Say what you will about the questionable contracting of staffers at the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority; at least they have a sense of humor. Because surely they’re joking about demanding $300,000 from the city to cover the costs of filling records requests made by the forensic auditor reviewing the Housing…
Your daily glance at what’s making news in Palm Beach and Broward:The two Hollywood Police officers who unwittingly recorded themselves talking about how they would “do a little Walt Disney” by fixing a police report absolving their fellow cop from blame when he rear-ended a woman’s car. [WPLG-10]A 30-year-old college…
We’ll have more on that later. UPDATE: I’m posting prices in the comments as I learn them from reader Jay, the Pulp’s man on the ground. Biggest ticket item to go yet: The 2008 Bugatti Veyron is up for bid right now, and it’s going very slow. At this very…
On April 27, Janet Napolitano pronounced that the border separating the United States from the Republic of Mexico is more secure than ever. “I say this again as someone who has walked that border,” the former Arizona governor told a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the…
The tight leather corset was crushing my ribs. I straightened my back and let out a sigh, checking myself in the mirror. “Hurry up,” my new boss yelled from the room next door. “We have a client in less than 30 minutes. And this guy is always on time.” The…
In this week’s print edition of New Times, a South Florida dominatrix tells of the dirty deeds clients begged her to do to them. For slightly less adventurous South Floridians looking for a different kind of rub, restaurant critic John Linn recommends Sheila’s Famous Barbecue, Conch, and More on South J Street…
It’s exciting — and a little scary — when you see a local wingnut become a national wingnut; but that’s exactly what we’ve witnessed this past year with Pamela Geller, an ultra-conservative anti-Muslim crusader who in the past has teamed up with like-minded South Floridians to promote hate-fest events like…
OK, it looks like Bova Prime is closed, probably for good. The amazing thing about that is how long Tony Bova made it last after Rothstein’s implosion. One former employee told me it lost its credit and was basically a cash business for months, and we know Bova recently filed for bankruptcy…
For three years, Pastor Mark Jones of the New Life Pentecostal Church in Greenacres has tolerated an unconventional neighbor. While his flock prays, employees on the other side of the duplex are giving HIV tests and passing out condoms and the morning-after pill.Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit group that’s best-known for…
For Broward Health CEO Frank Nask, there’s a fine line between unemployment and a multimillionaire’s lifestyle. He’s glad to have landed in the latter. This past January, Nask was facing the prospect of being terminated by the public hospital district’s board of commissioners, a majority of whom appeared to believe…
Her book’s called A Gold Digger’s Guide. She teaches “apprentices” how to get gifts from men without falling in love. Hell, she wears gold eyeshadow. So while neither Kanye nor I is saying she’s a gold digger, that’s just because Baje Fletcher has no trouble saying it herself.The 26-year-old author, actress…
Jim Greer, former chairman of the Republican Party and a close friend of Gov. Charlie Crist’s, was arrested this morning in connection with allegations that he formed a slush fund using contributions from party supporters. The Orlando Sentinel has the story.This won’t help Crist’s campaign for U.S. Senate. On the…
Fort Lauderdale’s Andrew Barnett was a Scott Rothstein associate who drummed up investors for the Ponzi scheme. Barnett, who served as RRA’s “director of corporate development,” has said that his involvement was innocent and that he had no idea Rothstein’s investments were shams. Now the 39-year-old Barnett is in a similar position with his own brother-in-law…
Congressional candidate Allen West gave what might be his most absurd speech yet Friday at a meeting for a local chapter of Glenn Beck’s 912 Project. Jump ahead to about the 3:30 mark. This is what you’ll hear:The American way is that if you challenge us, we’ll figure it out. I was…
Here’s a glance at what’s in the local headlines:It’s not quite the Miracle on the Hudson, but a small plane made a safe emergency landing in a field just short of the Fort Lauderdale airport’s runway. It narrowly missed hitting a home. [WPLG-5]Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher took…
Last week, an activist bent on reforming the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority resigned rather than face a special meeting called to remove him. This week, we’ve learned who was behind that effort.Tom Connick, the Deerfield Beach attorney who represents Pamela Davis, executive director of the city Housing Authority, said that…
Sometime between discussing pal Dennis Rodman and faking an illness to get to the Heat game, Sean Healy was read a list of 49 names at his April 7, 2009, deposition. One of those names was Alfred Madeira, the Pennsylvania chiropractor whom Healy befriended and stole upward of $14 million…
The U.S. Soccer Team is hoping that the Landon Donovan/Jozy Altidore combination on display this weekend against Turkey will stay sharp with just 11 days before the team opens World Cup play with a match versus Great Britain.Being a talented, charismatic young player who plays a glamorous position, it’s no…
This marriage was not built to last. Chaz Stevens had been the fiercest critic of the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority when in April he gained an appointment to its board. Since the moment he was sworn in, he was a marked man.Last week, when the agency learned that Stevens had…
Two years ago, Editor John Bartosek stood before his employees at the Palm Beach Post and warned of the impending bloodbath of layoffs and buyouts. Now, after slashing more than 300 jobs at the paper, Bartosek is leaving too.”JBart,” as he is known in the newsroom, has accepted a job…
