floridadisaster.orgCraig FugateThat is the implicit message from our new president to our new director of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, W. Craig Fugate, whose appointment was announced today by the Obama White House. In his eighth year as the director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, Fugate was a Jeb Bush appointee -- not that there's anything wrong with that. Before that he held a similar job in Alachua County -- Gainsevilled and the surrounding area.Having weat
We have never seen Earl Rynerson shoot a moose from a helicopter or put lipstick on a pig, but the local businessman reminds us of deposed veep candidate Sarah Palin if only because he simply won't leave the limelight. He may have lost the election for Fort Lauderdale mayor in February (to longtime political player Jack Seiler), but some of Rynerson's money-saving ideas struck a chord with those who attended his campaign events and heard him out. Rynerson has been yapping about waste in th
www.deerfieldbeachfirerescue.orgFire Chief Anthony Stravino An internal investigation of Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue's involvement in the city's March municipal investigation found that six employees committed ethical violations. But those violations -- storing political material in the fire station and wearing their work pants on the campaign trail -- weren't serious enough to cost the employees their jobs. Instead, they'll be given counseling.That's the determination of Robert Weech, the
