Jeff Greene

Former Senate Candidate Jeff Greene Back in the News For Being an Awful Resort Owner

Jeff Greene: mean.​If you remember billionaire Jeff Greene, it's probably from the ridiculous stories of drug-fueled excess on his party boat -- a first-person account from one of his former stewardesses includes the phrases "Red Bull," "Mike Tyson" and "oral sex" in the same sentence -- but ... More >>

Heads Up: Beer, Breakfast, and Other Food News

​As we wrap the week, Clean Plate Charlie wants to call your attention to a few things elsewhere on the site. We broke the news that Michelle Bernstein is leaving the Omphoy. Our new news guy Rich Abdill follows up on the "terrifying" Omphoy owner, Jeff Greene.Don't forget to check out the first S ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein to Leave the Omphoy

​The end of January marks the closing of chef Michelle Bernstein's tenure at her namesake restaurant, Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach. Bernstein and husband partner David Martinez will continue to own and operate Sra. Martinez, Michy's, and Crumb on Parchment in Miami ... More >>

Oversexed in South Florida: The Full Results of Our Sex Survey (NSFW)

​If you've given a read to this week's cover story in New Times, you know we South Floridians like our kinks. OK, maybe you knew that already. But the results from our first sex survey give credence to what we already knew about our heated-up libidos. The full results, culled from the 479 entries, ... More >>

Dynamic Duo

Billionaire Jeff Greene to Buy Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach

​A deal is imminent for the Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach to be sold to billionaire and former senatorial candidate Jeff Greene -- yep, the same guy who became notorious for partying with Mike Tyson on his yacht. (Our slide show of said yacht is here.) The resort opened in August 2009 but has ... More >>

The Dirty Dozen: 2010's Most Despicable People

Concede? Hell No. Secede!

​It just happened. Florida has officially elected the man who oversaw the greatest Medicare fraud in U.S. history as its governor. You might think I would welcome this sort of thing. I remember when I covered the 2000 recount thinking at the end of it, after the U.S. Supreme Court gave t ... More >>

Billionaires Still Bountiful in South Florida

FlickrThe closest you'll ever get to H. Wayne Huizenga's yacht.​The region's economy has been shaken in recent years by the housing slump and by the collapse of Ponzi schemers like Madoff and Rothstein, but South Florida is still home to at least 20 billionaires, according to the most recent Forbe ... More >>

Florida Liberals May Have to Plug Nose and Vote Crist to Keep Rubio From Winning

FlickrA vote for Meek may help Rubio take the Senate race.​Congressman Kendrick Meek has failed to galvanize the Democratic base, he failed to properly trounce wacky billionaire Jeff Greene, and now he may be abandoned by even the most die-hard Democrats, who may be leery of throwing him their vot ... More >>

Kendrick Meek Lost Rural Florida, Thanks to Racist Dixiecrats (UPDATED)

Greene snatched two thirds of the vote from Meek in some rural counties.​U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek had a lot of reasons to feel good about his primary win last week over Jeff Greene. Despite recent polls that showed Greene doing well, Meek trounced him with 57 percent of the vote.But there's also so ... More >>

Jeff Greene's Last Campaign Party (for Now)

by Lisa RabA brief concession speech, $23 million later.​By 8:30 last night, the subdued gathering in the West Palm Beach Marriott conference room had the feel of an awkward bar mitzvah. Heavy chandeliers cast a dim glow on the gaudy pink-and-green carpet. In a far corner, the DJ was spinning Sade ... More >>

Lack of Voters Means a Short Wait for Election Returns; Stay Tuned for Updates

Photo: Greene4FloridaGreene working the senior crowd during a recent stop at Shelby's in Deerfield Beach.​We've had server problems today, but I'm told that they've been mostly resolved, minus the comments field.The most interesting race to watch this evening is in the Republican primary for gover ... More >>

Jeff Greene Tells WPBF That Stories of Parties on his Yacht Are Just a 'Silly Sideshow'

​With an ear-to-ear smirk and a laugh, U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene responded to stories about the parties aboard his yacht, calling the whole thing a "silly sideshow." The interview, posted today to YouTube by WPBF, mentions the first-person account printed here this week of Greene's former ... More >>

Jeff Greene, Hoping for a Photo Op to Save His Ailing Campaign, Visits Illegal Homeless Shelter

Photo by Sunshine State NewsGreene with Westgate Tabernacle Bishop Avis Hill yesterday.​Things just don't seem to be going well for Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene. Here he was in West Palm Beach yesterday, hoping his stop at a homeless shelter would be a bit of good press as his campaign for U ... More >>

Jeff Greene's Party Yacht: The Insider's Tale From His Former Stewardess

Photos provided by Sharyn PeachMike Tyson with a Summerwind employee.​Sharyn Peach has been in the news a lot lately, telling of the days she worked on the yacht owned by Jeff Greene, a candidate for U.S. Senate. Peach, from Fort Lauderdale, is the lead singer of BitchFire, winner of the New Times ... More >>

On Jeff Greene's Yacht, There Are Five Simple Rules

The yacht where Florida's Senate candidate offered celebrities a chance at redemption.​Senate candidate Jeff Greene has taken a beating in the national press this week for all the mayhem that has occurred aboard his 145-foot yacht, the Summerwind. Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson told Spor ... More >>

