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Ellyn Bogdanoff

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    The Bill That Could Bring Destination Resorts to Broward "Dead for This Year"

    "Hey, you take your giant casino drawings and you GET OUT OF TOWN, MISTER."​The Florida House bill that would grant three licenses to developers looking to build South Florida resorts has been killed, at least for the time being. The House Business and Consumer Affairs committee postponed a vote r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Fort Lauderdale Commission Signs Off on Laundry List of Complaints About Casino Plans

    ​Fort Lauderdale commissioners voted unanimously to complain send off a resolution saying the city's not exactly a fan of the "destination resort casino" bill in the state Legislature -- which is sponsored in the Senate by Fort Lauderdale Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff.Aside from that little rift in interes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Broward GOP Claims Supervisor of Elections Is Trying to "Disenfranchise" Republican Voters

    ​The Broward Republican Executive Committee released an open letter to Brenda Snipes, the county's Supervisor of Elections, claiming it's unfair that there aren't any early voting sites in Republican State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff's district.Republican State Rep. George Moraitis doesn't have an early ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Boca Raton Pastor Protesting Casino Proposal; Believes It'll Just Bring Hookers and "Evils"

    gamefront.com​Mark Boykin, a pastor at Boca Raton's Church of All Nations, isn't too happy about Republican State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff filing a bill to allow Vegas-style casinos in South Florida.After citing hookers, crime, "evils," and some stuff he found on the Internet, he's planning to sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff's Daughter Arrested on Burglary and Drug Charges

    myfloridahouse.govState Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff​Danna Bogdanoff, the 19-year-old daughter of Fort Lauderdale-based State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, was arrested on four felony charges in Miami-Date County late last week.The police report hasn't yet been released, but according to our sister paper to the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Newspaper Report: Sylvia Poiter Is Being Charged With Five Misdemeanors

    UPDATED: Sylvia Poitier, the controversial former Broward County commissioner who is now an elected official in Deerfield Beach, has been charged with five misdemeanors related to her family's involvement in a city-sponsored housing organization, according to the South Florida Times. Poitier​ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Florida's Senate Majority Leader Makes False Claim About "Smart Cap" Bill

    Another Floridian falsity for PolitiFact's truth-o-meter. ​Hypocrisy and shallow intellect are common among the leadership of Florida's fiscally conservative Senate. But a recent statement from Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner makes one wonder if he was blatantly trying to mislead the public o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Cindi Hutchinson's Developer Friend Had Alleged Civil Fraud History With Toy Store

    WFOR-Channel 12 Former Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson leaving jail in a New York sweatshirt. ​ Goldstrom​ I want to thank Fort Lauderdale activist and graphics designer Cal Deal for supplying these images. Deal was on Hutchinson's case before it became a case. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Cindi Hutchinson: Another Broward Pol Flushed

    ​Was it worth it, Cindi? ​Former Fort Lauderdale Vice Mayor Cindi Hutchinson not only wins the the award for selling out her seat the cheapest -- a toilet, really? -- but also for the worst mug shot in a procession of public official mug shots.  Look at that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    BSO Wants to Know Where Homeless Sex Offenders Live, Even if It's on a Bench

    Lamberti wants to close the transient loophole.​They've been exiled to sleep under bridges and on benches. They've been banned from hanging out in places where children gather. Now Broward sheriff's officials say county sex offenders are lying about being homeless.House Bill 119, a state measure p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    The Timeliest, Most Entertaining, Mudslinging Ad We've Seen This Halloween Season

    ​Both Halloween and the election are fast approaching, making  this a very spooky week, with unexpected twists and turns lurking ahead. Far in advance of the October 31 holiday, Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party candidate for Delaware Senate, revealed "I am not a witch" (provoking awesome pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Man Bites Dog: The Friday Grab Bag

    Nothing ripe on the reporting end and nothing big breaking at the moment so I thought I'd cull together some interesting stories from other places. Model Citizen's latest creation ​-- We finally get a little Scott Rothstein action in the political season with Kelly Skidmore's "Angel of Dea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Fort Lauderdale Tea Party Declares Victory

    ​When David Gould, a 26-year-old Fort Lauderdale man showed up at the corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway -- the spot known to local tea partiers as "the corner" -- he expected some sort of confrontation. He's pretty liberal and this is, after all, the location of the self-proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Morning Juice: Flags Thrown Against Delray Football Coach; Kim Rothstein Now Shopping for Lawyers

    ​Let's take a quick look through the local news:The parents of Scott Wilson, the 23-year-old killed last month in a collision with polo mogul John Goodman, have launched an investigation of their own. Considering Goodman's wealth and influence, that's probably a good idea. [Palm Beach Post]The foo ... 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 >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Candidate: Broward Democrats Offered Her Big-Money Donors if She'd Back Off From Evan Jenne

    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 >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Broward School Board Members Who Oversaw Rampant Overspending Just Make Things Worse

