Say this about young Broward County Republicans: They know a meal ticket when they see one. By my count, the three men who have the most crucial roles in getting Charlie Crist elected to the U.S. Senate are all from Broward.We know about George LeMieux, the former county GOP chair…
As we wait to learn more about the stabbings that occurred last night at the Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan, here’s an interesting account of a similar David Irving speaking engagement scheduled for last week in Jackson, Mississippi.It comes from a white nationalist website, whose group was going to host Irving at…
Remember last week’s ridiculous video of the Deerfield Beach Commission in action? It appears Vice Mayor Sylvia Poitier has exhausted the patience of a colleague or two, because we have confirmed that at least one commissioner is exploring the possibility of censuring Poitier.It would be a risky move. Poitier’s liable…
Tonight at 7, at a still undisclosed location in West Palm Beach, British author David Irving, much loved among white nationalists, will be giving a speech on Nazi history and signing copies of his book, Banged Up: Survival as a Political Prisoner in the 21st Century Europe.Seems that Irving is…
Now that suspended Broward School Board Member Beverly Gallagher has hired high-profile attorney David Bogenschutz to defend her against corruption charges, her future is looking brighter.This summer, Bogenschutz helped soften the blow of charges against another ethically-challenged female politician, former Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty.McCarty, who got nabbed for…
One of Broward County’s leading Republican activists, Ed Napolitano, is resigning from his leadership positions with the party, two weeks after leading a controversial trip with fellow Republicans to a gun range in Hallandale Beach. The Sun-Sentinel broke the story and has a copy of the letter that Napolitano sent…
Don’t be deceived by news of layoffs, foreclosures, bank failures, and tax hikes. South Florida’s economy isn’t suffering too badly. Take Calvin, Giordano & Associates, the Fort Lauderdale consulting firm that’s on track to break its own record with $25 million in revenue this year.President Dennis Giordano says the company…
As parents in the Palm Beach County School District tries to roll back Jeb Bush’s shameful legacy of FCAT drilling, the former Florida governor is roaming around, looking to get his voice heard, apparently to gauge interest in a 2012 run for president (though he’d never admit that).Bush made a…
That’s a video from this past April, which gives you some context for the briefing yesterday on Capitol Hill by SIECUS — the organization that promotes sex education and attacks the abstinence-only curricula that gained momentum during the Bush years.Obama’s election brought a halt to that momentum on a national…
Now that the U.S. Justice Department has committed — at least rhetorically — to an “efficient and rational use” of its enforcement powers against marijuana users and sellers, there’s money to be made. Maybe Commerce Online of West Palm Beach will emerge as a kind-of mountain cabbage Mastercard.The company, whose…
Thanks to Chaz Stevens for uploading this amazing video of last evening’s meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, in which it finally awarded a winner in the bid for the restaurant space on the end city’s pier. But not without high drama. After the commissioners ranked the bidding restaurateurs,…
The best visits to tattoo studios are usually spontaneous, but Hollywood Sen. Eleanor Sobel is not your typical patron. She has scheduled an appointment at 10 a.m. Monday at Stevie Moon Tattoo NE 26th Street in Fort Lauderdale. There she’ll meet her foe-turned-friend, Stevie Moon, who earlier this year led…
Another conservative U.S. Senator has defied party leaders to give an endorsement to Marco Rubio over Charlie Crist. And check out the statement by Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, particularly this part:”Like me, Marco believes that the federal government works best when it returns dollars, decisions and freedom to our local…
Watch out, boaters. There are plenty of signs like the one to the left, warning you about those adorable manatees, who have a way of wrapping their fat asses around boat propellers. But if you’re cruising near the Fort Lauderdale shore you may be faced with a choice between hitting…
Here’s your look at what’s in today’s news:Dwayne Blake of Belle Glade is in jail after allegedly shooting an undercover operative who was taping conversations with Blake for a narcotics investigation. [Palm Beach Post]H1N1 vaccinations have started in Broward and Palm Beach, with people aged 2 to 49 first in…
Crazy, charming Marco Rubio — but you’re serious about the Jets vaccine, right? Do NOT toy with us, boy wonder. Anyway, video of his appearance one week ago at the Broward GOP Women’s Club, whom he charmed as surely as the Palm Beach Republicans who would give him an overwhelming…
Super Democratic awesome-man Rep. Alan Grayson, from Orlando, is like the a left wing version of Joe Wilson, but slicker and funnier. After proposing a a federal paid-vacation law and his hilarious rants against the Republican health care “plan”–Plan A: don’t get sick, Plan B: if you do get sick,…
Oh no! We’ve been dissed by a Forbes list! The magazine popular among rich old people is saying that South Florida is lousy place to be a rich old person. It ranked the Miami – Fort Lauderdale area 29th as a region to retire, blaming the “battered real estate and…
Richard “Rick” Lemack was this close (642 votes) to becoming the Democratic nominee for Broward Sheriff. In August 2008, the ex-assistant police chief and assistant city manager of Hollywood, Lemack lost to Scott Israel, who then lost to Al Lamberti. We told you last month that Lemack was a finalist…
And that’s bad for Ben Graber, the former Broward mayor and county commissioner who tried to make hay with Robert Wexler’s cocaine joke on The Colbert Report and who has a nasty batch of ads that he ran during a bitter primary campaign in 2008. Ads like the one below…
With Broward politicians and contractors in hot water over bribery allegations today, it’s not surprising that Governor Crist has called for a statewide corruption Grand Jury. According to the Sun-Sentinel: Citing an apparent “culture of corruption” taking root in South Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday called for a statewide…
State Sen. Ted Deutch, whose district overlaps with U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler’s congressional district, just sent out a news release heralding an “important campaign announcement.” Sounds like he’s going to announce his candidacy for the Wexler seat.The Deutch news conference is for 3:30 at his home in Boca Raton.Your move,…
