The same forensic auditor who told the Deerfield Beach Commission last month that he found “suspected fraud” in the way city doles out state and federal housing dollars appears destined to turn his investigative eye toward other city programs. At tonight’s meeting, City Manager Burgess Hanson is likely to broach…
Here’s what’s in the local news this morning:If crews don’t fix the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon, then scientists say it’s “inevitable” that an ocean current will bring that contaminated water up Florida’s east coast, through Broward and Palm Beach. [Palm Beach Post]Two forensic psychologists ruled that…
Pulling away from last week’s will-he-won’t-he-gasp-he-did Crist frenzy for just a sec, I got an e-mail yesterday from Democrat Jeff Greene’s campaign, in which Greene reminds voters that he “took on Wall Street and won and will take on Washington and win for the people of Florida.”In case you are…
Looks like Alan Levine has managed to find a job that’s tougher than the one he had managing the North Broward Hospital District. The former Broward Health CEO left the district in December 2007 to become the secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals, which means he’s going to…
Now that Debra Villegas has been charged with money laundering in connection with Scott Rothstein’s massive Ponzi scheme, her finances are getting a closer look. One venture that has raised some eyebrows is the corporation she formed with her best friend, Melissa Britt Lewis. In March 2008, right after Melissa…
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico barely warranted mention in the “West Weekly Wrap-up” that congressional candidate Allen West sends along to his South Florida supporters. West supports drilling for oil off the South Florida coast and apparently sees nothing about the situation in the Gulf that…
You just knew that Charlie Crist would appear in a punch line during Obama’s speech at the correspondents’ dinner. It comes around the seven-minute mark of the video above. He and his speechwriters decided to merge that with a crack about the couple that crashed political parties last year. The…
The Gulf oil leak is playing out right now like a disaster movie in desperate need of a hero. The oil is gushing from the deep-water well into the Gulf right now at an estimated clip of 145 gallons a minute — or about 2.7 million gallons since the oil rig explosion…
Marta Giraldo says the sound of heavy pounding on her front door woke her up Thursday morning at 6:19. Giraldo stumbled from bed in her pajamas and ran to the door. “Where are you going, mi amor?” her husband, Clovis DaSilva, mumbled sleepily. “Open the door! Police!” Giraldo heard. But…
I guess when you’ve got over a billion dollars, it’s easy to forget where you spent $500. But considering Jeff Greene’s personal interest in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, you’d think the Palm Beach billionaire would remember making that donation to the Kendrick Meek for Senate campaign this past November.Or that…
For all the thrills and spills that come with a roller derby match, it’s a pretty unlikely scene for a fundraiser. But then, it’s also unlikely that a girl who suffers from lupus would lace up skates for such a brutal sport. So Saturday’s fundraiser at the Gold Coast Roller…
Here’s what’s happening in Broward and Palm Beach counties this Monday morning:With the oil spill in the Gulf, South Florida restaurants are soon to pull items from the menu like shrimp and oysters that comes from that region. [WPLG-10]Police have arrested a third and fourth suspect in an armed ring…
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A reader in the post below had an interesting observation about the Sun-Sentinel’s posting of a photo gallery of female prison inmates who want “letters.” “If this is representative of popular culture here, no wonder we have such corruption,” the reader wrote in a comment. Well, I checked out the gallery…
Now that Gov. Charlie Crist has declared an independent candidacy for U.S. Senate, likely Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek will have a general election challenge that’s different from what he might have been anticipating a month ago. This week, I quizzed some Florida Democratic Party insiders about whether Crist’s staying in…
Public Defender Howard Finkelstein said it was wrong and would foster anti-Semitism. Lawyer Alvin Entin recently railed against it on JAABlog, even going so far as bringing the Holocaust into the argument. “My concern is that this targeting is based on a belief that a Jewish surname by itself is a…
Greyhound protection groups from all over the country strongly advocated for an amendment that could have ended live greyhound racing in Florida, but the amendment was ruled “non-germane” and did not see a vote.In Florida, home to more than half the dog tracks in the country, current law requires tracks…
By the end of today, Florida drivers could have a new design option for their license plate: an image of a surfer inspired by the 60s surf flick, The Endless Summer. The state legislature is expected to OK a bill authorizing the new plate. Sounds pretty rad, right? But some…
It hasn’t been a great week for Fort Lauderdale police. First the Pulp picked up a video of a dude getting arrested for the hideous crime of requesting a cop’s badge number. The guy’s girlfriend caught the whole unnecessary fiasco on her cel phone. And this week the Juice talked…
The Boynton Beach Police Department is reporting that there’s been a collision between a school bus and a motorcycle on the 200 block of Southwest 13th Avenue. No children were injured, but from what we know about the accident, let’s hope we don’t have traumatized witnesses. Police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater…
Noon today was the deadline for filing to be on Florida ballots, leading to some last-minute jockeying in the Broward judicial races. Broward Circuit Court Judge Lee Seidman — facing three challengers in his reelection bid — opted out of that race. But he didn’t do so to run against…
