Sources tell me the U.S. Attorney’s Office will announce the arrest of a Broward County public official as soon as tomorrow. Thomas Correa, a longtime Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant and a former administrator at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is expected to be indicted on fraud charges, according to sources. Correa was terminated from his position…
Thought I’d share a new piece of my wardrobe this morning while I work on another post. Yes, that’s an authentic Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler cap. It’s glittery. I was also given an RRA T-shirt handed out at the infamous Bahamian retreat for the law firm that I’ll catwalk for you at some point. It’s just…
It’s amazing how people are trying to figure out Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner’s political philosophy. He’s a registered Republican, they say (hoax). He’s a liberal pot smoker (according to a former classmate who didn’t know him well). He was predisposed to right-wing rants that echo Tea Party rhetoric and paranoia (The Guardian). So which…
Working on a Tea Party story but in the meantime wanted to share a photo that has been spreading across the internets lately. Here it is: What the hell is this, you ask, and why is it on the Pulp? Well, it came from Radar Online…
The following is an open letter to WFTL-AM (850) radio host Joyce Kaufman, whose incendiary political rhetoric included a Tea Party rally remark that “If ballots don’t work, bullets will”: Dear Joyce, How does it feel when you hear about the horrific shootings in Tucson yesterday? How does it feel to see that someone actually employed your…
I think it’s safe to say that the Miami Dolphins’ plan to soak Broward taxpayers for a stadium renovation is dead. But Dolphins lobbyist Ron Book is crafty — we’ll see what he can do. Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross has kept a lot of Wayne Huizenga’s old employees around (inlcluding…
Top Chef is probably Bravo’s last and only foray into “real” reality television. For eight seasons we’ve gotten to enjoy the drama of cooking rather than drunken behavior, screaming matches and random hookups (though the show has had its fair share of all three). Most of all, the show has managed…
— After the post on Sheriff Al Lamberti’s taking of liberties with official Super Bowl credentials to get his son into the game, the South Florida Times has come out with a report on a “secret” Super Bowl detail that involved more deputies who provided security for the big game — and were…
Busy news night. Another Broward jail worker, this one a nurse named Carline Jean, was arrested yesterday on charges of introducing contraband to an inmate, including giving the inmate a cell phone and (this goes without saying at this point) sending nude pictures of herself to the prisoner. What’s in…
I am hearing new information regarding Broward Sheriff’s Lt. Rick Reilly, and it’s not good. I won’t get into details, but suffice it to say that Reilly’s late wife, attorney Caryl Boies, may have a lot in common with Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of onetime presidential contender John Edwards who also died with cancer…
So former Rothstein law partner Russell Adler — the A in RRA — is going to trial to fight an attempt by bankruptcy attorneys to recoup $1.2 million in gains Adler received from his old firm. The brunt of the clawback stems from hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid “loans” Rothstein…
Less than three months before she died after a two-year battle with cancer, Fort Lauderdale attorney Caryl Boies was served with divorce papers from her husband of more than seven years, Broward Sheriff’s Capt. Richard Reilly, an action has set the stage for some legal wrangling over part of the considerable Boies estate…
LeBron James is not a subtle man. Not in the way he plays, not in the way he advertises, not in the way he chooses where to take his talents, and certainly not when it comes to birthday cakes.Last weekend, South Florida’s least inconspicuous professional athlete threw himself quite the…
Don’t trust Pembroke Pines; don’t ever trust Pembroke Pines. It’s run by a private contractor, City Manager Charles F. Dodge, in a secretive and dubious way. The city manager is aptly named — Charlie dodges close scrutiny while he cozies up to the vendors in the town and makes multimillion-dollar decisions that have…
We’re continuing our conversation with Chef Jamie DeRosa, who is opening the Atlantic Ocean Club and Buddha Sky Bar in Delray Beach in January and February. Part I is here .How did you make your way back to Florida after your global adventures?In 2009, after the Olympics, I came home…
As the football playoffs are about to start and you can feel the inevitable commercially hyped push toward the Super Bowl, here’s a thought to ponder: Not only that but have an all-access credential that gets you everywhere in the stadium, including the locker rooms? Well, when the game is in South…
When ineffective governments lack the strength or wherewithal to act, there is only one thing left for them to do. They issue reports. I can’t say that the statewide grand jury that has been investigating the Broward County School Board’s construction department will fail to make cases, but the fact that it issued a…
Call me paranoid, but there are a few conspiracy theories I ascribe to. I believe that Elvis is alive, Oswald didn’t act alone, and those shiny satellites up in the sky must be the dirty government trying to hijack our minds. It’s a scary, deceiving world out there, folks. But…
[Note on faulty comments after the jump — sorry about that.] You know something is wrong when an elected official is a close “friend” of a lobbyist or contractor on whom he or she routinely votes. Lobbyists and vendors want nothing more than to forge close relationships with government leaders so they can make sure to…
The media is real big on year-end lists of the biggest stories. I’ve already done a post relating that the biggest story this year in Broward County was corruption and the arrests it has brought so far. But there is one day this year that stands out above all the rest. It had…
You’ve probably read about the construction of Broward School Board member Jennifer Gottlieb’s pet school in Hollywood that wasn’t needed at all but still cost taxpayers some $25 million and ruined a neighborhood park. The school, Beachside Montessori Village (which is neither on the beach nor a village), was put in a…
