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Charlotte Rodstrom

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Fort Lauderdale Commission Agrees to Cover One-Way Bus Tickets for the Homeless

    used-buses.netHomeless-moving device.​The Fort Lauderdale Commission approved a $25,000 program yesterday to bus homeless people out of town, with the intent to get them back together with family and friends.Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the "Homeless Outreach Unification Program," which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    International Investors Buy Up a Swath of Fort Lauderdale Beach

    The B Ocean on Sunrise and A1A​Ever wish there were more establishments on Fort Lauderdale beach than just swanky resorts, cut-rate motels, and those shops that sell "FBI: Female Body Inspector" shirts and mysteriously manage to stay in business?Two international hedge-fund managers are here to he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2011

    Florida's Loss: Rick Scott's High-Speed Rail Shoot-Down

    Art Seitz Wild Art: Congressman Allen West joins a motley collection of local politicians (including fellow Republican Chip LaMarca, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler, Charlotte Rodstrom, and Romney Rogers) in Fort Lauderdale for yesterday's St. Patrick's Day festivities. (Photo by Art  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Exposed: Judy Stern Played Secret Role In Mayoral Election

    For years, campaign operative and erstwhile politician Dan Lewis has claimed that his 2006 run against incumbent Jim Naugle for mayor of Fort Lauderdale was undermined by a conspiracy led by his nemesis, super-lobbyist Judy Stern. For years, Stern has said she had nothing to do with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Want to Do Business with Fort Lauderdale? Be Brief, Cheap and Transparent

    Hell, they should just use this thing.​Fort Lauderdale is looking for a new city manager, the person responsible for making sure the city commissioners' ideas translate into semi-legitimate business decisions. The most recent city manager, George Gretsas, left in July when the city decided not to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    UPDATED: Scott Rothstein Ends Ponzi Scheme Saga With 50-Year Sentence

    ​Scott Rothstein will spend 50 years in prison, a federal judge decided this morning. The sentence ends a seven-month saga since Rothstein's empire crumbled. Once one of South Florida's most politically connected lawyers, he swindled more than a billion dollars in perhaps the biggest fraud case in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Morning Juice: Salesman Not Buying FBI's Case; Embattled Palm Beach School Official Stripped of Duty

    ​Here's what in the local news this morning:Local targets of the FBI corruption sting were apparently unimpressed by the case that was made against them. The same day that former Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher entered a not guilty plea to selling her office, former Miramar Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Morning Juice: Court Dates for Palm Beach County's Most Famous, Glamorous Defendants

    ​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach counties this Thursday:Wearing a big pair of sunglasses, Dalia Dippolito made a court appearance yesterday in West Palm Beach. Attorneys for the accused murder conspirator want a judge to bar both sides from speaking to the media. [WPBF]Stefanie W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Morning Juice: One School Board Wrestles With Corruption; the Other With Curriculum

    ​The headlines in Broward and Palm Beach:Investigators are circling Bruce Chait of Prestige Homes -- and not just for the developer's hiring of Broward School Board member Stephanie Kraft's husband. Tamarac Mayor Joe Schreiber has alleged that Chait offered a $200,000 bribe in exchange for Mae Sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Commissioner Rodstrom: Yep, Gretsas Meeting was "PR Stunt"

    George Gretsas: bring on the haterade ​Yesterday, I wrote about local businessman and political busybody Earl Rynerson having called out city manager George Gretsas for holding two controversial meetings for city employees.  Today, Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom chimed i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    UPDATED: Maus Should Step Down From City Board

    Catherine Maus is the chairwoman of Fort Lauderdale's Planning & Zoning Board. And that isn't right. Maus is perfectly smart enough and certainly seems of fine enough character to serve in such a capacity. In fact, I'm sure that she, as a lawyer, is a very valuable memb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 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 Charl ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Carlton Moore splits the Lauderdale scene. With polite venom.

    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 Charl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    Gretsas' New Jihad: Newsracks

    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 Charl ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Last Amend­ment

    You Vill Conform!

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