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Economic Issues

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale Make Cut of Most Overpriced City

    ​If you need affirmation that West Palm Beach is too rich rich for your blood, Forbes has you covered. Using a semiscientific method that accounted for things like housing affordability, the cost-of-living index, and median salaries for college grads, the magazine produced a list of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    In Defense of Bankers: Why Occupy Protesters Shouldn't Target Those Who Cash Our Checks

    ​One banker, we'll call him Steve, was walking out of the corporate office in Orlando recently when a protester got in his face. There were three or four Occupy protesters who spotted Steve with a couple other people wearing suits. The protesters figured they had found one percenters. "You're resp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    GOP Intentionally Sabotaging Economy to Boot Obama? Only 39 Percent of Floridians Say No

    wildmanhangout.com​Old news: Floridians think Gov. Rick Scott sucks. New news: Nearly half of Florida thinks Republicans are intentionally sabotaging the economy to prevent the reelection of President Obama.It's not just those damned liberals either -- 24 percent of Republicans agree, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    With Prison Privatization Plan on Hold, GEO Group Website Still Vying for Contract

    ​Poor GEO Group. The Boca Raton-based private prison operator, former known as Wackenhut Corrections, had planned to invest $3 million in its quest to win a contract to run most of the prisons in the southern part of Florida. But two weeks ago, a circuit court judge struck down the state Legi ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

    ​Poor GEO Group. The Boca Raton-based private prison operator, former known as Wackenhut Corrections, had planned to invest $3 million in its quest to win a contract to run most of the prisons in the southern part of Florida. But two weeks ago, a circuit court judge struck down the state Legi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2011

    Deerfield Beach Commission Candidate Accused of Having Shady Past Using Public Funds

    churchofbrotherlylove.orgAnthony Davis (left) and his wife Margaret Davis​The city of Deerfield Beach is holding a special election on July 19 to replace former District 2 Commissioner Sylvia Poitier -- who's facing five misdemeanor counts of falsifying public documents -- and out of the four qual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Broward County Passes Model Ordinance to Regulate "Pill Mills" That Don't Actually Exist

    neglectedwar.comA pain management clinic, which doesn't exist in unincorporated Broward County​The Broward County Commission unanimously passed a new zoning and regulatory ordinance yesterday for pain management clinics in unincorporated areas of the county.This new ordinance requires all of the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Florida Public School Teachers' Salaries Among Lowest In The Nation

    ​Yesterday the Sun-Sentinel ran a story about how some painters and grass cutters who work for the Broward County School District make more money than highly educated teachers with decades of experience. Well, it may get worse. The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy released its State o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Rick Scott, Former CEO of Fraud Hospital Chain, Considers Privitizing FL Hospitals

    Rick Scott, your governor.​When Rick Scott starts considering hospital privatization, it's worth revisiting his past. The Sun-Sentinel reported that Scott established a commission to investigate whether the state could trim a layer of budgetary fat by selling  government-run hospitals to priv ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macro-Economics

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Amendment 4? What's That? Citizen Campaign Struggles to Get the Facts Out

    Can they flip the debate?​Amendment 4 to the Florida Comprehensive Land Use Plans (Still reading? Congratulations!) is fairly simple: It would require that any changes to local land-use plans, such as those requested by developers, be put before voters before approval. Unfortunately, that informat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    "That's Commissioner Chaz"

    God help us, Chaz Stevens has been appointed to the board of the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority. Not even a very loud "No!" from Commissioner Marty Popelsky (at 1:20 in the video above) could stop Stevens' rise to power.Of course, the activist blogger (he prefers "genius") played a crucial role i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Report: Deerfield Beach Moves to Secure Computers Used by Officials Named in Investigation

    A day after a forensic auditor told the Deerfield Beach Commission he'd found evidence of favoritism and fraud by officials in the city's Community Development Division, the city has asked the Broward Sheriff's Office to take custody of computers that belonged to two officials named in the audit rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Boca Blogger Rips Into Palm Beach Trousers

    ​We've been getting weekly updates from Boca Raton blogger Robert Feeley for some time now: Feeley's news parody, SPN (for StuPidassNews), is at least as ripe as The Onion, only it's completely homegrown. In SPN-land, Boca is "Beaver Falls," and Feeley's august news outlet is "The Only News Sourc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Hollywood's New CRA Director a Political Outsider

    The city of Hollywood has named a former Orlando official to lead its Community Redevelopment Agency. Tanja Gerhartz previously worked as the economic development director in Orlando. More recently, she had her own private consulting firm. If that means she's new to the South Florida political scene ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

