Moments after Charlie Crist announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate last week, he received the endorsement of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, with endorsements from leading Republican Senators like Mitch McConnell soon to follow. The intent wasn’t just to welcome Crist but to discourage the Senate candidacy of Marco Rubio,…
There’s still no word on when the Broward County Commission will discuss the fate of the Blazing Paddles dragon boat team in West Lake Park. But for those who have been following the boaters’ saga–they were nearly evicted from the park, after one kayaker complained that the team’s boat storage…
They got Jason Taylor back, and they got two big corners, filling the biggest needs from last year. But still, when NFL.com came out with the latest power rankings earlier this week, the division-champion Miami Dolphins were right in the middle of the league: number 17. Surely this is because…
Till recently, every poll for the 2010 Florida election was filled with “ifs.” If Crist runs for Senate will you vote for him? If Alex Sink runs for governor, will you vote for her? With the flurry of campaign announcements the last few weeks, the new poll from Mason-Dixon is…
On the day 30 people in the Sun-Sentinel newsroom are laid off, the corporate news is just dandy, according to Tribune Co. COO Randy Michaels, who reports that the company is “making progress.” For instance, the show “WWE Superstars” had great ratings on WGN, and they’re having wonderful luck with…
Broward and Palm Beach’s Jewish congressional members were all eagerly anticipating this week’s visit to Washington D.C. of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and yet none appear eager to speak about it. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office made no statement following a morning meeting with Netanyahu she attended with other congressional…
This website posts actual text messages from people who share an area code — your area code. Which means we can finally settle the argument over whether Broward or Palm Beach has more freaks. Whatcha got, Broward?(954): Dude, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to find a girl for…
Names are starting to stream in from the lastest layoffs at the Sun-Sentinel. As always, I’m going to compile them as they come in. This has caused a small bit of controversy in the past, but it’s done in the name of honoring those who are leaving and informing the…
So the Florida Supreme Court just accepted the State Attorney’s motion to vacate the death penalty conviction of Omar Loureiro. Now we’ll have a new murder trial, but there won’t be an evidentiary hearing into the allegations against Judge Ana Gardiner. In other words, Gardiner, who broke judicial rules and lied…
Frank Avellino is the business partner of Michael Bienes, the alleged philanthropist who according to New Times’ Bob Norman deserves to be scrutinized as an alleged co-conspirator in the government’s cases involving Bernard Madoff. And now it looks like Avellino, at least, is getting that scrutiny.A refresher, from Norman’s article:…
The Cypress Creek Cinemas 16 at the corner of Andrews and Cypress Creek in Fort Lauderdale was robbed yesterday morning. According to police, the culprit – a 5’5, 200-pound white guy – confronted the manager with a gun as he entered the theatre in the morning, rounded up and bound…
KeepCharlieCrist.com: Sounds like a website for national Democrats who don’t want a certain copper-toned Republican leaving Florida for Washington D.C. as a senator. But last week it was a popular stopping ground for Floridians anxious about the chorus of rumors surrounding Crist’s next move. They wanted to keep Crist as…
With all the puff pieces that one expects from local glossies (e.g. a recent article on maligned hospital district commissioner Joseph Cobo allegedly inspired by favor-trading), it’s startling to encounter one that’s actually got some punch. So here’s to Florida Trend, the business magazine that in its May issue gives…
Shortly after Ray Sim became director of Broward County’s Animal Care and Regulation Department late last year, county commissioners began floating the P-word: privatize. It was either that or find a way to make a slew of costly reforms during a budget year in which every agency would be expected…
Last week, when it came out that North Broward Hospital District General Counsel Marc Goldstone was allegedly practicing law without a Florida license, it seems commissioners had a good excuse (shock, to name one) to procrastinate dealing with the scandal of the previous week: an investigator’s finding that Commissioner Joseph…
Lots of angst in advance of today’s visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, the first of what figures to be many meetings between him and Obama. Boca Raton-based Congressman Robert Wexler is just returned from a visit to Israel where he met with Netanyahu, perhaps…
Word was that the layoffs at the Sun-Sentinel — 30 are expected in the newsroom — were going to begin on Tuesday. But I’ve been told by several sources that they have already begun. A source tells me that venerable photographer Lou Toman will have his last day on Friday;…
Lately, we haven’t heard a peep about Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter getting a job in the Obama White House. It may be time to assume that she won’t be hearing anything, either.During the presidential campaign, Ritter had everything but the pom poms and the poodle skirt. No public official in…
Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner should have let a sleeping dog lie. In one of the more vile parts of Gardiner’s deposition in the Omar Loureiro investigation, she implied that Sheila Alu and Ron Cacciatore, who is listed as a witness in the case, had an affair. “According to Sheila, Ron and…
With nearly 18 months before the 2010 election for Florida Governor, the Democratic Party has plenty of time to tee off on Republican frontrunner Bill McCollum, the state Attorney General who is announcing his candidacy today. But according to at least one anti-dandruff shampoo, you don’t get a second chance…
A week after Sen. Bill Nelson was credited with running off the Obama administration’s top pick for the nation’s space program, the former astronaut’s own favorite for the job, Charles Bolden, is expected to be named to the position.Bolden, who meets with Obama today, would be the first NASA administrator…
