Well, the state’s education commissioner is sending an inspector general down to Broward County to look at the dysfunctional and corrupt embattled School Board. Let’s hope they find a way to clean house. The state is involved thanks to the grand jury’s ripping of the School Board. Supt. Jim Notter,…
Two explosions in three days have rocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. An endless stream of nuclear industry cronies has claimed there is really not much to worry about, but the money is doing the talking: Nuclear industry shares have already lost more than $1.5 billion in the market. Now, a…
Plenty of bars in South Florida want to lay claim to being “authentically Irish.” Charlie has been in and out of these places, some of them blaring Top 40 music and flashing lights, others covered in wall-to-wall green. Authentic? Hardly. Maguires Hill 16 is the real deal. Charlie spoke with…
———————————- The nation’s first true high-speed railroad was supposed to leave the station in 2015, a sleek Tomorrowland-worthy train that would have whisked riders between Orlando and Tampa at speeds of up to 168 miles an hour. The federal government had agreed to pay $2.4 billion of its estimated $2.6…
Now-former Tamarac Mayor Beth Talabisco had more bad news when she learned who would be presiding over her case: Circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato, who has a reputation as one of the toughest judges on criminal defendants in Broward County. Imperato is former police officer and prosecutor who has kept that mentality in…
TOKYO – A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, killing at least 60 people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. Tsunami warnings blanketed the entire Pacific, as far away as South…
Funny or Die Sheen’s new career – warlock chef Charlie Sheen wants to be the next Food Network star. In his “pilot” episode of Winning Recipes filmed for Funny or Die, Charlie shows us how to make Tomato “Winning” Salad and steak with cows that he killed with his own…
her attorney, Eric Schwartzreich. — Did you hear the jousting match between radio talk-show host and former Miami Dolphin Jimmy Cefalo and Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter regarding the $610,000 worth of artwork approved for the new courthouse that nobody wanted? Cefalo says the conversation went south after Ritter made a “personal attack”…
I think it’s safe to say we now know the primary reason Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman was, quite literally, out of commission recently for several weeks: She was distraught over her involvement in the State Attorney’s corruption investigation leading to her sworn testimony that implicated a former friend, Tamarac Mayor Beth Talabisco. The…
NBC Universal Wer’e in the finals in the Bahamas. The cheftestants walk into a fort where they meet the winners of their seasons and Eric Ripert. Quickfire Challenge Tom Colicchio says they’re going to go head to head against the winner of their particular season. The winner gets $10,000. That means…
The arrest affidavit for just-arrested Tamarac Mayor Beth Flaunsbaum-Talabisco lays out an intricate plot to deliver the 2006 mayoral election to the 57-year-old politician. It reads like a primer on dirty politics — and it involves some big new names and one old one in Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman, who is deeply tied to…
Random election results: UPDATED: The votes are in, and all of the races below are official. The first is that Sylvia Poitier is sailing to reelection in Deerfield Beach, despite all the scandal and her painfully obvious corruption. With only one precinct uncounted, just 714 people voted in her district, which isn’t…
The law firm of former state legislator Steve Geller, Greenspoon Marder, is in the running. Listed as the rep of the law firm isn’t Geller, though — it’s his brother Joe, who has been spotted attending recent commission meetings. But you just know Steve Geller would love to get a…
A sexual harassment suit filed against Congressman Alcee Hastings combines two of the Miramar Democrat’s weaknesses — taxpayer-paid globetrotting and women underlings he has had in the government’s employ. Winsome Packer, the former high-level Capitol Hill policy adviser suing Hastings for sexual harassment, claims he made numerous unwanted sexual advances toward…
Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. The merits of the case aren’t known, but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who was a policy adviser on the Helsinki Commission when…
Slow news day, investigating corruption story, so here are some random observations: – Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s war on public schools and teachers stinks — and it will likely backfire on him in a big way. He wants to cut teachers’ salaries by 5 percent while at the same time putting…
The Charlie Sheen media machine just keeps running — and it says a whole lot more about the media than it does Charlie Sheen. When a rambling Hollywood drug addict can dominate national and, at times, local news for a week, you know something’s wrong. It’s like propping up a drunk…
Lewis Kasman, who for years was the right-hand man and “adopted son” to crime boss John Gotti, says the Mafia has nothing on Florida when it comes to stealing money.Now Kasman, who turned government witness and helped indict dozens of organized crime figures, is looking to get payback from his…
The federal government has charged 64-year-old Hollywood bankruptcy trustee Marika Tolz with misappropriating $16 million in court funds — and ultimately pocketing $2.4 million of it for herself. Among the funds Tolz allegedly misappropriated was $1 million involved in the Scott Rothstein Ponzi case that she received from the U.S. Marshal’s…
Last week on Top Chef Dale gets kicked off for a lousy Amberjack and the cheftestants were shocked, especially Richard. It’s up to the final five. One step away from the final four. Pressure is on. Padma comes into the cheftestants’ condo unannounced. Richard says this is a zoo, don’t get…
I scream…you scream…we all scream for breast milk? Well, maybe we all did when we were babies, but a U.K. ice cream shop thinks we’re still secretly yearning for a little frozen boob juice. London officials have seized the entire supply of “Baby Gaga” ice cream from a shop called Icecreamists, and…
You want to hear some political B.S.? Just listen to Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter when she opens her mouth to talk. Here’s what she said yesterday during a discussion about the new courthouse: RITTER: “Every time someone on this dais says the voters voted down the courthouse, I’m going to remind…
