One might assume the $7 million stimulus contract that Deerfield Beach businessman J. David Eller recently won for his family’s manufacturing company, MWI Corp., was the result of some successful schmoozing or campaign donations to his congressman, U.S. Rep. Ron Klein.But Eller’s no Klein fan. When contacted last week, Klein…
David Eller, former Jeb Bush business partner and longtime GOP donor, rarely has trouble snagging government work for his family’s Deerfield Beach manufacturing company, Moving Water Industries (MWI).But the $7 million federal stimulus package contract MWI recently received could raise some eyebrows.MWI will be supplying water pumps and motors for…
For a man with an Army background, Allen West seems to have a hard time reading a map. The candidate in the 22nd Congressional District that spans coastal Broward and Palm Beach counties will be opening a new campaign office Tuesday — in the 23rd Congressional District.Yes, the soon-to-be unveiled…
Last night’s meeting of the Deerfield Beach Commission was a mostly civil affair, at least until Commissioner Sylvia Poitier learned that her colleague, Bill Ganz, was considering a motion to have her censured if she erupts in the same way she did at the last special meeting, in late. June.Poitier…
Jesse Scanlon, a 21-year-old English major at Florida Atlantic University, recently completed a 2,500-mile bike ride across the country. He rode from Jacksonville Beach to Los Angeles (with a stop in Tijuana), covering anywhere from 20 miles to 100 miles a day. He chronicled his adventures on his blog, America…
When you make a donation to the campaign of Broward County Mayor Ken Keechl, you know that money will be well-spent. And I’m not just talking about the $3,100 per month that goes from the campaign account straight into the pocket of Keechl, who uses it to pay above-market rent…
Get a load of this. Congressional candidate Allen West has released a four-minute video documentary that makes his brutal interrogation of an Iraqi detainee look like a self-less, courageous act that cost a good soldier his career.For the propaganda-free account of the same incident, check out this Juice post from…
When the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington made out its list of political “crooks” last month, it was full of Florida candidates — Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist, and Congressman Kendrick Meek, who’s in the midst of a fierce primary battle with Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene,…
Voting in November presents easy decisions (Giant Douche versus Turd Sandwich… hmmm) as well as the type that aren’t easy to figure out upon, first, second, or 16th glance. You know the ones — back-assward amendment phrasings where, if you vote no, you’re really saying, “Yes, I want this to…
Last week, just as his pissing match with the state Legislature over oil drilling in the Gulf reached ludicrous proportions, Charlie Crist got a big, wet boost to his Senate campaign from the national press.In a Newsweek article, “The Resurrection of Crist” (who knew Jesus was so tanned?), writer Arian…
Kevin Packman, survivor advocate extraordinaire Kevin Packman, a partner with the law firm Holland & Knight, wants local Holocaust survivors to know that he’s here to help — for free. He’s in charge of a pro-bono program that finds eligible survivors in South Florida and hooks them up with pensions from…
Scott Galvin, a North Miami councilman, wants an upgrade. He’d like to become the next District 17 congressman, representing sections of north Miami-Dade and south Broward counties. Last week, about a half-dozen of Galvin’s campaign signs were defaced with the spray-painted word FAG. Galvin, who came out publicly as gay in…
Next time you get drunk, hit the slot machines, and hook up with that hottie from accounting, be warned: Your debauchery may be recorded.The Seminole Tribe of Florida has just received $595,000 from a federal Homeland Security fund to install four mobile surveillance towers and a dozen license-plate scanners on…
A Deerfield Beach woman filed a complaint against a building official who she says tried to use his position as a way to coerce her into an intimate relationship. Last month, that building official, Waguih Messiha, 62, was fired.According to public records, Nancy Loft, 43, went to the Deerfield Beach…
We’ve entered the home stretch in the race for U.S. Senate, and Marco Rubio is neck-and-neck with Charlie Crist. Which of these jockeys can whip his horse into a higher gear in the three months before the election? The momentum is clearly on Crist’s side, as evidenced by this week’s profile…
Congressional candidate Allen West wanted the South Florida Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to apologize for what he said was his politically motivated ouster from the “Finest Couples” gala. This afternoon, he got that apology, but it stopped short of admitting the dark political motives that West alleged.Rather, the foundation continues to…
Juice is still waiting to hear back from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation about its reasons for asking congressional candidate Allen West and his wife, Angela, to step down from the “Finest Couples” gala. But in public remarks today, the foundation spokesperson cited the fact that West is in the midst…
We must have entered the home stretch of the Broward County campaign, because there’s a fresh batch of high-larious hit mailers being circulated around the 954. That’s one of ’em on the right, courtesy the reelection campaign for Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger. They feature Steve Geller as the greedy host…
Steve Geller woefully underestimated his opponent, incumbent Sue Gunzburger. Granted, there’s no smoking-gun evidence that Geller was behind the short-lived criminal corruption investigation against Gunzburger, but within local political circles, there’s little doubt in people’s minds.Give Gunzburger credit for calling Geller’s bluff — as well as that by the Broward…
Congressional challenger Allen West has accused incumbent Democrat Ron Klein of conspiring with powerful friends to ensure that West isn’t able to make charitable contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In a letter posted yesterday, West claims that he and his wife, Dr. Angela Graham-West, accepted a nomination for South Florida’s…
All three of the leading, party-backed candidates for U.S. Senate in Florida come with major ethical baggage, according to a report today by a Washington, D.C.,-based nonprofit.The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, and Kendrick Meek among its 11 “Crooked Candidates,” based on those…
PAY & SIT: the private bench (HD) from Fabian Brunsing on Vimeo.Now there’s an idea that takes the Republicans’ zeal for free enterprise and combines it with the party’s tough love toward society’s downtrodden. In this fashion, we can eliminate parks and recreation departments, giving them to private contractors who…
