Does the average Broward voter care more about going to Sawgrass Mills and getting LeBron James than being robbed blind by dirty politicians? Well… yes. To quote another satirical cartoon character, Homer Simpson, “It’s funny because it’s true!”The video above uses the same text-to-movie software as that hilarious, ubiquitous video…
Surely there’s news in South Florida besides the Heat winning The Decision? Let’s take a look.Narcy Novack, the widow of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., has been arrested and charged with arranging his murder last July 12 in a Rye Brook, N.Y. hotel room. She allegedly gave one of the…
Palm Beach County environmentalists have good reason to be concerned about the effect that mining will have on the quality of the region’s drinking water. But this video, by the Clean Water Fund, fails to mention that there’s a recent history of mining companies collaborating with corrupt politicians. Palm Beach…
A man who lives at 701 SW 18th Court in Fort Lauderdale has been charged with possession of child pornography after investigators found more than 100 videos and images on his computer that showed children being sexually abused.According to the release by Fort Lauderdale police, Frank Richardson has lived in…
This music video is from Florida Rep. Mike Weinstein from Jacksonville. He’s a Republican — as you probably guessed from the dancing scenes. (Warning: Around the 2:52 mark, a dancer makes a move that’s not quite for the family-values crowd.)I hope some of our South Florida politicians take the cue…
In what has all the makings of a Faustian bargain, the Heat is on the verge of landing LeBron James to go with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. No matter who is signed to fill the remaining spots on the team’s roster, those three players alone make this arguably the…
A 21-year-old man beat an elderly man to death Friday after a dispute over who was entitled to use a fuel pump at a BP station in Lauderdale Lakes. According to the news release by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the younger man, Ryan Wilson of Lauderhill, was trying to back into…
A spin through the local headlines this Thursday morning:LeBron James is said to be “leaning” toward joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on a potentially unbeatable Miami Heat team that will be pure evil. [ESPN]Former Miramar commissioner Fitzroy Salesman will be sentenced today after his conviction for extortion and bribery…
Way back in October, this blog used the Tom Ridge terrorist threat chart to rank Broward County’s power couples according to the threat they posed to the integrity of local government. The duo of Richard Rubin and Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin posed an “elevated” risk of committing corruption; and indeed Wasserman-Rubin…
All’s fair in love, war, and NBA free agency. Hundreds of millions of dollars up in the air, along with countless NBA titles. Dwyane Wade is nothing if not competitive — and ruthless. Wade has long known that the Chicago Bulls are his primary competition in luring the other two big…
A look at the local news for Wednesday morning in South Florida:Within hours of announcing her resignation from the Broward County Commission, Diana Wasserman-Rubin was arrested and charged with unlawful compensation, based on her casting votes on grants for Southwest Ranches that were written by her husband, Richard Rubin. [Sun-Sentinel]Two…
Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin appears to be the latest elected county official to face corruption charges. As usual, Bob Norman has the scoop. Check out his post on Pulp…
There were puddles all over Broward County on Monday, thanks to the steady rain over the weekend, but in Hollywood, there were lakes, as you can see in the video above.The worst of it is in South Hollywood, where activists have long complained about poor drainage, among other infrastructure problems…
Not all the kinky rich guys in America live in Palm Beach County, but they will after Tiger Woods finalizes what looks like a permanent relocation from his scandal-tainted Orlando-area digs. Page2Live is reporting that Woods’ business manager has bought a 7,000-square-foot home in Palm Beach Gardens and that other…
South Florida is arguably the health-care fraud capital of the U.S. There’s so much fraud, it’s hard to blame the crook who reasons that stealing merely a million dollars won’t put him on the radar of federal law enforcement. Health-care fraud is the fastest way to Easy Street. Just ask…
Kessler International is developing quite a franchise in South Florida. The New York City-based forensic auditing firm is in the midst of its second contract to audit Deerfield Beach. And this week, it will begin a similar review of Pompano Beach records.Specifically, Kessler will take a closer look at the…
It’s been hard for tea partiers to diversify their ranks, adding to the perception that they’re all white people who aren’t just mad about taxes; they’re mad about being taxed by a black president for social programs that benefit the black community.Nothing if not image-conscious, the tea partiers are eager…
Welcome back from the Fourth of July weekend. Here’s what’s in the local news:Clouds and persistent record-setting rain dampened Independence Day plans. Flooded streets in Hollywood and Miramar, which accumulated more than five inches of rain Monday. [Sun-Sentinel]A Florida Atlantic University research vessel, the Seward Johnson, is at the center…
