With all the dirty politics you’re about to see from the McCain campaign, America is going to need a hot shower. This nonsense about William Ayers is just the beginning. As you probably know by now, Ayers is the 60s radical and former Weathermen terrorist who during the years since…
Remember back in February when Tribune Co. owner and commercial real estate titan Sam Zell declared that he was seeing a bottom in the RE market? Here’s an item from the ghost of the stock market past: By Robert Manor, Chicago Tribune Feb. 5, 2008 – Billionaire Chicago investor Sam…
I don’t have much to say about this, other than it’s a beautiful tribute to those who are leaving the Miami Herald today in the latest round of layoffs. It actually feels like a eulogy — not for the very-much-alive people in it, but for a time and place in…
Just for the hell of it. I’m not coming at this from a substantive point of view so much as an opinion on how it played across this great land of ours. — Good debate by historical standards (ever see the national disgrace that was the George H.W. Bush/Geraldine Ferraro…
Fred Pettijohn, founding editor of the Sun-Sentinel and namesake of the newspaper’s annual awards, died last night. He was 91. Former Sentinel editor and writing coach John de Groot writes of his mentor: Fred Pettijohn, my friend and mentor for 35 years died last night shortly before 8 o’clock after…
I may be a little late on this call, but I noticed this morning that the Sun-Sentinel has followed the Palm Beach Post’s lead and is posting mugshots from the Broward County Jail. Well, you know it is a public service. Whenever you feel like a loser, start wading through…
It was a stunning about-face for the man who runs the Broward County Courthouse. Chief Judge Victor Tobin, the same man who had virtually pleaded with commissioners for months to build more courthouse space, met with county staffers and told them that a planned $31 million addition to add ten…
Slow news day, other than the U.S. Senate slapping lipstick on a pig named Bailout, so I thought I’d revert to my old standby, Sarah Palin. In the video below, John McCain argues with the Des Moines Register editorial board that Palin is qualified as all get-out to be president…
A former Deerfield Beach star running back has been charged in a series of rapes dating back more than 20 years. Deputies say former Deerfield Beach and University of Illinois football star Steven Feagin is tied to four rapes, one of them committed in Pompano Beach last year and three…
A private investigator working on behalf of a key witness in the much-publicized murder case of Broward County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Chris Reyka says the case is solved and his killers are currently sitting in jail. Dan Riemer, a veteran local P.I., confirmed to me this afternoon that he has…
I know we’re all a little freaked out about the 777 point fall in the Dow, etc. But you had to see it coming. When America’s very land is pumped and dumped by the world’s titans of finance, it was inevitable. And there’s certainly more to come. I’ve come full-circle…
… he’d be a poodle. Just one of the observations John DeGroot brings with his latest offering. It needs no introduction, other than to say it’s about a Friday luncheon at the Riverside Hotel involving Gov. Charlie Crist and the Sun-Sentinel’s “dueling columnists,” Stephen Goldstein and Kingsley Guy. (Also, if…
I’ve been floundering a bit on this bailout plan. I know we need to do something — and something big — but what Congress is doing has too much of that Paulson stink all over it. It appears that it backstops the failing banks while it fails to make sure…
The first debate is in the books. Thought Barack Obama opened sort of weak but by the end completely owned John McCain. In a nutshell, Obama was big, McCain was small. I watched on CNN and kept an eye on the green Independent voter reaction line. Most of the debate,…
The reporters and other newsroom employees up for the third round of buyouts will be notified of their fate this afternoon, according to sources. A total of 19 staffers are expected to get their final notices today. Among those on the list: Talk of the Town Columnist Joan Fleischman (a…
Like John McCain, I’m no great expert on the economy, but I have this message for Congress: Make sure to use your leverage; demand that the government gets some on the back end in case of a recovery; see to it that executive packages are severely limited; negotiate in a…
From sources: State Attorney Michael Satz just called a staff meeting during which he told all the prosecutors that the SAO is working under a budgetary shortfall and that, rather than cut 20 jobs, all prosecutors in the office will lose nine days of pay over the next year. To…
The following is from Hallandale Beach Blog regarding an apparent hissy fit by Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper at last night’s commission meeting. Cooper apparently stormed off the dais while arguing about the budget with Commissioner Keith London, whose voice was piped in on telephone. Unfortunately, the following is a…
Shortly after John McCain chose his running mate, state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff enlisted in the “Sarah Palin Truth Squad.” Don’t let the name fool you — it’s not about uncovering the truth regarding the Alaska governor. The group of Republican women was set up to counter “attacks” and “liberal smears”…
John McCain looks to have the political instincts of a drunken wombat. Postpone the debate because there’s a crisis? Look, he might be as earnest as all get out, but Bubba still gonna call him chickenshit. Obama just said all the right things and he just took the upper hand…
Thanks to local attorney and fading GOP power player Bill Scherer, things look like they’re about to get very interesting in Broward County. Sources say Scherer is preparing two lawsuits aimed at pulling the veil from two of this election’s most controversial 527 committees involved in two of the most…
God bless the idea people at the Palm Beach Post. They’re trying like crazy to turn the newspaper’s website into the county’s water cooler, but it’s just not working. Remember Morning Brew? The idea there was to create a blog that was the equivalent of a morning radio show. They…
