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May 24, 2012
Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet
On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad news, especially considering Facebook was about to sell stock publicly for the first time. The analysts f ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
A Plea for More Homegrown Craft Beer in South Florida
South Florida is a boozy, tourist-driven economy. With American Craft Beer Week upon us -- Cheers! And so help you god if you consume a Budweiser product this week -- it's a fitting time to contemplate why the region is moving at a positively glacial pace to tap into the possibilities that exist in ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
Give Coors the Cold Shoulder
South Florida is a boozy, tourist-driven economy. With American Craft Beer Week upon us -- Cheers! And so help you god if you consume a Budweiser product this week -- it's a fitting time to contemplate why the region is moving at a positively glacial pace to tap into the possibilities that exist in ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
Holy Mackerel Head Brewer and Founder Bobby Gordash Talks Craft Beer in South Florida
In anticipation of the upcoming New Times' Beerfest (Saturday, March 31, in downtown Fort Lauderdale) Clean Plate Charlie has been talking with South Florida beer aficionados and experts about the state of beer in Florida and beyond. Earlier this week, we talked to John Linn of Fresh Beer Inc., w ... More >>
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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 >>
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January 27, 2012
Fort Lauderdale's Sky-High Runway: Looks Like They're Actually Going to Build This Thing
Welcome back to "Holy Crap, That's Big," our blog series in which we look at humongous things going up in South Florida and the people behind them. Let this blog post serve as official notice that we are going to spend a lot of time puzzling over this huge pile of dirt for planes to drive on that al ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
The Beautiful Balls of Old Men
Welcome back to "Holy Crap, That's Big," our blog series in which we look at humongous things going up in South Florida and the people behind them. Let this blog post serve as official notice that we are going to spend a lot of time puzzling over this huge pile of dirt for planes to drive on that al ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Scott Rothstein's Deposition Was Good for Something: Verdict Against TD Bank
It turns out Scott Rothstein's two-week deposition in Miami was actually useful outside of the purpose of everyone in South Florida attempting to disseminate facts -- or rumors -- of the case: a jury calling for TD Bank to pay $67 million, and laying some blame on the bank in the process.Aside fr ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Bee Killer Snuffs Thousands of Florida Hives
treehugger.comIf it's not colony collapse disorder, it's a crazy bee killer. Hundreds of thousands of bees in Brevard County died this past September, tied to a tainted food supply that contained an insecticide used to kill roaches, ticks, and fleas, county agriculture officials determined yester ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Starbucks to Serve Wine and Beer (in Select Cities)
StarbucksStarbucks to serve Starbooze?Do you hear a chorus of angels singing "Hallelujah"? If so, it's because Starbucks has announced that it will start selling wine and beer in select markets, according to the Seattle Times. According to the article, Starbucks has been serving beer and wine at ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Express Ferry Offering High-Speed Boat Trips to Bahamas From Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades
Hate flying? Lost your yacht in the recession? But sure as hell would love a decent rum runner and a handmade straw hat?If so, you are so in luck, because a new boat called the Bahamas Express Ferry is about to start high-speed service from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas. A massiv ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
FAU Study: Coping With Climate Change in Florida May Cost as Much as $1 Billion
randompixels.blogspot.comThat's not exactly a transportation "plan."Not long after the Broward County Natural Resources Planning and Management Division released its report detailing how rising sea levels could cause major flooding across Fort Lauderdale, Florida Atlantic University has released ... More >>
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October 16, 2011
Florida Corrections Officer Gives Some Interwebs Insight About State Prisons
zazzle.comWe don't even know who this hat belongs to.Being a corrections officer is one of the strangest jobs imaginable -- you're stuck in a big concrete and iron box for eight-plus hours per day, surrounded by some of society's most loathed humans, who are likely armed with rusty shanks and ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Scott Rothstein Investors Set for Trial Against TD Bank; Rothstein's Pals Ordered to Appear
zazzle.comCoquina investments, which claims it lost $37.7 million in Scott Rothstein's billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, is slated to go to trial before a jury against TD Bank on October 24 in Miami.The lawsuit, which was filed in March 2010, alleges two Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Private Prison Contractor, Homeland Security "Asked" Southwest Ranches Council Not to Talk
