A Davie street sign commemorating a donation by a Muslim group has triggered controversy for Susan Starkey, a longtime member of the Davie Town Council who allegedly hurled an accusation at Jews while arguing that the sign should stay.The Council on American-Islamic Relations is the donor, having adopted a road…
Let me get this straight: In a world where a terrorist can blow up a jumbo jet with his underwear, we Americans aren’t quite sure it’s worth protecting ourselves by letting a security guard see us without our underwear?Apparently so, judging by the debate that’s occurred on the cable news…
Surely, you veteran political observers of Palm Beach County remember ol’ Andy Martin. He ran for governor and senator and dog-catcher while he was in Florida. More recently, Martin made waves on a national stage because he was the one political figure shameless enough to publicly peddle the rumor that…
Since late last year, when Sen. Mel Martinez announced he wouldn’t be running for reelection to his seat in 2010, it was Charlie Crist’s to lose. He was one of the nation’s most popular governors, with a knack for charming his detractors that bordered on Reagan-esque.After Jeb Bush declared he…
That’s the only explanation I can offer for Charlie Crist’s appointment of Rico Petrocelli to the Broward County Housing Authority, which Buddy Nevins is reporting on Broward Beat. Petrocelli, of course, was defeated in his bid for the Plantation City Commission. His campaign, which was bankrolled by high-profile lobbyists and…
Andre Eggelletion, brother of corrupted Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, is a target of the investigation by the Broward State Attorney’s Office, according to an article published in South Florida Times.That revelation appears to have triggered the recent cancellation of Andre Eggelletion’s radio program on WFTL. The newspaper reports that…
There’s Charlie Crist trying to warm up an otherwise frosty crowd in Clearwater. None chillier than the men behind the camera, who (judging by the herky-jerky camera) are quivering in anticipation of rubbing elbows with the governor and U.S. Senate candidate.Awesome intro music, by the way. I thought there might…
That’s Fox News video of Allen West, who campaigned unsuccessfully in 2008 against Congressman Ron Klein. But see, that was before West became a rock star on the Youtube. His October speech at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale, during the American Freedom Tour, has now been viewed over 1.2 million times…
That’s your Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum being all “Don’t blame me for breaking the economy” even though the words on the screen say that’s exactly what he did. The year was 1999, and McCollum, a congressman at the time, cosponsored this terrible bill that dissolved the separation between commercial…
James Madison, the so-called Father of the Constitution and apparent dunce, neglected to write something in there about not spending too much money. But George LeMieux was not not elected to allow oversights like this. Besides, he’s been a U.S. Senator for, like, 90 days and he has three children…
So much for that insurmountable lead. Those are the latest numbers from Rasmussen, which finds Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio tied at 43.It’s obvious that as Obama’s popularity has plummeted among Florida Republicans — and Floridians, period — so has Crist’s. Oh, how he regrets putting the words “stimulus” and…
Every year, an estimated 65,000 young people graduate high school in America as undocumented immigrants — “illegals,” as the people who want them out of the country are fond of calling them — and face the possibility of deportation. But that could all change soon if the DREAM Act, a…
Not all Florida politicians are gun-shy about ethics reform. Yesterday, after failing to get commitments from three high-profile Republicans, I asked attorney general candidate Dan Gelber whether he would support a bid by the Florida Commission on Ethics to give it more power to go after crooked politicians.”I would support…
Somehow, the marriage fraud for which Eric Affholter was convicted seems more honest than the marriage between Charlie Crist and Carole Rome. Both were high-profile attorneys for whom a marriage was rife with political intrigue. Only in Affholter’s case, the marriage of his partner, Pedro, to a female friend was…
Three of the state’s most influential Republicans have “talked the talk” on ethics reform in Florida, but yesterday we asked them to “walk the walk.” Make a public statement backing the effort by the Florida Commission on Ethics to free itself from the handcuffs that prevent it from making real…
It looks like Charlie Crist campaign’s decided to slug back at Marco Rubio with the scandalous revelation that Rubio flip-flopped on cap-and-trade. Here’s that just-released segment:But it’s nowhere near as damning as Crist’s support for the Obama stimulus. If Crist is going to try to win this race by outflanking…
The political scandals in Broward County have roused the Florida Commission on Ethics from its comatose state. An outfit derided as “toothless” is asking the Florida Legislature to give it a new set of chompers with which to discourage corruption, the St. Petersburg Times reports. There are several items on…
This coming week’s cover story in the National Journal will reveal the results of a survey of political and Capitol insiders, who speak candidly about their political colleagues in exchange for anonymity. It’s a little bit like a high school yearbook poll, isn’t it? Largely irrelevant to society at large,…
The ethics complaint filed on behalf of Lake Worth business owner Gary Dario against City Commissioner Cara Jennings was dismissed yesterday by the Florida Commission on Ethics for “lack of legal sufficiency.” The commission upheld Jennings’s “right to boycott” — even though she holds political office.Dario, who owned Nature’s Way…
Every so often, there’s a news event that suggests (or proves?) that the modern media is making the world an even more confusing place. This week, the office of West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced that former Politico.com writer Jonathan Allen had been hired as an aide. Pretty straightforward,…
Gov. Charlie Crist is learning to tread lightly on the Broward County fund-raising circuit. Yesterday morning I posted this item about how Broward Health Commissioner Joseph Cobo was named to the host committee for next week’s swanky Crist fundraiser at the home of West Broward developer Ronnie Bergeron. And by…
On the right, that’s a portion of the fundraiser flier being circulated by West Broward land baron Ron Bergeron, who’s hosting an event for his favorite U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Crist. (Click to enlarge.) I’ve highlighted the name of one headlining contributor, Joseph Cobo, the Broward Health commissioner currently under…
