Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti was scheduled to be a celebrity judge for the chili cook-off at a benefit car show held over the weekend for the late Sgt. Chris Reyka, who was shot to death behind a Walgreens store in Pompano Beach while on duty two and half years ago. But for…
Happy MLK Day, the holiday that has at least half the populace confused about whether they have to work or not. In NT’s case, it’s not an official holiday, but they worked it out that we got the day off anyway. The Sun-Sentinel tracked down some recently rejected politicians. One who didn’t…
The Tea Party has demonized health-care reform — or Obamacare, as it calls it — to the point that the group seems to believe that it alone is going to destroy America. They’ve disrupted Congressional town hall meetings, screamed about socialized medicine, and decried supporters as traitors over the issue (including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before she was shot; her…
This is Coral Park Elementary School Principal Amanda Miles, who was arrested by the Coral Springs Police for having 21 grams of marijuana (three quarters of an ounce) in her bedroom. Is this really what our police are spending their time doing — busting 60-year-old women in their bedrooms? Here’s a…
A gunman got into the Broward County Courthouse this morning, aimed the weapon at his chest, and threatened to kill himself this morning before deputies and police were able to talk him down without any violence. The gunman has been identified as 59-year-old Marin Stroia of Oakland Park, who was reportedly upset…
Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter had her regularly scheduled “Coffee with Stacy” on Wednesday and I commend her for that. After the horror on Saturday that occurred at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on your Corner” event, I think it’s great that Ritter is carrying on in that tradition. Ritter…
Note: This is the second part of a series about Gabriel Jose Carrera, a leader of the Tea Party. Click here to see the first part. More than a decade before Gabe Carrera became a leader in the Fort Lauderdale Tea Party and began rubbing shoulders with the likes of Florida Gov. Rick Scott and…
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a close friend of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’, was in the Tucson hospital room last night when the congresswoman opened her eyes for the first time after being shot in the head during Saturday’s mass shooting. Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congresswoman representing Broward County, was in the room with U.S…
By day, Gabriel Jose Carrera works as a bespectacled immigration attorney, but in countless off-hours during the past 18 months, he has had another calling: leading the Fort Lauderdale Tea Party to help elect candidates like Rick Scott, Marco Rubio, and Allen West. Carrera is one of the original leaders of the Tea Party. He started stumping for his…
In the wake of the Tucson shooting, Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter said at yesterday’s public meeting that she wants to beef up security and have metal detectors at the county governmental building. All That Glitters, who watched the meeting (I didn’t), reported the following on the previous post: “She wanted to have weapon…
Sources tell me the U.S. Attorney’s Office will announce the arrest of a Broward County public official as soon as tomorrow. Thomas Correa, a longtime Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant and a former administrator at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is expected to be indicted on fraud charges, according to sources. Correa was terminated from his position…
Thought I’d share a new piece of my wardrobe this morning while I work on another post. Yes, that’s an authentic Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler cap. It’s glittery. I was also given an RRA T-shirt handed out at the infamous Bahamian retreat for the law firm that I’ll catwalk for you at some point. It’s just…
It’s amazing how people are trying to figure out Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner’s political philosophy. He’s a registered Republican, they say (hoax). He’s a liberal pot smoker (according to a former classmate who didn’t know him well). He was predisposed to right-wing rants that echo Tea Party rhetoric and paranoia (The Guardian). So which…
Working on a Tea Party story but in the meantime wanted to share a photo that has been spreading across the internets lately. Here it is: What the hell is this, you ask, and why is it on the Pulp? Well, it came from Radar Online…
The following is an open letter to WFTL-AM (850) radio host Joyce Kaufman, whose incendiary political rhetoric included a Tea Party rally remark that “If ballots don’t work, bullets will”: Dear Joyce, How does it feel when you hear about the horrific shootings in Tucson yesterday? How does it feel to see that someone actually employed your…
State Rep. Ari Porth agreed to speak this weekend at a convention of the Islamic Society of North America in Fort Lauderdale. But Porth bailed out yesterday, canceling his speech. Why? Because of pressure from a local extremist named Joe Kaufman put pressure on him, who told him that ISNA was linked to terrorists. The ISNA,…
You may not expect much drama and controversy out of a Coral Springs/Parkland Democratic Club meeting, but you got some last night. The night was meant for Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, who gave a very successful speech, but the drama arrived in the form of Sheriff Al Lamberti and…
I think it’s safe to say that the Miami Dolphins’ plan to soak Broward taxpayers for a stadium renovation is dead. But Dolphins lobbyist Ron Book is crafty — we’ll see what he can do. Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross has kept a lot of Wayne Huizenga’s old employees around (inlcluding…
— After the post on Sheriff Al Lamberti’s taking of liberties with official Super Bowl credentials to get his son into the game, the South Florida Times has come out with a report on a “secret” Super Bowl detail that involved more deputies who provided security for the big game — and were…
So Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman won’t say why she’s gone AWOL from commission meetings, telling the Sun-Sentinel (the WofP, actually) that she is “dealing with some personal matters, and I’m not at liberty to discuss them at the moment.” Not at liberty? That implies that someone has forbidden her to…
Busy news night. Another Broward jail worker, this one a nurse named Carline Jean, was arrested yesterday on charges of introducing contraband to an inmate, including giving the inmate a cell phone and (this goes without saying at this point) sending nude pictures of herself to the prisoner. What’s in…
I am hearing new information regarding Broward Sheriff’s Lt. Rick Reilly, and it’s not good. I won’t get into details, but suffice it to say that Reilly’s late wife, attorney Caryl Boies, may have a lot in common with Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of onetime presidential contender John Edwards who also died with cancer…
