Wayne Huizenga

Pants Aflame

Say Bye To Saban

Dave Hyde Strikes Again

Wayne Huizenga: I Should Have Waited A Year To Stiff Fans

This Season's Best Christmas Tale

So maybe pouring a bucket of cold water on the Super Bowl hopes of Miami Dolphin-dom wasn't the most sensitive holiday message. Lest I forget "the reason for the season" I offer this tale of holiday generosity. A rags to riches man from Canton, Ohio, who during the worst of the original Great Depres ... More >>

Thank You, Mr. Huizenga

So maybe pouring a bucket of cold water on the Super Bowl hopes of Miami Dolphin-dom wasn't the most sensitive holiday message. Lest I forget "the reason for the season" I offer this tale of holiday generosity. A rags to riches man from Canton, Ohio, who during the worst of the original Great Depres ... More >>

Photojournalist Miller On Trial In Miami

So maybe pouring a bucket of cold water on the Super Bowl hopes of Miami Dolphin-dom wasn't the most sensitive holiday message. Lest I forget "the reason for the season" I offer this tale of holiday generosity. A rags to riches man from Canton, Ohio, who during the worst of the original Great Depres ... More >>

Broward Links

So maybe pouring a bucket of cold water on the Super Bowl hopes of Miami Dolphin-dom wasn't the most sensitive holiday message. Lest I forget "the reason for the season" I offer this tale of holiday generosity. A rags to riches man from Canton, Ohio, who during the worst of the original Great Depres ... More >>

Foxaganda

So maybe pouring a bucket of cold water on the Super Bowl hopes of Miami Dolphin-dom wasn't the most sensitive holiday message. Lest I forget "the reason for the season" I offer this tale of holiday generosity. A rags to riches man from Canton, Ohio, who during the worst of the original Great Depres ... More >>

What the World Needs Now Is Another Blog

This blog is not a remedy for the financial crisis. It will not defeat anti-American forces in Iraq. It will not slay any Somali pirates.Rather, it will give a loving squeeze to South Florida, extracting its most delicious, satisfying news-trients. The Juice is an ambrosia that, we hope, can provide ... More >>

I-95's Grey Poupon Lanes, Developers Ignore Pesky Economy, Gates Gets Pie in Face

If you're like me and part of the bourgeoisie, you're also excited about the opening Friday morning of the I-95 pay express lanes. Because now we don't have to travel among the simpleton commuters -- we've got our own lane, H. Wayne Huizenga! For anywhere from a quarter to $6.20, you can zip past t ... More >>

The Beginnings of the Crist List

While taking my first read of New Times' rip-roaring new Juice Blog (check it out) I wondered:   Who in Broward County have been graced with invitations for Charlie Crist's December 12 wedding?   My first phone call went to Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein, who was at h ... More >>

Bad News For Ex-Sun Sentinel Employees?

Look, I don't know exactly what this means, but I'm blatantly parroting a Tribune-related post from LA Observed that ran on the other side of the continent. LA-O found this passage in Tribune's bankruptcy filings: How are severance payments affected? All ongoing severance paym ... More >>

Escape the Financial Apocalypse - on Craig's List

We thought the category "Housing Swap" on Craig's List used to be for people looking to swap spaces over holiday breaks. Thanks to this awful housing market, however, swapping has become a permanent solution for folks who need to move but can't sell. For instance, some dude in Minneapolis wants to m ... More >>

Undercurrents

We thought the category "Housing Swap" on Craig's List used to be for people looking to swap spaces over holiday breaks. Thanks to this awful housing market, however, swapping has become a permanent solution for folks who need to move but can't sell. For instance, some dude in Minneapolis wants to m ... More >>

The Huizenga Hair Club For Litigants

Fired from a posh Boca beach club for her buzz cut, champion lifeguard Christine Leduc-McCrady is suing the owner, Huizenga Holdings

A Dream Deferred

After a decade in office, Carlton Moore hasn't done much for Fort Lauderdale's poorest residents. But he has helped himself.

Best Hotel/Palm Beach

Boca Raton Resort & Club

Undercurrents

Publix tries to cover its privates

Best Jazz Artist

Lyn Moore

The Two-Arena Circus

Two greedy billionaires, two publicly funded arenas, two crappy teams, one burning question — why?

Best Team You Probably Won't See

Florida Marlins

Morning Juice: Avoiding IRS is Actually a Crime, Lois Frankel Tells Us to Go to Work

Prosecutors: Swiss Banker Tried to Screw IRS. Us: Is That Wrong?Federal prosecutors in Fort Lauderdale have charged a Swiss banker with helping 20,000 Americans hide assets from the IRS. A judge signed an order yesterday declaring that former UBS AG executive Raoul Weil is a fugitive from justice. N ... More >>

Huizenga Defeats Obama

In a press release just sent out over the wires, the Miami Dolphins announced that Stephen M. Ross now owns 95 percent of the franchise and Dolphin Stadium. Combined with the 50 percent of the team Ross purchased last February, Ross and Wayne Huizenga officially sealed the deal on an additiona ... More >>

Morning Juice: Weathermen Issue Stupid Alert, Priests Face Trial for Something Else

It's officially the Year of Hope, and South Florida weather forecasters already have something they hoped for: slightly different weather. That's right, we've got something of a cold front, and that means our weathermen have broken out not the exaggerated phrases but the crazy-stupid exaggerated phr ... More >>

Hospital Giveaway

A secret plan to shovel millions to a private school.

