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My Son, the Porn Advocate

Puritanical Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson has a son who defends adult entertainment venues oh, the horror!

By Michael Freedman
Dec 24, 1998

Day after day two leggy twentysomethings in hot-pink thong swimsuits stood on the side of Yamato Road and sold hot dogs to businessmen on lunch breaks. Along with their buns, the women also served up a dash of spice to the otherwise vanilla world of west Boca Raton. But early...
The Little Paper That Couldn't

With shifting ownership, low morale, and conflicts of interest, the Boca Raton News continues to flail along

By Michael Freedman
Nov 26, 1998

The night before Hurricane Georges was due to hit South Florida -- with memories of Hurricane Andrew's destruction still fresh in the minds of South Floridians -- Robert E. Diehl, editor of the Boca Raton News, convened a staff meeting. Diehl announced that the daily would publish off-site if the...
R U Down Wit' Granny Rapp?

When Shirley got older, she sure got bolder. The hip-hop nation must be aging.

By Michael Freedman
Nov 12, 1998

Shirley Pearlman is a short, white Jewish woman with your grandmother's figure. She's also the most successful 75-year-old rap musician in America. One afternoon last week, over a cup of decaf at a Pembroke Pines Denny's, she and her male rapping partner spontaneously showed why: "Laddy daddy," she rapped. "I'm...
A Real Wheeler-Dealer

He outfoxed car dealers and got his employees to pay him. Meet Howard Patterson, the man who sells cars that don't exist.

By Michael Freedman
Nov 5, 1998

Judah Feldman was dying a slow and painful death. He was only 56 years old, but he looked 80. His beard was gray and stringy, his sunken eyes vacant. More than a decade earlier, he'd battled cancer, which forced doctors to remove one of his kidneys. Now diabetes caused his...
A Southern Belle in Black and White

The City of Belle Glade may be forced to annex the Okeechobee Center and put an end to alleged discrimination against its mostly black residents

By Michael Freedman
Oct 15, 1998

The last vestige of the Old South may be an ability to ignore racism when its presence is about as clear as Kentucky moonshine. And, perhaps, as potent. Even after decades of civil rights activism, the Southern sentiment of paternalism and discrimination has never really died, particularly in a few...

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