    The city of Hollywood has named a former Orlando official to lead its Community Redevelopment Agency. Tanja Gerhartz previously worked as the economic development director in Orlando. More recently, she had her own private consulting firm. If that means she's new to the South Florida political scene ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2009

    With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore Sells the Same Old Shtick

    The city of Hollywood has named a former Orlando official to lead its Community Redevelopment Agency. Tanja Gerhartz previously worked as the economic development director in Orlando. More recently, she had her own private consulting firm. If that means she's new to the South Florida political scene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    No Recession on Clematis: Downtown WPB Gets Areperia, Pizza Joint

    Photo by Flickr user ulterior epicureArepas, hopefully as pretty as these, will headline a new joint on Clematis.​Recession, you say? Apparently not on Clematis Street, where despite a dining economy that has many restaurateurs contemplating an easier line of work, like shipping out on a tramp ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Broward May Throw Bone to Private Sector

    broward.org/animalRomeo: An orphaned mutt leery of the private sectorOne year ago, a study by a national consulting firm found that Broward County's Animal Care and Regulation Department was woefully short-staffed, making it impossible to guarantee service required by law for control of the local pe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Ease Recession Depression With the Jove

    broward.org/animalRomeo: An orphaned mutt leery of the private sectorOne year ago, a study by a national consulting firm found that Broward County's Animal Care and Regulation Department was woefully short-staffed, making it impossible to guarantee service required by law for control of the local pe ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Letters From the Issue of April 23, 2009

    broward.org/animalRomeo: An orphaned mutt leery of the private sectorOne year ago, a study by a national consulting firm found that Broward County's Animal Care and Regulation Department was woefully short-staffed, making it impossible to guarantee service required by law for control of the local pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Abrams: Time To Give Readers "Recession 101"

    On the day the company declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Tribune's Chief Innovation Officer, Lee Abrams, issues a "think piece" to staff in which he says Tribune newspapers must "own" the recession: THE RECESSION: Discussion on we should position our papers and TV as the vehicles that helps peo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Bust Your Gut

    And the recession will follow.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Bailout Is Vile But Necessary

    And the recession will follow.

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Last Man Standing?

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Lappé says, "No Food Shortage"

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • News

    July 10, 2008

    Naked Negotiation in Riviera Beach

    How a Riviera Beach official allegedly does business in a very warm climate

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Confirmed: Worst President Ever

    How a Riviera Beach official allegedly does business in a very warm climate

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2008

    America's Economy Is A Sinking Cesspool

    How a Riviera Beach official allegedly does business in a very warm climate

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    They'll Take Your Houses

    South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2008

    New Courthouse? Ha!

    South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Hillary Clinton: Retro-Candidate

    South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    River of Greed

    The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Letters for August 17-23, 2006

    The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2006

    Frame It!

    The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

  • Music

    November 24, 2005

    The Continental

    Europimp Tonino Carotone believes Another World Is Possible.

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Urban Removal

    It's the same old story, critics say: displacing blacks to make way for whites

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Letters for March 3-9, 2005

    It's the same old story, critics say: displacing blacks to make way for whites

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2003

    A Run on the Bank

    Attack of the Activists

  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003

    Best Sign that Good Help Is Hard to Find

    Guardian Pools

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Shakin' tha Foundation

    A pair of South Florida rappers takes on Cheney, Ashcroft, and Taco Bell

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    The Last Governor

    A pair of South Florida rappers takes on Cheney, Ashcroft, and Taco Bell

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    A House Surrounded

    As the city spars with deep-pocketed developers, will a vertical horizon obscure the historic Stranahan House?

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Almost Perfect

    The rise and fall of Perfection, South Florida's biggest and boldest New Urbanist community

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Annexation Vexation

    The plan to bring Broward County's poor areas into the fold is full of holes

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Undercurrents

    To Hyde Park Market They Merrily Go

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    If the Suit Fits, File It

    A federal case in which Alan Adaschik, mild-mannered bureaucrat, sues the entire U.S. government over the WTO

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Burning Down the House

    After the closing of an apartment building for AIDS victims in Fort Lauderdale, the city's ability to oversee a multimillion-dollar, federally funded program is called into question

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    The People's Republic of Area A

    A group of neighborhood leaders prepares to declare independence and start Broward's first black-majority city

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    Going Postal

    The county's decision to spend big bucks on a shiny new federal post office has advocates of the poor hopping mad

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