Subject: John Rodstrom

• Politicians Feed At Super Trough

  January 11, 2007

• Mid-Terms Came Too Late

  November 14, 2006

• DeGroot DePants DeSentinel

  September 27, 2006

• Judy Stern Loses Hotel Vote

  November 2, 2007

• Election Shocker: Caletka Challenges Rodstrom

  January 6, 2008

• Free John Rodstrom!

  March 22, 2008

• Sign Of The Times: John Rodstrom Laid Off

  June 12, 2008

• John Rodstrom Up, Sam Zell Down

  July 24, 2008

• Judy Stern: All Clear For Profits

  August 6, 2008

• Attack Ads Appalling -- And Impressive!

  August 16, 2008

• Hitting The Links

  August 22, 2008

• Vote Counting Stopped In Broward

  August 27, 2008

• Early Voting = Early Attacks

  August 27, 2008

• Election Post-Mortem

  August 28, 2008

• Stacy Ritter Gets Her Mouth On

  September 16, 2008

• Bill Scherer Gearing Up For Electoral Rampage

  September 24, 2008

• For Broward Taxpayers, How Sour It Is!

  April 23, 1998

• Another Newspaper Falls Into Bankruptcy

  The Minneapolis Star Tribune followed the Tribune Co. and went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Remember, Miami Herald parent McClatchy, in the only good move it has made in several years, sold the Strib, as it is called, for $530 million back in 2006. The newspaper's story includes some interesting numbers:   In its filing, the newspaper listed assets of $493.2 million and liabilities of $661.1 million. Like most newspapers, the Star Tribune has experienced a sharp decline in print

  January 16, 2009

• Letters for September 11, 2003

  September 11, 2003

• Best Politician

  May 13, 2004

• Letters July 1-7. 2004

  July 1, 2004

• The Broward County Commission Is A Nest Of Whores

  I've decided to go with more blunt and truthful headlines ... can you tell? The inspiration for this one is the passing of lobbyist Ron Book's initiative to bring more money to the county's bail bondsmen at the expense of our tax dollars. Book, who represents the bondsmen, has been working on the commission to curtail the successful pretrial release program so that more people have to pay bail. The disgusting part: Book is also employed by the county commission as a paid lob

  January 29, 2009

• Letters for August 28-September 3, 2008

  August 28, 2008

• And The Next Davie Mayor is ...

  Prediction: Judy Paul will win the Davie mayoral election over Tom Truex.     Will Paul (at left next to white-hatted Ron Bergeron) be Davie's next mayor? This is an almost blind forecast based upon a single quote in Laura Figueroa's story on the race in Sunday's Miami Herald. The quote come from the incumbent Truex: "It's a shame that the mayor's race is turning into a referendum on The Commons." First off, the sentiment from Truex is asinine. Why would he rue

  March 2, 2009

• Fool Me Thrice

  A South Florida company caught stealing twice surfaces under a new name and gets a lucrative government franchise.

  February 12, 2009

• The Fourth Estate Sale

  Decimated by corporate overlords, the only hope for our local newspapers may be the auction block.

  January 15, 2009

• Broward County bail bondsmen want to kill pretrial intervention, and the County Commission is willing to help

  December 18, 2008

• Billed for Bull

  Broward County Commissioners want you to pay for their pet projects

  October 2, 2008

• Two Tales From the Trail

  Pols being pols: Rodstrom cleans house, Gallagher goes missing

  August 21, 2008

• Mold? Rats? Yikes! Tear the Place Down!

  The courthouse must be replaced! says an unholy alliance of judges and downtown landlords

  October 25, 2007

• Family Ties

  Broward Commission, lobbyists ooze coziness

  August 9, 2007

• When a Newspaper Shills

  The Sun-Sentinel brass steps over the line on airport expansion

  May 10, 2007

• The Tightest Slots in Town

  Aren't you happy you get to shovel money into the shiny new machines?

