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Judy Stern

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Broward Sheriff Candidate Scott Israel: "I Have a Pristine Record"

    The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is one of the largest sheriff's departments in the country. It provides law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services to areas across the county, as well as other services like corrections and parole supervision. Sheriff Al Lamberti is facing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Sylvia Poitier's Secret "Defense Fund" Set Up by Judy Stern and Friends, According to Email

    Broward Sheriff's OfficeSylvia Poitier​If you're wondering how suspended Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier -- who was convicted yesterday on four counts of falsifying public documents -- managed to pony up the cash for defense lawyer Johnny McCray Jr., a months-old email acquired by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Coffee Art: Osama Bin Latte

    Ron Gunzburger's Facebook PageThis is the fine work of Rob Negron at the Brew Urban Cafe on Himmarshee.​Al Qaeda put out a statement on the internet today about Osama Bin Laden's death: "It [Bin Laden's blood] will remain, with permission from Allah the Almighty, a curse that chases the Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Where's the Leadership, Sheriff?

    Judy Stern showing her deep concern for the ocean. ​The photo above is one that the Broward Democratic Party didn't want you to see.Or at least the part of it showing lobbyist Judy Stern with a sign denouncing offshore drilling. The photo was taken at the "Hands Across the Sands" protest last June ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Vice Mayor's Brother Hits Up Lobbyists For Biz

    Cal Deal Wild art: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler with a friend (is that Judy Stern behind that mask?). And no, Seiler has nothing to do with the following blog post.​So what do you do when your brother is elected to the city commission? Why you go to political events -- like a meeting of the B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Exposed: Judy Stern Played Secret Role In Mayoral Election

    For years, campaign operative and erstwhile politician Dan Lewis has claimed that his 2006 run against incumbent Jim Naugle for mayor of Fort Lauderdale was undermined by a conspiracy led by his nemesis, super-lobbyist Judy Stern. For years, Stern has said she had nothing to do with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Stephanie Kraft and the Lobbyist

    Broward County School Board records show that on October 10, 2008, then-School Board Member Stephanie Kraft and lobbytist Neil Sterling exchanged four phone calls in the afternoon. The Krafts​On that same day it was announced that the insurance committee on which Kraft was sitting had chos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Commissioner's Suit to Kill Term Limits Going to Court

    Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom's attempt to kill term limits (chiefly for himself) is going to court tomorrow, where a judge is expected to rule on it up or down. Rodstrom, plain and simple, is trying to overturn the will of the people for his own selfish reason -- namely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    [UPDATED] Election Was a Campaign Consultants' Battle Royal; So Who Are Winners and Losers?

    Flickr: eschipul​In the months before yesterday's election, Broward candidates lined up behind campaign rainmakers who possessed extraordinary powers for rounding up votes. Of course, they would share these powers only if the price was right. Since incumbents could outraise their challengers, incu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Honey, I Rigged the Vote (Part II): With Wasserman-Rubin Charged, Time to Revisit the Juice's Corrupt Couples Watch-List

    ​Way back in October, this blog used the Tom Ridge terrorist threat chart to rank Broward County's power couples according to the threat they posed to the integrity of local government. The duo of Richard Rubin and Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin posed an "elevated" risk of committing corruptio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Another Judy Stern-Backed, Born-Again Democrat Launches Campaign in Broward

    Barbra Stern, the daughter of Democrat strategist Judy Stern, today followed through on her long-rumored campaign for Florida House district in Fort Lauderdale vacated by Ellyn Bodganoff, who's running for Florida Senate. Barbra Stern was originally a Democrat but she had a fling with the Republican ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    UPDATED: Maus Should Step Down From City Board

    Catherine Maus is the chairwoman of Fort Lauderdale's Planning & Zoning Board. And that isn't right. Maus is perfectly smart enough and certainly seems of fine enough character to serve in such a capacity. In fact, I'm sure that she, as a lawyer, is a very valuable memb ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    The Dirty Dozen of 2008

    If only we could fit all the bums in...

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Battle Lines Forming at Ritter-Led Broward Commission

    I'm done knocking on new Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter. Why? Because I like her. I really like her.   There are signs that she's going to make county hall fun again. She possesses a huge ego -- so big that she actually had staff move a wall this weekend to make her new mayor's office  ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    Trickster in Chief

    Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Election Post-Mortem

    Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    A Few Silly Election Predictions

    Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    With a Bullet

    Corruption-busting lawyer Bruce Udolf wants to be Broward sheriff. After the Ken Jenne experience, though, are voters too suspicious of lawyers turned cops?

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2008

    Attack Ads Appalling -- And Impressive!

    Corruption-busting lawyer Bruce Udolf wants to be Broward sheriff. After the Ken Jenne experience, though, are voters too suspicious of lawyers turned cops?

  • News

    May 1, 2008

    Muddy Politics

    A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2008

    Free John Rodstrom!

    A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Judy Stern Loses Hotel Vote

    A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2007

    The Broward Lobbyist List

    A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Lobbyist Smeared By Bogus Letter Campaign

    A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Parrish Is Burning

    (Or at least her pants are.) How Lori lied about her lust for land

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    The Man Who Would Be Mayor

    Dan Lewis wants to be Fort Lauderdale's next mayor. Or does he?

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    Undercurrents

    Dan Lewis wants to be Fort Lauderdale's next mayor. Or does he?

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Her High Hopes

    Councilwoman Judy Paul wants Davie to look like the Old West. Lobbyist Judy Stern is prodevelopment. Is the town big enough for the both of them?

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