Subject:

Bill McCollum

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Gingrich, Santorum Build Florida Campaigns With Help From Antigay Crusaders

    ​The Republican presidential candidates can figure out a way to disagree on any topic -- we saw last night they could argue about everything from Terri Schiavo to beet sugar -- but there's one thing they all have in common: None of them has any plans to go anywhere near gay rights, and two -- Sant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Rick Scott Predicts "Obamacare" Will Be a Loser in the Supreme Court -- Is He Right?

    Illustration by Miche RattoWho needs Husseinobamacare?​Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott made a visit to the Palm Beach Post editorial board and predicted that the challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act raised by Florida and 25 other states would win in the U.S. Supreme Court.Argumen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Rick Scott Taking Suggestions for Jobs to Do; We Opine

    ​Gov. Rick Scott's office announced yesterday that he's ripping off former Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham's idea of working with Florida's commoners in their workplace.In what Scott is calling "Let's Get to Work" days, he started his first job today at a doughnut joint in Tampa, selling rings of fried d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Florida Judge Kills Matching Funds; Money is Considered Free Speech in Political Campaigns

    illinoisstate.edu​Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court found Arizona's matching-funds campaign law unconstitutional, a Florida federal court judge halted a similar provision in this state.The issue, unsurprisingly, was brought up in a lawsuit by then-candidate Rick Scott, who said his right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Clemency Board Will Consider Antonio Balta's Case

    Michael J. MooneyAntonio Balta has served six years of a 20 year sentence.​When the state Clemency Board meets for the final time later this week, the four-person commission might, against better judgment, pardon long-dead rocker Jim Morrison. And the board may look at the case of a condemned Sout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Rick Scott Wants Ideas, So How About Legalized Weed in the New State of South Florida?

    "I need your ideas," says Rick Scott, the governor-elect of Florida, in this new YouTube video posted November 17. "We gotta make this the model state. We gotta make this the state that we're the most effective, the best state to do business, the best state for all Floridians. And that's what I'm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Rick Scott Isn't a Wingnut; He's Just Nutty

    ​On Tuesday, Rick Scott, the guy who sent his mom to replace him in a debate, got the green light to grab Floridians by their purse strings. Scott won by a small margin over Alex Sink, who conceded before the final results were in.Well, it seems that even thedailybeast.com has no faith in Rick Sco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Happy Awkward Friday

    Sun-Sentinel​It's just that kind of day. I've driven over a curb, showed up late, forgotten basic skills, had meetings canceled. Apparently I'm not alone. Behold the spate of awkward news:News 10 truck flips overWhen I entered the courthouse this morning, police cars and news trucks were gathered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Hospital District Still Struggling to Prove That Reorganization Plan Isn't Driven by CEO's Self-Interest

    Bernstein says this definitely wasn't his idea.​The North Broward Hospital District is eager to prove that its CEO and president, Frank Nask, did not come up with the idea to lease the district's assets to a nonprofit organization all by himself. Because if it was his idea, then he would be vulner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    [UPDATED] Timing of Broward Health Proposal Raises Questions About CEO's Motive

    From BrowardHealth.orgFrank Nask​The pending changes at the North Broward Hospital District have been advertised as a way to make the hospitals more profitable and adaptable in the era after health-care reform. But a far more recent news event may have played a bigger role in the move: Florida's R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Rick Scott Videos: Five of the Oddest From a Very Odd Campaign

    ​Rick Scott might be the GOP nominee to become Florida's next governor, but you won't hear much from him. He has skipped out on scheduled debates, rarely gives interviews, and has taken the very unusual move of refusing to sit down with newspaper editorial boards.Luckily, there are plenty of video ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Lack of Voters Means a Short Wait for Election Returns; Stay Tuned for Updates

    Photo: Greene4FloridaGreene working the senior crowd during a recent stop at Shelby's in Deerfield Beach.​We've had server problems today, but I'm told that they've been mostly resolved, minus the comments field.The most interesting race to watch this evening is in the Republican primary for gover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Rick Scott Has Five Totally Legit Reasons for Missing Debates With Bill McCollum

    The gubernatorial campaign has been cutting into Rick Scott's time as Lex Luthor.​Rick Scott got rich running a huge -- if ultimately fraudulent -- corporation, and now he's begun a campaign for world domination, starting with the Florida governorship. Sounds like Lex Luthor. Looks like Lex L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Interpol -- in Fort Lauderdale?

    karen idering​What's this? One of the guys from Interpol is down at Fort Lauderdale beach today? Which one? Is it an acoustic/unplugged show on the sand? A little beach volleyball? A Joy Division tribute set in the sun? What??