    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

    July 20, 2009

    Cash Dries Up in Key Races for Dems

    house.govA painting of Bill Young, whose congressional career may have pre-dated the invention of still photographyOn paper, the congressional district of Rep. Bill Young of St. Petersburg would seem to be one of the best chances for the Democratic Party to pick up a seat. Although Young has kept th ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Why She Did It

    Sunrise commissioner Sheila Alu exposed a judge's misconduct — at great personal risk.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    No More Taxes on (Almost) All Things Fancy

    Photo courtesy Tom Fancy StudiosIf that looks like your shopping list then, well, thank you, good sir, for generous contributions to the State of Florida, but you probably should have waited till after the legislative session. A bill recently passed by the House Finance and Tax Council would remove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Sun-Sentinel Insults Joel Steinger

    In the lead story on this morning's local section, the Sun-Sentinel took off its little white glove and slapped Mutual Benefits' mastermind in the face with it. The newspaper reports that the Ponzi scheme called Mutual Benefits poured $1.4 million into political coffers to help keep state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    The Line To Lansky: Steinger Linked To Ben-Veniste, Jewish Mafia

    We know that Joel Steinger, the mastermind of the billion-dollar Mutual Benefits Ponzi scheme with ties to several Broward politicians (Steve Geller, Stacy Ritter, Ellyn Bogdanoff, and others), had connections to Colombian drug cartels. Now we have evidence of another intriguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Some Mutual Benefits Boys Pose In Colombia

    For those of you following the Mutual Benefits story, here's a photograph to bring some visuals to the table. It was taken in Bogota, Colombia, in 2001, as Mutual Benefits was trying to round up South American investors in what feds say was a billion dollar Ponzi scheme. The ra ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Mutual Benefits used dirty money to pay its legal defense

    For those of you following the Mutual Benefits story, here's a photograph to bring some visuals to the table. It was taken in Bogota, Colombia, in 2001, as Mutual Benefits was trying to round up South American investors in what feds say was a billion dollar Ponzi scheme. The ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    The Stacy Ritter Corruption Compendium

    After the Miami Herald over the weekend broke a story on yet another Stacy Ritter vote that benefitted the lobbying business of her husband, Russ Klenet, I think it's time we had a one-stop shopping spot for all the alleged misdeeds of the Ritter-Klenets. Because of its length, the post jumps. ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Mutual Benefits may have collapsed, but the fallout for South Florida politicians is still coming.

    After the Miami Herald over the weekend broke a story on yet another Stacy Ritter vote that benefitted the lobbying business of her husband, Russ Klenet, I think it's time we had a one-stop shopping spot for all the alleged misdeeds of the Ritter-Klenets. Because of its length, the post jumps. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Ellyn Bogdanoff Mutually Benefited From Fraud Too

    One thing about the $1 billion Ponzi scheme that was Mutual Benefits Corp.: It loved to throw money at politicians. And boy did our fearless leaders lap up the cash. It gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to elected officials, but nobody benefitted more from Mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Stacy Ritter Voted For Company That Renovated Her Home

    While serving as a state representative in 2004, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter voted on legislation that benefited the fraudulent company that paid her husband $20,000 a month, renovated her Parkland home at a cost of $100,000, docked her family's boat, and provided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    November 4 Election Predictions

    While serving as a state representative in 2004, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter voted on legislation that benefited the fraudulent company that paid her husband $20,000 a month, renovated her Parkland home at a cost of $100,000, docked her family's boat, and provided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Early Election Results

    While serving as a state representative in 2004, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter voted on legislation that benefited the fraudulent company that paid her husband $20,000 a month, renovated her Parkland home at a cost of $100,000, docked her family's boat, and provided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Chick Fight! Bogdanoff Vs. Ritter

    While serving as a state representative in 2004, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter voted on legislation that benefited the fraudulent company that paid her husband $20,000 a month, renovated her Parkland home at a cost of $100,000, docked her family's boat, and provided ... More >>

  • News

    September 25, 2008

    The People Person

    State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    The Bogdanoff/Hasner Spa Video

    State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    Sooey! Ellyn Bogdanoff Wallows In the Muck

    State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Stacy Ritter For President!

    State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Stop Charlie

    Sell one of our most traveled freeways to some foreigners? Might as well just give 'em a Budweiser.

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    The Talk of the Green Iguana

    Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    Letters for May 10, 2007

    Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2006

    The Crist Question

    Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2006

    He's Not Tom's Buddy

    Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2006

    Buddy, the Blog, and the Boot

    Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?

  • 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

    Letters for March 9-15, 2006

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

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    The GOP's Buddy

    If the Sun-Sentinel's Buddy Nevins has declared for Crist, why's he still covering the governor's race?

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    The Plot To Depose King Jenne

    Democrats and Republicans, blacks and whites, have banded together for one simple reason: to stop Ken Jenne from becoming Broward's first strong mayor.

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