A story in yesterday’s Sun-Sentinel says the Mormon Church has plans to build a new temple somewhere in western Broward County. It will be one of five new temples built in the United States and abroad and is expected to help serve the state’s roughly 100,000 members living in Florida. Now, SoFla Mormons…
It’s Monday. Here’s the news from the weekend in Broward and Palm Beach. Big win for the Dolphins, who desperately needed a boost of confidence after an 0-3 start and Pennington’s season-ending injury. Vontae Davis returned an interception for a touchdown, setting the tone for the defense’s best effort of…
Longtime government real-estate operative and convicted felon Ira Cor was another guest on an FBI boat at a party thrown for School Board Member Beverly Gallagher by undercover agents, the Pulp has learned. Cor attended the December 10 party — which was part of a years-long FBI corruption sting — on…
[jump] Opinions on the current economic situation in this country are like assholes – so far all they’ve produced is shit and thinking about them during sex can make things awkward (and yeah, everyone seems to have one). And though I think all of Michael Moore’s films are well-intended (and…
You would think that the first native of Broward County ever elected appointed to the U.S. Senate would toss a few bones to the home team. But Sen. George LeMieux’s newly announced staff is conspicuously lacking in locals.Ironically, this might be the only good thing about appointing a U.S. Senator,…
Looks like the Panthers like playing in front of big crowds. In Helsinki, they won their opening game of the season against the Chicago Blackhawks, a team that’s a fashionable pick to win the Stanley Cup.David Booth overcame the Juice jinx, scoring the tying goal with less than three minutes…
A six-foot iguana thought Madison Wells tasted pretty good this week. Sorta like a strawberry, in fact. Little 7-year-old Madison was feeding the beast strawberries when it decided to clamp down on her ankle, tearing up her tendons and requiring a couple of dozen stitches.But the story gets better. According…
The finals of the Miss Florida Teen USA pageant happens Sunday at Bailey Hall at the Broward College campus in Davie. But the “Miss Cruel Teen USA” event is set for the same location on Saturday, in hopes giving this glamor queens a black eye.It’s a brainstorm of the Animal…
Former Senate President Ken Pruitt did not receive $87,000 in secret money from Hollywood eye doctor and GOP money man Alan Mendelsohn, my reporting has revealed. The actual recipient of the money is revealed here. The connection between Pruitt and Mendelsohn was investigated by federal agents, according to numerous sources, and no evidence has surfaced that Pruitt…
It sure sounds like a nice gesture: Attorney Sam Goren’s Fort Lauderdale firm gives pro bono legal work to the Broward League of Cities, the nonprofit organization through which the county’s 31 municipal governments collaborate and work toward state and federal policies that serve their collective good. It’s a gathering…
Poor Palm Beach County. First West Palm was named one of the most depressing places in America. Now a new Gallup poll of West Palm, Boca, and Boynton Beach residents has revealed that those most emotionally attached to the area are older snowbirds. In other words, the biggest fans of…
As local gadflys go, Wes Blackman is one of the most thought-provoking; in fact, New Times gave this urban planner an award for “Best Blog” in 2009 for his insightful commentary about the city of Lake Worth. These days, Blackman is running for city commissioner and he has to make…
The Housing Authority of New Orleans entrusted its financial books to a South Floridian: Elias Castellanos, who had an accounting firm in Coral Gables and a McMansion in Davie. He also had a fleet of luxury cars — the kind that makes a body wonder whether he’s an honest accountant.He’s…
Let’s say somebody took you, your spouse, and another couple of family members on a luxury yacht cruise on the Intracoastal and gave all of you all the free booze and food you could stuff into your body and into bags to take home when the party was over. How…
The best basketball player to ever walk planet Earth is moving to Jupiter. A $7.6 million mansion? Fine. He deserves it, along with the lifetime of leisure that awaits him in the decades to come. I certainly have no regrets from buying the Bulls tickets and jerseys and countless pairs…
This Friday morning, the news cycle begins by telling us more about a few South Florida families than they ever wanted us to know:More than a year after she fired a shot into his pillow and two more shots as Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley fled out the back…
I’m not going to get on a soapbox and complain about unimaginative, exploitative reality television shows. But I do feel entitled to complain when they’re not even good at being unimaginative and exploitative. If they were, they would have recognized the star power of Stefanie Woods right after the 17-year-old…
That’s Stacie Ritter: The Cindy Sheehan of the health-care crisis, she’s known some tough times. But this plucky mom is ready to take her fight for health care to the front door of the Cigna CEO’s mansion. Meanwhile, Stacy Ritter has a mansion of her own, courtesy her marriage to…
If the governor’s wife holds a cancer-awareness event and no one is there to witness it, did it really happen?Yesterday, Carole Crist spoke at a luncheon at the Brazilian Court Hotel in Palm Beach. Her goal was to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. But only about a dozen people attended…
If you think about it, the investment scam is the ultimate virtual reality game: It gives its customers the extremely life-like sensation of getting rich, albeit at considerable cost. So why not offer virtual reality itself as an investment scam? Too late. Someone’s already thought of it.The SEC is suing…
