Steve Geller woefully underestimated his opponent, incumbent Sue Gunzburger. Granted, there’s no smoking-gun evidence that Geller was behind the short-lived criminal corruption investigation against Gunzburger, but within local political circles, there’s little doubt in people’s minds.Give Gunzburger credit for calling Geller’s bluff — as well as that by the Broward…
Here’s a rundown of what’s in the South Florida news for Wednesday morning:A young man and woman found hanging in Parkland have been identified. Joseph M. Brown, 22, a graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, died. The woman, 24-year-old Nikole Baldomero, is in critical condition. They left short suicide…
According to experts on The Daily Beast, the South Florida region from Miami to Pompano Beach is the 20th gayest metropolitan area in the U.S. The list was compiled by urban analysts Richard Florida and Gary Cates. But with all due respect to those academics, this region deserves to be…
If the Catholics are right about hell, then a jail sentence is the least of George Albert Horn’s problems. The Fort Lauderdale police have arrested the 48-year-old Horn for using a crucifix to break open a collection box last month at St. John the Baptist Church on Bayview Drive.Horn does…
A 65-year-old Davie man who for two years has volunteered with the Boy Scouts has been arrested and charged with 75 counts of possessing child pornography. The man, Gary Morano, allegedly admitted to owning a computer that contained nude images of children ages 6 to 10.Morano has denied assaulting children…
Congressional challenger Allen West has accused incumbent Democrat Ron Klein of conspiring with powerful friends to ensure that West isn’t able to make charitable contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In a letter posted yesterday, West claims that he and his wife, Dr. Angela Graham-West, accepted a nomination for South Florida’s…
Wasn’t this a Drew Barrymore flick? Or was that Kate Hudson? In any case, the Juice will do its part to boost the romantic ambitions of Claudia, a Fort Lauderdale newcomer who’s staging a brutal reality show.Hi. I’m Claudia. A year ago, I moved from New York City (where I…
All three of the leading, party-backed candidates for U.S. Senate in Florida come with major ethical baggage, according to a report today by a Washington, D.C.,-based nonprofit.The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, and Kendrick Meek among its 11 “Crooked Candidates,” based on those…
PAY & SIT: the private bench (HD) from Fabian Brunsing on Vimeo.Now there’s an idea that takes the Republicans’ zeal for free enterprise and combines it with the party’s tough love toward society’s downtrodden. In this fashion, we can eliminate parks and recreation departments, giving them to private contractors who…
A fresh batch of local headlines for this Tuesday morning:Felony battery charges for Miami Dolphins defensive end Phillip Merling, who was arrested on May 25 after allegedly beating his pregnant girlfriend in their Weston home. [Sun-Sentinel]Radel Prudent, a suspected accessory in the 2006 murder of Gregory Beasley of Lauderhill, has…
When planning to rob a bank, it’s a good idea to pack a change of pants. The stress, you see, makes it hard to keep mastery of your bladder and bowels. And even if you manage that, your pants have a way of exploding right in the middle of your…
When the credit cards are maxed out and the bank’s threatening to take your house, it’s a little harder to sympathize with Fido’s exotic skin condition — the one that requires filling expensive prescriptions.PetMed, a pet pharmacy based in Pompano, today reported an 11 percent drop in profits from the…
Heads up, local prosecutors: If you insist upon trying criminals in South Florida, your mailboxes will feel the wrath of the accused. Seriously, what kind of chicken-shit defendant thought he could intimidate an assistant U.S. attorney in Palm Beach Gardens by burning her mailbox?Or maybe that’s just the beginning of…
After the NAACP passed a resolution declaring the tea party to be a “racist” organization, you knew that Allen West would have something to say. After all, he’s one (if not the only?) tea party-backed congressional candidate who’s African-American. If the tea party is racist, then West’s own tea party…
The news in Broward and Palm Beach for this Monday morning:Services were held Sunday in Deerfield Beach for Paulette Noel, the 68-year-old Haitian woman who was killed Saturday night when the van she was riding in crashed on Florida’s Turnpike near Yeehaw Junction. Noel was returning from a day trip…
He has raped at least four women during a nine-month period, according to investigators with the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, which is still looking for the man. Tomorrow night, viewers of America’s Most Wanted get to take a crack at it. The show airs Saturday at 9 on WSVN-7.On the…
The Great Depression had Bonnie and Clyde. This not-quite-great depression of modern times has the gentleman to the right. Yup, a cheap knockoff. I think that’s a trilby he’s wearing, which would have looked better on Clyde Barrow, circa 1933.From the Boynton Beach Police:Boynton Beach Police and the FBI are…
Broward County governments are each supposed to be protected by a single attorney who can advise them on how to steer clear of the kinds of conflicting interests that could land them in jail. So the recent windfall of prison terms and indictments suggests that those legal advisers aren’t doing…
Two months ago, teenager Charles Gay managed to cut off his ankle bracelet and leave Broward County in hopes of never facing charges of violating probation in connection with a 2007 manslaughter conviction.On Thursday, the 19-year-old Gay was arrested by federal marshals who had tracked him to New Jersey, according…
