Neil Sterling

Who's Bringing The Tar And Feathers?

Read It And Weep

Say No To Notter

The School Board Mafia Backs New Soldier

School Board Email Reveals Even More Dysfunction

Election Post-Mortem

Breaking: Broward School Buildings Chief Misled Public About License

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 construc ... More >>

UPDATED: Bloody Greed: District Drops Community Blood Centers

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 ... More >>

Two Tales From the Trail

Pols being pols: Rodstrom cleans house, Gallagher goes missing

Animal Farm

At the Broward County School Board, the chickens cry foul

Terrible Trio

The Wasserstrom conviction should have at least a few pols shaking in fear — but, hey, this is Broward

A Politician Weeps

Confronted with evidence of influence peddling, a school board member tearfully claims she'll quit her job.

That Fishy Smell

Slooow Wins the Race in Boca

Big School Builder Cuts Ties With Mega-Lobbyist Neil Sterling

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  ... More >>

Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter and Sheriff Al Lamberti Face Campaign Finance Investigations

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  ... More >>

Broward School Officials Conspired to Build $395 Million in Unnecessary Classrooms

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  ... More >>

Inside the Arrest of Broward School Board's Beverly Gallagher

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  ... More >>

Morning Juice: Adventures in Bad Parenting

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 ... More >>

Morning Juice: Wexler to Resign; Teens Headed to Jail

​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 Wex ... More >>

School Board Member Stephanie Kraft Has a History of Shady Deals

​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 Wex ... More >>

Broward Teachers Play Hardball With Scandal-Rocked District

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 nex ... More >>

[UPDATED] Broward School Board Member Phyllis Hope Let Taxpayers Pick Up Her Legal Tab

Phyllis Hope​During a year when state and federal investigators have been circling the Broward County School Board, it seems as though every member of that ethically challenged outfit would have reason to keep a personal attorney close by. But only one school board member had the nerve to give her ... More >>

UPDATED: Leaked Confidential School Board Document Used in Campaign Smear

[UPDATED: Just received word from Broward School Board governmental affairs specialist Requel Bell that the sensitive school board background check document being used in the smear campaign against School Board Member Phyllis Hope is indeed exempt from public record disclosure. That means ... More >>

Last School Board Leak Cost Taxpayers Big

Wild Art: Fox News-loving Republican Attorney General candidate Pam Bondi at the firing range​The apparently illegal leak of classified FBI information regarding Broward County School Board Member Phyllis Hope isn't the first time the school district has been caught in a political ... More >>

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 >>

She's Baaa-aaack

Broward Cleansweep There's indicted former Broward County School Board member Stephanie Kraft back out mingling with the peeps at last night's debate between Jaemi Levine and Kraft's favored candidate, Dave Thomas. There are more shots on the Broward Cleansweep blog, including a couple t ... More >>

When it comes to the poor Sun-Sentinel, old habits are hard to break. That newspaper followed the crushing handshake story yesterday afternoon and who was the lead witness the newspaper found? Stephanie Kraft. Indicted, deposed, disgraced still-clinging-to-public-life Stephani ... More >>

Levine: "I'm Going To Be The 'Columbo' Of The School Board"

As media attention continues in the infamous handshake, attacks on School Board candidate Jaemi Levine are intensifying. It's no secret where they're coming from. "Ivory Johnson" may be dead, but dirty anonymous attacks are alive and well in this race between Levine and Dav ... More >>

Deadlocked Jury in Leyritz Trial

​ UPDATE: This just in: The jury is deadlocked in the Leyritz trial. They're apparently ready to call it a hung jury, but Judge Marc Gold is trying to get them back in there to try again. That's right, we're looking at a probable 'nother go-round. Call it: Leyritz Trial II, The Sta ... More >>

Villegas Video, Awarding Incompetence, and Judge Lazarus' Latest Stupid Email

UPDATED: My colleague Lisa Rab obtained this video of Debra Villegas speaking with Plantation police officers about the Melissa Britt Lewis murder. It was taken in December 2009, after the Rothstein Ponzi scheme and the RRA law firm imploded. Make sure and read Rab's post. Villegas d ... More >>

Bombshell: Stacy Ritter's Campaign Fund Fed Hubby's High Life

Klenet and Ritter​A recently released report from the Florida Elections Commission shows that Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter's 2008 campaign was an utter mess, replete with bookkeeping errors, acceptance of excessive contributions from special interests, failure to report contribu ... More >>

Is Stephanie Kraft Working Off Time?

It's a question that keeps popping up: Is Stephanie Kraft cooperating with law enforcement? I've never seen anyone so disgraced try to retain such a high profile. She's running around town, claims she's going to beat the nails-hard case against her, and is trying to maintain a presence in scho ... More >>

Notter: "I have No Plans To Resign"

UPDATED: At his 4 p.m. press conference regarding the Statewide Grand Jury report, Broward Supt. James Notter said he's not going anywhere. "I have no plans to resign or retire at this point in time," said Notter, who was flanked by the entire board as he spoke. ... We will take expediti ... More >>

Note to "Distressed" Dinnen: No More Tears

Mike Stocker/Sun-SentinelScreen Capture: School Board Member Jennifer Gottlieb shoots a glance at Supt. Jim Notter as teacher Sharon Graham ripped into Notter over the grand jury findings at yesterday's school board meeting​From this morning's Sun-Sentinel: Meanwhile, board member Maureen Din ... More >>

Newsflash: Jim Notter Wasn't the Real Problem

Jim Notter couldn't even tell the truth as the was going out the door. The Broward schools superintendent made a surprise announcement that he was retiring yesterday, leaving three years left on a contract that pays him $299,000 a year. Notter always did pretend to be boss, but he ... More >>

Bob Norman's Greatest Hits

Bob Norman is not a man to gloat, so we're doing it for him. During his 13 years as a writer at this periodical (four as feature writer, nine as a columnist, five of those nine as the Daily Pulp blogger), he has had a rash of successes -- especially if you count sending corrupt public officials to ... More >>