Here in Florida, we have a broad array of sunshine laws designed to promote open government. Local governments routinely have to disclose information simply because citizens ask for it. But apparently there's one thing that can clamp the mouths of local officials for good: a private prison contra ... More >>
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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 >>
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October 3, 2011
Scott Rothstein's Recently Sentenced Pals May Testify in Lawsuit Against TD Bank
Scott RothsteinAn investment company alleging TD Bank committed multiple crimes throughout Scott Rothstein's billion-dollar Ponzi scheme is requesting that three of the four recently sentenced Rothstein cohorts testify at a civil trial.Coquina investments, which claims it lost $37.7 million in Ro ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Rick Scott and Private Prisons Engaging in "Pay to Play" Politics, Teamsters Complaint Alleges
Florida politicians received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions from two private prison corporations last election cycle -- GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America -- and an ethics complaint filed by the Teamsters union yesterday claims $30,000 of those contributions that went t ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Ex-Health Insurance Executive: Rick Scott HMO Debacle Goes Against His "Obamacare" Rhetoric
Illustration by Miche RattoWendell Potter -- a former health care insurance executive who most recently left his post as head of communications for CIGNA -- has been following up on the Pulp's post on Florida's newest HMO policy for state employees and agrees that the decision to allow just one H ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Huizenga CFO on Water Management Board; Does This Have Anything to Do With Yachts?
Flickr user: totalAldoHuizenga is building a megayacht center in Riviera Beach.Rick Scott's decision to appoint a pro-business corporate executive to the South Florida Water Management District's governing board is not exactly stunning. This is the governor, after all, who declared Florida "open ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Rick Scott Lets His Pals Run a Monopoly on State Employees' Health Care Coverage
Illustration by Miche RattoEarlier in the week, the state Department of Management Services announced that it was consolidating the number of HMOs offered to state employees to one per county.In a move the DMS says was "following the governor's direction," the department predicts the change will ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds
Illustration by Miche RattoEarlier in the week, the state Department of Management Services announced that it was consolidating the number of HMOs offered to state employees to one per county.In a move the DMS says was "following the governor's direction," the department predicts the change will ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Rick Scott Finds a Train He Likes: $1.2 Billion SunRail
blogomatic3000.comHe didn't like the idea of an almost-free high-speed train, and he vetoed plans to restore a Holocaust rail car, but Gov. Rick Scott finally found a train he likes -- the SunRail, with a price tag of $1.2 billion, including a cost of more than a half-billion dollars to the state ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
ICE Picks Southwest Ranches For New Immigrant Pen
voxrox.coSome lucky folks in western Broward County are going to have a couple thousand possible illegal immigrants as new neighbors soon.Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has "tentatively selected" Southwest Ranches, along with a private prison company, to build one of the largest ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
Will Privatizing Prisons Save Florida Money? Arizona Study Says Maybe Not
The GEO Group was a huge donor to political campaigns.Last month, the Florida Legislature passed a landmark plan to privatize nearly all of the prisons in the southern part of the state, including those in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The bill was a thinly-veiled stimulus package for the priv ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Southwest Ranches and Private Prison Company Want Immigration Facility in Broward County
voxrox.coImmigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for somewhere in South Florida to be able to house as many as 2,000 alleged immigration-law offenders, and the town of Southwest Ranches has partnered with the private prison industry and entered a bid.ICE has taken in three proposals for th ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Rick Scott Takes Credit For Solving Budget Crisis By Rejecting High-Speed Rail
Thanks, Governor, for saving us all from helpful public transport.Remember that high-speed rail project that Governor Rick Scott rejected? The bullet train between Tampa and Orlando would've been the first of its kind in the country, made possible by $2.4 million in federal funds.But Scott return ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Republican To Privatize $600,000,000 Worth of Florida's Prisons, Could Fatten Contributors' Pockets
Alexander.As reported in today's Herald, the Florida Senate on Monday "quietly inserted language into its newly proposed budget ... that seeks to give corporations a chance to run correctional facilities in 16 counties." These corrections contracts are worth some $600,000,000.Though this "quiet i ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Florida's Nuclear Worries?
