A federal agent gets killed during a road rage incident and taxpayers, via Broward Crime Stoppers, are doling out $275,000 to two tipsters who led to the arrest of the alleged shooter, James Wonder. The kicker: Wonder might not even be convicted because of Florida “Shoot First” laws that allow…
Okay, I know that’s a pretty bold headline to have nothing much to back it up, but the Wall Street Journal last week floated the idea that McClatchy was thinking of selling the Miami Herald. Or something like that. I couldn’t get the link because I guess you need to…
Love the substance of the following offering from John de Groot, but disagree with the conclusion (for reasons I’ll write about later). Enjoy. ————————————– Why Obama’s Already Lost By John de Groot Most of us spend out lives in quiet desperation, unconsciously resonating to a constant barrage of Maslovian symbols…
I just watched the entire Obsession propaganda movie about “radical Islam” — and it was an even more rotten and vile piece of garbage than I expected. The makers of this tripe are just as radical as anyone who ever strapped on a suicide vest; they’re just doing their damage…
If you’re bored, this bit of good clean class warfare will eat up about three minutes of your life. Spoofs a fundraiser for high rollers held for state reps Ellyn Bogdanoff and Adam Hasner this past Monday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. I smiled a couple of times…
The Palm Beach Post is falling deeper into corporate hell. Oh it sounds okay. Management is calling for reporters (“thoughtful, energetic, dedicated people with team skills”) to volunteer for something called “Job Teams.” These teams will meet to “establish job descriptions for all newsroom staff” and a “companywide wage and…
In South Florida’s very midst lives a transplant who hails from the celebrated town of Wasilla, Alaska. A second-year medical student at Nova Southeastern University, his name is Harry A. Schultz IV, but he goes by “Buck.” (Judging by the Palin clan, they’re very big on colorful, one-syllable names up…
Aaron Jackson went to Haiti a few years ago on a mission to help the malnourished children in one of the poorest countries in the world. With a little help from local allies, Jackson has dewormed millions of children, giving them medication that kills parasites and allows the kids to…
It was like The Thomas Crown Affair. Except replace that dashing, adventure-seeking billionaire played by Pierce Brosnan with an indigent, inept felon from Miami. Meet Marcus Patmon of South Miami. “He obviously was somewhat well-educated in the art field,” says Kreg D. Kelley, curator of the Gallery Lareuse in Washington,…
The ‘Pipe was on hand a month ago at the 15th Street Fisheries in Fort Lauderdale when Jean-Gabriel Chelala huffed in on a 25-foot pedal boat, completing a 107-day transatlantic journey. It was actually the second leg of Chelala’s planned ’round-the-world odyssey, which began when he biked out of Paris…
Ian Richards is one of the most unlikely people ever to be elected judge in the history of Broward County. He knows that his upset victory over incumbent County Court Judge Catalina Avalos has deeply upset the old courthouse crowd. And he says he wants to focus on healing. If…
In his taupe suit jacket, lavender shirt, and purple tie, Eric Haynes looks more GQ executive than Lauderdale Lakes commissioner. But in a city where minorities form the majority and where octogenarian Samuel Brown is mayor, a young vice mayor looks a lot like the heir to the city’s future…
It began with an awkward phone call: “Would you like to, um, go bowling with me?” “Go what?” “Go… uh… bowling. Would you like to bowl with me? I’ll pay for everything, of course.” “You just want to go bowling?” She was incredulous. “Kind of like a sweet, you know,…
The propaganda film titled ‘Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West’ is being distributed one-by-one by a pro-John McCain group — and it’s coming to a newspaper near you. Actually, if you get the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, or Palm Beach Post, it already arrived in DVD form in your Sunday…
Fresh off trying to shut down (or shout down) Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom’s opposition to the dubious $2 billion expansion plans at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Stacy Ritter spent a few minutes on CNN last night talking over Republican talk show host Doug Guetzloe. During her appearance the news…
… who call Zell’s takeover of Tribune a “scam.” This is a beautiful thing. Damn well-written press release too: LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 2008 — Today current and former employees of the Los Angeles Times and the Tribune Company filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against Sam Zell, a…
Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg announced in an email to employees this afternoon that the newspaper is cutting 119 jobs in what amounts to the third round of buyouts, according to two newsroom sources. The cuts are being made across the McClatchy Company, which in total is slashing 1150 positions…
Like most Americans, I rarely have any good idea what the hell Tribune Co. “Chief Innovation Officer” Lee Abrams is talking about in his rambling screeds. In the following just-released “think piece” about marketing the newspapers, for instance, Abrams writes that “history is good,” demands that Trib employees “EVOLVE!”, and…
Just when you thought that the Sun-Sentinel had hit its low point, it dives down deeper into the muck. Today’s lead story in the local section — written, incredibly, by the newspaper’s lead political writer, Anthony Man — is headlined, “Fired-up Mom’s New Blog Shows Support For Palin.” Man’s lede:…
Be careful out there. Here’s Fannie Mae:…
More of Sarah Palin talking out of both sides of her mouth. Why haven’t we seen this kind of “Troopergate” reporting on any of the major networks?…
Okay, so I got the back story on Broward County prosecutor and former Son of Sam attorney Ira Jultak’s apparent impersonation of a BSO deputy. And I’m convinced Jultak got some special treatment from the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Leljedal says otherwise, but before we get into the…
