In his column in Ocean Drive this month, Brett Sokol profiles developer David Edelstein, who was part of a group that in 2005 bought about 10 acres surrounding the Miami Herald for $190 million. It really does seem only a matter of time that the Herald relocates. Here’s a key…
This here is a most interesting story in the Broward Times by Elgin Jones about a a top South Florida building official with criminal past. And not just any crime — like violent shit involving bomb threats and hired muscle. That’s James E. Sennello, the chief building official for the…
After reading this about a fatal wrong-way collision on I-95 this morning, I was reminded of one of my son’s football coach’s instructions to the players: “If you’re going at somebody, don’t slow down, because he’ll run right through you. It’s like two cars in a head-on.” The words struck…
The Miami Herald has broken several important stories about Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne’s downfall recently that Broward’s hometown newspaper has missed, briefed, and/or ignored. Namely, the Herald has documented how our good sheriff has robbed the taxpayers one last time by charging dubious lawyers’ fees to BSO. Specifically they learned…
Miami Police Chief John Timoney sent this letter to the Miami Herald apologizing to the city for his recent ethical transgressions. I’m tempted to do another translation, but suffice it to say the Pulp is not impressed with this conniving carpetbagging cornholer and hopes he very soon drives that Lexus…
Jungle Jim Looking for a reason to forgive: Alas, there are many religious leaders and groups who have completely distanced themselves from Mayor Jim Naugle and his antigay diatribe (“C’mon, Get Happy!,” Deirdra Funcheon, August 23). As the spiritual leader of Congregation Etz Chaim, Florida’s only LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
George Theodore was not expecting me. Judging by his what’s-your-angle expression, this is not a pleasant surprise for the CEO of a Boca Raton company called University Lab Technologies. Before he will answer one of my questions, he has a few of his own. “Who are you?” is the first…
First it was a mysterious journal; now it’s a trail of telling e-mails. Both strongly indicate that Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter has compromised her public office for her lobbyist/husband, Russ Klenet, choosing love and money over ethics. When Ritter was elected to the commission last November, her husband claimed…
Lawyer and activist Norm Kent gets around. He made a flash in the news a few weeks ago, when Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle said that he felt most gay people were unhappy — and that he was basing that statement on his friend, Kent, whom he’s known for years…
It’s not so much that MSNBC conservative bitch boy Tucker Carlson admits to assaulting a gay guy in a Georgetown bathoom. It’s that he had to go get a friend to help him do it. What an incredible douche…
It’s rare that a headline really pisses me off. This one did. The Queen of Mean strikes again. I remember writing a piece about her new prison digs when I was doing a fellowship at the Lexington Herald-Leader back in the day (I went out to the women’s prison and…
The Miami Herald’s Amy Sherman writes about the county commission kicking Mayor Mouth off the tourism board. Solid article but here’s a part I don’t get: “Commissioner Stacy Ritter said Grossman told her that a group that signed a deal to hold a conference at a resort that would have…
Slate’s Jack Shafer criticizes New York Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt for writing about what he calls a non-issue: people complaining to newspapers about old negative stories about them on the Web that damage their reputations. Shafer complains that the topic doesn’t warrant a column (one could counter that Shafer’s complaint…
Sun-Sentinel features columnist Ralph De La Cruz goes the Le Batard rout on the Michael Vick case, bringing up deer hunting and cockfighting. Like Le Batard’s column, it’s a bush league piece that meanders all over the place with half-baked ideas. Ultimately, he repudiates his own premise at the end…
Here’s the text of Vick’s public statement, along with the translation of what he really meant: For most of my life, I’ve been a football player, not a public speaker, so, you know, I really don’t know, you know, how to say what I really want to say. You know,…
Dan Le Batard is at his worst this morning, writing a load of BS about the “racial aspect” of the Michael Vick dogfighting case. Le Batard should stick to giggling on the radio rather than trying to tackle complex issues like race in America. He stumbles around, mentions O.J. Simpson,…
— It was almost like Tim Collie (who just won an NABJ award) and the Sun-Sentinel gave an answer to John DeGroot’s apocalyptic view of the population changes in this Sunday’s newspaper. Not that it was a pollyanna approach; the piece addresses issues involving sprawl, flight, and the lack of…
Most of ye in the media know that Sun-Sentinel TV reporter (whatever the hell that is) Raelin Storey recently jumped ship to the City of Hollywood to become its propag– … er, “media relations director.” Well, there’s grumblings amongst the H-town activist crowd about Director Storey already, seeing as how…
Click here to read it. The news station picked the right issue to lead with: “Instead of implementing policies to combat health and safety threats such as AIDS, the mayor used his position to spread bigotry.” Well, they ain’t lying…
Last night, Mayor Mouth got some time on The Factor with Bill O’Reilly, who is one of Jim Naugle’s idols. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t exactly a hardball interview, nor was it fawning, though the title was spinned in favor of the Mouth: “Mayor working against gay behavior.” In the middle…
Long after Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle made the comments that ignited the latest and strongest backlash against his mayoralty and long after he’d had time to reconsider, apologize, or just soften the remarks, Naugle, speaking to New Times last week, would have none of it. Or rather, he seemed…
You don’t have to have a tattoo to enjoy the South Florida Tattoo Expo, but it probably helps. To the question “Got ink?” the Night Rider raises her ballpoint. But to the tattooed, it’s not a joke: first ink is a rite of passage. So there at the Deerfield Hilton…