A two-page report on a proposed Turkey Point nuclear power plant appeared this weekend in the Sun Sentinel, but calling it a "two page" report doesn't really begin to cover it. These are massive pages, 1,600 words in total. Feature-length pages, in Sentinel terms. And why? Is there a radiation le ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
AT&T Tightening Its Grip On South Florida In $39 Billion T-Mobile Deal
AT&T, a company that was broken up in 1984 because of a federal antitrust suit, is once again sparking fears that consumers and competition will get hurt as a result of its deal to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. The deal would shrink the market of major wireless carriers from four to three, el ... More >>
Music
March 17, 2011
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings at the Fillmore Miami Beach on March 20
AT&T, a company that was broken up in 1984 because of a federal antitrust suit, is once again sparking fears that consumers and competition will get hurt as a result of its deal to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. The deal would shrink the market of major wireless carriers from four to three, el ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Meltdown Fears Growing
Two explosions in three days have rocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. An endless stream of nuclear industry cronies has claimed there is really not much to worry about, but the money is doing the talking: Nuclear industry shares have already lost more than $1.5 billion ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Foreclosure Firm Ben-Ezra & Katz Is Latest Addition to Attorney General's Investigation
via floridaforeclosurehelp.netThe state foreclosure fraud investigation expands.Fort Lauderdale law firm Ben-Ezra & Katz is the most recent subject of the state attorney general's mortgage fraud investigation. The firm "appears to be fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading document ... More >>
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February 6, 2011
Boca Bacchanal 2011 Set for March 18-20
isante magazineThe Boca Bacchanal is coming up March 18th-20th. The events will start with the Vintner dinners, which will be delicious dinners served in private residences all throughout Boca Raton. These intimate evenings are
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January 20, 2011
Trak Marks
isante magazineThe Boca Bacchanal is coming up March 18th-20th. The events will start with the Vintner dinners, which will be delicious dinners served in private residences all throughout Boca Raton. These intimate evenings are
Blogs
December 20, 2010
Former School Board Construction Chief Talked of "Machine"
When we stop to remember Michael Garretson, we should never forget that the late School Board construction chief led the spending of a billion dollars a year in what was one of the largest and most damaging school building booms in Broward County history. For ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
The Art of Self-Storage
When we stop to remember Michael Garretson, we should never forget that the late School Board construction chief led the spending of a billion dollars a year in what was one of the largest and most damaging school building booms in Broward County history. For ... More >>
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November 6, 2010
Drug Company Pay-Outs to Physicians: Fact of Life or a Wrench in Patient Care?
via cheezburger.comProPublica, the "independent non-profit newsroom," which won a Pulitzer this year for investigative reporting, recently released an ongoing investigation (Dollars for Docs) into doctors' compensation from pharmaceutical companies and the effect it has on patient care. The in ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Beer of the Week: Samuel Adams Cream Stout
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you have a beer you'd like featured ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
TechSqueeze: Florida Is Capital of Porn and IT; Tech Drives Porn in Sunshine State
Or maybe porn drives the tech industry here. In either case, it's an interesting consideration, since both industries are on the rise and both are huge sectors of employment in the orange juice capital of the world. http://www.sxc.hu/Florida tech scene is hot.Most of the actors who come to ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Gibraltar Bank Releases Statement on Rothstein
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law ... More >>
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July 9, 2009
It's a Sign
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Episode I: Attack of the Beer Clones
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
A Port in Poland
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
Malts & Crafts
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law ... More >>
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October 9, 2008
Making Noise on Both Sides of the Board
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law ... More >>
Dining
August 14, 2008
Kick the Bottle
As the containers and costs mount, in South Florida and beyond, plastic is played out
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June 5, 2008
Fightin’ the Good Fight
As the containers and costs mount, in South Florida and beyond, plastic is played out
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November 4, 1999
Disloyalty Is Job One
Bob Horvath was the ultimate company man for GM and sold their cars for 40 years. The thanks he got? The auto giant put him out of business.
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May 7, 1998
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Bob Horvath was the ultimate company man for GM and sold their cars for 40 years. The thanks he got? The auto giant put him out of business.
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