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Now That Pilots Are Back, So Is Spirit Air’s Swagger, but Is It Too Soon for Gulf Spill Humor?
Spirit enjoys sprinkling sex and controversy into its advertising campaigns, so we shouldn’t be surprised at this latest campaign. Still, how can anyone — especially a business based in South Florida — see humor in what’s happening in the Gulf? …
Vendor Tells of Mango Festival Ghost Town
Big John’s Pickled Sausage was one of the local businesses that took a leap of faith with the Mango Festival. Not only would the company’s vice presidents, Jon and Tim Foster, buy a booth for the event but they paid to be a sponsor, meaning that their company’s banner would…
Inmate Who Hanged Himself Identified
Kennith Kellum is the name of the 21-year-old Broward Jail inmate who was found dead from hanging Monday afternoon.The Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that Kellum committed suicide by fashioning a noose from his bed sheets.Maybe its my imagination, but in Kellum’s photo, he has what looks like a neck wound,…
Do Florida Democrats Have Nefarious Plans to Win Elections by Running Phony Tea Party Candidates?
It sounds like the sort of diabolically genius plot that usually comes from Republicans, but there’s reason to wonder whether Florida Democrats have conspired to put tea party candidates on ballots in hopes that it will siphon votes from leading Republican candidates.Chief suspect: Fire-breathing liberal Alan Grayson, the Orlando Democrat…
Sylvia Poitier, in Her Own Words (Subtitles Not Included)
That’s video, courtesy Chaz Stevens, of the special meeting last night in Deerfield Beach where commissioners discussed the weekend’s meltdown at the Mango Festival, which was canceled after promoters failed to pay for the sound crew.On the left is Commissioner Sylvia Poitier, ranting and raving incomprehensibly (subtitles, please?) about parks…
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R&B Star Monica Performed in Atlanta on Day She Was “Booked” for Mango Festival
Monica, one of the major R&B acts advertised for Saturday’s Mango Festival, was not planning to perform on that day. Rather, she was booked to play at a birthday bash for an Atlanta radio station that same Saturday. Photos from that performance are here.Another major artist booked for Saturday, Chrisette…
Poitier Hurls Race Card at Mango Meeting
The special meeting to deal with Deerfield Beach’s Mango mess got ugly, judging by the liveblog by Chaz Stevens and the pictures he posted later Monday night. Of course, this past weekend’s Mango Festival was ruined Saturday after organizers failed to secure money for the musical performances. After a nearly…
Morning Juice: Florida Desperate for Skimmers; Judge Seidlin the Author?
A quick check of what’s happening in Broward and Palm Beach this morning:There are 20 offshore skimmers off the Panhandle coast, but the marine biologist overseeing Florida’s oil spill mitigation effort wants 100 more. Charlie Crist’s administration says BP is moving too slowly to get them. [Palm Beach Post]Former Fort…
Inmate at Broward Jail Found Hanged
A 21-year-old inmate at the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail is believed to have committed suicide Monday afternoon. Around 3 p.m. a deputy found the man hanging from a bed sheet. CPR failed to revive him. BSO has not released the name of the inmate. News release here…
Witness Account of Mango Madness
A freelance reporter, Sabine Raymonvil, attended the Deerfield Beach Mango Festival on Saturday. She agreed to share her account with Juice readers:At approximately 3:15 p.m., after the first performance was to begin, Harold Cummings, CEO of Drummer Boy Sound Production Inc., was seen disengaging the heavy-duty sound equipment on stage…
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Burglars Got Worst of Saturday-Night Encounter With Broward Sheriff’s Deputies
Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Geoffrey Brown injured his leg Saturday night after he and his partner interrupted a burglary at an unoccupied Southwest Ranches home. But a BSO news release indicates Brown was released later that night. One of the suspected burglars was not so lucky…
More Details on Mango Mess
Of the Mango Festival’s two major financial backers, only one came through with funding, according to a well-placed source with knowledge of the event. The failure of the other financial backer to follow through on his sponsorship of the festival, says the source, triggered bounced checks and then a crisis…
Mango Festival Promoter Scrambling to Meet With Financial Backers, Claims Tickets Will Be Refunded
Norris Wiggins, promoter of Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival, has a day of meetings planned with what he called the festival’s “financial backers” to see about paying the many debts accumulated by this weekend’s disastrous event.”It was a challenge,” says Wiggins of the Mango Festival, which failed to deliver musical acts…
Morning Juice: Insurance Company Abandons Local Teen; BSO Deputy Kills Burglar Suspect
Let’s see what’s in the news this Monday morning:In a move that should come as no surprise to loyal Juice readers, Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival was canceled after one day, apparently because the promoters ran out of money to pay for the sound system. No indication whether ticket purchases will…
Say Cheese: Tamarac Grandparents Make Awkward an Art Form
Every family has at least one member who refuses to settle for the traditional family photo. He wants an iconic image, one that’s original, avant garde. And when no other member of the family is bold enough to destroy this artistic vision, then you’ll soon have something to share with AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.A cofounder…
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Mango Festival This Weekend Clouded by Questions
Maybe Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival has learned something from the promoters of Hollywood’s major awards shows: that the possibility of a spectacular gaffe or wild, unscripted moment is the key to building suspense and thus, public interest.Because this 25th anniversary edition of the Mango Festival comes with a Titanic-sized load…
BSO Grooming a Star in “Buxom Bandit”
Sometimes one bust leads to another. Broward Sheriff’s Office hopes that the bust seen in this video helps them apprehend a full-figured woman who has been victimizing Broward teachers.On May 27, the woman dubbed the “Buxom Bandit” is believed to have grabbed a wallet belonging to Latoya Wallace-Morrison, a third-grade…
No Charges in Blanche Ely Holy Water Case, but Attorneys Considering Counterattack
The Florida Department of Children and Families has terminated its investigation into allegations that two teachers at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach made traumatizing remarks to students during a classroom discussion in March, according to a report in the South Florida Times.The incident started with a claim by…
No Bones Broken in Wasserman Schultz’s Return to Charity Softball Diamond
Less than a year after breaking her leg while sliding into second base during a charity softball game, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was back on the diamond, trying to outslug a team of Capitol Hill reporters. The congressional team lost, but at least it stayed injury-free. Proceeds went to fighting…