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June 1, 2009
Construction Workers Admit They Installed a Stink Bomb with Chinese Drywall
The only way to hang Chinese drywall.It's something of a cliché by now to think of Florida developers as the bad guys. But as homeowners start blaming them for the defective Chinese drywall rotting their homes, it is literally the stench that has led them to contractors.Not the developer's stench, ... More >>
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March 23, 2000
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May 16, 2002
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Frank Cerabino
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October 2, 2008
You're Fired!
Crossing the Donald
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February 5, 2009
An Architect of His Own Fortune
Crossing the Donald
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September 18, 2008
The Mommy Monologue
Will Lauderdale Lakes commish Haynes' career crash on the reefs of fatherhood?
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February 7, 2008
Ol' Man Wiley Had a Farm
The patriarch of Waldrep Farm wouldn't go near the place nowadays. Will anybody else?
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August 12, 1999
Incompetence 101
An F in economics. That's what the Broward County school board earned when they rushed to fire construction firm Church and Tower, only to be sued for millions.
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October 5, 2006
A Politician Weeps
Confronted with evidence of influence peddling, a school board member tearfully claims she'll quit her job.
News
June 22, 2006
Chump Tower
South Florida's housing bubble has popped, suckas! But the Donald still wants your millions for his condos.
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April 17, 2009
Boca Lawyer, Not Carl Bernstein, Broke Chinese Drywall Story
Suddenly, "made in China" doesn't have a good ring to it.In the Hollywood-produced movie about the Chinese drywall controversy, I'm guessing the story will be broken wide open by Zac Efron as ace reporter Carl Bernstein Jr. That would be supercool for me and all the other Efron fans. But in real lif ... More >>
Subtropical Life
May 15, 2003
Best Scandal
International Swimming Hall of Fame
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June 20, 2002
Swimming in Trouble
Pompano Beach Mayor Bill Griffin is, well, conflicted over the Swimming Hall of Fame deal
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May 7, 2009
Chinese Drywall Leaves Florida Homeowners Looking for Someone to Blame
Pompano Beach Mayor Bill Griffin is, well, conflicted over the Swimming Hall of Fame deal
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May 14, 2009
Lennar Hedges on Chinese Drywall Deal
It's this way for Chinese drywall.A couple of weeks ago, I wrote this story about homeowners who are searching for who's to blame for the Chinese drywall that's wrecking their homes. In the article, I referenced this deal being offered by South Florida-based Lennar home builder, which has agreed to ... More >>
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June 9, 2009
West Palm Condo Building Plagued by Chinese Drywall
So far, the problems with Chinese drywall in South Florida appear to have been confined to single-family homes. Sure, some entire developments, like Heron Bay in Parkland, might turn out to have been built with the defective drywall. But the reports of Chinese drywall in South Florida have so far be ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
Homeowner With Chinese Drywall Confronts Builder
Photo providedLisset Sanchez-Schwartz and Ian Schwartz pose outside their newly purchased house in June 2007. They're now on the verge of losing the place.For many homeowners suffering with Chinese drywall, it's safe to say they wouldn't mind a chance to confront the builders who installed the defec ... More >>
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July 20, 2009
Homeowner Says Builder Screwed Him After Promising to Fix His Chinese Drywall
When Ira Goldstein found out his house in Delray Beach was made with Photo providedGoldstein outside his home in Vizcaya.defective Chinese drywall, he did the first thing most people would do: He called the home's builder. And unlike most of those calls, this builder actually offered to help Goldste ... More >>
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August 7, 2009
Forecast for Condo Lender Corus Bank: Awful, and Getting Worse
Photo by C. StilesTao Sawgrass in Sunrise is owned by Corus.Behind some of the area's biggest condo ghost towers -- Tao Sawgrass in Sunrise and Trump International Hotel & Tower in Fort Lauderdale -- lies one very cash-strapped bank. Chicago-based Corus Bank has become a poster child for the ... More >>
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August 10, 2009
Despite Massive Losses, Related Wants to Keep Building in West Palm
Photo by C.StilesCityPlace South Tower is now in foreclosure.Miami-based real estate giant The Related Group has struggled to weather the housing bust, watching its massive Icon Brickell condo project on Biscayne Bay sit largely empty, while its CityPlace South Tower in West Palm Beach goes into ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Whitney Residents Still Frustrated Over Chinese Drywall
Experts use high tech gagetry to test drywall at WhitneyResidents at the Whitney in downtown West Palm Beach aren't particularly happy to know that they're living in one of the only condo buildings in Florida to have a suspected problem with Chinese drywall, at least so far. Especially since that ... More >>
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August 25, 2009
Will Condo Builder the Related Group Buy Corus Bank?
Photo by C.StilesWith CityPlace South Tower in foreclosure, what is Related thinking?You have to hand it to the Related Group. No matter how bad the economy gets or how many ghost towers dot the skyline, the Miami real estate giant keeps looking for ways to make a buck. Here's the current philoso ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
Expert Says Chinese Drywall Comes With Fungus, Bacteria, and Fecal Matter
Defective drywall from China is full of bacteria and fungus and, in at least one case, fecal matter.That's according to Spiderman S. Mulholland, an expert in building inspections. Mulholland says the drywall is so corroded with bacteria that it's likely causing health issues for those who live i ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Chinese Drywall Has Left Tens of Thousands of Homeowners Out of Options
Defective drywall from China is full of bacteria and fungus and, in at least one case, fecal matter.That's according to Spiderman S. Mulholland, an expert in building inspections. Mulholland says the drywall is so corroded with bacteria that it's likely causing health issues for those who live i ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
As Fitzroy Salesman Trial Ends, Many Want to Know Who's Next
Defective drywall from China is full of bacteria and fungus and, in at least one case, fecal matter.That's according to Spiderman S. Mulholland, an expert in building inspections. Mulholland says the drywall is so corroded with bacteria that it's likely causing health issues for those who live i ... More >>
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May 18, 2010
Analyzing Jeff Greene's New Campaign Videos
Jeff Greene's ad campaign launched today, and despite his billionaire status, Pixar animations were left on the cutting room floor. Also absent from the two spots: Greene's "I took on Wall Street and won" slogan. With the campaign heating up, it looks like our badboy is reforming. "He's starting w ... More >>
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October 31, 2010
November Surprise: Keechl Camp Hits Gutter
Broward Mayor Ken Keechl appears to be getting desperate. He's certainly getting dirty. A new low Keechl camp's last-ditch negative ad campaign goes to a new low. Of course he won't take credit for it since it comes from one of those late-date 527 slush committees funded by a ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Former School Board Construction Chief Talked of "Machine"
When we stop to remember Michael Garretson, we should never forget that the late School Board construction chief led the spending of a billion dollars a year in what was one of the largest and most damaging school building booms in Broward County history. For ... More >>

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