Carpetbagger Needs Home

The Florida Ethics Commission received state Rep. Jim Waldman’s financial disclosure form this past on July 1 listing his official district address as 4509 Carambola Circle. That’s the little condo in Coconut Creek owned by Ronald Sherman where Waldman — a millionaire (barely) — claimed he rented a room. But on that very same…

State Rep. Jim Waldman Investigated, Loses Sham Home in District

For the second time this week, we’ve found evidence that a state legislator out of Broward County doesn’t live in the district he represents and has been playing a thinly veiled hoax on the public in the process.  This time, we’re not talking about House Pro Tem Joe Gibbons, who doesn’t live…

French Railway Launches Sensitive Website to Address Its Nazi Past

The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled “Heritage” that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins de fer Francais’ connection with the Nazis.But…

House Pro Tem Investigated for Homestead Fraud

State Rep. Joe Gibbons, who has been named the number-two Democrat in the Florida Legislature, was investigated for homestead fraud earlier this year — and government records indicate he lied to officials during the probe.  The Broward County Property Appraisers Office investigation also found that Gibbons’ homestead in Hallandale Beach conflicted…

Inside the Tea Party Rally for Joyce Kaufman

After all the drama and controversy surrounding conservative talk-show host Joyce Kaufman last week — her accepting, then turning down, incoming Congressman Allen West’s invitation to be his chief of staff, then a terrorist threat against Broward schools citing Kaufman — local Tea Partiers held a rally supporting her this…

Mayor Ken Keechl’s Parting Gift

[jump] A Fun Change of Pace Somali Pirates Refuse to Board Carnival Cruise Ships Cite ‘Unsafe Working Conditions’ MOGADISHU – In yet another public relations setback for the beleaguered cruise ship company, Somali pirates today said they would no longer board Carnival Cruise ships, citing “unsafe working conditions.” “If Carnival…

Joyce Kaufman Stays In Florida to be “Your Biggest Nightmare”

“I would have been some quiet little chief-of-staff,” Joyce Kaufman told listeners on her WFTL-AM (850) radio show. “It’s gonna be your biggest nightmare that I didn’t go quietly off to Washington.” Ah, yes. The woman who urged “bullets” over ballots would have certainly gone meek when she reached Capitol…

Allen West Has a Twitter Impostor

Yesterday, Allen West tweeted to us, our sister paper Miami New Times, the Miami Herald, and floridaindependent.com.He said: “I’m keeping an eye on you, bitches!”OK, seriously it wasn’t the real Allen West (although that would’ve been great blog fodder) but an impostor. It looks like there’s a semi-new fake account…

More on Lockdown Threat, Allen West

OK, some new information on the threat that caused the Broward County lockdown, and it’s coming from the original source, right-wing radio talker Joyce Kaufman. Kaufman said on Lou Dobbs’ radio program that: — The threat came from a woman, not a man, as has been reported. — The woman…

Keechl, Adcock Have “Campaign Headquarters” on Market

Has outgoing Broward Mayor Ken Keechl tacitly admitted that he defrauded his own election campaign out of thousands of dollars? Keechl and Adcock put the Wilton Manors bungalow on the market two months ago, apparently in advance of that campaign account — which was stuffed with about $600,000 from lobbyists and…

Allen West a New Face for Sarah Palin

And so it begins. As Sarah Palin campaigns for 2012, she’s already using Allen West as a symbol of the cringe-worthy change she will bring. Notice a theme among the newly elected GOP stars Palin’s highlighting here. West and Marco Rubio hail from the political crucible of Florida, plus they…

Report: Threat Linked to Joyce Kaufman’s Call for “Bullets”

Channel 7 is reporting that the man who allegedly threatened to shoot up a Pembroke Pines school was prompted somehow by Joyce Kaufman, the acidic right-wing radio-show host who was named yesterday as newly elected Congressman Allen West’s chief of staff. This whole thing is still murky, but WSVN reported that the…

Stacy Ritter Hit With 28 Election Charges, Complains She Feels “Stalked”

[UPDATE: Stacy Ritter has posted a somewhat surreal YouTube video press release on the elections commission charges. See it above.]  The Florida Elections Commission found probable cause this morning to charge Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter with 28 election violations. The nature of the charges aren’t clear, but they are based on a voluminous…