Broward County Commissioners are set to return to looking into re-working regulations for Uber and other ride-sharing companies to be able to run legally in the county. Last month, commissioners couldn’t agree on language in the reworked regulation, and agreed to revisit the issue for another attempt at a vote…
On a mild evening in early August, John Pate and Sally Elizabeth Evans’ Volkswagen Passat climbs the hills outside the lush Valle Arriba golf club in Caracas. The 70-year-old Pate, a tall, fair-skinned lawyer with red hair, glasses, and a soft face, had just finished his usual Sunday dinner at…
After multiple rallies, and hard fought protests, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport workers are finally going to be getting a raise when the Broward County Commission votes on extending the Living Wage Ordinance to contracted airline workers today. This means that more than 1,700 wheelchair attendants, lobby agents, checkpoint workers, security officers,…
Fort Lauderdale Police were forced to shoot out the tire of a man driving erratically in public at the Los Olas Riverfront in Downtown Fort Lauderdale over the weekend. The incident was caught on video and posted on Facebook by user Maged Cyn Mofid, and shows the car driving in…
Ben Carson is currently running second in the GOP polls behind Donald Trump. This means that the majority of Republican voters polled nationally want him to be president over people like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Carson, the West Palm Beach neurosurgeon who not only once left a…
“If he rushes, kick that ass! Kick that ass!” The jacked-up voices of teenaged boys jumped the back wall into Donna’s yard. Then came the sound of scraping feet and the unmistakable dull smacks of fists finding skin. “Swing, Carrot Top! Swing! Swing! Swing!” one boy screamed, using a nickname…
A Sunday morning domestic incident turned hostage situation ended after the suspect turned a gun on himself and took his own life in Hollywood. According to a report from the Hollywood Police Department, officers responded to a domestic incident at approximately 8:53 a.m. at a home located at 7181 Taft Street…
Rebecca Wald’s father had to perform circumcisions during his medical training. It was awful. Her husband, also a physician, wasn’t a fan of the procedure either. He understood the medical complications. So, when the Wald’s son was born in 2005, the family decided not to circumcise the newborn. But they…
The owner of Boca Body Art Tattoo Parlor, is facing sexual battery charges after a woman says he massaged her vagina and inserted his finger into her during a supposed vaginal piercing demonstration. According to a Boca Raton Police report, Brett Matheys, 50, met his accuser last month when she…
Ellis Diversified, a Fort Lauderdale-based developer has bought a chunk of land in Downtown Fort Lauderdale that the investment company is saying will be a 380-unit “multifamily project.” The project also includes a free-standing parking garage on the larger parcel. Jim Ellis, the founder and president of EDI, paid $5 million for…
John Morgan, the Chairman for United for Care, is once again pulling out his hefty checkbook for the ongoing push to get medical marijuana legalized in Florida. On Thursday, Morgan, who works as an attorney in Orlando, announced that he will be matching all future donations to United For Care…
Youngsters attending a remarkable school in Fort Lauderdale are free to learn what they want, when they want, and how they want. If they stretch out on the floor and draw all afternoon, that’s fine. If they’re inclined to watch YouTube videos, it’s OK with the grownups. Perhaps they’ll gather…
Since 1972, the Seal of the Florida Senate contained a fan of five flags flying over a golden disk with a gavel, quill and scroll and the words “In God We Trust” engraved in it. The flags were made up of banners that have flown over Florida at one point…
Broward Circuit Judge Lynn Rosenthal, who was arrested for DUI after ramming her black BMW SUV into a police car in the Broward County courthouse parking lot in 2014, has resigned. The Judicial Qualifications Commission was set to begin hearings in her misconduct case, but will now be cancelled following…
Must be tough to be a college president these days. Once upon a time, the hardest part of the job was deciding who should get tenure and how much tuition would go up. Now, it’s crossing your fingers and hoping no mass murderers mow down your students on the campus…
A Broward Inspector General’s Office report says Assistant City Manager Kennie Hobbs and city operations manager Julie Saunders violated state ethics law by receiving loans for more than $300,000 each via a program administered by their subordinates and over which they have directional control. Hobbs has served as the Executive Director…
Jeffrey Clifton used to sit on the bench on the corner of Federal Highway and Southeast Second Street. It’s unclear how long he rested there—some locals estimate more than a decade, but others in their 20s claim they can’t remember a time when the elderly homeless man with piercing blue…
The House Civil Justice Committee is holding a hearing today on a proposed new law called “The Pastor Protection Act,” which is designed to supposedly protect Florida’s clergy from performing marriages they deem “unholy.” But many, including some pastors and ministers, are arguing that the law is unnecessary since clergy…
The U.S. Congress is pretty much greased by wink-wink arrangements and cash gifts. So it’s no surprise that a series of recent reports have identified D.C. legislators who have gotten perhaps too cozy with the payday loan industry — the $46 billion-a-year business that keeps many low income Americans locked…
On Tuesday, Broward County commissioners gave preliminary approval for an ordinance that would allow police officers to issue civil citations to anyone caught with 20 grams of pot, rather than filing criminal charges. The commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with a final hearing next month to decriminalize marijuana like…
The Miami Dolphins have themselves a new head coach. At least on an interim basis. But, so far, it’s been nothing but positive reviews for Dan Campbell, who took over the team for the recently fired Joe Philbin. Of course, the majority of that praise is based off of one…
On Monday, Tribune Publishing announced new buyouts for its employees are coming in the next week as a cost-cutting move that’s been brewing since September. As reported by CNN, the L.A. Times is expected to get hit the hardest, with at least one-tenth of that paper’s editorial staff being cut…
