It sounded pretty cut and dried at the Broward School Board's December 11 audit committee meeting. Audit committee member and veteran activist Charlotte Greenbarg asked the board's chief building officer, Ronald Morgan, about the status of his state license.Morgan, who oversees a $3 billion construction budget, has never passed the state test required to be an administrator. That's right, the public official overseeing our school buildings -- who makes in excess of $100,000 a year -- is unlicens
The South Broward Drainage District voted yesterday to drop its blood drive and look for a new blood company.
Why? Because board members were fed up with the outrageous salaries being paid to top officer at the "non-profit," monopolistic, and heavily political Community Blood Centers of Lauderhill.
"I donate my blood regularly and I fully expect the center to spend a reasonable amount, but these salaries are just exorbitant," says board member Alanna Mersinger.
Mersinger's
Several sources have informed the Pulp that Pirtle Construction -- one of the largest builders of schools in Broward County with hundreds of millions in current public contracts -- has fired lobbyist Neil Sterling as its lobbyist.
Why should you care? Well, first of all, Sterling is one of the most powerful people operating at the school board today. He raises big money and has big money clients. His lobbying partner, politico Barbara Miller, has helped run several of the current
Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished. [WPLG]Tapes from the FBI investigation of Alan Mendelsohn show him trying to lure $400 grand from accused Ponzi schemer Joel Steinger, in exchange for getting the state to ditch a criminal investiga
The headlines in South Florida this Wednesday:The latest on the Michael Brewer story is that one of his attackers was angry about a videogame the 15-year-old had borrowed. Just sickening. [CBS4]U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler is leaving Congress. [Miami Herald] Stacy Ritter is contemplating a run for Wexler's seat. Is this a joke? Let's go with joke, then. [Palm Beach Post]Broward County School Board Superintendent Jim Notter wants to set up a watchdog committee. I hereby nominate Neil Sterling as ch
School Board Member Beverly Gallagher faces corruption charges.No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team's car wash -- at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the next couple of weeks, the Broward Teachers Union is asking its members to stop all unpaid, after-hours work, and instead "work to the rule" of their contracts, pressuring district officials to give them
