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Publix Where working can be lethal

Five workers have died in Publix's Deerfield Beach warehouse in the past eight years. Has the workplace gotten safer? Apparently not.

By Harris Meyer
Feb 10, 2000

It was just before nine in the morning on September 24, 1998, and Louis Gallart had a lot on his mind as he unloaded truck trailers on the dock of the Publix Supermarkets distribution warehouse in Deerfield Beach. He was concerned about getting home before Hurricane Georges hit. That wasn't...
Trailer Trash Meets Palm Beach Elite

The whole point of Billy Bowman's annual bash is to eat, drink, and party with real Floridians of all types

By Harris Meyer
Dec 23, 1999

The invitation sounded too good to pass up. "Head 'em up and move 'em out. The Turtle River Ranch, the Bowman Crew, and Miss Americow invite you to the Trailer Trash Party." Sure it's a Monday night, and it's a long trek to Jupiter. But when you have an excuse...
Politics as Blood Sport

Need to oust a school superintendent or get your favorite Democratic candidate elected? Just call Andre Fladell. But don't ever cross him.

By Harris Meyer
Dec 16, 1999

Andre Fladell is losing, and he doesn't like it at all. Under the hot midday sun, two lean twentysomethings, sporting tattoos and earrings, are pounding the middle-aged chiropractor and his partner, Bruno Garozzo, in a game of doubles volleyball on the sand in Delray Beach. Fladell and Garozzo keep making...
The Real McCain

The candidate poses as a campaign-finance reformer as he accepts cash from special interests

By Harris Meyer
Dec 16, 1999

Given the presence of a man who may be the next President of the United States, the atmosphere in the small banquet room at the exclusive Tower Club in downtown Fort Lauderdale is surprisingly lacking in electricity. But it's not lacking in the sizzle of campaign cash. Fifty people are...
The Music Men

As a world-famous Cantor, David Feuer's mission is to bring the Torah alive in song

By Harris Meyer
Nov 18, 1999

The kosher rubber chicken is down the hatch, and 500 synagogue officers from around the country troop noisily into the convention hall at the Wyndham Resort in Weston for the after-dinner musical treat. All day they have attended brain-numbing seminars on topics like "Can church and state really be separate?"...

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