Occasionally a comment on this forum rises to a level that it demands its own post. The following screed, which came in response to another comment regarding Lee Abrams Sun-Sentinel redesign memo, flies to that height. It comes from an anonymous journalist who indicates he or she works at the…
A white boat about the size of a Cadillac labors out of the shadows beneath the 17th Street Causeway. Dwarfed by the gross displays of marine ostentation floating around the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club, the tiny vessel — flying the French national flag — crawls across the…
Now, why would black firefighters claim there’s institutional bias in the West Palm Beach Fire Department? OK, departmental brass are all white, despite the availability of qualified black applicants. Recent promotions to lieutenant have skipped blacks. And Chief Robert Ridgeway, whose arrival was supposed to calm these concerns, resigned in…
When John Rodstrom Googled himself, he didn’t like what he saw. At the top of the first page of the search engine’s results was a link from a blog called Florida Masochist naming the veteran Broward County commissioner as its Knucklehead of the Day (for failure to vote on a…
Last September, Bruce Udolf and his wife, Sheryl, were in the living room of their Southwest Ranches home watching the news. A report came on about disgraced Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne, who had just resigned after entering a guilty plea to mail fraud and tax evasion based on pocketing…
Criminal defense attorney Gary Ostrow announced to the Pulp tonight that he is dropping out of the Broward Public Defenders race. “I’m not a politician so I’ll just leave it for the politicans to do,” said Ostrow. “I can’t do the backstabbing shit they do. I honestly don’t know what…
When I posted Tribune Co. honcho Lee Abrams’ memo (or “Think Piece,” as he calls it) on the Sun-Sentinel redesign, I didn’t know that Abrams had written more on the subject. A lot more. This morning, a source sent the rest of Abrams’ memo and in it he makes several…
Tribune Co. “Chief Innovation Officer” Lee Abrams gave his thumbs-up to the Sentinel’s redesign this morning. “They threw out the playbook, and re-invented themselves in a way that not only addresses the market realities, but delivers an outstanding product,” he wrote in a companywide memo this morning. “Earl Maucker, their…
The headline on Earl Maucker’s Sunday column on the redesign of the Sun-Sentinel (hey, he left the dash in there, not me) reads: “Bold new look aimed at helping readers.” The truth is that it does the opposite. All of the big headlines, logos, and other visual bells and whistles…
He’s not like Charlie Crist in looks or style. Just in substance. See more dave_koechner videos at Funny or Die Sort of funny, something to bide the time away while we see what Fay can give us. The really funny thing is that a good hurricane might be the only…
SEIU can be one mean mofo. The Service Employees International Union — best known locally for its fight to unionize the Nova Southeastern University custodial staff — has jumped into a Broward County Commission race in a big way. And it’s going after veteran commissioner John Rodstrom like a rabid…
Sayeth the McClatchy paycheck nazi: No more raise for you! Sorry, Miami Herald compadres. Guess you’ll have to put off that luxury yacht purchase another damn year. Here’s the memo, which was posted on Romenesko (I assume this was received by Miami Herald staffers as well, under another name): From:…
——————————————————- From: Franklin, Doug (CNI-Palm Beach) Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:22 AM To: All PBNI Employees Subject: Executives Retire Folks, Four of our finest senior executives have announced their plans to retire this fall from Palm Beach Newspapers – Larry Siedlik, VP and Treasurer, Gale Howden, VP Marketing and…
On a hot night in July, Angie Sanders watched Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion walk up to a table outside Starbucks. He looked breezy in the heat, wearing loose yellow slacks and a green Tommy Bahama shirt. An unlit cigar stub jutted from his mouth. As Eggelletion took a seat…
Keep the Bench Warm “Royal Flushed” (Michael J. Mooney, August 7) points out some good facts, but it’s way over-the-top on glamorizing playing poker for a living. Anyone who claims he plays poker for a living in Florida is a wannabe, a jerkoff, and a degenerate. It’s impossible to sustain…
Here’s a little documentary (by someone calling himself “letizepro”) that makes an argument against the ill-advised expansion of the south runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. I think it deserves a look…
Yesterday was the last day for 264 Palm Beach Post employees, all of whom took the buyout. Now it’s time for “involuntary separations,” according to a memo from Publisher Doug Franklin (thankfully supplied by a reader). Since the target for job cuts was 300, that means at least 36 more…
Here’s the mockup page for the ballyhooed redesign courtesy of VisualEditors.com: I think the headline on the only story on the front page says it all: “Hard To Stomach.” The Superman-like “S.” The lost dash (hyphens are soooo old media). The Help Team. The nauseating red. The typos and grammatical…
The last day for the 300 Palm Beach Post employees taking the buyout is this coming Tuesday. So that means there have been a few recent goodbyes from columnists in the newspaper and online in recent days. One of the farewells, however, never made it to readers. Business columnist Linda…
Are y’all following this? I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul. Putin and Bush. Two of a kind…
You know, the funny thing is I agree with him — it’s a point I made in my original post on the Robert Wexler residency mess. What about the Pulp, Bill? Was it professional? (Seriously, hope there’s no hard feelings about the “oozing sore on the butt crack of America”…
Chris Imperial, the imposing host of spoken-word events at Delray Beach restaurant Dada, invited New Times writer Amy Guthrie to judge venue’s Durty Werdz poetry slam last week, and, she asserts, she was fuckin’ down for that shit. Guthrie was joined by Deerfield-based sex therapist Lori Sarvis, Boca Raton rapper…
