A Morality Quiz

Below are several classic quotes on the nature of right and wrong. One of them was uttered by Fitzroy Salesman on undercover tapes made by the FBI. Match the quote with the right speaker (answers come after the jump). 1. “Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don’t. Why should we? They talk…

Signs That Rubio’s Tea Party Support Is Fragile

It may be too early to assume that Florida’s tea party faithful will flock to the polls for Marco Rubio. As evidenced by questions that surfaced during Sunday night’s debate on Fox News, it seems Rubio has taken that support for granted and that he’ll now need to mend fences…

Nurse Who Was a Drag Queen Hears Support From Local Families

Ray Fetcho has been reinstated as a nurse, but those who knew the former drag queen are still baffled that his license was challenged in the first place. People like Joe Adams, a Davie man who came to know Fetcho as the caretaker of Adams’ 84-year-old mother.”For my mom, he…

Debra Villegas’ Other BFF: Scott Rothstein

After her best friend, Melissa Britt Lewis, was murdered in March 2008, Debra Villegas gave several lengthy, sworn interviews to Plantation police. Mainly, the cops were questioning her about whether her husband, Tony Villegas — who would later be arrested for the murder — was jealous of her friendship with…

Sarah Palin on Allen West: You Betcha!

Today on her Facebook page, Sarah Palin gave a public endorsement to South Florida congressional candidate Allen West. Said the former Alaskan governor and Republican VP candidate:Allen’s personal story is a testament to the commonsense conservative belief that our nation’s greatness is rooted in freedom, because with freedom comes equal…

Florida Men Don’t Measure Up, According to Condomania

Men of Florida, don’t despair: There’s always somebody out there with a willie smaller than yours.This month, condomania.com released the results of its extensive survey of penis sizes around the nation. The company says it gathered “detailed information” about 27,000 peckers so to better design its condoms, which come in…

Fitzroy Salesman Trial: Let’s Talk About Sex

In addition to talking about how to get government jobs in corrupt Broward County, Fitzroy Salesman and the undercover agents spoke of plane mishaps, parking tickets, driving school, sex, and a “camel toe contest” between beauty pageant contestants (including Miss Canada), according to trial testimony yesterday. One of Salesman’s defense attorneys, Daniel Aaronson,…

Pain Clinic Doc Busted for Oxy

A local pain clinic is gonna need a new doc. The only one at Pompano Beach Pain Management, Dr. Steven Brown, just got caught with a bottle full of Oxcodone.The news release by Broward Sheriff’s Office says that undercover officers saw Brown settle into a parking lot at a fast-food…

Charity President Says Agency Isn’t Ducking Investigator

Felecia Poitier, president of a charity being investigated by Deerfield Beach for its management of housing funds, denied allegations that her agency has not cooperated fully with auditors, blaming delays on the time-consuming nature of the city’s request.”He’s trying to get this [financial information] as fast as he can,” says…

Haterade Shortage Threatens Allen West Congressional Campaign

A week after health-care reform has passed and still no sign of Vladimir Lenin’s reanimated corpse, which was supposed to be laying waste to hard-working (retired/unemployed, technically) Americans. What’s more, the economy is slowly shaking out of its slump. By next fall, some of those unemployed (but hard-working) droves of…

Pictures From Yesterday’s Palm Beach Pride Parade

One thing we noticed at this year’s gay pride parade is that gay people pretty much look like everybody else.Does this mean we have assimilated? The high flamboyance of yesteryear, the antics of the Radical Fairies, the haute drag queens in their showgirl finery were not so much in evidence…

UPDATE: Local Charity Helps Open Orphanage in India

One of the Juice’s favorite local charitable organizations, Planting Peace, will open a new orphanage in India next week. The nonprofit knows how to get kids off the streets. It already has four orphanages in Haiti.We had the chance to chat with Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson (you can read…

Morning Juice: Rubio and Crist Face Off; Heat Wins Fifth Straight

A glance through the headlines in Broward and Palm Beach:A 3-year-old girl was found dead in a Pompano Beach apartment early Sunday morning. The cause of death remains unclear, but police don’t suspect foul play. [Sun-Sentinel]Senate candidates Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio finally went eyeball-to-eyeball last night on Fox News…

This Weekend, Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Has More to Celebrate

You could theoretically travel around the world for 12 months attending gay pride festivals, from Melbourne in January to Manila in December. The big U.S. celebrations, in New York and San Francisco, are scheduled to coincide with the historic Stonewall Riots in late June. But in South Florida, the festivals…