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Florida Politicians Scrambling to Take Credit for BP Cleanup Escrow Account Idea

    McCollum claims Obama's stealing his material.​It's not often that Republicans pounce on a Barack Obama idea to claim it as their own, but this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has a way of creating strange bed partners. After reports surfaced Sunday that Barack Obama was preparing to demand t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Bill McCollum Paid Antigay Activist $120,000; How Many "Long Strokes" Does That Buy?

    Photo: wikipedia commonsMcCollum​Try tho' he might, Bill McCollum can't shake the scandal over the $120,000 his Attorney General's Office paid to George Alan Rekers, the antigay activist who was outed by New Times writers Penn Bullock and Brandon K. Thorp last week.McCollum tried to pin it on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Morning Juice: Couple Arrested in Davie Woman's Murder; School District Asks for Tax Hike

    ​Your daily tour of the local news:Davie police have arrested two homeless women after they confessed to the murder of  Jill Dornbush, who worked at a local McDonald's. The 62-year-old allowed Delia Padron and Lazard Falcon to stay at her home but wouldn't let them use the shower, which led t ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Pot Grow Houses in Florida Are Deadly Business

    ​Your daily tour of the local news:Davie police have arrested two homeless women after they confessed to the murder of  Jill Dornbush, who worked at a local McDonald's. The 62-year-old allowed Delia Padron and Lazard Falcon to stay at her home but wouldn't let them use the shower, which led t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Will McCollum's Grow House Law Increase Crime? The Case of Stephen Febonio

    Miami New TimesA South Florida grow house bust.​Lately, we've been looking at the case of Stephen Febonio: The man's body was recovered buried in a freezer at an abandoned Delray Beach marijuana grow house last March. Febonio was owed about $10,000 for some drywall he'd installed at another grow h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Morning Juice: Rothstein Links Threatening Sink Campaign; McCollum the Anti-Crist?

    ​Let's skim through the headlines for this Tuesday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Shortly after Scott Rothstein's law firm made a $200,000 donation to the Florida Democratic Party, gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink's chief of staff helped the firm to be placed it in consideration for lucrative ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Lake Worth Neighbor Sees MLK Gang Bust, Up Close

    Rodriguez: Didn't get the Twitter warning that the Feds were coming​If Florida gang members are using Twitter, the new technology didn't much help Lake Worth MLK member Ricardo Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 24, who lives in a concrete block bungalow decorated with merry Christmas lights at 618 North D Str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Florida Dems to Bill McCollum: Will You Apologize for Ruining America?

    That's your Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum being all "Don't blame me for breaking the economy" even though the words on the screen say that's exactly what he did. The year was 1999, and McCollum, a congressman at the time, cosponsored this terrible bill that dissolved the separati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Who Got Rothstein Money? (And If That Gets Bad, Will They Give It Back?)

    Flickr: Hasner on the MoveLamberti, Lieberman, Hasner, and Bogdanoff: They all got Rothstein $$.​At the Florida Secretary of State database, you can call up a list of the Florida politicians who accepted campaign contributions from embattled attorney Scott Rothstein. Long, isn't it? Mind you, that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Charles Bronson Stars in Political Death Wish

    Everyone expected that Charles Bronson, commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, would opt out of the race for governor. The only suspense was whether Bronson would fire a parting shot at Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer. And... yep!doacs.state.fl.usCha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Finally, a State Poll That's Relevant

    Flickr User: drewanteyeTill recently, every poll for the 2010 Florida election was filled with "ifs." If Crist runs for Senate will you vote for him? If Alex Sink runs for governor, will you vote for her? With the flurry of campaign announcements the last few weeks, the new poll from Mason-Dixon is ... More >>

  • News

    April 30, 2009

    "Craigslist Killer" headlines threaten to overshadow Craig Newmark’s memorial speech for victim

    Flickr User: drewanteyeTill recently, every poll for the 2010 Florida election was filled with "ifs." If Crist runs for Senate will you vote for him? If Alex Sink runs for governor, will you vote for her? With the flurry of campaign announcements the last few weeks, the new poll from Mason-Dixon is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    An Offer You Might Rather De-Klein

