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Allen West Plays the Nazi Card (Again) and Encourages Violence (Again)
It’s not clear where congressional candidate Allen West is speaking — was it at yesterday’s protest against the Imam’s invocation in Pompano Beach? UPDATE: If the commenter below is correct, this speech happened last year; but then why was it posted to Youtube today?Wherever he was, West didn’t disappoint his…
Fredi’s Right; Hanley’s Wrong. But Can Marlins Manager Afford to Make an Enemy?
Hanley Ramirez is acting like a diva following his being benched last night for an error. Check that; it wasn’t the error so much as Ramirez jogging casually after the ball he kicked into the outfield, while opposing base-runners were hustling toward home plate.Now he’s in a tiff with the…
Mango Festival Request for $25,000 a Tough Sell in Deerfield Beach
Organizers of Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival will make an appearance at this evening’s commission meeting in hopes they can convince city officials to give them $25,000 toward reviving the summer soiree of music and food.But those organizers are likely to hear the same caveats they heard last year when they…
Slain Teacher Was Accused of Exposing Himself to Student
The popular middle school special ed teacher who was shot and killed last week in Riviera Beach was investigated five years ago for allegedly exposing himself to a high school student.While Calvin Williams, 41, was working as an assistant principal at Palm Beach Lakes High School, he began mentoring an…
UPDATED: Florida Bong Ban Passes (Does Not Puff Puff)
Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called “Bong Bill,” the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobacco products constitutes…
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Analyzing Jeff Greene’s New Campaign Videos
Jeff Greene’s ad campaign launched today, and despite his billionaire status, Pixar animations were left on the cutting room floor. Also absent from the two spots: Greene’s “I took on Wall Street and won” slogan. With the campaign heating up, it looks like our badboy is reforming. “He’s starting with…
South Florida Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in Oil Spill
The same technology that keeps a kid — or a drunk — from ruining a mattress might be able to clean up this big mess in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s called the Ocean Mop, and it’s the brainchild of a mattress pad salesman named Skip Leiblein from Boca Raton…
The Recent History of Fallen Broward Politicos
The power of the pen is alive and well. In the space of a month, a sitting judge — Broward’s former chief criminal judge no less — has resigned the bench to avoid a JQC investigation and a Broward County commissioner is reported to be on the verge of being charged by state prosecutors. Both the…
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With a Wink and a Smile, Crist Tells Republican Heckler He’s Keeping the Money
As you can see in this video, Crist is looking mighty confident on the campaign trail. In past public appearances, Crist has tried to finesse the question of how he’s handling the money from Republican donors. But this answer — “I’m keepin’ it!” — works a lot better for him…
Morning Juice: Oil on the Way to Our Beaches; Felony Charges Looming for Broward Commissioner
Here’s a look at what’s in the local headlines this Tuesday morning:”Tar balls” have been found in Key West, the harbinger for oil in the Gulf of Mexico spreading to the South Florida coast, with potential for a dramatic effect on the marine ecosystem. [WPLG]Judging by remarks made by her…
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Extremists Strike in Pompano, and “a Mench for the Bench” Gets Sued
[UPDATE: County Judge Mary Rudd Robinson has filed a lawsuit to disqualify her opponent in the judicial race, Jordan Howard Breslaw. Why? Because “Jordan Howard Breslaw… does not exist,” according to the suit filed by attorney Bill Scherer. See the jump for more.] Religious and political extremists have struck in Pompano…
Boca’s Soccer Star in ESPN Commercial
That’s Jozy Altidore, the U.S. striker whose Haitian-born parents brought him up in Boca Raton. Of course, this ad’s a way for ESPN to show it’s hip to this summer’s World Cup. Altidore is one of the sport’s leading American ambassadors. Let’s hope that this video is Google-friendly enough to…
If You’re Flying Spirit Air Next Month, Better Get to Flight School
Spirit Air pilots are threatening to strike, and so far, Spirit Air executives haven’t blinked. The South Florida Business Journal is reporting that the airline gave notice that it’s ready to lay off nearly 1,600 employees if the pilots head to the picket line June 12.Those workers would come from…
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Boston Market’s Revamped Test Locations in WPB Equal Big Sales
Lane Cardwell grew up in Miami, so when the CEO was scouting locations to test changes in his Boston Market restaurant empire, South Florida seemed like the perfect place — but he chose West Palm Beach over South Beach.”West Palm is a sane Miami,” says Cardwell, who launched changes in…
Is the World Ready for a Reality Show About Boca Seniors? (Are You?)
I guess on one level, it makes sense: People are living longer, and a bigger population of seniors will want a reality show about other seniors, who are underrepresented on prime-time television.But those of us 40 and younger (the most coveted advertising demo), it comes down to one big question:…
Allen West Pins Oil Spill on Obama, Democrats
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress failed to see into the future and prevent the April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What’s more, it’s apparent that the White House and Congress are not experts on how to prevent an oil well 5,000 feet below the ocean’s…
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More Questions About Michael Dippolito’s Finances
In between professing love for her California boyfriend and plotting ways to have her husband arrested, phone records show that Dalia Dippolito made some interesting allegations about Michael Dippolito’s finances.She told her boyfriend via text messages that Michael, who was on probation for telemarketing fraud and owed about $191,000 in…
Lake Worth and Immigration: A Call for Reasonable Debate
After last week’s Community Relations Board meeting in Lake Worth, where a reading group from the Night Heron Grassroots Activism Center presented a PowerPoint lecture on hate groups operating in Lake Worth, I posted a couple of items on the meeting here and here.I spent a lot of time last…
In Hollywood, Politicians’ Kids Get a Private School Education on the Public Dime
Normally, a minority-dominated low-income neighborhood like South Hollywood would have reason to cheer the arrival of a new school, especially one that offers a departure from the mind-numbing, teach-the-test curriculum that prevails at other public schools.But though the newly named Beachside Montessori Village school is located in South Hollywood, it…
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There’s a New Corruption Fighter in Town
Who needs an inspector general when you have a highly motivated former FBI agent digging into Broward County corruption with all the power of the Sheriff’s Office behind him? It’s a highly secretive operation, and I’ve got more reporting to do, but La Manna, an organized-crime expert who spent some three decades with…