The Megan Meier suicide is going to make for a helluva made-for-TV movie, no doubt. You know the story. Girl meets boy online. Boy belittles her online. Girl commits suicide. Boy turns out to be the creation of a neighbor girl’s mother. Now all the well-meaning dolts in America are…
Ellen Dalton informs the Pulp that the Sentinel has killed its “North Palm” edition. Damn, they tried though. Talk about pissing money into the wind. Let Dalton do the talking: So the Sun-Sentinel has quietly done away with its “Palm North” zoned edition, thus ending a weak foray into the…
And no, not in that way, either. The infamous Liberty City Seven trial will either end in a not guilty or a hung jury. Period. Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald breaks down what’s going on in today’s paper. Weaver says the jury it’s racially deadlocked and I’ve heard the…
Rick at Stuck on the Palmetto got going this morning with a rather rancid take on Michael Mayo’s column in the Sun-Sentinel about the isolation of gay inmates at the Broward County Jail. His post on the column, illustrated with a bar of soap, ends thusly: “Hey, if the guys…
I don’t know, for some reason it’s hard to conceive of Gov. Charlie Crist without George LeMieux, his longtime advisor/campaign strategist/chief of staff. But we’re going to have to, because the Associated Press is reporting that LeMieux is leaving Crist’s side to return to private law practice in Fort Lauderdale…
It’s almost a given you’ve never heard of Rick Saltrick. I never had, but found out he’s an engineer with Hazen & Sawyer who lives in Hollywood. He has little political experience and is so far unproven to the public. But he’s an instant frontrunner to become a Broward County…
Faith in Farms Selling second-hand furniture does not a cult make: I am writing about your recent article concerning Faith Farms (“A Drunkard’s Prayer,” Michael Mooney, November 22). I have a son who is at that facility. I have visited several times. It is a great place, helping a lot…
There’s going to be a very rough holiday season for at least two Broward County politicians this year. One of them, Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman, has already been disgraced in the public eye (wildly pulling a gun at the Winn Dixie tends to do that for you). The other, Deerfield…
Yeeeow! It’s eating everything in sight! Run for your lives! It’s growing, growing, growing! No, not the Blob. It’s Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB). Since its inception in 2002, this Basel thing has engulfed every art fair for miles around, even surpassing its daddy, Switzerland’s Art Basel, as the biggest…
“It’s 2007, goddamn it! Punk rockers eat raw, organic, free trade chips made of dehydrated vegetables!” Chris Cartrett, former guitarist for Doorway 27, said this with an ironic grin after somebody remarked on the strangeness of seeing party people in a whole foods environment. It was the rock ‘n’ roll…
Students in the drama program at Santaluces High School wanted attention — just not this kind. On his MySpace page, a current student wrote, “I have come to a realization. When you are standing in a place you love, and… to the right is a newspaper stand on the outside…
Well, it’s been no secret that the Pulp has long coveted a couple of proven great baseballers named Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin (damn, look how fast those Wikipedians are getting at updating the site). Well South Florida, it’s time to celebrate because they are both now Florida Marlins! And…
Miami Herald Sunday Sports Editor (and born newspaperman) Jeff Samuels has died of cancer. He joined the Herald in 2005 and previously worked two decades for the Philadelphia Daily News, which has this obituary online. He was 56…
Remember the dreaded Gannett MOJOs? You know the mobile journalists who work in their cars and write several stories a day that are read mainly by the people named in them? Well, the Sun-Sentinel-owned Forum Publishing Group has jumped on board and put Jason Parsley, a promising journalism prospect who…
New Times celebrated its 10th year anniversary Saturday night at the Voodoo Lounge. Saucy joint. Good time had by most. Quote of the night heard by the Pulpman: “My wife is dancing with a cigar-smoking lesbian midget.” New Times always did know how to throw a party. So what will…
Well the arrests in the Sean Taylor murder have been made and the Miami Herald has the best story on it out there. Real yeoman effort by Larry Lebowitz, R.C. White, Manny Garcia, and David Ovalle. Wait, Manny Garcia? That’s right, they dusted the editor (and former ace reporter) off…
Former Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino vice president Eric Lemerand told me today that he knew nothing about the thefts being committed by two casino employees under his watch (read background here). Lemerand acknolwedged that he was suspended shortly after the Florida Department of Investigation began investigating the theft, but…
What you’re looking at above is the five-year stock chart for the Tribune Co., which owns the Sun-Sentinel. Its stock is worth about $3.7 billion now, down about half from its high in 1999. They’re trying to complete a deal to go private with Chicago billionaire Sam Zell that I…
Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin used her public office to help her husband make big money. I know she did because I investigated it and broke the story that led to the ethics charges (thanks to a good citizen, Ray McKinney, who filed the complaint). And for this obvious violation…
Most girls dream of being beauty queens, but me? I’ve always wanted to be a drag queen. Probably because my attempts at glamour always feel like something of a joke, and there’s nothing I love more than a good laugh. Plus, I’ve always shared the queens’ more-is-more aesthetic. I’m crazy…
The government portrays him as a cult leader and radical terrorist who dreamed of felling U.S. landmark buildings. But Narseal “Brother Naz” Batiste is a lot more interesting than that. Bred in religion, bound with discipline, and born to hustle, Batiste led his six “brothers” in a sect they called…
Swami Lalitananda planned to hit the gym this past March 28. But then she decided on an early-morning stroll along Hallandale Beach. She crossed A1A and watched the 15-mph winds whip white caps offshore. A few minutes later, shortly after 8 a.m., the blue-eyed, 64-year-old, retired teacher spotted dozens of…
