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Taxes

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Allen West Says He'd Consider Raising Taxes: What's Going On? (Video) (Updated)

    Update, 1:17 p.m.: Added comment from Patrick Murphy, his Democratic opponent in the District 18 race.Allen West's unpredictability quotient is through the roof these days. The whole "communists in Congress" thing was off-the-wall, but it was at least in line with the rest of his statement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Strax Rejuvenation CEO Jeffry Davis Has Criminal Record

    ​The CEO of the high-volume plastic surgery center in Lauderhill where a patient died last month is an ex-felon. Jeffry Davis was convicted of financial crimes related to his former company, which made replicas of vintage cars.Long before he became head of Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Mandy Dawson to Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion as Soon as She Figures Out How Much She Evaded

    ​Former Fort Lauderdale state Sen. Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to two counts of tax evasion and three counts of failure to file a tax return, according to documents filed yesterday in federal court. She faces up to 13 years in prison.Dawson was indicted last year after authorities say she faile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Allen West: Where Was Your Leadership in Opposing the Payroll Tax Deal?

    Whenever we point out the quirks of Rep. Allen West, there's always some dissent from his fans. In his defense, his supporters typically point out the leadership quality they see in the congressman.West was given a chance to be a leader this past week, as he's opposed the two-month extension of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Kansas City Businesswoman Facing Criminal Charges Found Dead in Fort Lauderdale

    ​Karen Pletz, the former president and CEO of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, was found dead in a Fort Lauderdale condo this morning, according to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell.Pletz, 64, was indicted in March on 24 charges after allegedly embezzling more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    GOP Intentionally Sabotaging Economy to Boot Obama? Only 39 Percent of Floridians Say No

    wildmanhangout.com​Old news: Floridians think Gov. Rick Scott sucks. New news: Nearly half of Florida thinks Republicans are intentionally sabotaging the economy to prevent the reelection of President Obama.It's not just those damned liberals either -- 24 percent of Republicans agree, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    South Florida Environmentalists Say Sale of Any Water District Lands Is a Dumb Idea

    U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceDear humans, Get off my land. Love, this panther​The South Florida agency charged with securing water -- the stuff that makes your shampoo foamy -- for future generations has been having a tough time lately.Rick Scott and the GOP-led Legislature capped property taxe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Rick Scott Approval Rating Climbing Out of the Toilet; Voters Don't Know if He Raised Taxes

    ​Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Orange Juice and Taxes Cause State Citrus Department Director to Resign

    Blame this guy.​The Ledger is reporting that Ken Keck, the Florida Department of Citrus executive director, will resign next week.That's consistent with the citrus commission's August 3 agenda, which states the third item is to consider "terms of resignation of acting executive director," and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Rick Scott Plays Armchair President on Debt-Ceiling Drama

    Gov. Rick Scott is a dreamer​Gov. Rick Scott seems to like the idea of being president of the United States -- he's hinted that he'd make a good president because of the "tough choices" he's made as governor, and now he's playing armchair president from the governor's mansion.Sunshine State News c ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

    Gov. Rick Scott is a dreamer​Gov. Rick Scott seems to like the idea of being president of the United States -- he's hinted that he'd make a good president because of the "tough choices" he's made as governor, and now he's playing armchair president from the governor's mansion.Sunshine State News c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Richard Rubin Sentenced to Ten Months in Federal Prison

    Richard Rubin (right) and Diana Wasserman-Rubin.​Richard Rubin -- husband of former Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin, who still faces seven felony charges of her own -- was sentenced this morning to ten months in federal prison.Rubin, 66, pleaded guilty in April to federal tax eva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Angry Local Tea Party to Rally for Government Shutdown

    ​The Fort Lauderdale Tea Party is out at gun shows rousing its base to come out for an April 15 tax day protest planned at the federal courthouse to favor a government shutdown -- and they are promising an appearance by Congressman Allen West. The Tea Party is hopping mad that, as its local l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    WTFlorida: 10 Reasons Why Florida is Better at Everything

    Miche Ratto​Here in Florida we're really good at a lot of things. Topping the list we have: growing indoor marijuana, staging car accidents, and throwing children in jail. And boy are we good at all of those things.To learn more about the awesome state you live in click the image.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Broward County Will Reopen Four Parks After $100,000 Analysis Found That Closures Didn't Save Taxpayers Anything

    ​Broward County's ill-fated attempt to save money by closing parks midweek actually cost taxpayers $98,961, plus a year and a half of potential revenue that the parks could have brought in.  Next Tuesday, four county parks will reopen seven days a week, according to the Broward County Parks a ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Activist's Carrot Top Impression "Failed to Amuse" Hospital District Board

    deGroot: An ornery ol' cuss.​If 72-year-old former Sun-Sentinel scribe John deGroot truly has a "humongous allergy to bullshit," as he claims on his eponymous blog, then he ought to have known not to attend yesterday's public hearing about the North Broward Hospital District's proposal to convert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Searching for Democrats to Run Corruption County

    Any Dems want to run against Steven Abrams?​After watching three Republicans on the Palm Beach County Commission head to prison on corruption charges, one might imagine local Democratic operatives corking champagne bottles in anticipation of next year's battle to fill the seat held by Republican C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Boynton's Own Ghost Tower: An Empty Promenade

    Lisa Rab The Promenade is begging for residents.​Boynton Beach is now giving Sunrise a run for its money in the competition for ghostly condo buildings. These 14-story cream-colored towers perched on the edge of the Intracoastal Waterway are part of a project known as Promenade, where just four ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Palm Beach Billionaire Koch Likes Tax Subsidies, Too

    Flickr user: andjohan​One of Palm Beach billionaire Bill Koch's main objections to a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound -- which he has spent millions of dollars fighting -- is that it will require tax breaks to succeed. As the Juice reported earlier today, Koch has claimed that the an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Is Greyhound Racing Doomed in Florida?

