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November 11, 2011
PolitiFact Rates Pembroke Pines Mayor's Claim of Hands Being Tied on ICE Jail "Mostly False"
Ortis faces off with Southwest Ranches Mayor Jeff Nelson.We've just discovered the austere yet intriguing Twitter account of Southwest Ranches Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff -- perhaps the perfect 140-character medium for the man who stated, "the less we say, the better off we will be."His feed di ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
CCA Reportedly Drumming Up Support for Immigrant Pen Through Robocall "Survey"
wired.comUpdate: Click through for a sample voicemail received by one Southwest Ranches resident yesterday.--Original post, 11/2: Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office has confirmed that it received 40 to 50 phone calls yesterday from Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches-area residents who were autom ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2011
History Repeats Itself in Southwest Ranches, NIMBY Capital of Broward County
And they have been, for a dozen years."The new jail planned for southwest Broward County will go in a barren area where the county puts things that nobody wants," wrote David Fleshler and John Maines at the beginning of a story in the Sun-Sentinel.At stake was a plan by the Corrections Corporatio ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Southwest Ranches Town Attorney on ICE Jail: "The Less We Say the Better Off We Will Be"
PoliakoffOn June 7, Southwest Ranches Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff sent an email to (now deceased) Town Administrator Charlie Lynn, town staffers, and his consulting and lobbying colleagues. The email urged town leaders to maintain a "cone of silence" about a proposed 1,800-bed immigrant detenti ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2011
Florida Corrections Officer Gives Some Interwebs Insight About State Prisons
zazzle.comWe don't even know who this hat belongs to.Being a corrections officer is one of the strangest jobs imaginable -- you're stuck in a big concrete and iron box for eight-plus hours per day, surrounded by some of society's most loathed humans, who are likely armed with rusty shanks and ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2011
Private Prison Contractor, Homeland Security "Asked" Southwest Ranches Council Not to Talk
Here in Florida, we have a broad array of sunshine laws designed to promote open government. Local governments routinely have to disclose information simply because citizens ask for it. But apparently there's one thing that can clamp the mouths of local officials for good: a private prison contra ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2011
With Prison Privatization Plan on Hold, GEO Group Website Still Vying for Contract
Poor GEO Group. The Boca Raton-based private prison operator, former known as Wackenhut Corrections, had planned to invest $3 million in its quest to win a contract to run most of the prisons in the southern part of Florida. But two weeks ago, a circuit court judge struck down the state Legi ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Sports Agency Headed by Howard Kusnick's Son Suing Local Attorney Darren Heitner for Libel
Left to right: Howard Kusnick, baseball player Taylor Green, and Joshua Kusnick.A Tamarac-based sports agency headed by the son of convicted Scott Rothstein cohort Howard Kusnick is suing local attorney and sports agency owner Darren Heitner, alleging he made libelous comments on his blog about t ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Scott Rothstein Computer Nerds Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison
Scott RothsteinCurtis Renie and William Corte, the information technology workers for Ponzi scheme mastermind Scott Rothstein's law firm, were each sentenced to 37 months in prison yesterday.Renie and Corte, both 38 years old, pleaded guilty in June to a single count each of conspiracy to commit ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2011
New Southwest Ranches Admin Will Need to Tackle Deal for ICE Detention Facility
Stefan KamphCitizens protest a planned ICE facility earlier this month.It always sucks to inherit a mess when you take office -- just ask Barack Obama. The new town administrator of Southwest Ranches, whoever he or she may be, won't be inheriting two wars and a failed economy (well, maybe the eco ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Rick Scott and Private Prisons Engaging in "Pay to Play" Politics, Teamsters Complaint Alleges
Florida politicians received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions from two private prison corporations last election cycle -- GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America -- and an ethics complaint filed by the Teamsters union yesterday claims $30,000 of those contributions that went t ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Scott Rothstein Saga: TD Bank Accused of Being Complicit in Ponzi Scheme
Herbert Stettin, the Chapter 11 trustee for victims of Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, has filed a lawsuit against TD Bank, alleging it was at fault for allowing Rothstein and his Ponzi pals to continue to rip off his investors.As you may recall, Rothstein's computer nerds for his no ... More >>
