On November 4, the day after alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein returned from his trip to Morocco, a special party was held at the Westin Fort Lauderdale. Its attendance list reads like a who’s who of political heavy-hitters in Broward.The local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization that…
Someone in the Palm Beach Post marketing department has a cruel sense of irony. The paper’s latest ad campaign — now popping up in the paper, online, and on billboards around town — strikes very close to home for Post staffers.”Anxious About Your Job?” reads the headline, beneath a photo…
The Art After Dark event at the Norton Museum of Art last night had many highlights: free chocolate martinis, a tour of the New York, New York: The 20th Century exhibit, lovely guitar strumming by Miami troubadour Jesse Jackson.But perhaps the sweetest moment was when my friend Christina DeNardo, a…
One of the great ironies of Scott Rothstein’s legacy in Broward County is the way he painted himself as such as a humanitarian. This spring, his Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm was a major sponsor of the Soref Jewish Community Center’s Humanitarians of the Year event. The soiree, held at…
No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team’s car wash — at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the next couple of weeks, the Broward Teachers Union is asking its…
Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman known for his love of television cameras and his quixotic presidential bids, will no longer be the keynote speaker at this Saturday’s Palm Beach County Democratic Party dinner. He canceled the gig last week after several local Dems lambasted his voting record on Israel.As state…
Lee Abrams is an infamous figure around the Sun-Sentinel newsroom. He’s chief innovation officer for the Tribune Co., which owns the Sun-Sentinel, WSFL-TV (CW), the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and a slew of other newspapers and television stations across the country.Abrams ordered the dramatic redesign of the Sun-Sentinel last…
No, the paper’s not closing. But after losing hundreds of employees to layoffs and buyouts and shuttering its presses so the Sun-Sentinel could print the paper, the Palm Beach Post has a lot of extra office equipment laying around.Desks, chairs, bookcases, and filing cabinets are being hawked from the paper’s…
South Florida’s Jewish community just can’t catch a break. First Bernie Madoff, now an alleged Ponzi scheme by Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein — what gives?Madoff lured Jewish friends at the Palm Beach Country Club to be investors in his Ponzi scheme, and when his fraud collapsed, Jewish charities lost…
After watching three Republicans on the Palm Beach County Commission head to prison on corruption charges, one might imagine local Democratic operatives corking champagne bottles in anticipation of next year’s battle to fill the seat held by Republican Commissioner Steven Abrams.But politics in Corruption County are never that simple. Indeed,…
After 30 years in the South Florida news business, Dan Christensen isn’t about to let one small layoff stop him from mining the bottomless pit of Broward County corruption.The veteran Daily Business Review and Miami Herald reporter has launched a new nonprofit investigative news site, Broward Bulldog, that aims to…
The knife fight that broke out during Holocaust-denier David Irving’s speech at the Ritz-Carlton on Manalapan this week appears to be the latest twist in an ongoing spat between two white supremacist factions, according to a watchdog that monitors hate groups nationwide.”This is just the latest manifestation of a war…
For the past six years, downtown Delray Beach was home to a rare luxury — classic and kiddie movies, screened for free under the stars.All you had to do was pack a lawn chair, some popcorn, and your favorite 8-year-old, and you could enjoy Top Gun or the latest Harry…
On a recent Friday night at Lost Weekend on Clematis Street, Aaron Wormus got his geek on in a big way.Amid the beer glasses, darts, and pinball machines, Wormus dragged out his laptop and proceeded to give a small group of friends a tour of a new…computer operating system.”It was…
New numbers released today by a journalism industry auditor show that the Sun-Sentinel has won a rare victory in the South Florida media wars: Over the past year, its Sunday circulation surpassed the Miami Herald’s. Preliminary numbers compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that by the end of…
Now that suspended Broward School Board Member Beverly Gallagher has hired high-profile attorney David Bogenschutz to defend her against corruption charges, her future is looking brighter.This summer, Bogenschutz helped soften the blow of charges against another ethically-challenged female politician, former Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty.McCarty, who got nabbed for…
Don’t be deceived by news of layoffs, foreclosures, bank failures, and tax hikes. South Florida’s economy isn’t suffering too badly. Take Calvin, Giordano & Associates, the Fort Lauderdale consulting firm that’s on track to break its own record with $25 million in revenue this year.President Dennis Giordano says the company…
Boynton Beach is now giving Sunrise a run for its money in the competition for ghostly condo buildings. These 14-story cream-colored towers perched on the edge of the Intracoastal Waterway are part of a project known as Promenade, where just four years ago buyers camped out overnight to snatch units…
South Florida’s senior citizen population has had a rough few months. What with the fear-mongering about death panels in Obama’s health care plan, and worries that cuts in Medicare will leave them penniless on bingo night, the news has not been good.Now comes the swine flu vaccine, a health care…
Sitting at home in Coral Springs last fall, trying to explain the intricacies of the federal bank bailout to their 9-year-old and 11-year-old kids, Shari and Jordy Sopourn hit on the perfect, Jon Stewart-style solution: ridicule.They devised a board game that’s reminiscent of Monopoly, except the players are bank CEOs,…
It’s that time a year again. All week, WLRN-FM (91.3) has been filled with the guilt-inducing sounds of yet another NPR fund drive. It’s oppressive and embarrassing for everyone involved. Today on Morning Edition, Bonnie Berman cut to the chase: “By giving now, you’ll help keep WLRN’s fund drive short,”…
With a $735,000 annual salary for his private consulting firm, plus city-funded health insurance, office space, and a staff at City Hall, Pembroke Pines City Manager Charlie Dodge has one of the sweetest gigs in local government.But here’s the icing on the cake: He also collects a city-funded pension. For…
