Subject: Mike Mahaney

• Deerfield: Seminoles Owe For Traffic Woes

  October 12, 2007

• Looking for Lucifer

  October 18, 2007

• New Mayor of Deerfield Beach... and Already a Scandal

  Not 24 hours after Peggy Noland won the Deerfield Beach mayoral race, she's already got a scandal on her hands. And no, I'm not talking about her son's election eve arrest on charges of stealing campaign signs of other mayoral candidates. Guess that should be "scandals," plural.Multiple sources tell Juice that Deerfield Beach City Manager Mike Mahaney has recently launched an investigation into charges that members of the Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue -- where both Noland's husband and son work --

  March 11, 2009

• Will Deerfield Beach City Manager Get Axed Tonight?

  Mike Mahaney, the Deerfield Beach city manager who has been straddling a political fault line since the March 10 municipal election, is in danger of being fired at tonight's special meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, according to a source.There's no mention of Mahaney on the agenda released in advance of the meeting. But an addendum to that agenda provided by the City Clerk's office contains two additional agenda items -- one of which is a "performance evaluation for the city manage

  June 23, 2009

• City Manager Survives the Night in Deerfield

  Well, it had all the makings of a political hit. The special meeting. The late-arriving addendum to the agenda. Deerfield Beach City Manager Mike Mahaney had two commissioners who support him, two who did not. Then a swing vote in Vice Mayor Sylivia Ferguson (formerly Poitier), who some said was ready to break the tie by voting him out. Clearly, she had every reason to create news for someone in the city besides herself.Mahaney squeaked by. But you can bet the poor guy's got an empty box near hi

  June 24, 2009

• Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants: Deerfield Firefighters Have Legwear, Light Penalty in Common

  www.deerfieldbeachfirerescue.orgFire Chief Anthony Stravino An internal investigation of Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue's involvement in the city's March municipal investigation found that six employees committed ethical violations. But those violations -- storing political material in the fire station and wearing their work pants on the campaign trail -- weren't serious enough to cost the employees their jobs. Instead, they'll be given counseling.That's the determination of Robert Weech, the

  July 24, 2009

• Deerfield Parks Director's Controversial Penalty Has Boomerang Effect

  George Edmunds, the acting director of Deerfield Beach's Parks and Recreation Department, has been ordered to attend a meeting with the city's Human Resources Department to review the mistakes he made last week in disciplining a city worker for failing to greet Mayor Peggy Noland.That meeting comes at the behest of Deerfield Beach City Manager Mike Mahaney. His memo, dated August 7, provided to Juice by blogger Chaz Stevens, says that Edmunds should have consulted with HR and received Mahaney's

  August 11, 2009

• Larry Deetjen Puppet Show a Hit in Oak Lawn

  Deetjen​Yes, that Larry Deetjen -- the former Deerfield Beach city manager who was practically joined at the hip with mayor-turned-felony-suspect Al Capellini. Despite rumors that Deetjen would be swooping back around to take his old job back from Mike Mahaney -- Mayor Peggy Noland doesn't like the way Mahaney parks his car -- Deetjen appears to be doing just fine in his new role as the mayor village manager of Oak Lawn, Illinois.So fine that suburban Chicagoans are having trouble distinguishi

  August 13, 2009

• Documents Show Deerfield Firefighters Short-Armed Internal Investigation

  Photo: deerfieldbeachfirerescue.org​It wasn't exactly Watergate, but for Deerfield Beach, it had the makings of a defining moment in its scandal-plagued history: firefighters accused by residents of engaging in improper political activities during the final, frenzied week of the city's municipal elections in March. With a new mayor and two new commissioners, would the city dare to demand accountability from the powerful Deerfield Beach Department of Fire and Rescue?No. Not judging by the reco

  August 21, 2009

• Something Smells Rotten at Deerfield Beach's Mango Festival

  Photo: themangofestival.comOne of the photos that Mango Festival organizers did not want you to see.​The Mango Festival of Deerfield Beach has a math problem: Its most recent festival, in June 2008, attracted a lot of people. But for some reason, it didn't make a lot of money. And for the city, which has invested more than a million dollars in that festival over the last several years, that should be cause for concern."There's nothing that we're hiding," insists the festival's president, Norm

  November 5, 2009

• Counting the Mango Money: Deerfield Festival's Mysterious 36-Grand

  Flickr: foXXtailDeerfield's Mango Festival has been a financial juggling act​I've been stymied in my efforts to get an answer to the question I put at the bottom of this mammoth post from yesterday, about the Deerfield Beach's Mango Festival. Namely, why did the city cut the Mango Festival a check for $36,000 in June 2008?Acting parks and recreation director George Edmunds might know, but he hasn't returned calls or emails. Nor has City Manager Mike Mahaney (update: until just a moment ago). V

  November 6, 2009