The briny deep in depth: You did a great job on “Man Overboard” (Trevor Aaronson, July 17). Not only is your writing both powerful and graceful but you also included other issues of great interest — such as the possibility that lobstermen are not villains destroying habitats and the environment,…
Jeannine Ross felt a familiar rage roil through her when she picked up the newspaper on Sunday a few weeks ago. The 36-year-old artist and filmmaker read an account of a Democratic fundraiser in Broward County that was attended by bigwigs the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Mario Cuomo. An…
The toll-free phone line rings at Adam and Eve Sex Toy Co. A young man answers the line with a generic, memorized customer greeting. “Hello. Thank you for calling Adam and Eve. This is Chris speaking. How can I help you?” Over the jingle of ice, an old lady with…
Morton Iver got to the lobby of the Fort Lauderdale Airport Hilton at 8:15 a.m. By the time the other conferees took their seats in a second-floor conference room, the 81-year-old Lake Worth retiree was already front and center. His friend Hope Ryckman, 82, sat demurely beside him. Propped against…
Can you stay clean in Hollywood? I read Bob Norman’s column “Mayor Mintz” (July 17) and would be remiss if I did not respond. First of all, kudos to the writer. I myself have said almost everything that was written in the article. In 1990, I was Sal Oliveri’s campaign…
Carla Coleman had many titles in her 18 years working for Florida Atlantic University, from low-paid research assistant to her most-recent gig as senior vice president, pulling in a six-figure salary. Now, the heroine of the school’s fundraising efforts is serving a new role: fall guy. Coleman allegedly went behind…
Standing in a bleak parking lot behind a piece of downtown Hollywood’s run-down history, Jerry Mintz — with his Roman Polanski build, Ted Koppel hair, and Norman Mailer eyes — doesn’t seem so threatening. As he talks about saving the Great Southern Hotel, he sounds more like a thoughtful scholar…
At six foot one, 365 pounds, Richard Nielsen Jr. was a man-giant with huge arms that hung from broad thick shoulders. On his left biceps was an enormous tattoo of a fisherman above a line from the Book of Psalms: “They that go down to the sea in ships.” Though…
Rounds aimed at Barton: I will advise Miami Police Supply to sue New Times for Eric Barton’s July 10 article, “Gunning for Profit.” Obviously, there was nothing better to fill its pages with than this antigun, anti-Republican, anti-Florida garble. The only issue I cannot argue with is that there is…
Hernán Marcelo Vega should have his own infomercial describing his recipe for fast cash. Sure, it involves skirting a few hefty federal laws. And yes, it centers on supplying guns to terrorists and guerrilla groups that could kidnap and kill thousands. But Vega, and dozens of other gunrunners in South…
Rising above the other beachside hotels of Hollywood’s Ocean Avenue like some glittering green-and-white Tower of Babel, the Westin Diplomat spares no expense. As people troll for low-cost parking on A1A (valet service at the hotel’s front entrance is $11 an hour), the staff of the Diplomat is trying to…
Our eyes met across a crowded room. I was speaking. She was listening. Her yellow bouffant hair didn’t move a wit as she nodded and smiled at almost everything I said. It helped. About 60 people had shown up at the Sun-Sentinel building in downtown Fort Lauderdale for a panel…
Free spenders: Congrats to Bob Norman for exposing the City of Hollywood’s financial screwing of its citizens by the “unholy troika” of the mayor, Mara Giulianti; the developers (too numerous to name); and the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff (“Incentivize This,” July 3). At least, that’s how it appears…
I pray that no yearning, no passionate love of sea fishing or of angling may ever take possession of you, my young friends. — Plato Frank Flynn is frantically punching numbers on his cell phone as he shuffles toward the boarding gate for American Airlines Flight 1845 at the Miami…
Mark Farson was asleep below deck when the gunshots thundered. His sailboat jerked to a halt. It was 11 p.m. on a steamy March night; a friend, German Copiano, was at the helm. They were drifting downwind off the Dominican Republic near a sandy stretch of beach called Playa de…
The County Commission meets at 10 a.m. July 8 at the Broward County Governmental Center, Room 421, 115 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
Cut him out: Regarding Jeff Stratton’s June 26 story, “Sewn Apart”: What bothers me with all of this, including your story, is that one would infer that Sewing Circle Sue is mainly a revival showcase for the Storches when it is, in fact, primarily a showcase for Jay Pounders’ ample…
Doodle sings: “We have a friend in Bob Gra-ham, That’s what everybody’s say-in, All across the good ol’ USA. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, We all say — he’s terrific. That’s why America needs Bob Gra-ham to-day.” The Democrats in the large Iowa warehouse met the song with eerie…
It wasn’t until after 1 a.m. on December 23 that Peter Whitney decided to go out. Whitney, a 33-year-old from Barbados with light-brown skin and short, black, curly hair, had received a call from his friend Claude Harding. Meet at Harbor Grille in Dania Beach, Harding told Whitney. It’s Jamaican…
Back in May, the South Florida Blood Bank brought in former surgeon general David Satcher and a cadre of local politicians to break ground on its new headquarters in northern Palm Beach County. Things seemed peachy as the blood bank announced a campaign to raise $10 million to pay for…
Left her sense of humor at home: Upon reading the article “Olive Spoil” (June 12) by Jen Karetnick, I was deeply troubled by the reckless abandon displayed throughout. As an African-American who has attended ePoetry at the Wet Olive, I was completely appalled by the not-so-veiled attempt to vilify the…
Krisztian Katona’s inviting smile hints at his unhindered optimism. Nothing seems to bother the 25-year-old with the wire-rimmed glasses, thin goatee, and wave of brown hair that crashes gently around his head. He speaks with a slow eloquence that gives his Eastern European accent a soothing rhythm. “Krisztian just likes…
