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Peter Bober

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    State Attorney's Office Drops Investigation of Former Hollywood Manager Cameron Benson

    ​Chalk one up for former Hollywood City Manager Cameron Benson and zero so far for the anonymous citizen who accused him of corruption in two letters sent to city commissioners this spring.The letters accused Benson of accepting a bribe from WastePro, which went on to win the city's waste-hauling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Hollywood's Water Tower, Much Like Its Budget Office, Can't Get Its Numbers Straight

    ​Two construction workers fall into the cavernous metal tank, suffering serious injuries. Five Tongan workers are among the people tasked with a $600,000 restoration and painting project. When the city announces a surprise $10 million budget shortage that it failed to report, people complain about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Cameron Benson, Former Hollywood City Manager, Gets $300K Severance Deal

    Miami HeraldCameron Benson​Last month, longtime Hollywood City Manager Cameron Benson caught heat in public from Mayor Peter Bober, who had made sport of publicly shaming his chief bean counters since a May revelation that the city was millions of dollars further in debt than it had disclosed.Bens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Hollywood City Manager, Under Investigation by Feds, Bails Before He Can be Fired

    townmapsusa.com​Hollywood City Manager Cameron Benson didn't want last night's commission meeting to be his political funeral, so he made the decision to quit during a meeting recess.Benson was taking a lot of heat from Mayor Peter Bober for a few things yesterday -- a $10.3 million budget defici ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Hallandale Neighbors in a Schvitz About Proposed New Charter School

    Deutsch​Around 100 Hallandale Beach residents who live near the Hallandale Jewish Center have signed a petition opposing the opening of a new K-8 charter school on the site. The school would be run by the Ben Gamla Charter School, which already has locations in Hollywood and Sunrise.Broward Bulldo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Is JenJen's School The Whitest In South Broward?

    You've probably read about the construction of Broward School Board Member Jennifer Gottlieb's pet school in Hollywood that wasn't needed at all but still cost taxpayers some $25 million and ruined a neighborhood park. Gottlieb​The school, Beachside Montessori Village (which is ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    In Hollywood, Politicians' Kids Get a Private School Education on the Public Dime

    Activists in South Hollywood recently staged a funeral for their park, part of which was leased for what's become a controversial school project.​Normally, a minority-dominated low-income neighborhood like South Hollywood would have reason to cheer the arrival of a new school, especially one that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Food Events on the Radar

    ​• The old phrase, "Take me out to the ball game" is going to have to be changed to "Take me out of the ball game" after Sunday's Marlins vs. Mets game. That's the Marlins are offering discounted "All You Can Eat Seats" for the throw down. This Club Level section of seats will offer fans complet ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2009

    A Monument to Waste

    How the School Board turned a community park into a $25 million black hole.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Cause of Fire That Damaged Hollywood Mayor's Law Office Under Investigation

    A street shot of the office building that houses Bober's law officeA fire at the building that houses the law office of Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober is being investigated by police for possible arson.According to a Hollywood Fire Department spokesman, Mark Steele, a fire struck in the upper floors of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Hollywood Mayor Bober: Fort Lauderdale, Give Us Our Sand!

    Beach erosion has been a problem in South Florida at least since the Army Corps of Engineers created the Intracoastal Waterway last century.  Under natural circumstances, winds and waves push sand down the coast, gently and perpetually southward.  But wherever there's a man-made jetty that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Lobbyists a Wedge Issue in Hollywood

    O'Sheehan voted to restrict lobbying in Hollywood.Maybe Hollywood Commissioner Beam Furr is right that an ordinance to ban private commissioner meetings with lobbyists is "unconstitutional." But it's still a shrewd move by Mayor Peter Bober and Commissioner Heidi O'Sheehan to champion the legislatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    No Drama in Hollywood

    After the hero vanquishes the villain, it's usually our cue to leave the theater. And so it is with Hollywood politics. Peter Bober (right), the fresh-faced, sweet-talking protagonist who in lieu of a Bat-mobile drove a Segway, toppled the tyrannical regime of Mara Giulianti a year ago. Say what you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    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 inter ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    The Fourth Estate Sale

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

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    'Tis the Season for A Mara-cle!

    During her 20-year reign as the grande dame of Hollywood, Mara Guilianti had many pet projects, but perhaps none that she adored more than the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, a museum that moved from North Miami to downtown Hollywood last year, thanks in large part to Giulianti's hustl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Election Post-Mortem

    During her 20-year reign as the grande dame of Hollywood, Mara Guilianti had many pet projects, but perhaps none that she adored more than the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, a museum that moved from North Miami to downtown Hollywood last year, thanks in large part to Giulianti's hustl ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Manee Nanny

    Coddle the Cows

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Tally Against the Machine

    Coddle the Cows

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    The Holocaust Card

    Mara Giulianti's allies don't know when to stop

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    From The Election Desk

    Mara Giulianti's allies don't know when to stop

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    And The Pulp Predicts ...

    Mara Giulianti's allies don't know when to stop

  • News

    January 24, 2008

    Hush, Money

    Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    State Rep. Schwartz Holocaust-Baits For Mayor Mara

    Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Morning Rundown

    Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    No Love For Bober

    Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2007

    It's All Better Now

    Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2007

    Who Killed Kenny's Project?

    Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Heartbreak Hotel

    It's the end of an era on Hollywood Beach, where small, cheap motels are all that stand in the way of another playground for the wealthy

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2007

    Skeletons in Mara's Closet (Or Backyard)

    It's the end of an era on Hollywood Beach, where small, cheap motels are all that stand in the way of another playground for the wealthy

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Hooray for Hollywood

    Even with a housing bust and bad court verdicts, the show goes on.

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Die Bold, Die Wussy

    An Invitation to Steal an Election

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Turkey for Builders

    Hollywood Commission meetings are a dysfunctional family feast for developer pals.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2006

    Good Jim Good

    Hollywood Commission meetings are a dysfunctional family feast for developer pals.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2006

    Toppling the Tower of Babble

    Hollywood Commission meetings are a dysfunctional family feast for developer pals.

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Slush Money

    Hollywood sets aside big money for its friends and doesn't want you to know

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    Access Hollywood

    To be a development star in Hollywood, it’s all in who you know, baby

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Crackin' Crack

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Letters for September 23-28, 2004

    Crackin' Crack

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Letters for the issue of Sept 09, 2004

    Crackin' Crack

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Letters September 2-8, 2004

    Crackin' Crack

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    River of Sludge

    Sure, Hollywood's sewage plan is dirty. It pollutes the Everglades too.

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Telltale Hearts

    To follow the wrongdoing in Hollywood's sewage deal, just watch the drama unfold

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Ooh, That Smell

    Hollywood commish profits on biowaste

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Letters for February 28, 2002

    Artistic rumination

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Undercurrents

    SunCruz’s problems are much deeper than you think they are

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    Hollywood No!

    Hollywood lost last fall's referendum by siphoning cash to political cronies, sending out armed cops, and failing to win over the Broward sheriff

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Face Off

    John Coleman and his fellow reform candidates in Hollywood face an uphill battle against mayor Mara and Co.

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