Jeb Bush

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Oil Spill an Occasion for a Political Game of Twister

Sen. George LeMieux loves to invoke the future of his children among his reasons for wanting to slow down federal spending and shrink government. But if that really is what drives his political actions, doesn't the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico pose a far greater risk to his children's future? And ... More >>

Jim Greer Resigning as Republican Party Chair

Flickr: E.S. HunterJim Greer with his wife at a 2008 Sarah Palin rally in Fort Myers ​In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in ... More >>

Book of Jeb: At Hospital District, a Trial of Faith Between Ethics and Republican Friendships

Flickr: presidential_predictionsBush and Bernstein had a mutual friend at Gray-Robinson.​Broward Health Commissioner Robert Bernstein has cast himself as a watchdog for waste at the county's public health-care district. But in the months since he led the charge to terminate the hospital district's ... More >>

For Supreme Court, Two South Florida Judges Coulda Been Contenders

Photo courtesy Official White House PhotostreamSotomayor and ObamaDuring the 2000 presidential campaign, Gov. George W. Bush vowed that if elected, he would nominate a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. It certainly didn't hurt his popularity in Florida's Latin American community, and that was a race c ... More >>

Wait... We Give Inmates Belts?

We must, because according to a Miami Herald headline, the inmates are tightening them. Just ask D'Angelo from The Wire whether belts should be allowed in prison. Well...I guess we can't ask him now, can we? Then again, maybe the Herald's just being metaphorical. Florida is coping with the effects o ... More >>

From Mel To Meek? Miami Congressman Launches Senate Bid

At the top of the hour, baby-faced U.S. Rep Kendrick Meek, the Democrat from Miami, will announce his bid for the U.S. Senate in 2010 when Republican Sen. Mel Martinez steps down. Being the first from either party to declare, Meek's given himself nearly two years to campaign.Which is a good thing, b ... More >>

Florida Is Cleaner

No sale!

Is Republican Cannibalism Afoot in Florida?

Being a trafficker in rank speculation and flimsy rumors, I can't help but admire the science-based speculation and rumor creation available on FiveThirtyEight.com, which I checked approximately 642 times daily in October. The captain of this vessel is Nate Silver, who crunches poll numbers in a way ... More >>

Well, Someone Has To Be the Junior Senator from Florida

Senator Mel Martinez is sick of his job and he's not hanging around after 2010. So what Republican will run in his place?Outgoing Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle doesn't want the job. Someone must stay in Fort Lauderdale to keep a wary eye on South Florida gays. Jeb Bush is all, 'Whatever, if I fee ... More >>

The Afternoon Pulp

Remember when newspapers were doing so well, that some towns had a newspaper for the morning and afternoon? Well, I'm going to relive those halcyon days here with a tilt on this morning's Sun-Sentinel. After declaring South Florida's lust for a GM bailout a couple days ago, the Sentinel's front pa ... More >>

Tree-huggers mobilize to stop FPL from building Everglades power plant

Remember when newspapers were doing so well, that some towns had a newspaper for the morning and afternoon? Well, I'm going to relive those halcyon days here with a tilt on this morning's Sun-Sentinel. After declaring South Florida's lust for a GM bailout a couple days ago, the Sentinel's front pa ... More >>

Targeting Citizen Lozman

Riviera Beach officials plot a strategy of intimidation — and leave a paper trail

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Riviera Beach officials plot a strategy of intimidation — and leave a paper trail

Come One, Come All

Riviera Beach officials plot a strategy of intimidation — and leave a paper trail

A New O'Neal?

Riviera Beach officials plot a strategy of intimidation — and leave a paper trail

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Allah Drops In

The Christian right tries to muscle a Pompano Beach Islamic congregation.

No Mo' Pomo

The stupid Florida law that tried to make it a crime to clean up the historical record.

Dozier: Koran is 'Demonic'

The stupid Florida law that tried to make it a crime to clean up the historical record.

Sweet Home Broward County

The stupid Florida law that tried to make it a crime to clean up the historical record.

Was Police Shooting Justified?

The stupid Florida law that tried to make it a crime to clean up the historical record.

Judge Michael Gates Is A Boot-Licking Idiot

The stupid Florida law that tried to make it a crime to clean up the historical record.

If Waldman's a Dem, What's With the GOP Cash?

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

The Friendly Ties of United

Gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher has been linked to the shady insurance firm for almost a decade

The Continental

Europimp Tonino Carotone believes Another World Is Possible.

Best Beach in Palm Beach

Carlin Park

Scripps...Shut Up!

Why don't Jeb Bush's men want us to know about Scripps?

Scripps Script

When it comes to the huge biotech project, the Sentinel's editorial license should be revoked

Vote Interrupted

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

Letters for the issue of Sept 09, 2004

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

Tailpipe

Scraping Bottom

The Great Slurp

Gov. Bush's Scripps gamble is sucking up state funds -- and the Everglades with it

Grinders

With bigger pots at stake in the track poker rooms, the workaday pros are lining up to get in

Deliver Us

South Florida's most corrupt hospital district is at it again, compromising health care to reward a crony

Enviro-hassles

Yeah, Jeb's boys saved the Miami Blue. But since then, it's been open season on the environment.

Ammo Blues

Maybe it's time for George W. to bring in the camels

MOB Rules

A fishy hired gun of an economist endorses the hospital district's $100 million taxpayer rip-off

Anarchy in a Briefcase

Radicals plan to flood Republicans with mice, locusts, and chicanery

Buyout Revisited

Yoo-hoo! Investigators! Check the president's pockets!

Letters for August 14, 2003

Guns Again

Treed Off

A tree falls in the city and the Sentinel finally hears it

West Palm's Next Mayor Speaks

Forget Joel Daves. Lois Frankel rules.

PBR = Pretty Bizarre Radio

WPBR's daytime lineup

Bandwidth

You know, it's not every day you get to see an '80s synth-pop icon do a pratfall on-stage

A Children's Crusade

South Florida prosecutors are going after kids younger than 12 years old in record numbers

One Man, One Vote

Haitian immigrants like Gerlyn Cadet know in their marrow that a ballot is a precious thing. But this election leaves them feeling robbed.

Undercurrents

You call this damage control?

We Are Not Geeks!

Members of Mensa, fighting a stereotype of intellectual elitism, are trying to recast themselves as a hip bunch of eggheads ready to party down

Raising Kane

How Jim Kane transformed himself from a special-interest lobbyist into a lobbyist who's also Florida's best-known political pollster