenly ... Everywhere!

  Jennifer Gollan had a nice little scoop about elected officials' travel that centered on mayors Richard Kaplan, Joy Cooper, and Frank Ortis billing hundreds of dollars to stay at a hotel for a convention in Miami -- all of about 30 miles away. Nothing earth-shattering, but a sweet daily story. Then on the B-front there were two stories about corruption, one by Sally Kestin and Peter Franceschina and the other by columnist Michael Mayo, that tried to encapsulate the fallout o

  January 11, 2009

• Boom Times For Bogenschutz

  As the economy goes further into the tank, there's at least one guy in Broward County whose business appears to be thriving like never before: David Bogenschutz, the go-to defense attorney for ethically challenged judges, indicted politicians, and just about anyone else with a high profile.   Corruption is a growth business right now and Bogenschutz is benefitting in a big way. Here's a smattering of some people he's representing currently or has rep'd in the r

  January 14, 2009

• Stacy Ritter v. The Miami Herald: Who's Right?

  The Miami Herald broke a story Sunday on Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter's alleged vote that favored the firm that runs BankAtlantic Center, Arena Operating Co., at the same time her husband was a paid lobbyist for the company. In the story, Ritter admits that she supported the move to shift insurance risk at the stadium to the taxpayers to help keep the Florida Panthers in town. She also appears to have admitted during the interview that she voted on the matter on the agenda it

  February 4, 2009

• Update

  Authorities charge mayor with a crime first reported in New Times

  December 18, 2008

• [UPDATED] An Off Night for Democracy, Free Press in Deerfield Beach

  Ex-Mayor Al Capellini (left), at the dais, next to mayoral candidates Don Cleveland and Jean RobbUPDATED WITH VIDEO LINKA mayor hit with felony corruption charges; a commissioner booked for the same; a city manager suspended after ordering deputies to remove a commissioner during a public meeting. When it comes to dirty tricks and political theater, Deerfield Beach residents have seen it all. But even the understandably jaded followers of city politics were appalled by what they witnessed Tuesda

  February 25, 2009

• Ritter's Last Refuge: The Condo Circuit

  When Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter goes out in public, she feels the eyes on her -- and they're telling her she's on her way to jail. So yesterday afternoon she escaped into the last refuge of any corrupt Broward politician -- the retirement condo circuit. There, as the intrepid Thomas Francis reports on the Juice blog, she was embraced by octogenarian enablers at vote-rich Kings Point in Tamarac. Ritter told the crowd she doesn't keep up with her husband's lobbying work and

  February 26, 2009

• Who Is Al Cap's Mystery Bride?

  Deerfield Beach's ex-mayor, aspiring future mayor, and apparent master of suspense, Al Capellini, says he is marrying some woman. Who? That's for him to know and us to find out. Let's cobble together the clues, shall we?For starters, we can rule out the swimming instructor that Capellini was courting in 2005 -- his junior by some 22 years. That didn't end well. And besides, we know from the Sun-Sentinel that Capellini's sweetheart is an architect. The same article says that she has a pet beagle

  March 2, 2009

• Premature Congratulation: Capellini's Paper Gets Scoop on His Innocence

  The Deerfield Beach Dispatch is a thinly veiled propaganda rag allegedly "published as a public service," assuming that what's good for ex-mayor Al Capellini is good for the public. It is not to be confused with another thinly veiled propaganda rag called the Deerfield Beach Observer, which last week presided over a candidates forum so biased that it was deemed a "disgrace" even by the prevailing community standards in a city where crooked politics is an enduring tradition. Nor should the Deerfi

  March 2, 2009

• Capellini "Not Guilty"? We'll Be The Judge Of That

  Yesterday, the Juice blog published one of the deceptive headlines from one of ex-Deerfield Beach Mayor's Al Capellini's newest propaganda rag, the Deerfield Beach Dispatch. In huge letters, the headline says, "Capellini Cleared." In small letters, between those words are the crucial, if equally dubious, "will be." In addition to shenanigans like that, Capellini continues to refer to himself as the mayor, even though he's been removed from office by Charlie Crist after he was hi

  March 3, 2009

• Capellini Election Prospects Looking Dim

  This may come as a surprise to those who rely on the Deerfield Beach Dispatch for all their news, but the city's ex-mayor will not be cleared, as that paper predicted in a front-page headline last month. At least, not yet. A Broward judge denied Al Capellini's motion to dismiss did not dismiss the case, but continued it to early April. So now the mayoral candidate will have to try to lug the felony corruption charge to the polls, which open Tuesday. Unless I'm severely underestimating his abilit

  March 6, 2009

• UPDATED: Herald's McClatchy To Cut 15 Percent, Candidate's Son Arrested For Stealing Capellini Signs

