It’s been about one year since Jeb Bush teamed with Rep. Eric Cantor and Mitt Romney to throw a pizza party with the hope of bringing the Republican Party back from its extremist brink. How’d that go for you, Jeb?Not good, according to this article in Congressional Quarterly, which reports…
For those who insist Tony Villegas was framed for the murder of attorney Melissa Britt Lewis in March 2008, one key piece of evidence begs for extra attention.After Melissa disappeared, Plantation police discovered her abandoned Cadillac in a parking lot in Plantation. In the trunk was the brown suit jacket…
Earlier this week, I reported on how Jeff Greene was smarter than you when the housing market collapsed and how somehow he thought that meant you should vote for him. If you liked that one, Florida, you’re going to love this one: Greene is currently being sued for allegedly defrauding…
Marta Giraldo says her husband is home at last. And his release appears to have been considerably speeded up thanks to two New Times stories. Giraldo’s husband, Clovis DaSilva, was rousted from bed last week by ICE agents at his home in Pompano Beach and detained for eight days at…
— In the ongoing crazy dispute between batshit tea baggers and wingnut “tax activist” Doug Guetzloe, a new lawsuit has been filed that features the disappeared Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. In the suit, Guetzloe claims the Republican Party used Rothstein and Rothstein’s money to try to discredit him and his…
The Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office has elected not to file charges in a stabbing that took place in October at the Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan during a speech by a neo-Nazi historian.The prosecutor’s close-out memo released this morning cites interviews with those involved as well as footage from a hotel…
Around 3 this morning, Fort Lauderdale firefighters responded to a blaze at a bungalow along 729 SW 15th Avenue. According to the Police Department’s release:As smoke and flames were bellowing [sic] from the residence, three officers saw a man inside. They broke a window, gained entry and brought the man…
It’s Friday in Broward and Palm Beach. Let’s check the news:Jeffrey Hernandez, chief academic officer in Palm Beach County public schools, says he “took a bullet” for Superintendent Art Johnson after parents rejected a new curriculum designed to improve standardized test performance. [Palm Beach Post]Broward Sheriff’s Office layoffs will hit…
In a U.S. Senate race that has already had so many spectacular plot twists, can anyone blame me for hoping that the biggest shocker is yet to come? But for the Crist Comes Outta the Closet meme to take hold, it will take some brave pundits besides me to give…
You know, I’m really getting sick and tired of JAABlog getting all the credit for rude and insulting comments about judges around here. It happened today at the Tower Club, where Mike Mayo moderated one of their hoity-toity luncheons. From the Sun-Sentinel coverage: ————————— Contributing to the tumult, [Attorney and former state Sen…
The small crowd gathered outside the West Palm Beach courthouse at noon today was sweaty and subdued. Holding signs urging people to “Stand With the President: Support Wall Street Reform!” the ten protesters — polite, mostly middle-aged, in shorts and sneakers — drew mixed reactions.”Yes We Can bankrupt America,” one…
Hall of Fame New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor has been arrested on charges of rape for allegedly having sex in a Montebello, New York, hotel room with a 16-year-old girl who had run away from home.Taylor listed Pembroke Pine as his primary residence. We’ll keep an eye on this…
A 12-year-old Haitian orphan with a large malignant tumor on his neck will hopefully receive desperately needed medical attention later today or tomorrow, thanks to a group of concerned South Floridians that includes Republican Sen. George LeMieux.The boy — volunteers believe his name is Esthelhomme Peterson — has been accepted…
Marta Giraldo is a inching a little bit closer to understanding what happened last Thursday morning — but she’s far from getting closure. As we described in this post, immigration officials pounded on the door of her Pompano Beach house a bit after 6 in the morning last Thursday, woke…
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cAlpha Dog of the Week – George Rekerswww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox NewsOur New Times sister paper in Miami is enjoying a blizzard of national publicity at the moment, thanks to this story by two frequent contributors to New Times, Broward-Palm Beach, Penn…
NPR commentator and Fox News talking head Juan Williams has been all over the media lately dissecting the Tea Party movement. In an April 2 Wall Street Journal editorial, Williams decried the liberal stereotype of Tea Party activists as fringe racists, saying that in fact, Tea Partiers represented mainstream Americans…
It’s easy enough for college coaches to create form letters that flatter a high school senior’s ego and make that superstar recruit feel like getting his signature is their No. 1 priority. These letters fill shoeboxes for athletes like Wayne Lyons, a defensive back at Dillard High School in Fort…
Your daily tour of the local news:Davie police have arrested two homeless women after they confessed to the murder of Jill Dornbush, who worked at a local McDonald’s. The 62-year-old allowed Delia Padron and Lazard Falcon to stay at her home but wouldn’t let them use the shower, which led…
— The Broward County School Board, after squandering hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dollars on an unnecessary school construction frenzy that profited its favorite lobbyists and campaign consultants, is now broke. So it’s going to squeeze more money from taxpayers, of course. — While Broward’s inspector general gets caught up in Tallahassee, Palm Beach County just…
Isaac Delvalle is pacing in the desolate atrium outside the poker room of the Magic City Casino. The tan 49-year-old takes a few steps, checks his watch, and sneaks a drag from his bummed cigarette. He’s practically twitching. It’s midnight, an hour till close, and the air reeks of smoke,…
