Deputy Superintendent Michael Garretson’s nephew apparently went from “receptionist” to construction company owner in record time. Records show that Garretson’s nephew, Mike Ray Mallory, described by the construction chief as a receptionist, did more than just work as an assistant project manager for the Weitz Company, which is a favorite school board contractor that Garretson played…
That’s a video from this past April, which gives you some context for the briefing yesterday on Capitol Hill by SIECUS — the organization that promotes sex education and attacks the abstinence-only curricula that gained momentum during the Bush years.Obama’s election brought a halt to that momentum on a national…
Prada, Fendi, Gucci — but no Louis V. They’re laying the luxury on thick at tonight’s grand opening party for Fort Lauderdale’s new Ferrari-Maserati shop. Promoters say the invite-only, catered event will attract some 600 members of South Florida’s upper crust, from Dolphins and Heat players to top plastic surgeons…
Now that the U.S. Justice Department has committed — at least rhetorically — to an “efficient and rational use” of its enforcement powers against marijuana users and sellers, there’s money to be made. Maybe Commerce Online of West Palm Beach will emerge as a kind-of mountain cabbage Mastercard.The company, whose…
Can’t get laid? Well, maybe some free WiFi will cheer you up. Google is teaming up with the newest airline to serve Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport so that virgin travelers can have free internet.Oh wait, maybe that’s Virgin travelers? Haha. This is just a sample of the fun…
Christina Turner, a 45-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman, was downtown, letting men at the bar by her drinks. The next thing she remembers is waking up on a roadside with cuts and bruises that indicated she may have been raped. As a safety precaution, she visited her doctor, who prescribed a…
Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald’s, and Friendly’s. The lawsuit alleges that chicken sold by the three restaurant chains contains a chemical, PhIP, which causes…
The headlines in Broward and Palm Beach:Investigators are circling Bruce Chait of Prestige Homes — and not just for the developer’s hiring of Broward School Board member Stephanie Kraft’s husband. Tamarac Mayor Joe Schreiber has alleged that Chait offered a $200,000 bribe in exchange for Mae Schreiber, Joe’s wife, to…
On the warm, humid afternoon of June 22, 2007, Liz Roehrich, a petite woman in her 40s, turned left into a predominantly black, middle-class neighborhood and parked her animal control truck in front of a gray house with a well-manicured lawn. Visible on a gate leading to the backyard was…
The Broward County School Board is slowly coming unraveled at the seams of its own long-standing corruption. First the FBI brought down School Board member Beverly Gallagher for stuffing bribe money in a doggy bag, and now we know that Board member Stephanie Kraft, long suspected of being a tool…
In this week’s New Times, Michael J. Mooney’s talking dog fighting minus Michael Vick, but with all the same cruel circumstances. The feature chronicles a passionate animal control officer’s investigation into an alleged pit bull fighting ring in suburban Boynton Beach, which led to extensive police surveillance, subsequent arrests, and…
Florida has seen its history of hilarious marketing strategies. (Remember the Tampa Bay Bandits’ million dollar give away…that was actually $50,000 every year for 20 years, starting in 20 years? The team folded after three years. Nobody got a dime.) But offering Brits the chance to have tea with dated…
Thanks to Chaz Stevens for uploading this amazing video of last evening’s meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, in which it finally awarded a winner in the bid for the restaurant space on the end city’s pier. But not without high drama. After the commissioners ranked the bidding restaurateurs,…
On February 14, 2007, Broward School Board construction czar Michael Garretson chose building contractor Weitz Co. as the No. 1 firm for a cafeteria renovation project that was good for a $37 million contract. Now that’s what you might call a sweet Valentine. Nine months later, in November 2007, Garretson’s nephew, Mike Mallory, got a job at…
The best visits to tattoo studios are usually spontaneous, but Hollywood Sen. Eleanor Sobel is not your typical patron. She has scheduled an appointment at 10 a.m. Monday at Stevie Moon Tattoo NE 26th Street in Fort Lauderdale. There she’ll meet her foe-turned-friend, Stevie Moon, who earlier this year led…
South Florida’s senior citizen population has had a rough few months. What with the fear-mongering about death panels in Obama’s health care plan, and worries that cuts in Medicare will leave them penniless on bingo night, the news has not been good.Now comes the swine flu vaccine, a health care…
Another conservative U.S. Senator has defied party leaders to give an endorsement to Marco Rubio over Charlie Crist. And check out the statement by Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, particularly this part:”Like me, Marco believes that the federal government works best when it returns dollars, decisions and freedom to our local…
It sounds like a joke, but Vanilla Ice really is huge in South Africa. Same goes for Australia and East Asia. He just returned from South Africa, where he played several sold out arenas. So who could blame the ad folks at Castle Lite, the South African brew, when they were…
Over the last week, we’ve given you several posts about the pending fate of Ronald Murphy, the convicted rapist confined by ankle bracelet every night to a wooden bench in front of his probation officer’s building. This weekend, superstar reporter extraordinaire Gail Shepherd met with Murphy at his bench. He…
The Boynton Beach Police Department has arrested Magaret Ann Willett, a volunteer for the Girl Scouts of America, on suspicion of credit card fraud after a victim picked out Willett from a surveillance video.According to the probable cause affidavit, Willett is suspected of having gone on a shopping spree with…
