The Miami Herald found another investor in Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme, and the story has a couple of interesting parts. First, Rothstein apparently answered his phone on Thursday. He told the Herald: “I keep seeing names on the Internet who were alleged investors of me and I have no idea who they are…
South Florida Blade editor Dan Renzi stopped by his Wilton Manors office last Sunday evening to check his email, and encountered a strange sight. Michael Kitchens, co-president of Blade parent company Window Media LLC, was standing at the front door, crying.”He looked at me and said, ‘You can’t go in…
Here’s what’s churning in Friday’s local news cycle:Parents of students at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City are furious over proposals by the Broward County School District to bus students out of that school to relieve overcrowding. But what are they complaining about? Local 10’s Janine Stanwood managed to the…
From the Sacramento Bee comes word that Scott Rothstein’s firm donated $250,000 to the campaign to pass Proposition 11, a ballot measure that was passed by California voters earlier this month. For a guy like Rothstein, that’s a far-flung state and a decidedly unglamorous issue — the measure formed a…
This story is getting almost surreal. A blog reader who worked on the recent renovation of Scott Rothstein’s house on Isla Bahia Drive sent me photographs of the inside of the home taken during the job. That’s Rothstein’s personal toilet, and yes, the lid is made of gold. After the jump is the “hers”…
After arresting a young black man last night in Sara Sims Park, two white Boynton Beach Police officers faced down an angry crowd threatening violence.According to the incident report, officers were patrolling the park based on its history of drug-related crimes. Around 7 last night, they say they saw a…
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10cLou Dobbswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care CrisisThat’s the post-CNN Lou Dobbs from last night’s episode of the Daily Show, which means he’s still lingering near the Big Apple. But judging by the interview that he gave to gossip queen…
In this week’s New Times feature, Lisa Rab describes the pathetic plight of our nation’s newspaper industry chronicling the Palm Beach Post’s job cut backs. With dread in his voice, editor John Bartosek says at least 300 jobs were slashed, 130 newsroom positions included. Even top reporters are facing severance…
Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein says he got a pretty good laugh when he found out the hundreds of coconuts he’d mailed to Postmaster General John E. Potter had been given away to homeless shelters. “We were imagining the cafeteria at the shelter handing each poor homeless person a big…
As promised here, footage of an American icon soaring over the heads of several drunken morning-radio personalities, including one man dressed as Abe Lincoln. Vanilla Ice (real name: Rob Van Winkle) took a few practice runs, then jumped the Wild 95.5 “Snack Pack” three separate times.Please note Rob’s good friend,…
Scott Rothstein’s breakout month was October. During that month, the Ponzi scheming lawyer raised $232 million in October only to wired it all out of TD Bank accounts into a dizzying maze of businesses, says Fort Lauderdale attorney William Scherer, who is representing clients claiming losses totaling about $100 million…
It wasn’t so long ago that Wisconsin had five dog tracks, second only to Florida in terms of total live-racing facilities. This week, the operators of the Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha announced that the track will end racing on New Year’s Eve. This will mark the end of greyhound…
The video comes with a handy summary at this YouTube link, for those curious about who started it. Good luck with that.UPDATE: This new version of the video is annotated for your viewing pleasure. Seems we’re looking at Amnesty supporters joined by two Tea Party interlopers, one in the black…
It’s time to set a lot of people straight on what is going on with Scott Rothstein (and get a comment cleaner up here). One of the main things you hear when you bring him up is people who just can’t believe he’s “walking free.” They point to the video…
Today’s news in Broward and Palm Beach:In a three-part series, a Rothstein investor describes to New Times’ Bob Norman exactly how the attorney made his treacherous pitch. [Daily Pulp]Teachers in Palm Beach County say that a new academic program in the district demands much more work within the hours for…
Last night, your forgotten Florida Panthers did something they’ve been doing a lot lately: They went on the road and beat the hell out of someone. In this case, the Buffalo Sabres, 6-2. It was the team’s fourth victory in the past five road games. Suddenly, a team that started…
After reading this week’s cover story about the massive job losses and financial troubles at South Florida’s daily newspapers, you may wonder how New Times is faring. Our tiny newsroom, not surprisingly, has also shrunk in recent years, although not by the same kind of numbers as the dailies.In the…
The main offices of the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm, on the 16th floor of the Bank of America building on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, might have looked almost normal. There, a whopping 70 lawyers and a team of support staff worked on an array of court cases…
The Cost of Greyhound Racing I just read your May 19 story on the greyhound industry, “Heartbreak at 45 mph.” I want to make one comment about this line: “Then again, if she didn’t race, I wouldn’t have her now.” While I love my own greyhound very much, I don’t…
A standing-room-only crowd attended the meeting where Rochelle Gilken decided to end her newspaper career. Behind the gleaming glass windows of the Palm Beach Post’s headquarters in West Palm Beach on a June 2008 afternoon, hundreds of people held their breath. Rumors of job cuts had been whispered around the…