News
July 14, 2011
A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds
Herbert Stettin, the Chapter 11 trustee for victims of Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, has filed a lawsuit against TD Bank, alleging it was at fault for allowing Rothstein and his Ponzi pals to continue to rip off his investors.As you may recall, Rothstein's computer nerds for his no ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Scott Rothstein Saga: Debra Villegas Goes to Prison; Four Enter Guilty Pleas
Scott W. RothsteinThe gifts of prison sentences keep coming, thanks to Scott Rothstein.Debra Villegas, the second in command for Rothstein's gigantic Ponzi scheme, surrendered to her new home at a minimum-security federal prison last week to begin her ten-year sentence.Villegas, now 44, pleaded g ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
ICE Picks Southwest Ranches For New Immigrant Pen
voxrox.coSome lucky folks in western Broward County are going to have a couple thousand possible illegal immigrants as new neighbors soon.Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has "tentatively selected" Southwest Ranches, along with a private prison company, to build one of the largest ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2011
Will Privatizing Prisons Save Florida Money? Arizona Study Says Maybe Not
The GEO Group was a huge donor to political campaigns.Last month, the Florida Legislature passed a landmark plan to privatize nearly all of the prisons in the southern part of the state, including those in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The bill was a thinly-veiled stimulus package for the priv ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Southwest Ranches and Private Prison Company Want Immigration Facility in Broward County
voxrox.coImmigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for somewhere in South Florida to be able to house as many as 2,000 alleged immigration-law offenders, and the town of Southwest Ranches has partnered with the private prison industry and entered a bid.ICE has taken in three proposals for th ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Scott Rothstein's Head Computer Nerd Turns Himself In
Scott Rothstein -- still 49 more years in the slammerCurtis Renie, the 38-year-old information technology head of Ponzi scheme mastermind Scott Rothstein's law firm, turned himself in to the feds today.Renie, of Fort Lauderdale, is the third person to turn himself in to authorities to be indicted ... More >>
Calendar
April 28, 2011
Interiors... Designed
Scott Rothstein -- still 49 more years in the slammerCurtis Renie, the 38-year-old information technology head of Ponzi scheme mastermind Scott Rothstein's law firm, turned himself in to the feds today.Renie, of Fort Lauderdale, is the third person to turn himself in to authorities to be indicted ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2011
Republican To Privatize $600,000,000 Worth of Florida's Prisons, Could Fatten Contributors' Pockets
Alexander.As reported in today's Herald, the Florida Senate on Monday "quietly inserted language into its newly proposed budget ... that seeks to give corporations a chance to run correctional facilities in 16 counties." These corrections contracts are worth some $600,000,000.Though this "quiet i ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
The Latest Foreclosure Fallout Could Further Mangle The Legal System
The law offices of David J. Stern will close at the end of the month.As of about a week ago, the law offices of David J. Stern and the affiliated document processing company, DJSP, are slated to close at the end of the month, but for one of the largest foreclosure firms in the country, closing is ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
David J. Stern's Foreclosure Firm Closes This Month
The law offices of David J. Stern will close at the end of the month.The law offices of David J. Stern, known as the "foreclosure king," are closing on March 31 after a highly publicized fall from grace and a state investigation of the firm's allegedly fraudulent foreclosure practices, according ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Foreclosure Firm Ben-Ezra & Katz Is Latest Addition to Attorney General's Investigation
via floridaforeclosurehelp.netThe state foreclosure fraud investigation expands.Fort Lauderdale law firm Ben-Ezra & Katz is the most recent subject of the state attorney general's mortgage fraud investigation. The firm "appears to be fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading document ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
LeMieux Back at Gunster After Brief Senatorial Stint; the Door Keeps on Revolvin'
Now that President Obama has named Bill Daley, a JPMorgan Chase chairman whose loudest pronouncements over the past months have been to ridicule Obama's signature accomplishments -- as his chief of staff, it should be perfectly clear: Washington and big business go together like bread and butter. ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
Happy Awkward Friday