    Among the many and varied indulgences that South Floridians must forgo in this era of financial dieting, the least of them, I would guess, is junk mail. Like the piece pictured at the left from Congressman Ron Klein, the Fort Lauderdale Democrat.Not that people in Klein's district aren't interested ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale builder gets no-bid contract to build new Marlins stadium

    Among the many and varied indulgences that South Floridians must forgo in this era of financial dieting, the least of them, I would guess, is junk mail. Like the piece pictured at the left from Congressman Ron Klein, the Fort Lauderdale Democrat.Not that people in Klein's district aren't interested ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Florida's 2010 Races Taking Shape; Meek Looking Strong

    Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Kendrick Meek, of Miami,continues to tear up the fund-raising circuit -- an article in today's Roll Call says Meek will report $1.5 million in campaign dollars in the year's first quarter, which ended March 31. His primary competition for that nomination, Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Republicans Slug Back at Sink

    fldfs.govAlex SinkState Republicans are accusing Florida CFO and likely gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink of placing politics before the safety of children who'd be victimized by sexual predators.Last week, Sink demanded that Attorney General Bill McCollum explain why he gave a no-bid contract to hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Gov's Race Preview? Sink Hits McCollum

    fldfs.govAlex SinkWith Charlie Crist looking more and more like the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, there's been an uptick in intensity between the pair who might be the finalists in a race to replace him.The Florida Democrats think they've gotten some traction by tweaking Republicans for w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Waste Reduction a Red-hot Political Trend

    With Americans stressing about the economy, politicians at every level are either skimping on the usual luxuries that come with elected office, or pillorying their rivals for failing to do so. But mostly, they're trying to do both.The Obama administration, which staged a bargain basement inauguratio ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    Dilema de ADN

    Hace ocho años, alquien mató a Al Sicherer. Sigue la busqueda de su asesino.

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    DNA Dilemma

    A brutal and mysterious murder opens a Pandora's box of DNA privacy.

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    The Stage Is Set: Katherine Harris, Will You Please Run for U.S. Senate?

    Man, I turn my head for one day (to work on some print edition goodies) and all hell breaks loose in that 2010 Senate race. Democratic Rep. Allen Boyd is out. Democratic State Sen. Dan Gelber is in. Attorney General Bill McCollum is out. It's such a free-for-all that even Tampa's Democratic mayor is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2009

    Oh, hey. Dr. Marion Thorpe Also Is Running for Senate

    Yep, while nobody (except maybe the unsleeping eye of Anthony Man) was watching, Dr. Marion Thorpe announced that he would be proud to serve Florida in the U.S. Senate. That declaration didn't make much of a splash. Hell, the Quinniapac poll released last week didn't even bother factoring Thorpe, th ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    Rise of Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein has town talking

    Yep, while nobody (except maybe the unsleeping eye of Anthony Man) was watching, Dr. Marion Thorpe announced that he would be proud to serve Florida in the U.S. Senate. That declaration didn't make much of a splash. Hell, the Quinniapac poll released last week didn't even bother factoring Thorpe, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    Online Madness!

    Yep, while nobody (except maybe the unsleeping eye of Anthony Man) was watching, Dr. Marion Thorpe announced that he would be proud to serve Florida in the U.S. Senate. That declaration didn't make much of a splash. Hell, the Quinniapac poll released last week didn't even bother factoring Thorpe, th ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    If Waldman's a Dem, What's With the GOP Cash?

    Another in the long tradition of Broward elephants posing as donkeys.

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    The Friendly Ties of United

    Gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher has been linked to the shady insurance firm for almost a decade

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Crist Is King

    Bill Scherer's fall from grace is a clear sign from Jeb that he's chosen a successor

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Deutsch Marks

    He's raised a lot of money in his bid for the Senate, but from whom?

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Out with the Truth, Part 2

    The web sure didn't ignore the Foley-is-gay story

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Out with the Truth

    With his voting record at issue, why won't U.S. Congressman Mark Foley just say that he's gay?

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Politically Incorrect

    Fort Lauderdale's mayor packs a pistol, opposes gay rights, and hopes to hang 'em high

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Undercurrents

    Conservative coverage in the Senate and in the bar

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Redemption of Crime Boy

    Former criminal-in-training Percy Campbell reclaimed his life and now illuminates a better way to handle hard-core juvenile delinquency

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    Infuriating the Joint

    A public seminar on the evils of marijuana. An activist claiming pot saved his life. Someone was arrested.

VOICE Daily Deals
for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This

About Us | Media Kit | Work for New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | New Times Broward-Palm Beach Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 New Times BPB, LLC, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy