You could say North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines is an aging, chronically underfunded facility. And that was true before Hurricane Wilma came along and shook the place up like a popsicle-stick cabin in a blender. Still, the busy general aviation airport is crucial to balancing South Florida’s air traffic,…
Growing up in a large family, I missed out on some of the things in our proverbial backyard here in the Sunshine State. While other families went to theme parks and tourist traps, my parents took their tribe of five to state parks and historic and cultural exhibits, which were…
There is no joy in Pulpville with this announcement: The Sun-Sentinel is transferring resident film critic Phoebe Flowers to another writing assignment and will not be running in-house movie reviews in the future. Instead, they’ll be running retreads from Tribune Company heavyweights like the L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday…
The headline above probably caused the blood pressure to rise among some of the Sentinel managers for a moment. In this journalistic age of early retirement buyouts and cost-cutting, the very words “age” and “discrimination” coming within 100 yards of each other make executives tremble. But this isn’t about Sentinel…
Chief Judge Dale is stepping down from his throne (read Wanda DeMarzo’s story here and also this one by Tonya Alanez). I’m going to take a politic tone on this one and say that whatever you may think of Ross, it’s good for this county that he’s vacating his position…
The latest from John DeGroot, this time on the steep increase in Baker Act exams for people involuntarily committed to the nuthouse for being a danger to themselves and/or others: Okay. I will try to be positive. Because last week, a Pulp Blog reader properly scolded me for being a…
Here’s the lede from the Tampa Tribune story, picked up by the Associated Press, on the Sunshine State Awards that were given out to journalists this weekend. See if you can spot the problem. The Associated Press Published: May 20, 2007 MIAMI – The Tampa Tribune picked up five first-place…
When Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, who is aligned politically with the right-wing religious crowd, announced he was cracking down on “online predators,” the Help Team jumped to his side. Today, Sun-Sentinel Help Team columnist Daniel Vasquez writes about youngsters who while online are being put at “risk of dangerous…
The Sun-Sentinel busted out another hit on Hollywood over the weekend, this time focusing on waste, mismanagement, and possible corruption at the city’s Arts Park in Young Circle. Yeah right. It’s all about Mayor Mara. Giulianti is always the thing in Hollywood, just as a drunken mother is at the…
Liz Doup does the Sun-Sentinel’s society reporter proud. Gross was 75. Also, as you go home to relax this weekend, remember that it’s Haitian Flag Day — a day where kids on the eastern side of Broward County fight it out in schools and on the streets. I hear Ely…
Yeah, I had sex with a 16-year-old prostitute and got caught. Damn. At least that’s what I hear ex-North Miami City Attorney Barry Kutun saying after pleading guilty to one count of child abuse in Miami-Dade. He’s still got a felony case in Broward to contend with for paying to…
The Palm Beach Post’s Andrew Abramson writes about a high school linebacker’s gruesome injury. It’s a well-done article all the way, but let me share the top few graphs here: When Will Claunch felt some pain after tackling a teammate during a South Fork High School intrasquad football scrimmage last…
So I notice in the ever-burgeoning number of briefs populating the Sun-Sentinel’s local section one that seems way too interesting to limit to 100 words or less: City sues public defender over refusal to take on code cases Fort Lauderdale has sued Public Defender Howard Finkelstein for his decision to…
That billboard out in the industrial barrens of Opalocka is, phew, so banal. No zing, no pizzazz, you know? How about a placard on the back of a city bus? You must be joking, my friend. It all just gets lost in a haze of emissions (Tailpipe knows). Radio jingles?…
Four months removed from a tour of duty in Iraq, Air Force Airman John Thomas was back in South Florida. Of all people, Thomas thought, he had earned the right to enjoy some of those American liberties he and his fellow servicemen and women had fought for in the Middle…
When you grow up in paradise, it’s easy to take natural beauty and a moderate climate for granted. A breathtaking beachfront moonrise? Hey, I’ve got work to do. A gorgeous beach day? Just a hot, sweaty inconvenience that can melt my makeup, wilt my hairdo, and deep-set the wrinkles in…
While Others Died Give him a Purple Finger: I just read your article on the deserter (“Is He a Coward or a Hero?” by Frank Alvarado, May 3). What a pussy that guy is. I mean, seriously, who joins the Army and doesn’t know there is a possibility of going…
Funny Cide Leads To Funny CaseThe Florida District Court of Appeals ruled today in favor of the Miami Herald in a defamation case filed by the owners of Kentucky Derby-winning racehorse Funny Cide. It’s not the ruling that’s especially noteworthy, though — it’s the legal opinion written by Judge Gary…
Erstwhile Pulp contributor Ellen Dalton, from Greenacres, reports that the Sun-Sentinel is tightening its belt in Tallahassee and that longtime capital writer Mark Hollis has been called back to South Florida. I haven’t confirmed any of it, but Dalton also touches on Howard Goodman’s move — I’m told involuntary move…
Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has some very eager employees working for her in Washington, according to TheHill.com. Read the article here. Most interesting hire is one Rachel Streitfeld, of Plantation. Might she be the daughter of Broward County Circuit Judge Jeffrey E. Streitfeld? Seriously, is she? Not that there’s anything…
Every morning, an article in your daily newspaper should get under your skin, make you angry. And I’m not talking about a crime story, where all the lazy comfortable schmucks in this town sit around talking about what a shame, say, the killing of a restaurateur by a robber in…
Young reporters read this latest screed from John DeGroot carefully — your life just might resemble it. Here’s the text/outline DeGroot sent the Pulp this morning: Yesterday’s Sunday editions of the Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel were textbook examples of Journalism Redux. Well done, yes. But…. In the case of the…