  November 30, 2006

• Geller's Giveaway

  Hollywood peddles prime downtown land for a steal with the help of a developer-loving senator

  January 13, 2005

• The Lobbyist

  Broward Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion quietly pulls political strings in Lauderdale Lakes -- and personally profits in the process

  December 16, 2004

• Tailpipe

  J-Rod Strikes Out

  November 4, 2004

• Darker Horses

  For Rodstrom and Dunlap, all's fair in local electoral politics

  August 19, 2004

• Justice Grounded

  Roddy, baby — you're clean. Honest!

  June 24, 2004

• Dirty Dozen

  Here are the 12 Broward-Palm Beach newsmakers who will make you blush

  January 1, 2004

• Plop Art

  When politicians and bureaucrats play curator, the art stinks

  August 14, 2003

• Swimming in Trouble

  Pompano Beach Mayor Bill Griffin is, well, conflicted over the Swimming Hall of Fame deal

  June 20, 2002

• Peebles Power

  When it comes to making deals, developer R. Donahue Peebles has no qualms about filing lawsuits -- or playing the race card

  August 16, 2001

• A Flight of Fancy

  Broward commissioners are spending big bucks on an unlikely airport-growth scheme

  June 28, 2001

• Undercurrents

  July 8, 1999

• Broward Commissioners on Ethics Bill: WhatEVER

  In a conversation that seems to have been recorded at the cafeteria lunch table where the in crowd sits, Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter and Commissioner Ken Keechl decided that fellow Commissioner John Rodstrom is not in-crowd material. That's because Rodstrom's pushing a bill that would bar commissioners from calling upon their political connections to raise money for other political campaigns and third-party charitable organizations. It's the second excerpt in this Sun-Sentinel post from Ritter's

  April 20, 2009

• Dubious Port Tank Deal A Bernie Friedman Special?

  A county selection committee today chose a Brazillian firm called Cepemar Environmental Services to take over the tank field at Port Everglades. It's a big deal -- and already reeks of undue influence by a key lobbyist.      The firm, represented by lobbyist Bernie Friedman, will pay the county $1 million a year for 30 years and promised to pump in $30 million in improvements to the 60-year-old facility. Commissioners Sue Gunzburger and Ken Keechl put Cepemar over the

  April 30, 2009

• Ritter Speaks! (Out of Both Sides of Mouth)

  RitterIt's strange to be astonished at the news that this county's mayor actually gave an interview, but so it goes in Broward. Stacy Ritter has been refusing interviews with reporters for much of 2009, in vain hopes that she can keep her associations with con man Joel Steinger out of the news. Impossible, given the interest that New Times' Bob Norman has taken in the subject. His most recent article appeared in last week's print edition.And perhaps Daily Pulp will have a take on Ritter's words

  June 11, 2009

• Cliff Hanger: Worker Tells of Subterfuge by Port Everglades Firm

  Photo: Miami-Dade State Attorney's OfficeIs Cliff Berry Jr. still involved in a Port Everglades franchise?​After people are convicted of felonies, they have to wear orange jumpsuits. After Cliff Berry, Inc., was convicted of a felony, it also made a wardrobe change -- into shirts bearing the brand new logo of Everglades Waste Removal Services.Or at least that's the outfit en vogue at the company's Port Everglades base, says a former Cliff Berry employee who gave an interview to Juice on Friday

  August 10, 2009

• Crooked Courthouse

  August 13, 2009

• Honey, I Rigged the Vote: Broward Power Couples Screw Each Other; Then They Screw Us

  Can Ritter and Klenet hold on to the top spot on our corruption watch list?​In light of the explosive findings Bob Norman's been posting over at Daily Pulp, it's time we identify a trend in Broward corruption: power-mad married couples, ruling the region like a king and queen, carving up our public money like it's their Thanksgiving turkey. For all the damage these duos inflict on the public trust, I don't feel an ounce of guilt about busting out Tom Ridge's trusty Homeland Security Terrorism

  October 16, 2009