  -- The Deerfield Advocate, which is very quick to post news favorable to disgraced ex-mayor Al Capellini, is reporting that mayoral favorite Peggy Noland's son, firefighter Thomas Noland, was arrested at 3 a.m. for stealing Capellini's campaign signs. And you thought Deerfield couldn't get anymore screwy than it already was? IIf true, and I'm sure it is since another source has confirmed it, then nice job, Thomas. You probably thought you were doing a public service, but you just put

  March 9, 2009

• Peggy Noland Denies Son's Involvement in Campaign High Jinks

  Deerfield Beach mayoral candidate Peggy Noland is beating back an 11th hour campaign scandal -- early this morning her son 20-year-old son Thomas, a Deerfield Beach firefighter, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief for stealing campaign signs of ex-Mayor Al Capellini and others.I reached Noland just a few minutes ago. "He was not arrested," she said of her son Thomas. "He did not spend the night in jail."That's half right. Deerfield Beach Police did arrest Thomas Noland, but he was cited

  March 9, 2009

• Yay! It's the Day That 90 Percent of Us Don't Vote!

  Finally, the end of the municipal election cycle is upon us. A few races we'll be watching today:In Fort Lauderdale, we've got runoffs in three commission districts, which means that a majority of the city's governing body will be elected today, joining mayor-elect Jack Seiler and Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom, both of whom earned decisive victories last month.In District I, a bruising battle between incumbent Commissioner Christine Teel and former Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Bruce Roberts. T

  March 10, 2009

• Liveblogging the Muni Election

  The brains of the operation 8:31 Welcome to the Juice muni elections liveblog. I will be doing the play-by-play. At my left is the color commentator, a highly flatulent greyhound who somehow managed to cast a ballot (for Al Capellini, natch) and has been flaunting her "My Vote Counted" sticker to all the other mutts in the neighborhood. Storylines galore this evening: mayoral races in Davie and Deerfield Beach, an alleged felon trying to win back his old commission seat in Miramar, three commiss

  March 10, 2009

• Voters Done Pretty Good Tonight

  Hey, no pending felons were elected by the voters. In South Florida, that's called progress. Let's run this mf-er down: Davie: Tom Truex lost because Davie voters don't want developers to mess up the nature of the town with The Commons. I called Judy Paul as the winner two weeks ago based on a Truex quote in the newspaper. I think it's a good result and I hope The Commons goes down hard. Deerfield Beach: The corrupt Al Capellini is officially done politically, but

  March 10, 2009

• Gadfly Chaz Stevens brought down a couple Deerfield Beach politicians

  January 1, 2009

• How´s Your Slime IQ?

  Take the Broward Corruption Quiz

  June 7, 2007

• Terrible Trio

  The Wasserstrom conviction should have at least a few pols shaking in fear — but, hey, this is Broward

  October 4, 2007

• Mayor Al Quacks Up

  Capellini's a lame duck after New Times investigation, says a commissioner.

  July 20, 2006

• The Dirty Dozen of 2006

  They're all graced with an ineffable South Florida quality

  December 28, 2006

• Mayor Al's Shady Pal

  When you're a politician helping out a felon, it's better not to ask questions.

  July 6, 2006

• Letters for June 8–14, 2006

  June 8, 2006

• For Sale: Keys to the City

  In Deerfield, when you're in, you're really in. And the mayor is really in.

  June 1, 2006

• Source: It's 'Bout to Get Worse for Noland

  It's been a brutal week (year?) for Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland, but the weeks to come may bring a new rounds of bad publicity. According to a well-placed source at city hall, a city commissioner is likely to bring a motion at the August 18 meeting censuring Noland for her conduct in the punishment of Cassandra Moye, the worker who was suspended without pay after she didn't greet the mayor with enough deference. (By the time Moye's punishment was reduced to a written reprimand on Tuesday,

  August 7, 2009

• Larry Deetjen Puppet Show a Hit in Oak Lawn

  Deetjen​Yes, that Larry Deetjen -- the former Deerfield Beach city manager who was practically joined at the hip with mayor-turned-felony-suspect Al Capellini. Despite rumors that Deetjen would be swooping back around to take his old job back from Mike Mahaney -- Mayor Peggy Noland doesn't like the way Mahaney parks his car -- Deetjen appears to be doing just fine in his new role as the mayor village manager of Oak Lawn, Illinois.So fine that suburban Chicagoans are having trouble distinguishi

  August 13, 2009

• Forbes Mag: South Florida Now a Rotten Place to Retire

  Flickr: Alliance for Retired AmericansDear South Florida elderly: Forbes says you and all your ballot casting friends should head north.​Oh no! We've been dissed by a Forbes list! The magazine popular among rich old people is saying that South Florida is lousy place to be a rich old person. It ranked the Miami - Fort Lauderdale area 29th as a region to retire, blaming the "battered real estate and high housing costs."Atlanta was first. Tampa and St. Pete checked in at No. 3 -- full list is her

  October 16, 2009