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Undercurrents

When bad things happen, SoFla newspapers react. Sometimes they overreact.

By Bob Whitby
Sep 27, 2001

The Biggest Story Anyone Can Remember poses a conundrum for any hometown newspaper from a hometown that isn't New York or Washington, D.C. On one hand the story of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath is epic, moving, and deeply relevant to every American. On the other hand it is...
Undercurrents

Temple Tantrum

By Bob Whitby
Sep 20, 2001

Watching the Hollywood City Commission is like sitting down to tea with the Mad Hatter; gibberish is table talk, sense doesn't make any, and time seems stopped at six o'clock. That's when the 12-hour discussion of a zoning issue began September 12. Twelve hours. Zoning. Four hours into the madness,...
Undercurrents

Man, Woman, Man

By Bob Whitby
Sep 13, 2001

Sometimes life is so good. For example Undercurrents spent a recent Thursday morning in a Boynton Beach trailer home listening to a trans-transsexual sing Sinatra tunes in a dead-on, Ol'-Blue-Eyes baritone and got a needed reminder that the world is a big place full of surprises. David King was the...
Undercurrents

Lubavitchers try to open a shul in Hollywood, and the place goes meshuga

By Bob Whitby
Sep 6, 2001

As one in a series of public-service columns penned to fulfill Undercurrents' probation requirements, we herein present installment four of "Politics in the Real World." Today's topic: How to turn a drab zoning issue into a sexy assault on freedom of religion. Step one: Buy property in a neighborhood of...
Bad News

Boca's hometown newspaper, once a paragon of journalism, has become a laughingstock

By Bob Whitby
Aug 30, 2001

For a newspaper that hasn't made money in more than 20 years, the Boca Raton News sports some headquarters. "The Palace," as employees sneeringly refer to it, is a square office building nestled in arboreal splendor at 5801 N. Congress Ave. in Boca Raton. Past the $10,000 fountain that looks...

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