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Freight Transportation

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    FEC Train Operator Plans New Privatized Rail Service Between South Florida and Orlando

    ​It is, of course, essential Rick Scott lore that our budget-cutting governor nixed a federally funded high-speed rail project because it used too much taxpayer money. As little sense as that move made, the governor has always been clear that he favors private enterprise over the government provid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Michael McAuliffe Leaves Top Prosecutor Job to Work for Bill Koch, Litigious Billionaire

    ​Only in Palm Beach is such a pairing possible. State Attorney Michael McAuliffe is abandoning his bid for a second term as the county's top prosecutor in order to work for Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire.According to the Palm Beach Post, McAuliffe plans to join the legal team at Oxbow Corp. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Hallandale Beach Government Pays Millions to U.S. Post Office in Yet Another Land Deal

    Keith London: Just say no.​Once again, Hallandale Beach Commissioner Keith London found himself the lone dissenter on a vote in which the gung-ho City Commission voted, under the leadership of Mayor Joy Cooper, to spend millions on a real-estate purchase without clear plans for what the property w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Casey Anthony Getting a Bunch of Money in Jail -- Here's How to Do It

    ​Apparently there is a handful of people -- 17, according to ABC News -- who have sent "Tot Mom" Casey Anthony money while she sits in the Orange County Jail.While there are people out there sending her death threats, some people feel sympathy for her -- or just plain think that bad girls are hot. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Following the Allen West Money Part II: Questionable PACs

    Are donors getting fleeced by these PACs?​As Election Day nears, Republican congressional candidate and motorcycle enthusiast Allen West continues to haul in considerable dough from political action committees based outside of Florida.There are the usual suspects -- $6,000 from the House Conservat ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2010

    John Mayer Brings Guitar Heroics and Sensitive Lyrics to Cruzan

    Are donors getting fleeced by these PACs?​As Election Day nears, Republican congressional candidate and motorcycle enthusiast Allen West continues to haul in considerable dough from political action committees based outside of Florida.There are the usual suspects -- $6,000 from the House Conservat ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2010

    Electronic Owls

    Are donors getting fleeced by these PACs?​As Election Day nears, Republican congressional candidate and motorcycle enthusiast Allen West continues to haul in considerable dough from political action committees based outside of Florida.There are the usual suspects -- $6,000 from the House Conservat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein: Coconuts for the Homeless?

    Coconuts: A new plan for feeding the homeless​Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein says he got a pretty good laugh when he found out the hundreds of coconuts he'd mailed to Postmaster General John E. Potter had been given away to homeless shelters.  "We were imagining the cafeteria at the shel ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Letters for October 30 - November 5, 2008

    Coconuts: A new plan for feeding the homeless​Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein says he got a pretty good laugh when he found out the hundreds of coconuts he'd mailed to Postmaster General John E. Potter had been given away to homeless shelters.  "We were imagining the cafeteria at the shel ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Privacy Schmivacy

    Tell the world how you vote!

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    Broward County Absentee Ballots Carry Party Affiliation

    Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Lobbyist Smeared By Bogus Letter Campaign

    Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2007

    Rilo Kiley Gets Deep... Sorta

    Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Letter from July 19-25, 2007

    Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost

  • News

    July 5, 2007

    R.I.P. Jocks

    Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost

  • Music

    May 10, 2007

    Sending Out an SOS

    New postage increases could put some indies out of business

  • Home Entertainment

    October 19, 2006

    Cold as Ice

    NHL 2K7 looks pretty, but fails to light the lamp.

  • Music

    May 19, 2005

    Various Artists

    World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing (Luaka Bop)

  • News

    November 4, 2004

    Vote Interrupted

    Were the absentee ballots lost or stolen? Either way, it's a crime.

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Bill Cruz

    Spirit Parade (Winebay)

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    New Math

    Reading, songwriting, and arithmetic using the +/- guidelines

  • Music

    October 30, 2003

    Atlantic Crossing

    Tracking Death Cab for Cutie's transoceanic quest for high fidelity

  • Film

    June 26, 2003

    Dead to Rights

    Stripped of pretentious excess, Danny Boyle gets his mojo back in 28 Days Later

  • Goods and Services

    May 15, 2003

    Best Bookstore

    Murder on the Beach

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 16, 2002

    Best Anarchy in Action

    Unarmed Underground Art Center and Flamingo Art Studios

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Mail Chauvinists

    The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is tough on mail fraud -- and, some say, even tougher on its black female agents

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Train Dreck

    Railroad noise and bureaucracy can't stymie a hearty bunch from Pompano Beach

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    The Life We're Handed

    Alex Pittock didn't ask for a forklift to practically amputate his hand, he didn't ask for the money he got in a settlement, and he certainly didn't ask for his family to fall apart around him

  • Dining

    November 26, 1998

    Foodstuff

    Alex Pittock didn't ask for a forklift to practically amputate his hand, he didn't ask for the money he got in a settlement, and he certainly didn't ask for his family to fall apart around him

  • 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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