Water Is Not Water One quote that really made me laugh in “Kick the Bottle” by Lee Klein (August 14) was: “Water is water.” No, it isn’t! Have you ever wondered why so many of the imported beers taste better than our American-made brands? It’s because the water is different…
I’m not going to do a whole lot more Sarah Palin stuff — I have a tendency to go on these tangents and it’s about enough. I’m just going to give you my opinion on where this election stands. As we saw tonight, Palin has a good presence and can…
What the hell, this is Sarah Palin’s day, so I might as go with it. Here’s some of the latest info on McCain’s choice: — She’s born-again Christian who advocated banning books from the library. From a New York Times article about her initial race to become mayor of Wasilla:…
Well, it finally happened. The Sun-Sentinel, WSFL-TV, and the Orlando Sentinel have taken their collective Internet content — otherwise known as their future — out of the hands of journalists and given it to marketing chief Jeff Levine. Here’s the announcement, which was sent this morning by Sentinel publisher Howard…
John McCain should never be president. Let’s get that out of the way. Forget about his abrupt dumping of his wife and kids for Cindy Hensley, the heir of the Budweiser fortune. That was an asshole move, but it was years ago, even if it did thoroughly piss off the…
Or at least that’s what they are reporting. I was on Barry Epstein’s radio show when the news came across the wire and said on the air that McCain, like Obama, had picked someone to shore up his weaknesses. Since he was old and crotchety, I said, I would imagine…
In a move that would have seemed utterly shocking a year ago, the South Florida’s three major daily newspapers are set to announce a content-sharing agreement later today, according to sources. While details of the plan are sketchy, the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, and Palm Beach Post have reached an agreement…
You can disregard this — I’m just getting my story on Reille Hunter on the blog so that it will make its way to the Nets. I don’t know what’s been going on between New Times and Google, but it hasn’t been pretty the past couple months. Here’s the story:…
Let’s run down some of the election’s real winners and losers: WINNER: Judy Stern. The lobbyist and political consultant was behind sheriff’s candidate Scott Israel and Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom, who each won squeaker races on Tuesday (or Wednesday thanks to a sluggish elections office). She also won easily…
Man of the Rich People I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that John Rodstrom is trying to hide his dirt, as he has a good chance of losing his County Commission seat to Davie Councilman Bryan Caletka (“Two Tales From the Trail,” Bob Norman, August 21). Rodstrom screwed up when…
So what does it take to get people’s attention in Broward County nowadays? Apparently, a lot more than dumping a corpse in your backyard. The Broward Sheriff’s Office says Samuel Nesbitt and Richard Isaac, housemates at 2844 NW Sixth Ct. in unincorporated Broward, got into a fight in June resulting…
It’s a creepy feeling, knowing these masked men have cased you for weeks, studying your every move. Leon Rozio had crossed paths with their kind before — highly organized South American theft gangs that employ sophisticated surveillance and commando-style assault tactics. Rozio, age 64, is one of a dying breed…
Deep in Hialeah, among body shops, crisscrossing highway ramps, and tall, scattered palm trees, is a porn shop. You can find the same old skankiness here — whips, midget porn, ice trays shaped as tiny penises, and, of course, the Jack Rabbit. But in a glass case that snakes around…
Rielle Hunter, who was born in Fort Lauderdale 44 years ago, has had an alarmingly eventful life. As a teenager, she was an accomplished equestrienne who rode a champion jumping horse until the animal was electrocuted in its stable by a hit man from Chicago, part of one of the…
It’s the end of an era: The Miami Herald is shuttering its bureau in Fort Lauderdale, where the newspaper has had a presence for the last four decades. The bureau, which is located at 1520 East Sunrise Boulevard, will close on Friday. [UPDATE: Apparently, the bureau is moving to another…
So it looks like Scott Israel prevailed yesterday. And so did John Rodstrom. And from that, you might extrapolate that attack ads really don’t work, since both of those candidates were the targets of well-financed and pretty brutal attack machines. Not so fast. A political observer just mentioned to me…
As if to torture candidates and political junkies, the elections canvassing board decided to stop counting at about midnight last night and will resume today, according to sources. Fifty four of the 779 precincts are yet to be tallied. Apparently, Broward County Mayor Lois Wexler made the inprecedented decision. I…
In another blow to both local and “progressive” radio, WINZ 940-AM fired morning host Nicole Sandler and has replaced her with the oft-controversial national radio celebrity Don Imus. In an e-mail, WINZ’s Ken Charles, the station’s director of AM programming, cited a lack of ratings and a general lack of…
— The most intriguing Broward County Commision race is, of course, the one pitting incumbent John Rodstrom against Bryan Caletka, Carlton Moore, and Robert McKinzie. First, Moore and McKinzie have a chance because they are going to split the black vote that both of them need to have a chance…
Lashawnda Eggelletion responded this morning to my article about her father, Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion. Seems my article was printed up by someone and sent to voters in Eggelletion’s district. New Times wasn’t notified of the mailer and didn’t give permission for the reprinting (reprintings on other stories have…
This Griff Jenkins is the same Fox News Channel “producer” who badgered Robert Wexler in his front yard. I kind of liked his persistence on that one, but here he pulls off the number one clown moment of the year when he yells, in the middle of the protest in…
I have to apologize to you for neglecting the Pulp lately — been on deadline with my real job. Here are some links that I’ve been wanting to post, but haven’t had the time. Hey it’s the weekend. Raise a toast and have a good one. — Here’s a story…
