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Fort Lauderdale City Commission

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Fort Lauderdale to Add 15 Red-Light Cameras: Your Handy Map

    If Fort Lauderdale's red-light program has helped traffic safety, there's no way to actually tell yet. Crashes at the six intersections where cameras are currently installed actually went up slightly after their installation, but it went from 21 to 24 crashes over ten months, so it's not clear what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    The Fort Lauderdale Intersections With the Most Red-Light Runners

    Data is starting to come together in Fort Lauderdale's red-light camera program, which dished out more than 25,000 tickets between September 2010 and February 2012. A lot of it is more complicated than just the raw numbers (Where's that money going? How many people are actually paying them? What abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Fort Lauderdale's Anti-Panhandling Scheme Gets Attention From National Lawyers' Guild

    There's a no-panhandling zone in downtown Miami, and Fort Lauderdale currently prohibits asking for change along the beach. But the Fort Lauderdale City Commission is considering some tough new regulations that would effectively ban panhandling in the entire downtown area. That's in addition to a pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    With Lot Back to Bid, Riverside Market Sees a Brighter Fate

    The saga of Riverside Market continues. Last night, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission decided that the parking lot that had been awarded to taxi czar Jesse Gaddis would go back up for bid.Riverside Market owner Julian Siegel is pleased, albeit guarded. "The only way the ruling is in my favor is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Fort Lauderdale Considering Quintupling Red-Light Cameras: Where Does the Money Go?

    ​The Fort Lauderdale City Commission was receptive to a new proposal heard Tuesday about ramping up the city's red-light camera program from using six cameras to 36. While Mayor Jack Seiler said he was "not for something as massive as that," according to the Sun-Sentinel, he said he was open to ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Riverside Market Retains Parking Lot, for Now

    At last night's City Commission meeting, the bid was reconsidered on the city-owned land adjacent to the Riverside Market that was awarded to taxi czar Jesse Gaddis for $15,500.Without access to the land or an amendment to the city's parking requirements, owner Julian Siegel argued in his state ... More >>

  • 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 23, 2012

    Former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle Backs Rick Santorum

    ​Call it a match made in heaven.Rick Santorum is best-known (among 20-something alt-weekly types, at least) as the evangelical homophobe who likened gay relationships to "man-on-dog" sex and consequently suffered the wrath of Dan Savage's revolting Google bomb.Jim Naugle is known locally as the fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Told to Leave Bubier Park

    Stefan KamphAdam Salater (left) and other organizers handle communications on Monday afternoon.​After their demonstration on Saturday, protesters with the Occupy Fort Lauderdale movement decided to do just that: occupy. The site they chose was Bubier Park, at Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Coffee Art: Osama Bin Latte

    Ron Gunzburger's Facebook PageThis is the fine work of Rob Negron at the Brew Urban Cafe on Himmarshee.​Al Qaeda put out a statement on the internet today about Osama Bin Laden's death: "It [Bin Laden's blood] will remain, with permission from Allah the Almighty, a curse that chases the Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    God, Complex! Does Lauderdale Candidate Have Inappropriate Ties to Holy Spirit?

    romneyrogers.comA leaked memo suggests that local attorney Romney Rogers is relying upon an omniscient, omnipotent Celestial Force to carry him to victory in the Fort Lauderdale City Commission race. Posted on the blog of former Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Tim Smith, the "campaign prayer" appears t ... More >>

  • News

    May 29, 2008

    Sooo Sweet

    How Not to Kill a Film

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    Bust Me if You Can

    If it looks like a lawyer and quacks like a lawyer, is it really a lawyer?

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Towering Rage

    Luxury condo developers up the ante with critics

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    Jack and Diana

    Swimmer Diana Nyad says coach Jack Nelson molested her 40 years ago. Now Nelson´s returning fire.

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Golf Meets Politics

    Jim Scott's Little Investment Is a Hot Topic in His District

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Political Links

    Fairway for Investors, Dead End for You

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2006

    A Sistrunk Shame

    Fairway for Investors, Dead End for You

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Dark Tower

    Las Olas River House was supposed to be the life of the party, not a hollow high-rise

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Hall in Flames

    Strife at swimming's prime shrine threatens to wash away a local icon

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Letters for May 22, 2003

    A classic polemic

  • Calendar

    February 13, 2003

    This week's Day-by-Day

    The Mercury Program

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Gimme Shelter

    Allen Reesor's friends-and-family program has other homeless-services professionals crying foul

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Print and Politics

    The Broward Times delivers unconventional, often shrill journalism to an unsuspecting town

  • 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

    August 23, 2001

    Festive Debt

    One of the most hallowed traditions in Broward's black community faces financial ruin

  • Music

    January 18, 2001

    Bandwidth

    Next thing you know, those meddling kids will be eating ice cream in the streets!

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    A Scout for Life

    Gay Eagle Scout Mark LaFontaine nudged the Broward school board to historic heights

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Keith Clayborne in Black and White

    A lesson in becoming a black power broker by doing business with the white media elite, courtesy of the controversial editor of The Broward Times

  • Music

    September 28, 2000

    Bandwidth

    Boy Scout bigots and Fugazi fans dumb down Fort Lauderdale

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Undercurrents

    The late-night bars and clubs battle continues

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    No More Mr. Mean Guy

    After years of playing political hardball, Ron Gunzburger says he wants to take a softer approach with his nationally known Website

  • News

    July 16, 1999

    Undercurrents

    After years of playing political hardball, Ron Gunzburger says he wants to take a softer approach with his nationally known Website

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Undercurrents

    After years of playing political hardball, Ron Gunzburger says he wants to take a softer approach with his nationally known Website

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    The Great Barrier Beef

    With crime on the wane, Lake Ridge residents love their new roadblocks. But business owners beg to differ.

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Letters

    With crime on the wane, Lake Ridge residents love their new roadblocks. But business owners beg to differ.

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Letters

    With crime on the wane, Lake Ridge residents love their new roadblocks. But business owners beg to differ.

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Out of the Closet and Into Battle

    Broward's gay politicos face tough opposition in seeking office: each other

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Broward's gay politicos face tough opposition in seeking office: each other

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Impeachment as Cache

    If there's anyone who can feel Bill Clinton's pain, it's ousted-judge-turned-congressman Alcee Hastings

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    A Dream Deferred

    After a decade in office, Carlton Moore hasn't done much for Fort Lauderdale's poorest residents. But he has helped himself.

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Bikini Thrill

    What began as a spring break attraction is now a full-time profession offering money and acclaim. But there's no future in it.

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    The Dearly Departed

    Tax collectors and employees alike have decried Susan Telli's free-spending, power-hungry ways at Broward's Hospice Care. So why is she still in charge?

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Sonny's Last Stand

    Coming soon to a courtroom near you: dueling conspiracy theories that pit Fort Lauderdale's finest against their political bosses. One certain verdict: There's a price to pay for tangling with civic activist Sonny Irons.

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Forgive Them, Father, For They Know Not Where to Pray

    The ACLU will file suit against Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle for his proposed prayer meeting in the city commission chambers.

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