The noir fiction thing at Soya e Pomodoro in Miami went well. Even for me. Barely. A little more on that later, but here are a few highlights: — Edna. Edna Buchanan looked great in this shimmery silver jacket and gave a spirited reading of her newest novel, which hasn’t…
— Don’t think there’s institutional corruption in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office? Then read this story about the arrest of Lt. Sandra Nealy written by Sonja Isger and Allyson Bird in the Palm Beach Post. Key graphs: She and six co-workers at county corrections facilities fell under criminal and…
The ritzy oceanfront town of Palm Beach usually hums quietly with the sounds of Rolls-Royces passing by and big fat wallets snapping open and shut. On days that the waves crank up, though, the riffraff moves in. Traffic slows as drivers strain their necks to peek at the beach. Pickup…
Tiki bar owner Bob Gregory and Riviera Beach city officials have had it made in the shade for five years running. It’s taxpayers who are getting burned. Gregory has run the popular Tiki Waterfront Sea Grill at the Riviera Beach Municipal Marina since 2003. The place occupies a prime piece…
Never let it be said that Tailpipe doesn’t occasionally jump-start the motor and floor the accelerator to get moving at top speed. The “high-octane” approach goes with living in a 21st-century urban environment, n’est-ce pas, Speedy? But when it comes to kids, the ‘Pipe likes to keep it under the…
This is the old Mike Briggs. Curled up on the bathroom floor — convulsing, sweating, heart racing. Retching into the toilet. The whites of his eyes shot with red. Every part of his body aching. He wants nothing more than the one thing he knows will put an end to…
Singin’ the Greens “Show Us Some Green” (Deirdra Funcheon, May 15) is an excellent accounting of the Green Party’s views and activities. Green Party aspirants would be highly effective if they began to “bore from within” to infiltrate one or both of the two major parties — especially so the…
It looks like oil isn’t going to stop rising. What the flying fuck is the chimp in the White House doing about it? War, financial meltdown, staggering inflation … how many debacles is this SOB going to leave us with? And he doesn’t even pretend to try anymore…
— I’m floored. On my back and absolutely stunned. You see, the school board might actually do something that is … sensible. Unheard of. The Sun-Sentinel’s Kathy Bushouse and Susannah Bryan report this morning that Broward County Schools Superintendent Jim Notter has put the brakes on a project to build…
Wyatt Olson, a friend and former colleague who left New Times to teach journalism at Shantou University in China, is back on the reporting trail, following the horrific earthquakes (death toll 40,000 and rising). He trekked with a student to the Sichuan territory, where the brunt of the damage has…
Two events to plug this morning. First comes “The Noir Side of the Sun” on Thursday evening in Miami. It’s a celebration of crime writing courtesy of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts. Here’s the info: The Noir Side of the Sun: Crimes, Mysteries, and Thrillers–Miami Style Thursday, May…
Recently, the Palm Beach Post began posting daily slideshows of mugshots of the poor souls booked into the Palm Beach County Jail. The first newspaper I ever saw do this was the Key West Citizen (though I can’t find the feature today — the Cooke Communications website is just awful)…
We already know that the Fox-fueled right-wing machine will beat the American public over the head with Rev. Wright for the next six months (assuming Obama wins the nomination). That ought to scare those hardworking white Americans who prefer Hillary good and plenty, huh? But what are they going to…
You might not know it from watching TV or listening to the radio, but a local landowner recently bulldozed a community garden, a power plant is set to be constructed between two wildlife refuges in the Everglades, and there are still four candidates from the Green Party running for president…
On Jonathan Lederman’s MySpace page, he cites as heroes Nelson Mandela and Golda Meir. He describes serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, and he estimates that he’s raised $1 million for charity in 30 years of volunteering. He enjoys self-help books, and at the end of his outgoing…
It begins sedately enough. Ballgoers slowly filter into the assembly hall of St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church in Davie. They walk or strut down a red carpet, past black velvet ropes — a diverse crowd, in patent-leather shoes, heels, even some sneakers. A girl in a striking knee-length green dress…
Air Fizzle And that attitude is why I no longer fly on American Airlines (“Ride “Em, Cowboy,” Tailpipe, May 8). I’ve paid more on my last five trips and put up with the inconvenience of making connecting flights, but I feel much safer than I would on American. Until they…
Ron Ishoy confirmed this morning that prosecutor Howard Scheinberg is leaving the State Attorney’s Office and will be employed by Scott Rothstein’s law firm in Fort Lauderdale. Either this is related to the Judge Ana Gardiner expose or it’s one hell of a coincidence. Scheinberg allegedly partied with Gardiner while…
Check out this lede from a Sun-Sentinel story today: “Billed as a comedy-thriller, the Actors’ Playhouse production of Thumbs provides a brilliantly-plotted mystery, a superbly witty comedy, but not a compelling thriller about an actress suspected of murder and a female sheriff in a life and death struggle.” Sorry, the…
South Florida is threatened with losing its only public journalism school — and the major daily newspapers have barely written a word about it. Brings to mind one word: pathetic. Florida International University is planning to dismantle its J-school in response to budget cuts. Sources say the situation right now…
A reliable source tells the Pulp that prosecutor Howard Scheinberg is leaving the State Attorney’s Office to join the law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, which is helmed by Republican muckety-muck Scott Rothstein. This is intriguing for two reasons. One, I just wrote about Scheinberg’s alleged ex parte communication with…
Ah, the sweet smell of, uh, less debt. The Sun-Sentinel’s parent Tribune Co. has sold Newsday to Cablevision for $650 million, money that will go to paying off the billions it owes in debt. I have to say, Sam Zell made a good deal here. In New York’s Dolan family,…
