In his column yesterday, Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy asked the question we’re all wrestling with right now: Haven’t we had about enough of all this wild “democracy” stuff? The controversial decision to build a new billion-dollar runway — and set Broward County on a course to become a metropolis…
In the brochures, everything is copacetic at Nova Southeastern University´s main campus in Davie. Under periwinkle skies sprinkled with fluffy clouds, students stroll past emerald lawns and sleek, modern buildings. The publicity shots show a school brimming with coeds deep in concentration or engaged in animated debate. The message: This…
Jack Nelson’s swimmers have called him a second father. South Florida newspapers call him an icon. His lawyer says he’s “a national treasure.” And Diana Nyad, his former swimmer, says Nelson was a sexual predator.
Tropical Storm Barry kicked off hurricane season by pissing all over my Friday-night plans. When the forecasters promised more weekend water works, this Night Rider decided the Hurricane Bar & Lounge would be the perfect place to hunker down. Despite the Delray spot´s low profile (it faces the alley rather…
His heart didn´t sound good. There was a murmur. And the carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain, didn´t seem to be functioning well. The doctor ordered further tests. So John Frey, who had been suffering from dizziness and headaches and now feared he might have a heart attack…
Taser No Babies When cops taser indiscriminately: Thanks for covering this case. I think Natalie and Wesley Christopher´s story needed to be told, and you did a fine job telling it (¨Plantation 9-1-1,¨ Tailpipe, June 7). W. Dale Miller, Esq., Assistant Public Defender Broward County Florida Hollywood Best of Second…
You probably have no idea how close we were losing to losing the great Jim DeFede. Yesterday morning, the former Miami New Times and Miami Herald columnist turned radio host and TV commentator explained in detail a very recent and very harrowing medical ordeal on his 940-WINZ morning show. He’d…
I’m still getting settled back in town, so I thought I’d share with you this afternoon the lastest screed from Pulp’s resident wing man, John DeGroot. This one regards the slogan contest mentioned below. Here goes: Death of English The august leaders of Florida’s fastest-shrinking newspaper are seeking slogans and/or…
Since Thursday afternoon, was off the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Phoenix, a pretty impressive event headlined by Seymour Hersh and Dana Priest. Among the panelists I saw in action was Miami Herald investigative editor Michael Sallah, who oversaw last year’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Debbie Cenziper series “House Of Lies.”…
This morning Sun-Sentinel employees got this e-mail from some amorphous corporate entity known as “Transformative Change”: From: Transformative Change Sent: Thu 6/7/2007 8:47 AM To: zzSSC.1Exchange.Users Subject: Slogan/Logo Ideas Requested To Help Communicate Company’s ‘Change’ Process As part of the transformative change process presently underway at Sun-Sentinel Company, employees are…
Brown is the color of choice for R.O. Dale Ross. The spines of his law books are leathery tan, the vinyl on his chairs is cardboard-box brown, and his wooden table is the hue of watery chewing tobacco. Even the Lady Justice on the wall clock in the chief judge´s…
The Plantation Police Department thought Wesley Christopher was a neglectful dad. So they Tasered his 2-year-old daughter. That´s not a misprint or something from an episode of Reno 9-1-1. It actually happened. In February of last year, a Broward County Child Protective Services investigator named Nicole Percival staked out Christopher´s…
When I heard that Respectable Street was holding a Super Cheesy ’80s Prom on Memorial Day weekend, my hair bristled with psychic energy. Such an event was clearly foretold in a recent haircut when, instead of giving the mod shag I´d asked for (think: Panic at the Disco!), my stylist…
If you live in Broward County, you have reason to rejoice. Your little spot in the world is a place of distinction. It´s the best at something, a superlative locale. Broward County is the most corrupt place in America. You might wonder how I know this, so I´ll prove it…
Bullish on Bulldogs It should be about altruism: I am the mother of a special-needs son. The Bulldogs organization allowed my son to make friends who were nonjudgmental, accepting, and compassionate (¨The Bad News Bulldogs,¨ Thomas Francis, May 24). My son was able to be in a comfort zone where…
Not that I like to glorify bank robbers (when in American history has that ever been done? oh …) but the photo is just wild. It comes from the Miami Herald, via the Miramar Police Department, via a surveillance camera at SunTrust Bank. The Herald’s Kathleen McGrory wrote this story…
You have hundreds of families who are going to be displaced over the new runway that was approved by a 6-3 vote yesterday. It’s a decision that basically paves the way, literally, for Fort Lauderdale to become a metropolis. It’s probably the biggest issue there is and there has been…
Michael Mayo’s offering this morning was righteous. Somebody needed to say that it’s a horrible idea to have rich lanes and poor lanes on our highways. Whoever came up with this idea should be publicly flogged. It’s Un-fucking-American. Didn’t we dump the royalty thing 230 years ago? Recently when my…
The Eagle Has FallenWhen my daughter handed me the Sun-Sentinel this morning, I saw the 72-point headline and thought I must have missed a something huge. You know, a terrorist attack, a sports championship, a Help Team exclusive, something Big. Then I read the giant headline: TWO LIVES COLLIDE Oh,…
The Eagle Has FallenYes, TIM is dead. Or at least “temporarily deactivated.” The Boynton Beach Police Department’s experiment in calling truth to media has been called off, according to a new posting on the department’s website, after complaints came from newspapers that the department was engaging in a “bunker mentality”…
Best Misspelling Ever — Or Is It? (From the Jerusalem Post)…
Tim Loves America Last month, Stephanie Slater was writing about crime and law enforcement for the Palm Beach Post. Now she’s declared war on her former colleagues and competitors — or at least those whom she deems to have gotten their facts wrong about her new employer. As reported here,…
