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Hollywood Goes Hollywood

Hollywood Has Been Swallowed By Benevolent Bizarro World

By now, almost nothing can shock us about Hollywood (Florida) news. Not a dead body turning up in a Federal Highway hotel. Been there. Not a dirty cop, nor a public official hit with criminal indictment. Been there and there. Nothing would have shocked us...except this. And this.Yep, it's good news. ... More >>

Personal Business

By now, almost nothing can shock us about Hollywood (Florida) news. Not a dead body turning up in a Federal Highway hotel. Been there. Not a dirty cop, nor a public official hit with criminal indictment. Been there and there. Nothing would have shocked us...except this. And this.Yep, it's good news. ... More >>

Hassles in the Glades

By now, almost nothing can shock us about Hollywood (Florida) news. Not a dead body turning up in a Federal Highway hotel. Been there. Not a dirty cop, nor a public official hit with criminal indictment. Been there and there. Nothing would have shocked us...except this. And this.Yep, it's good news. ... More >>

Block 55: Economy Be Damned, Hollywood Charges Forward With Condo Tower

hanneorlaA sculpture in Hollywood Arts Park. In the background the dreaded Townhouse apartments, which will be demolished for the new condo.Admittedly, it's one hell of a challenge: how to transform Hollywood's hardscrabble downtown into something architecturally iconic, timeless in its appeal and v ... More >>

Hollywood's Got the Bends

ArtsPark Village puts the city at the mercy of developers

Sex in the CRA

Hollywood clamped down on a bar for sexual high jinks, but a high-ranking city official gets frisky and walks

Letters for December 28, 2006-January 3, 2007

Hollywood clamped down on a bar for sexual high jinks, but a high-ranking city official gets frisky and walks

Spinning Straw

Not much happening at Hollywood's HART -- except non-bill-paying developers continue to get city bucks

Letters for November 30-December 6, 2006

Not much happening at Hollywood's HART -- except non-bill-paying developers continue to get city bucks

Hooray for Hollywood

Even with a housing bust and bad court verdicts, the show goes on.

For Sale: Keys to the City

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

Bulldozers Gone Wild

Bad, CRA! Bad, Bad CRA!

You Scratch My Back, I Write You a Bill

Gottlieb and Geller reward Hollywood for its generosity with a big, fat payback.

Access Hollywood

To be a development star in Hollywood, it’s all in who you know, baby

Tailpipe

City Without Art

Mayor Mintz

A Hollywood insider plans war on City Hall

Incentivize This

In Hollywood, developers profit. You pay.

Paying the Bill

A mayor and a businessman, both named Bill, have struck up quite a friendship

An Unpleasant Development

The plan to build Merry Place could rekindle an inner-city dream

Swimming in Trouble

Pompano Beach Mayor Bill Griffin is, well, conflicted over the Swimming Hall of Fame deal

The City and Mr. Jones

Developer Milton Jones confronts Sistrunk's segregation-induced funk

Eyes on a Prize, Moore or Less

Carlton Moore is expected to seek a spot on the powerful county commission. But first, he has to overcome his wheeler-dealer image.

Hollywood Commissioners to Burn Pile of $3.5 Million at Tuesday Meeting

Flickr User: ZenTravelerIt's taken a few years, but Hollywood Commissioners are finally ready to let $3.5 million in city funds go up in smoke. At a meeting this Tuesday, commissioners will put on their Community Redevelopment Agency hats and vote to release the CRA's mortgages on the property at U. ... More >>

Realtor Being Paid by Hallandale May Have Had Role in Controversial Loan to Pornographer

Flickr: rajkulA man who made a fortune off Jenna Jameson is now making money in Hallandale.​Who played matchmaker between the City of Hallandale Beach and a businessman with a porn-filled portfolio? Whomever it was, he did a whale of a job. Back in March, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency ... More >>

Plans for Land Near Hollywood's Young Circle Now in Disarray; Maybe That's a Good Thing?

Flickr: apricocoYoung Circle in Hollywood; the WSG project was to wrap around the Home tower, the tallest building on the right.​It appears that nobody in Hollywood government has a clear idea of where the city stands in its efforts to improve a big piece of property at the heart of downtown.At th ... More >>

New Year's Corruption-Busting Agenda for Palm Beach State Attorney

Facebook.comMcAuliffe, on the war path.​Palm Beach State Attorney Michael McAuliffe has attracted plenty of attention lately for his efforts to bust public corruption. He recently forced the resignation of the fourth county commissioner in four years to face criminal charges and created a Public C ... More >>

[UPDATED] Boynton Beach Vice Mayor Marlene Ross Dines and Drinks With Embattled CRA Director, But Denies Friendship

Commissioner Marlene Ross​Lisa Bright is currently being investigated by the city and by the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office based on allegations that she harbored conflicts of interest in her role as the director of the city's Community Redevelopment Agency. But now questions are being raised ... More >>

Boynton CRA Director Gets the Heave-Ho

Photo: Boynton Beach CRALisa Bright (left) with former mayor Jerry Taylor at a CRA event in 2008.​During her time as the director of the Community Redevelopment Agency, director Lisa Bright basked in the good graces of the Boynton Beach commissioners, who serve as the CRA board. Even after Bright ... More >>

Proposed Miami Skate Park Pits Skaters Against Preservationists

Photo: Boynton Beach CRALisa Bright (left) with former mayor Jerry Taylor at a CRA event in 2008.​During her time as the director of the Community Redevelopment Agency, director Lisa Bright basked in the good graces of the Boynton Beach commissioners, who serve as the CRA board. Even after Bright ... More >>