    C. Stiles In the past two weeks, two greyhound racing tracks have announced that they are either ending live racing or shutting down completely: one in Arizona and one in Texas. Both tracks had been in operation for more than 50 years. With every track closing, opponents of racing look aga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Palm Beach Rebs Threaten Secession

    Rebellion, Palm Beach-style​Nothing secedes like excess. We here at the Juice thinks it makes  sense: Palm Beach town councilman William Diamond urged his fellow confederates at yesterday's council meeting to consider seceding from Palm Beach County and forming a  new county of its very ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    UBS Case: Who's Public Enemy No. 1?

    Flickr User: dr_zeno​A settlement between federal prosecutors and UBS, accused of helping America's wealthy cheat Uncle Sam out of his taxes, appears likely to be struck tomorrow in Miami's federal court. The deal -- brokered through intense negotiations by diplomats -- is not likely to produce th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    No More Taxes on (Almost) All Things Fancy

    Photo courtesy Tom Fancy StudiosIf that looks like your shopping list then, well, thank you, good sir, for generous contributions to the State of Florida, but you probably should have waited till after the legislative session. A bill recently passed by the House Finance and Tax Council would remove ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Soft Rockin' Beats

    Photo courtesy Tom Fancy StudiosIf that looks like your shopping list then, well, thank you, good sir, for generous contributions to the State of Florida, but you probably should have waited till after the legislative session. A bill recently passed by the House Finance and Tax Council would remove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale "Tea Party" Protest on Tax Day

    Tania GailBesides gnashing one's teeth or making fun of Timothy Geithner's dweebiness, there is little frustrated taxpayers can do about the spiraling-out-of-control federal deficit. To channel their rage, fed-up conservatives have been organizing "tea parties" around the country, mimicking the Bost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Is Big Tobacco Using Healthy Start to Do Its Dirty Work?

    Like many nonprofits that depend on government funding, the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions is facing cuts. The organization that focuses on prenatal and infant health may have 22 percent trimmed from its 2009 budget.  Unlike other nonprofits, however, the organization has propo ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    Keep Camels Off Sand

    Like many nonprofits that depend on government funding, the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions is facing cuts. The organization that focuses on prenatal and infant health may have 22 percent trimmed from its 2009 budget.  Unlike other nonprofits, however, the organization has propo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Beach Bummed: Big Bills Are Sinking Hollywood's Small Hotels

    For decades Hollywood Beach has been the only one in South Florida that could offer tourists an array of small, independent hotels at low nightly rates. That gave the neighborhood a distinct slow-tempo style, and it gave the South Florida's hospitality industry a bit of variety.But the small Hollywo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    Triple Play

    For decades Hollywood Beach has been the only one in South Florida that could offer tourists an array of small, independent hotels at low nightly rates. That gave the neighborhood a distinct slow-tempo style, and it gave the South Florida's hospitality industry a bit of variety.But the small Hollywo ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Haunted House

    A priceless Fort Lauderdale property is sold on the cheap, and it's not the economy, stupid

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Recession? What Recession?

    A priceless Fort Lauderdale property is sold on the cheap, and it's not the economy, stupid

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Fun With Headlines, Etc

    A priceless Fort Lauderdale property is sold on the cheap, and it's not the economy, stupid

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2007

    IRS Slammed Judge Larry With Tax Bill

    A priceless Fort Lauderdale property is sold on the cheap, and it's not the economy, stupid

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    Naugle Sends Pulp A Parable

    A priceless Fort Lauderdale property is sold on the cheap, and it's not the economy, stupid

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Freeloaders Who Don't Freeload

    Can you count to $16 billion, gabacho?

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2007

    Quick Takes

    Can you count to $16 billion, gabacho?

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Condo Siege

    From peaceful American dreaming comes a rude awakening

  • Goods and Services

    May 12, 2005

    Best Place to Donate Your Clothes

    JCC Thrift Store of West Palm Beach

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005

    Best Politician in Palm Beach

    Palm Beach County Commissioner Karen Marcus

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    Letters for April 28-May 4, 2005

    Palm Beach County Commissioner Karen Marcus

  • Subtropical Life

    May 13, 2004

    Best Reason to Live in South Florida

    Tourists Readers' Choice: The weather

  • Music

    February 6, 2003

    Lost Sounds

    Lost Sounds agrees: A regime change is necessary

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Buyout

    Pete Witschen

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Diplomatic Immunity

    A resort-hotel complex's attempt to secede from the City of Hollywood has residents up in arms

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Undercurrents

    A new ballgame

  • Goods and Services

    March 11, 1999

    Best Place to Buy Cigarettes

    Gator Tobacco Outlet

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    The Straight Dope

    Gator Tobacco Outlet

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Undercurrents

    Gator Tobacco Outlet

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