Broward Rents Have Already Risen 8.2 Percent This Year

The rent is too damn high! The average rent in Broward County has hit a record high, and there isn’t much reason to believe it’s expected to plummet any time soon. According to a new Marcus & Millichap Apartment Research Market Report, rent in Broward rose 2.5 percent during the third-quarter…

Nine Greatest Mario Chalmers Moments in a Heat Uniform

Mario Chalmers is gone. Traded to Memphis for a couple of players and a pocketful of sadness. And while he has said all the right things as he’s off to start a new life with the Memphis Grizzlies, he’s still not quite acclimated to his new digs. Just look at…

Bye, Mario Chalmers (Sniffle, Sniffle)

Mario Chalmers was a knucklehead, but he was our knucklehead. We’ll miss you, Rio.  Emotions were all over the place yesterday once news dropped Tuesday afternoon that the Miami Heat had traded seven-year-veteran-Heater-guard Mario Chalmers and James Ennis to the Memphis Grizzlies. Heat fans had developed a love-hate relationship with…

Will Developer Pritam Singh Ruin the Florida Keys?

After 65 years of shoveling snow in Iowa, Frank Poma was tired. “You get rid of it,” he says, “and then it keeps coming back.” So about five years ago, Poma and his wife Cindi bought an RV and headed for Knight’s Key RV Resort and Marina, an unpretentious, 24-acre…

Marijuana Decriminalization Passes in Broward County

On Tuesday, Broward County approved an ordinance that will allow law enforcement to reduce the penalty for pot possession — in some cases — to a ticket . Commissioners came to a unanimous decision to fine people $100 for possessing 20 grams or less of marijuana. Second offenses would be $250 and third offenses…

Rallies Today for a $15 Minimum Wage in Florida

Today, fast-food, airport, and healthcare workers, citizens will take to the streets in Fort Lauderdale to demand action from state legislators and presidential candidates to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and most recently New York have passed their $15-per-hour minimums for certain…

Crescent House: Group Home Could Be Shut This Week

Three hours into the magistrate’s hearing at Fort Lauderdale City Hall last Friday to decide the fate of the Crescent House group home, some accidental comedy highlighted  the bad thinking and dubious logic propping up the state public-private approach to child services. Speaking in support of Crescent House, Dennis Miles,…

In Defense of Dan Campbell

Well, it was fun while it lasted.  The Dan Campbell Kool-aid doesn’t exactly taste the same as it did a month ago, for good reason: the recipe changed. The opposition got better, and the Dolphins’ health got worse, and as a result, the team has plummeted back to where they…

Loxahatchee Horse-Slaughter Farms: Three Men Take Plea Deals

On Friday, a judge sentenced three of the eight men who were arrested last month in Loxahatchee on charges that they were operating illegal slaughterhouses and selling horse meat. The arrests were part of what was described as the largest -ever animal cruelty raid in history. Investigators with the non-profit Animal…

Five Coolest Amenities From the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

A fleet of the finest and fastest boats descended upon Fort Lauderdale this weekend for the 56th annual boat show. Boat aficionados from all over the world tussled their way through heavy traffic to see this year’s lineup. Then, slipping their shoes on and off, they paraded through the docks,…

Dolphins Lose to Bills; All Hope Is Lost

Well, the good news is: you’re used to this at this point.  Fifty percent of the NFL season is left and the only thing Dolphins fans have to look forward to on Sunday is waiting to see when Ndamukong Suh finally loses his mind and chases the quarterback with a…

Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Tinder is Cheating Its Clients

Tinder has been a game changer for sex-thirsty singles, but it’s also changed how the entire world thinks about the dating scene. The smartphone app short-circuits old romantic rituals and slow-paced courtship by using geolocation to instantly bring together users who are in the same area. One by one, profile…