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Were Hospital Attorneys Fired for Sake of Cover-Up?
For the past month, the North Broward Hospital District has been wrestling with two seemingly unrelated scandals: the corruption investigation of Commissioner Joseph Cobo and the sudden firing of the district’s general counsel, Marc Goldstone, and his lieutenant, Joe Truhe.But it seems inevitable that these two stories will merge. The…
Pit Bulls Come Out of the Closet for Broward Picnic
A couple of weeks ago, we brought you the story of Dahlia Canes and her fight to overturn Miami-Dade’s countywide ban on pit bulls, which has turned Broward and Palm Beach counties into a haven for hated dogs.Canes rescues a pit bull.New Times spoke to Miami pit bull owners about…
For Next Federal Prosecutor, a Million-Dollar Question
For the new U.S. attorney, who will come from among the 16 names on this list, busting financial fraud will be the top priority in South Florida federal courts. And although those cases are endlessly complex, it’s fairly simple to get an overview of the region’s candidates for criminal prosecution:…
How To Date a Porn Star For Under 10 Bucks
I asked Grey how she was able to balance a relationship with her work in adult film…
Vice Mayor on Hit List for Deerfield Beach Hit Man
Sylvia Poitier should have known she was being watched. If not by criminal investigators, then at least by the guy in Deerfield Beach who tends to show them the way. “Mark this day — mark this day well” is the characteristically immodest headline for yesterday’s blog post that contains Chaz…
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Whether You’re Gay or Queer, You’re the Best Reason to Live Here
In this year’s Best Of Broward-Palm Beach edition, New Times named gays as the Best Reason to Live in South Florida. That pick came with some interoffice controversy. Not over the pick itself, which earned no objections when theater critic Brandon K. Thorp first suggested it. But Thorp’s initial idea…
Two Words: ‘Beat Sharing’
I wrote recently about the plan among the major three dailies (somehow “major” just doesn’t seem like the right word anymore) to share beat writers in the sports department. Well, the idea may be spreading to other departments. This just came across the Pulp’s transom: “Hey, a heads up — you ought to be looking…
The Miami Herald‘s Rose-Tinted Condo Outlook
Reading the Miami Herald headlines Thursday morning, you might have had a Marty McFly moment and thought you woke up in 2015. “Downtown Miami condos filling up fast, report says,” one blared.Huh? Isn’t Miami the center of the nation’s worst condo meltdown? Well, yes. But this particular article made an…
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To the Spoiler Goes the Victory; Deerfield Mayor’s Son Pays Fine for Campaign Sabotage
It was the kind of sloppy political sabotage you’d expect in a banana republic. But hey, we’re talking about Deerfield Beach. So we shouldn’t be surprised that the punishment for Thomas Noland is roughly equivalent to the kind you’d expect for a prince in a corrupt kingdom: a fine of…
Behind Ronaldo Deal, a Palm Beach Tycoon
The biggest news in the world’s biggest sport is that international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United, has been sold to Real Madrid for a stunning $131 million. The architect of this blockbuster may have a South Florida address. Financial tycoon Malcolm Glazer of Palm Beach is the majority…
Ritter Speaks! (Out of Both Sides of Mouth)
It’s strange to be astonished at the news that this county’s mayor actually gave an interview, but so it goes in Broward. Stacy Ritter has been refusing interviews with reporters for much of 2009, in vain hopes that she can keep her associations with con man Joel Steinger out of…
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In Wellington, a Streak Ends (With a Bus)
On a day when sister cities are in the news, a cautionary tale comes to us from Wellington. Not the city in Palm Beach County, mind you, but the one in New Zealand.It’s a short story, but vivid. A man was streaking. Until he was hit by a bus. To…
If Goths Can Cruise, You Can Too
Take heart, fellow heat prisoners of South Florida. Whatever dread you may feel during this, the first blistering hot spell in what’s sure to be a merciless summer, at least you have not committed to a subculture of black, of leather, of melting mascara, or to the other sweltering accouterments…
Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2009
They say it’s the year of change. But the change you’re not seeing from the bailout-giving government is the kind that jingles in your pocket. That’s where we come in. New Times Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2009 is filled with more than 200 ways to live large on little —…
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Sheriff Makes Questionable Purchase From Campaign Contributor
Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti held a news conference recently to show off his department’s newest and trendiest purchase: four tiny Smart cars that will zip around Fort Lauderdale International Airport and Port Everglades. TV stations and the Sun-Sentinel followed the announcement with stories about BSO’s new “European minicars” that…
Sun-Sentinel Memo: “Big S” Gets Dolphins Games, Wants More Local Web Hits
Source just sent me this internal Sun-Sentinel memo, which contains “need-to-know info at the Big S media company” (it’s true, the Sentinel really does call itself the “Big S”). In addition to propagating one of the most nauseating (though apt) words in the history of the English language — “advergame” –…
Shots at D.C. Holocaust Museum Echo in South Florida
Embedded video from CNN Video The big story of the day is this afternoon’s shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., that claimed the life of a security guard and left the shooter, who had ties to the white supremacist movement, wounded.South Florida has its own Holocaust…
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Davie Baseball Star Tumbles Down Draft; Will He Go to College?
Deven Marrero is a shortstop from Davie who goes to American Heritage High School. He looked like the Broward player most likely to be picked on the first day in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, which had its first three rounds last night. But Marrero didn’t hear his name…
A Trump Buyer’s Tale of Woe
Tad Ground can see the Trump International Hotel & Tower from his office window, its wave-shaped curves gleaming in the sunlight. It taunts him, because three years ago he imagined it would be his home. Ground, an attorney in Fort Lauderdale, was going to give up the hassle of a…
List of U.S. Attorney Applicants Is Out
Sixteen lawyers have applied for the job of being the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, responsible for prosecuting all federal crimes from Palm Beach County south. Here’s the list, which was released this morning by the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission:David M. Buckner, from Kozyak Tropin…
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A Tribute to Frank Till
Former Broward County School Superintendent Frank Till is finally going back to work. Till, who was fired by the School Board in 2006 for no apparent reason, today was chosen as the top school official in Fayetteville, North Carolina. I think it’s safe to say that Cumberland County made a solid choice. Look, Till…