Sun-SentinelIt's just that kind of day. I've driven over a curb, showed up late, forgotten basic skills, had meetings canceled. Apparently I'm not alone. Behold the spate of awkward news:News 10 truck flips overWhen I entered the courthouse this morning, police cars and news trucks were gathered ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Local Holocaust Survivors Find Pro-Bono Pension Help
Kevin Packman, survivor advocate extraordinaire Kevin Packman, a partner with the law firm Holland & Knight, wants local Holocaust survivors to know that he's here to help -- for free. He's in charge of a pro-bono program that finds eligible survivors in South Florida and hooks ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2010
Tonino Lamborghini Caffe Corsa Closes in Gulfstream Park
Tonino Lamborghini Caffe Corsa, the restaurant named after the son of auto industry icon Ferruccio Lamborghini, has closed its doors for good. The restaurant located in the new, outdoor shopping mall the Village at Gulfstream Park married authentic Italian food with the kind of sleek design the y ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
Palm Beach Post to Close Spanish-Language Paper
La Palma will shut down next month.This week the Palm Beach Post became the first major South Florida daily to shutter its Spanish-language publication, La Palma.The free, weekly Post spin-off will fold next month. The news didn't come as much of a shock for journos who have followed La Palma clo ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2010
What an Auditor Could do for Pembroke Pines
Flickr user: ZenTravelerHow much money is Pembroke Pines wasting?The Pembroke Pines city commissioners are debating whether to hire an internal auditor. In these cash-strapped times, they're looking for someone who will monitor the Broward suburb's spending habits and report on them truthfully, w ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Q&A With Jay Berkowitz, South Florida Techrepreneur
The Boca Raton-based TenGoldenRules.com specializes in business to business (B2B) internet marketing between small, medium, and large businesses.Jay Berkowitz, its founder and CEO, is a true entrepreneur in the internet marketing field. He's promoted such companies as McDonald's and Coca-Cola. In ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2009
Pending Criminal Investigation? Your Money's Still Good at Crist Fundraiser!
On the right, that's a portion of the fundraiser flier being circulated by West Broward land baron Ron Bergeron, who's hosting an event for his favorite U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Crist. (Click to enlarge.) I've highlighted the name of one headlining contributor, Joseph Cobo, the Broward Heal ... More >>
Music
August 6, 2009
Back to Square One
The Pretty Faces and Ever So Klever headlined free Delray fest.
Blogs
June 1, 2009
Construction Workers Admit They Installed a Stink Bomb with Chinese Drywall
The only way to hang Chinese drywall.It's something of a cliché by now to think of Florida developers as the bad guys. But as homeowners start blaming them for the defective Chinese drywall rotting their homes, it is literally the stench that has led them to contractors.Not the developer's stench, ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
UPDATE: 'The Our Town News' Source is a Paper Employee
The "resident" quoted as "Merle Lynn" in this week's "The Our Town News" story about how residents and commissioners want homeless people out of Coral Springs is an employee of that community newspaper. Her name is Merle Rosenberg and she works in classified advertising. Her quote about the homeless ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2009
Attorneys Gone Wild!
Egarc2 / Ed Garcia Today the Florida Bar released a list of 35 attorneys disciplined for violating rules of professional conduct. Of the 35, ten are from Broward and Palm Beach Counties.1. William Abramson, of West Palm Beach. Abramson's case goes back to 2005, when he was defending a female client ... 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
April 21, 2008
Sun-Sentinel Pop Up Leads To Pop Off
Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel
Blogs
October 31, 2007
The Broward Lobbyist List
Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel
Blogs
May 31, 2007
Google Killing Newspapers?
Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel
News
August 17, 2006
Who Crowned Michael Brown?
Laws? The Riviera Beach mayor doesn't need laws.
Goods and Services
May 12, 2005
Best Car Wash
Flamingo Joe's Auto Spa
News
March 31, 2005
The Corrupter
The sheriff is selling out the public. Do you give a darn?
News
December 16, 2004
Don't Hide the G-r-r-r
Who You Gonna Call?
Subtropical Life
May 13, 2004
Best Scenic Drive
Riverland Road between State Road 7 and Davie Boulevard
News
April 8, 2004
If Steve Had a Hammer
Reckless accusations have testy Broward Folk Club balladeers sashaying
News
August 8, 2002
Paying the Bill
A mayor and a businessman, both named Bill, have struck up quite a friendship
News
October 25, 2001
A Potemkin Lawyer
With Jorge Fernandez as your courtroom advocate, you may as well surrender
News
July 6, 2000
A Lesson in Conflict of Interest
Meet Ron Greenstein, lobbyist. Or Ron Greenstein, state representative.
Dining
May 27, 1999
Foodstuff
Meet Ron Greenstein, lobbyist. Or Ron Greenstein, state representative.
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