I want my half hour back. Or was it an eternity? Because it seemed like an eternity. I’m talking about the time spent watching the talk show CountyLine on the Broward School Board-funded cable station BECON. I opined on BECON last week and my opinion hasn’t changed. BECON must die. The fact that…
A law firm retained by Deerfield Beach to evaluate reports of ethics violations has opened an investigation into the conduct of the city’s vice mayor, Sylvia Ferguson — formerly Sylvia Poitier. But the same firm dismissed three other ethics complaints against Ferguson, saying they failed the “prima facie” standards set…
What is it about the deaths of celebrities that brings out the worst in mankind? Broward residents got a gruesome look at this phenomenon after Anna Nicole Smith died. But the Michael Jackson case was bound to be an even bigger, more bizarre circus. So before it gets too topsy-turvy…
It’s the day that Bernard Madoff gets to pay for his $65 billion sin. If you had money to invest — and here I’m assuming you’re not one of his victims — then would you invest it on a bet that today the convicted swindler gets a prison sentence of…
Hey, look another house just got sold on Ponzi Island! Sorry, I mean Palm Beach. Easy mistake, since alleged Ponzi schemer Tom Petters is a neighbor of convicted $67 billion Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, among other Island residents linked to financial fraud.Just a part-time South Florida resident, Petters Group Worldwide…
Al Malnik is doing some serious spinning in the world press right now in regard to Michael Jackson. He’s been quoted in several publications about regarding his “friendship” with Jackson, saying that he’s godfather to the pop king’s youngest son, Blanket, and that, last Malnik knew, he was executor of his estate. Yesterday, Malnik’s wife, Nancy, executed a photo dump on…
That’s a screen grab from Fox News’ recent coverage of disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford. Notice the single letter next to Sanford’s name: “D” as in Democrat.In fact, Sanford is a Republican. Now, I understand that typos happen — this blog being the exception to the rule. But this is an…
Will the last Panther fan in South Florida please turn off the lights in the BankAtlantic? Late Friday, star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was traded to the Calgary Flames for… well… nothing.As a hockey fan who wants to see the team thrive in South Florida, I tried to give management subtle…
Deerfield Beach Vice Mayor Sylvia Ferguson (previously Poitier) may have had a financial interest in a nonprofit corporation for which she voted to award public funds. Acts of Sedition blogger Chaz Stevens has posted financial documents of the Westside Deerfield Businessmen Association that show the nonprofit owes Lionel Ferguson $74,000,…
Yesterday, just before leaving to represent the U.S. in its only appearance in the FIFA Confederations Cup, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Boca Raton native Jozy Altidore tweeted: “Do you believe? I know I do!!!”On Wednesday, the 19-year-old striker scored the first of the two goals (video above) that toppled the…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyU.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio scored two big endorsements this week, plus the criticism of from one of those Democrat-leaning MSNBC talking heads, which kinda counts as an endorsement. About 1:10 in the video above, Hardball host Chris Matthews…
Considering that in recent years he was rarely seen outdoors without a parasol, maybe Michael Jackson was afraid of getting sunburn? Whatever the case, this list of Michael Jackson concerts dating to the early Eighties doesn’t include a single one in South Florida only includes two South Florida stops dating…
An arrest in a cold case is supposed to be an occasion for celebrating the enduring cause of justice. There is no statute of limitations (da-DUM!!) for murder. That applies even after you’ve left the state where it happened to start a new life a thousand miles away. Still, on…
At The Forge (from left): Shareef Malnick, Al Malnick, Serena Williams, Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker, and Bret Ratner (front). [UPDATED: Holy shit. Jose Lambiet got Malnik on the phone, and he said Michael Jackson named him the executor of his will and godfather and guardian of Jackson’s youngest son, Prince…
With Roger Federer looming, Andy Roddick may be the only one of the three tennis players from Boca Raton who has a chance to win Wimbledon — and a slight one at that. Mardy Fish has looked better than his 28 ranking. But the real Cinderella is 21-year-old Jesse Levine,…
A multijurisdictional murder case started, it appears, when Broward sheriff’s deputies responded to a Crimestoppers tip that a red Mazda truck left at the Greyhound bus stop in Fort Lauderdale was involved in a murder. The truck was registered to 76-year-old Tommy Lee Kellum of Lake City, Florida. A BSO…
Our condolences to the Forkey family of Boca Raton, which was planning to have a belated Father’s Day celebration this week. Kenneth Forkey was the passenger in a cab that crashed into an idling semitruck on the way to La Guardia International Airport. Forkey, 25, who lived in Manhattan and…
Neither side wants to admit it, but we South Floridians have something in common with philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford: namely, a South Florida residence, however fleeting. A Fort Lauderdale native, Sanford prefers that voters in his current state regard him as a Carolina farm boy. Before he ever…
flickr.com This is a bit of a sensitive subject, so I’ll try to be careful. Though there are many purposes to news media, most people will agree that one of them is certainly to help protect the public — sometimes by exposing public dangers or injustices, sometimes by alerting the…
Former mega-smuggler Jon Roberts, who flooded Miami with $2 billion worth of cocaine in the ’80s, naps away his days in a quiet lakefront Hollywood home. But soon, if what he says is true, a book, a high-octane movie, and videogame contracts will again make him a player. But he…