[UPDATED] Note to Jeff Greene: Being Called a "Sleazy Guy" Is Not an Endorsement

When the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington made out its list of political "crooks" last month, it was full of Florida candidates -- Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist, and Congressman Kendrick Meek, who's in the midst of a fierce primary battle with Palm Beach billionaire J ... More >>

Newsweek Resurrects Charlie Crist's Campaign, Insults Florida Voters

This guy is really Florida's best hope?​Last week, just as his pissing match with the state Legislature over oil drilling in the Gulf reached ludicrous proportions, Charlie Crist got a big, wet boost to his Senate campaign from the national press.In a Newsweek article, "The Resurrection of Crist" ... More >>

Morning Juice: Haitian Community Mourns Victim of Van Crash; No Gay Resort on Site of Dixie Trailer Park

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach for this Monday morning:Services were held Sunday in Deerfield Beach for Paulette Noel, the 68-year-old Haitian woman who was killed Saturday night when the van she was riding in crashed on Florida's Turnpike near Yeehaw Junction. Noel was returning from a day t ... More >>

Alex Snitker's Senate Campaign Being Ignored, so He Calls on... Us

snitker2010.comAlexander Snitker​There's an old saying that goes something like "never trust the media." At New Times, we take axioms as seriously as anybody. We don't even trust each other. For instance, the lunch I put in the fridge? It's a decoy. My real lunch is in the rafters. See how you lik ... More >>

At Century Village in West Palm, Jeff Greene Ducks Gay Marriage Question

During a recent campaign stop, U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene told a member of South Florida's gay community "I haven't formed an opinion yet" on gay marriage. That seems doubtful. Rather, Greene's shrewd enough to give himself some wiggle room on that question if it makes it to the general elec ... More >>

Poll Confirms the Obvious: Kendrick Meek's Campaign a Disaster for Florida Democrats

Flickr: maximas.prime​There's nothing particularly dynamic about the U.S. Senate campaign being run by Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene -- except when you compare it to the one by Miami Congressman Kendrick Meek. Greene doesn't really have a message, unless you count his constant bellyaching abo ... More >>

Jeff Greene Beats Kendrick Meek for Endorsement (of Jeff Greene's Mom)

Aww. Jeff Greene's mom is adorable! And she's just steamed by these "career politicians" who have the nerve to run for reelection against her sweet, rapacious son.But if we send Jeff to Washington, who will dry his mom's dishes after he leaves? Seriously, I know this brand-new ad was designed to pu ... More >>

In Honor of Tonight's Finale, A List of Locals We'd Like to See Sent to the Island of LOST

​The hatch, the polar bear, the glowing cave, the smoke monster, the eternal battle for the soul of man, the perpetual five-o'clock shadows. It all ends tonight. Unless you've been (John) Locked in a closet for the better part of the decade, this cryptic, enigmatic television show-turned-cultural ... More >>

Kendrick Meek Has a Personality, Declares Jeff Greene, an "Eddie Haskell"

If you haven't already seen this week's Meek campaign ad, get ready to laugh so hard that you fall out of your chair and can't find your way back from the 1950s again. That's apparently what Meek's campaign staff is doing, anyway, because every time I call them, I get a different person, who tells ... More >>

Analyzing Jeff Greene's New Campaign Videos

Jeff Greene's ad campaign launched today, and despite his billionaire status, Pixar animations were left on the cutting room floor. Also absent from the two spots: Greene's "I took on Wall Street and won" slogan. With the campaign heating up, it looks like our badboy is reforming. "He's starting w ... More >>

Jeff Greene Lawsuit Dismissed When Seniors Feared Counterclaim

Courtesy Greene campaignNo lawsuit for Jeff Greene.​Things are getting dramatic with a capital "middle school" between the Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene campaigns for the Democrat Senate nomination. This weekend, the he-said, he-said jumped from catty campaign emails to my cell phone, when I got w ... More >>

Jeff Greene: Supposedly Defrauded California Elderly, Can Do The Same For Us!

Courtesy of Greene's campaignHeeeere, seniors seniors seniors.​Earlier this week I reported on how Jeff Greene was smarter than you when the housing market collapsed, and how somehow he thought that meant you should vote for him. If you liked that one, Florida, you're going to love this one: Green ... More >>

Billionaire Jeff Greene's Campaign Slogan: "I Took on Wall Street and Won"

Courtesy Jeff Greene's campaignJeff Greene also took on headshots and won.​Pulling away from last week's will-he-won't-he-gasp-he-did Crist frenzy for just a sec, I got an e-mail yesterday from Democrat Jeff Greene's campaign, in which Greene reminds voters that he "took on Wall Street and won and ... More >>

[UPDATED] Jeff Greene Donated to Meek Campaign Before Declaring His Own Senate Candidacy

Flickr: Greene4FloridaGreene​I guess when you've got over a billion dollars, it's easy to forget where you spent $500. But considering Jeff Greene's personal interest in Florida's U.S. Senate race, you'd think the Palm Beach billionaire would remember making that donation to the Kendrick Meek for ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of January 15, 2009