What’s more embarrassing for a congresswoman, getting caught in a radio prank or erroneously hanging up on the president of the United States? Miami Congresswoman Ileanna Ros-Lehtinen is probably wondering that about right now. Not only did she hang up on Barack Obama, thinking it was a radio hoax, but then she did the same…
Sunrise is a pretty dark place today. This city on the edge of the Everglades is in the midst of a political war — and the air is so full of vitriol now that it’s hard to tell which side is in the right, if any. The conflict involves lawsuits,…
Cox Enterprises Inc., the company that owns the Palm Beach Post , is reorganizing to bring all of its media business together under a new entity called Cox Media Group. Doug Franklin, the publisher at the Post, is headed to Atlanta to lead the new newspaper division, which includes 17 daily newspapers (the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and…
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 his restaurant, Bova Prime,…
In his latest “think piece,” Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams draws a line in the sand for EVERYone in the company’s newsrooms (including the Sun-Sentinel): Revolutions are about “we”. The leaders need to engage EVERYone. And EVERYone needs to engage the cause. You are either WITH the revolution or AGAINST it…
In what might be called a progressive move, the Palm Beach Post is giving employees at the company who make $65,000 and less a 2 percent raise this year. Those making more than that are out of luck; they’ll see no increase. Also on the chopping block: Holiday parties, which…
I know the Sun-Sentinel is desperate for ads and needs to keep the local pari-mutuel industry as one of its gold mines, but the cover of Showtime, its Friday entertainment mag, was ridiculous. The cover included an image of a Monopoly slot machine with the headline: “Slots of fun.” The subhed: “Stereo sound, 3-D graphics,…
It looked bad. The 13-year-old QB clutched his right wrist, the one connected to his throwing hand. He seemed to be in more than great pain; he looked terrified. The Plantation Wildcats were already down 7-0 to the Pembroke Pines Optimist Bengals in a big semifinal game. We really couldn’t…
Well, this coming Monday marks an historic day in South Florida journalism: It will be the first day that the Sun-Sentinel will be printing and distributing one of its rivals, the Palm Beach Post. And one of the first undesirable effects of the change will be felt by Post staffers themselves. To “streamline”…
I got this song in my head today and thought I’d share. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. Folsom Prison Blues I hear the train a comin’It’s rollin’ ’round the bend,And I ain’t seen the sunshine,Since, I don’t know when,I’m stuck in Folsom Prison,And time keeps draggin’ on,But that train keeps a-rollin’,On…
We have the latest think piece from Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams and it’s another doozy. I can’t begin to capture the Abrams vibe, but here are some highlights: — He proposes to “blow up” an underperforming TV station in the Tribune chain and totally “rethink” the medium. His ideas include counting…
I’m done knocking on new Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter. Why? Because I like her. I really like her. There are signs that she’s going to make county hall fun again. She possesses a huge ego — so big that she actually had staff move a wall this weekend…
Call off the election, because we already have a winner. The new mayor of Sunrise is (or will be) Roger Wishner. We were all expecting a political war for the most powerful post in Sunrise between Wishner, who is now deputy mayor, and Commissioner Joey Scuotto. Both had created campaign…
Famed Republican dirty trickster and Scott Rothstein partner Roger Stone told the Daily Beast that he has regrets for organizing a mob of GOP staffers to stage a coup at the Miami-Dade elections office in 2000 to stop the Bush-Gore vote recount. Said Stone: There have been many times I’ve…
Remember when newspapers were doing so well, that some towns had a newspaper for the morning and afternoon? Well, I’m going to relive those halcyon days here with a tilt on this morning’s Sun-Sentinel. After declaring South Florida’s lust for a GM bailout a couple days ago, the Sentinel’s front…
Just housekeeping here. The old Pulp email address is officially dead. In addition to bob.norman@browardpalmbeach, here’s a new one: dailypulp@yahoo.com That’s all…
People parody this clip all the time. This one is pretty good…
I was bored so I thought I’d compile the list of all the people at the State Attorney’s Office who make $100,000 or more. In light of the recent pay cuts and furloughs, I thought it might be interesting. In all, 27 of Michael Satz’s 487 employees have reached triple…
Hey, sorry for not keeping the pump primed on this thing. Deep into one of those cover stories we do. But I do want to share with you my holiday card (holy shiite, this year flew by, eh?). It’s from my stock broker. Happy holidays, folks. [Also, on a related…
There’s a lot of talk about Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter going to work in Washington for the Barack Obama administration. I know this is simple politics, a payback, and I have a plea for the president-elect: Take her. Please. Let’s face it, Ritter can’t do nearly as much damage…
When someone cheap-shotted Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein in a comment on this story, he sent this “take-down” letter alleging the comments were defamatory and written by an imposter pretending to be Ron Cacciatore. You’ll remember that Rothstein’s political partner, dirty trickster Roger Stone, had designed a negative ad campaign…
A source at the Sun-Sentinel tells me that the newspaper’s Palm Beach County office in Delray Beach is closing up this week. The bureau, which had 27 people last year but has surely shrunk a bit during recent staff cuts, is moving down to the newspaper’s existing Deerfield Beach office…
