With three of the league’s biggest egotistical asshats superstars filling out its roster, not to mention a fresh championship, you would think the Heat would at least land in the top five when it comes to the highest valued NBA franchises. Almost, but not quite, or so says Forbes. According…
Rand Hoch, the president of the Palm Beach Human Rights Council, doesn’t waste words summing up what’s been happening in Boca Raton recently: “Boca is just being anti-gay,” he tells New Times.Over the last six months, the city has been locked up with activists over a number of issues involving…
A weak breeze was pushing in from the south, rippling the broad boulevard of water as it caught the midmorning sun. The canal, wide as a football field, ran north to south, slashing an engineered course through the unruly tangle of low-lying bush in Big Cypress National Preserve. Scott Harris,…
Yup, looks like this is happening. About a year ago, Palm Beach County’s hopes were high when word spread that a local strip club would host the inaugural naked shimmy (just the tops, not the bottoms — keep it classy) of Nadya Suleman, known the world over as Octomom. Those…
Yesterday we gave you a heads-up on some stats about local guys who’ve hiked to one of the great peaks in professional sports — a spot on a Super Bowl roster. Big bragging rights go to Palm Beach County, and specifically Glades Central High School in Belle Glades. Five former…
After a weekend of some top-quality football, the Super Bowl face-off is all sealed up: On February 3, the San Francisco 49ers will knock heads with the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans for all the marbles. Wrapped up in a soundbite, that news doesn’t seem to have a lot of…
On the national stage, Florida has a golden reputation for its broad-ranging public records laws, called “Sunshine Laws.” But in practice, our government institutions are often piss-poor, stonewalling citizens with noncompliance and intimidation when they request to see certain documents.Proving that point has become the life’s work of Joel Chandler,…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., a statistical flow chart documenting which of your buddies’ “girlfriends” you’ve actually seen in person)…
Last week, an earnest group of political candidates and potential voters wore their backs out in uncomfortable folding chairs for a few hours at a storefront clinic of SW 22nd Street. The event was the South Florida Democrats’ monthly debate. A moderator asked each of the four panelists questions. One…
Knee-deep in muddy water, Jimmy Ferguson swings a homemade piece of bent metal through the depths. With the midday sun beating down, the gangly ginger is sweating through his camo shirt and matching safari hat. He carefully scans the surface, reading twitches in the current for signs of life slithering…
For former House Reps, especially for ones with as recognizable a brand as Allen West, life post-Congress should be a pretty cush gig. Someone out there will pay to hear you talk ($$), or to talk to a TV camera ($$$), or even to talk to your old pals on…
For the few hundred hunters who showed up Saturday for day one of the 2013 Python Challenge, it was a day of high excitement and little payoff, at least according to the numbers beamed out of the Glades on Saturday night. The kickoff party — and really the good-time atmosphere…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., walking down South Beach last Monday night, calculating the ratio of weeping Irishmen compared with redneck testicles, multiplied to the Nth degree,…
Anyone making the rounds through Broward County’s political blogosphere earlier this week might have found an unexpected detour waiting for them over at RedBroward.com. Instead of the site’s usual serving of GOP insider gossip and thought, browsers redirected here, to a gloomy bit of existential boilerplate courtesy of German big…
On paper Mavericks High School has all the makings a good charter school. Catchy name? Check. Celebrity endorsements? Hell yes. Political pull? Right into the White House. So what exactly is the problem? Well, there’s the whole issue of proper usage of government funding, but does that really matter? Did…
Wyatt Duvall worked as a home delivery man for the Sun-Sentinel between April 2006 and October 2010. The business wasn’t new to him: when the Boca Raton resident had pulled stints hauling dead trees throughout his life, including runs in California, his native-Kentucky, and at the now-shuttered Boca News. With…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., charting the hip jiggles of the 4 p.m. early-bird dancers at King of Diamonds)…
The great, well-oiled bullshit factory that is the National Rifle Association would have you believe the controversial Stand Your Ground laws have no drastic effect on a state’s homicide rate. Because really, why would loosening the restrictions on violent engagement do a thing like that, right? Right? Hello?In concept, the…
Yup, this means the Rick Scott Embalming Academy, Marco Rubio Junior High, and the Chris Bosh Ballet and Tap School are all back on the shelf for the next couple of decades (hopefully) — at least in Broward County. After some past missteps in the Thickheaded Public Policy Department, the…
Over the past year, we’ve kept you clued in on the fate of the Florida panthers, the big cats that have been showing up dead at a surprising rate. Thanks to a number of factors, the frequency of dead members of the endangered species was so troubling Florida was close…
Right out of the gate, let’s set the obvious into stone: Don’t drink and drive. At all. Ever. Especially tonight. It’s not only dumb but expensive. Worse, all your friends will find out. They’ll laugh at you. But let’s say you have a friend. This friend has a big New…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., burning stacks of old Broward phone books and reading the ashes).5. Hollywood 104.7 FM “The Jam.” Hollywood Police have been busy trying…
