These are the nation’s most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today’s New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court’s debate over whether to allow the state to claim beach property that it recovers through anti-erosion measures. Or let’s just cut right straight to the high court’s high-minded dialogue:”If…
It didn’t make much of a splash in yesterday’s news cycle, so let’s try this again: The Florida Supreme Court has denied Charlie Crist’s request for a special grand jury to investigate corruption in South Florida. From the get-go, it seemed like a bizarre request for Crist to make, especially…
Anxious to break Marco Rubio’s momentum in their Senate race, Charlie Crist gave one of those “wide-ranging” interviews to the St. Petersburg Times yesterday, during which he invoked the sacred ancient text of The Gipper: I believe in Reagan’s 11th Commandment — thou shall not speak ill of a fellow…
Yesterday we told you about the coup staged at our local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists by one Michael Koretzky — student advisor to FAU’s newspaper. Koretzky marched in to the elections on November 19th with a posse of pissed-off students and friends and voted in a number…
The wild card in the race for the Republican nomination to U.S. Senate is the endorsement of Jeb Bush. To get a read on whether he’s leaning toward Charlie Crist or Marco Rubio, I consulted a source who — in exchange for his or her candor — we will simply…
From the Sacramento Bee comes word that Scott Rothstein’s firm donated $250,000 to the campaign to pass Proposition 11, a ballot measure that was passed by California voters earlier this month. For a guy like Rothstein, that’s a far-flung state and a decidedly unglamorous issue — the measure formed a…
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10cLou Dobbswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care CrisisThat’s the post-CNN Lou Dobbs from last night’s episode of the Daily Show, which means he’s still lingering near the Big Apple. But judging by the interview that he gave to gossip queen…
Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein says he got a pretty good laugh when he found out the hundreds of coconuts he’d mailed to Postmaster General John E. Potter had been given away to homeless shelters. “We were imagining the cafeteria at the shelter handing each poor homeless person a big…
It wasn’t so long ago that Wisconsin had five dog tracks, second only to Florida in terms of total live-racing facilities. This week, the operators of the Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha announced that the track will end racing on New Year’s Eve. This will mark the end of greyhound…
The video comes with a handy summary at this YouTube link, for those curious about who started it. Good luck with that.UPDATE: This new version of the video is annotated for your viewing pleasure. Seems we’re looking at Amnesty supporters joined by two Tea Party interlopers, one in the black…
Long before George LeMieux was selected by Charlie Crist to be the state’s newest U.S. Senator, he was the most powerful figure in the North Broward Hospital District. An episode from this past March illustrates LeMieux’s godfather-like role. That month Marc Goldstone was still the general counsel of the North…
In Washington, D.C., the St. Petersburg Times politics blog Buzz button-holed Sen. George LeMieux, who’s holding that seat for his benefactor, Charlie Crist. Here’s what LeMieux had to say about young, handsome, impeccably conservative Marco Rubio, who’s been hammering Crist over supporting the federal stimulus:It’s very easy to be a…
Check out the star-studded guest list for this weekend’s conference by David Horowitz’s Freedom Center. Among them: Newt Gingrich, Ann Coulter, Fred Thompson, Liz Cheney, and the unflushable Geert Wilders, the Dutch parliamentarian who’s back to help us fight terrorists and illegal immigrants — or does he not distinguish between…
The Florida Bar Association has ruled that Sam Goren, acting general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District, did not act incompetently or violate professional ethics standards in giving advice to the board, which led to the firing of the district’s two lead attorneys and the hiring of Goren’s firm…
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that former Broward County commissioner Joe Eggelletion was a vice mayor under Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter. This article has also been changed to clarify Ritter’s relationship with Scott Rothstein.After the year that Broward County has had, we may all need shot…
That’s video from August 29, when Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis climbed in the ring with NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor. Considering that LT could have crushed Ortis’ skull with one swing, I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that the rolly-polly mayor is an advocate of civility and…
This week Lou Dobbs, the last of the original CNN anchors, announced he was leaving the station and ending his show on that network to “go beyond the role here at CNN” and “engage in constructive problem solving.”While this could mean many things, the smart money says his “constructive problem…
That’s a video presentation by Susyn Stecchi, a former Fort Lauderdale employee who in 1990 had the idea to turn the FEC railroad crossing at Riverwalk into a gigantic gator mouth. But according to the comments she attached to this video, the technology for this zany idea wasn’t available –…
No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team’s car wash — at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the next couple of weeks, the Broward Teachers Union is asking its…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyMove over, Alan Grayson. There’s another Florida Democrat who’s not afraid to ruffle Republican feathers — West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. In yesterday MSNBC segment (roughly 3:15 of the video above) she was given the chance to recant…
Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman known for his love of television cameras and his quixotic presidential bids, will no longer be the keynote speaker at this Saturday’s Palm Beach County Democratic Party dinner. He canceled the gig last week after several local Dems lambasted his voting record on Israel.As state…
The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit Friday on behalf of Palm Beach County students and parents, naming Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, House Speaker Larry Cretul, Senate President Jeff Atwater, and Florida Commissioner of Education Eric J. Smith as defendants. The suit charges that the State of Florida has failed…
