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Activist John DeGroot Explains His Fart Machine at the Broward Health Meeting

By Chuck Strouse

May 27, 2016

John DeGroot is an eminent journalist, He not only was a city editor of the old Fort Lauderdale News, and Pulitzer finalist, but he was part of a team that won the coveted award that won the Pulitzer for fro Kent State shooting at the Akron Beacon Journal. Back when...

Today's New Hampshire Race Is Vital for Jeb Bush — and It's All About Florida

By Chuck Strouse

Feb 9, 2016

Today''s primary vote in New Hampshire is all about the Jebster. The former Florida governor and fading presidential candidate is sunk if he doesn't nail the New Hampshire race today — finishing at least in the top three. The right wing of the party has staged an interesting attack on...

Panthers Win Ten Straight; Fans Stay Home

By Chuck Strouse

Jan 6, 2016

C'mon you stinkin' fickle fans. Go to the games. The Dolphins are done. The Marlins are "a joke," according to one rival owner, The Heat is winning, but now faces about a million away games that will probably chip away at that solid record, But the Panthers — the best...

Panthers Chairman Peter Luukko Responds to Bailout Criticism: "We Know What This Team Can Be"

By Chuck Strouse

Dec 11, 2015

After Broward County Commissioners committed millions of dollars to bail out the Florida Panthers, the team is making bold new plans for the team, says Peter Luukko, the team's executive chairman. Under the plan approved Tuesday, the Panthers will get $12 million in the next year. Taxpayers overall investment in...

Broward Approves Bad Florida Panthers Deal. Blame Huizenga.

By Chuck Strouse

Dec 9, 2015

Broward County Commissioners Tuesday agreed to pay millions for the financially challenged Florida Panthers to stay at the BB&T Arena. That is a bad idea. The team will get $12 million next year as part of an $86 million bailout. Commissioners were left with no good choices — because they still owe...

Colombian Judge Carlos Horacio Urán Was Killed by the Military

By Chuck Strouse

Oct 27, 2015

He's there. Clearly. The kindly face. The mop of black hair. Those deep, dark eyes. He's hopping. He's hurt. A leg is busted. His arm swings like a pendulum as he's tugged by a gun-slinging soldier past sticky rivulets of blood pouring down concrete steps. He's a judge, one of...

Joe Biden Should Announce Run for President While in South Florida

By Chuck Strouse

Sep 2, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden, he of the thinning pate and big mouth, will be in South Florida today with a three-fold assignment: to push the Iran nuclear arms deal, to address Miami-Dade College, and garner money for U.S. Senate candidates. What he should be doing, though, is making a surprise...

Danny Granger Makes Bleacher Report Eat Its Words on Christmas Day

By Chuck Strouse

Dec 26, 2014

Just two days before Christmas, in one of those delicious stories the internet was built for, the popular website Bleacher Report -- and some guy (from Portland, Oregon!) named Tom Sunnergran, dropped a bomb on Heat small forward Danny Granger. "Danny Granger's NBA Career Coming to a Swift and Painful...

Fort Lauderdale Leaders, Except for Trantalis, Duck Out of Homeless Meeting (Updated)

By Chuck Strouse

Nov 25, 2014

(Update: Chaz Adams, Fort Lauderdale's public affairs manager, sent the following response to this story: To clarify, the meeting was called by Commissioner Trantalis as a District 2 meeting and not coordinated with any other Commissioner or the Mayor. In addition, the meeting was not advertised, so if another Commissioner...

Florida Supreme Court to BSO: Stop Phone Tracking Without Warrants

By Chuck Strouse

Oct 17, 2014

The Florida Supreme Court fired a shot across the bow of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel yesterday. In a 5-2 decision, the court ruled BSO cops had no right to stop and arrest Shawn Tracey, whom they stopped with a brick of cocaine and $23,000 cash. The court said police need...

Alan Cherry, Longtime Sun-Sentinel Reporter/Editor, Dies

By Chuck Strouse

Oct 6, 2014

Alan Cherry was a gruff son of a bitch. He was smart. Broward County politicians -- particularly cops -- quaked when they heard his name. Cherry died this past weekend. He was 64. I worked with Cherry long ago in a Sun Sentinel bureau in Pembroke Pines. Along with Ardy...

LeBron James Will Opt Out of Contract, ESPN's Chris Broussard Tweets

By Chuck Strouse

Jun 24, 2014

ESPN analyst Chris Broussard Tweeted this morning that LeBron James will opt out of his Miami Heat contract, throwing the NBA and Miami Heat into chaos. Broussard Tweeted at 9:23 a.m. that LeBron's agent, Rich Paul, has told the Heat he will exercise the player option on his contract. LeBron...

Mandy Dawson: First Black Female Legislator, Health Care Chairwoman, Jailed Again

By Chuck Strouse

Jun 19, 2014

Cops arrested Mandy Dawson, Broward County's first black female legislator, and took her to jail in Daytona Beach last Friday. It was, hopefully, the last stop in the downhill slide for the woman who represented central Broward County for 16 years. Dawson improperly took money from disgraced Hollywood lobbyist and...

Little Birdman Gianni Zandri Wants the Trophy Back

By Chuck Strouse

Jun 10, 2014

If you plan to watch tonight's Miami Heat NBA Finals home opener against the San Antonio Spurs, you might notice a curious sight down in the fourth row of Section 116. It will be one of South Florida's weirdest media sensations: Little Birdman. Yeah, 11-year-old Gianni Zandri will again likely...

Rick Scott Has Spent More Than $400,000 to Test State Employees' Urine

By Chuck Strouse

May 28, 2014

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wanted to drug-test state employees, and he put your money where his mouth is. Lawyers' bills for him -- and you -- to defend this proposal have come to $381,654.45, according to data from the state obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union under a Freedom...

Spurs Look Better Than Miami Heat on Paper

By Chuck Strouse

May 27, 2014

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but after last night's Heat thrashing of the Indiana Pacers, 102-90, we are looking ahead to the San Antonio Spurs (again) in the NBA Finals. Warning: The Spurs are really, really good. They top the Heat in most statistical categories, including NBA Finals appearances...

Famed Photographer of Nudes Bunny Yeager Dead at 85

By Chuck Strouse

May 25, 2014

South Florida's most famous -- and infamous -- photographer of nudes, Bunny Yeager, is dead at 85. Yeager was born in Pennsylvania and found fame in 1955, when she lived with -- and photographed -- pinup model Bettie Page on the Miami River. Her picture of Page -- nude next...

John Thrasher, Likely Florida State President, Is Ethically Challenged

By Chuck Strouse

May 22, 2014

John Thrasher, a Florida Senator and now the lone candidate for president of Florida State University, doesn't deserve the job. Thrasher, a Republican lawyer, was reprimanded on the House floor back ithe 1990s after appearing as a lobbyist for his longtime employers, the Florida Medical Association. A year after leaving...

Will South Florida's Marijuana Nursery Be Near Lake Okeechobee?

By Chuck Strouse

May 21, 2014

So far, 39 nurseries have been approved to grow low-THC marijuana under the Charlotte's Web bill recently passed by the Florida Legislature. It hasn't been easy to get on the list, which requires -- among other things -- that a nursery has operated continuously for at least 30 years...

Craft Beer Makers Need to Spend More Money!

By Chuck Strouse

May 19, 2014

Florida's attempt to kill craft brewing almost succeeded because of... gasp... campaign money, a Montana think tank has found. During the past five years, the biggest supporters of Senate Bill 1714, which would have required small beer makers to -- in effect -- pay twice for their own beer, invested...

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