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The Hit Heard ‘Round the League

By Thomas Francis

The National Hockey League, which met this week in Boca Raton, has decided to outlaw hits to the head. There’s been talk of doing this for years, but the video below is what finally made the league act. Painful to watch, isn’t it? That’s Panthers star David Booth was blindsided…

Rubio Secretly Hoping Crist Declares as Independent?

By Thomas Francis

A pollster’s analysis of Florida’s Senate race suggests that if Charlie Crist declared as an independent candidate, he would be doing adversary Marco Rubio a big favor. Public Policy Polling found that while Rubio has flipped the race in the Republican primary, he may be a tad too conservative to…

Source: Rothstein Hired Mafia-Related Security Firm

By Bob Norman

If you read the headlines about the major Mafia case that broke in Miami yesterday, you might have wondered if fallen Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein had any connections to the mobsters charged. Maloman Photographers Rothstein with Gov. Crist and Kim at the Versace mansion at a white party held for…

Deerfield May Sue Charity Group for Withholding Information

By Thomas Francis

For three months, the City of Deerfield Beach has tried to give Arlington Park Family the benefit of the doubt. The local charity was paid $30,000 for “outreach” in 2007. The city attorney, Andy Maurodis, wrote a letter in late December asking for information about how that money was used.When…

Is This What Rock Bottom Looks Like?

By Thomas Francis

Let me try to put a positive spin on a super-depressing graph. From the blog Calculated Risk, the graph above shows the high and low unemployment rates from each state since 1976, along with a red line for the current jobless rate. Yes, we’re living in the most depressed Florida…

Szafranski Pleads the Fifth Hundreds of Time

By Bob Norman

​A Daily Business Review reporter sat in on a deposition Tuesday for Szafranski — who served as the “independent verifier” for Scott Rothstein’s bogus Ponzi settlement deals — and reported that Szafranski uttered “‘Fifth Amendment’ hundreds of times” to bankruptcy attorney Theresa Van Vliet’s questions. At the same time he…

Hit and Run on Las Olas; Police Searching for Driver

By Thomas Francis

That’s the spot on East Las Olas Boulevard two women were crossing last night, around 7:30, when they were struck by a dark-colored SUV. According to the Fort Lauderdale police report, the driver fled the scene, heading east toward the beach.One of the victims, 65-year-old Carolyn Bianco, sustained a life-threatening…

Rothstein Took Watch Collection (and More) to Morocco

By Bob Norman

OK, sources say Debra Villegas has another day of relative freedom today. Still expected this week. In lieu of action in the case, I’m going to throw out some tidbits. UPDATED: Sentinel reporting that bankruptcy lawyers filed a clawback suit on Kim Rothstein seeking $1.1 million back from her, including charges…

A Sad, Beautiful Video About the Everglades

By Thomas Francis

German Mendez is a biologist who works at Mack’s Fishing Camp in West Broward. Yesterday this video of Mendez was posted on YouTube by documentary makers Paul Franz and Jesse Swanson. It’s not clear whether the timing is related to this week’s Charlie Crist scandal, but it really does drive…

In Response to Joyce Kaufman, Allen West

By Thomas Francis

Today on the Joyce Kaufman Show, your trusty Juice blogger was treated like a tackling dummy. I tuned in just in time to hear myself called a “lunatic” and be accused of lying.As best I can figure, I’m a lunatic for this post about congressional candidate Allen West. He resigned…

Florida Rep. Precourt: Here’s Your Mayberry Script

By Gail Shepherd

Florida Republican Rep. Stephen Precourt told the Palm Beach Post this week that he’d like Florida to look a lot more like Mayberry (and presumably a lot less like Sodom) — at least when it comes to cinematic representations. Precourt has proposed a bill that would increase tax credits for…

Muslim Group Heads to Tallahassee; Anti-Muslim Group Stokes Fear

By Thomas Francis

A group of about 50 Muslims from South Florida is embarking this morning on a trip to Tallahassee, where it will have secret meetings with state policymakers. It’s called “Muslim Day,” and the Lake Worth-based Florida Security Council says we freedom-loving Americans should be very afraid.Summoning my courage, I placed…