Huizenga Unzips Finally, Lauderdale's New Mayor Promises Sweet St. Patty's Day

After selling the Dolphins, H. Wayne zipped it.The Sun-Sentinel's dead tree edition today featured what I believe is a life-size photo of H. Wayne Huizenga, along with a big-ass interview with the tycoon. The article begins with this sentence:Speaking for the first time since selling the Miami Dolph ... More >>

Sunday Reading: The Wayne Huizenga Story

I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

A Juice Economic Stress Test: How Are You Weathering the Recession?

South Floridians have been hit as hard as any other region by this economic crisis, reminders of which creep into seemingly every aspect of our daily lives. Assuming that humor really is the last refuge of the damned and because curiosity is recession-proof and Cosmo-style tests are highly addictive ... More >>

A Broward Whodunit

It's never too late to dish on the locals.

Ghost of Deals Past

Spin Till It Flies.

Letters for December 29, 2005-January 4, 2006

Spin Till It Flies.

Fish Bait

Baseball in Broward is possible, if we didn't have to deal with these bloodsuckers

What Is the Meaning of Football?

With the right combination of pharmaceuticals, Grasshopper, it's the path to happiness

Deliver Us

South Florida's most corrupt hospital district is at it again, compromising health care to reward a crony

You Move, You Lose

No matter which way South Florida sports fans look these days, the W's are down and the L's are up

A Freestanding Fight

A hospital exec takes on the health care mafia and an ER deal involving an accused thief and a couple of insiders

A Really Big Shoe(shine)

Fort Lauderdale's once-booming black business district still has sole

Fest Your Eyes

The Palm Beach International Film Festival

How Satan Himself is Helping South Florida Sports

Save the H. Wayne Huizenga jokes and the easy (but no less true) shots about the new stadium. This is serious. South Florida will win a championship this year, and it is foretold by the number of the beast. It's so simple I can't believe more religious nuts haven't already made the connecti ... More >>

Crist Reaction to New Times Best Pool: I Want to Go to There

One of the best parts of being Florida governor is access to a jet with which to indulge your most sudden, insatiable geographical impulses.For example, New Times' eagerly anticipated Best Of Broward/Palm Beach issue hit this website on June 11. (Memorize that date -- we'll get back to it.) The Best ... More >>

Luxurious Crapper Ponders World Domination, Starting in Lauderdale

For the H. Wayne Huizenga class, it makes perfect sense. You've already got a private jet for business, so why not get a "rectum water jet" for your most private business? The "bottom drier" comes standard, as the salesman must have mentioned, along with the heated seats and the symphony of pleasant ... More >>

Former Retail Giant Blockbuster Struggles With What's Next

For the H. Wayne Huizenga class, it makes perfect sense. You've already got a private jet for business, so why not get a "rectum water jet" for your most private business? The "bottom drier" comes standard, as the salesman must have mentioned, along with the heated seats and the symphony of pleasant ... More >>

Billionaires Still Bountiful in South Florida

FlickrThe closest you'll ever get to H. Wayne Huizenga's yacht.​The region's economy has been shaken in recent years by the housing slump and by the collapse of Ponzi schemers like Madoff and Rothstein, but South Florida is still home to at least 20 billionaires, according to the most recent Forbe ... More >>

Who's Afraid of Helen Ferre?

I don't know how effective this ad will be for Amendment 4, but I agree with the sentiment. I remember once referring to Wayne Huizenga as a "civic vampire" (nothing personal). Glad they found a place for Nosferatu. If you haven't seen it, the New York Times did a must-read article on Amendmen ... More >>

Little Guys Beat Wayne Huizenga

If you seen Wayne Huizenga this weekend, be nice to the guy. Our local mogul took a bad beating on Election Day. ​No he wasn't backing Alex Sink -- he put a lot of money into helping to elect Rick Scott to the governor's mansion, including $100,000 into Scott's PAC, Let's Get To Work (I ... More >>

Dodge City's Water Plan Looks Like Another Financial Disaster

Don't trust Pembroke Pines; don't ever trust Pembroke Pines. It's run by a private contractor, City Manager Charles F. Dodge, in a secretive and dubious way. The city manager is aptly named -- Charlie dodges close scrutiny while he cozies up to the vendors in the town and makes multi ... More >>

Rare Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale Serves Steaks Perfect for Captains of Industry

Don't trust Pembroke Pines; don't ever trust Pembroke Pines. It's run by a private contractor, City Manager Charles F. Dodge, in a secretive and dubious way. The city manager is aptly named -- Charlie dodges close scrutiny while he cozies up to the vendors in the town and makes multi ... More >>

Did Ryan LeVin Buy His Way Out Of Prison?

Broward Sheriff's OfficeRyan LeVin​Ryan LeVin -- the hard-partying, Porsche-driving, Brit-killing douchebag -- managed to escape prison time in his sentencing yesterday.Judge Barbara McCarthy sentenced LeVin to two years house arrest, ten years probation, and 1,000 hours of community service ... More >>

Huizenga CFO on Water Management Board; Does This Have Anything to Do With Yachts?

Flickr user: totalAldoHuizenga is building a megayacht center in Riviera Beach.​Rick Scott's decision to appoint a pro-business corporate executive to the South Florida Water Management District's governing board is not exactly stunning. This is the governor, after all, who declared Florida "open ... More >>