In light of her corruption charges, now-former Broward County School Board member Stephanie Kraft wrote on her Facebook page, “Appearances can be deceiving… things aren’t always what they seem.” Anybody following the School Board knows that way too well. While board members and the superintendent put great effort into presenting the image that they…

Like so many corrupt Broward officials, Stephanie Kraft began her career as a supposed “breath of fresh air,” running back in 1998 against incumbent Don Samuels to bring ethics back to the Broward County School Board. When the Miami Herald pointed out that School Board contractors and lobbyists like George Allen…

In what may be the most significant corruption arrest in Broward to date, the State Attorney’s Office has arrested School Board Member Stephanie Kraft, 54, and her husband Mitch, a former Tamarac city attorney, with unlawful compensation, bribery, and other charges. The alleged payment for selling out her school board…

One reporter from my household went to the Mayor’s Gala on Saturday night, and it wasn’t me. The Sun-Sentinel’s Brittany Wallman made it there, and she reports that there were certain restrictions on her. For instance, she wasn’t allowed to speak or take pictures. This might baffle a lot of people…

So CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, the former Channel 7 sensationalist, was fired for implying that Jews run the media and that Jon Stewart is a “bigot.” Here’s the tape of the interview that got him fired. I’ve skewered Sanchez for years, but I never thought he’d be fired for something like this…

When Donna Greenberg served as executive director of the Broward Democrats, the business of running the party would usually cause her to have to visit Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceasar’s law office on Broward Boulevard in Plantation about once a week. And once there, she says, it was always the same…

It’s a slow news day and a busy morning, working on Ceasar series, so this gets the light of day on the mainframe. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler emailed this to me: “Please remove any and all blog posts that claim to be from me. I am helping my 12…

While Nedezda Stepanovic says that while she served as executive director of the Broward County Democratic Party, Chairman Mitch Ceasar explained to her how he makes his money. “He said, ‘When I get people elected into a city, those people owe me, and they owe me by giving me the city lobbying contracts,'” Stepanovic recalled. “I…

Currently suspended Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard Perez has come out with an explanation for the racist emails he sent out from his city email account.  Perez told NBC-6 that he collected the emails to use for sensitivity training during classes he taught at Broward College for police recruits. Of course, that doesn’t…

In the middle of a huge election season in arguably the most important Democratic county in America and the party chairman is nowhere to be found. In addition to a slew of local races, the Democrats have big contests involving Alex Sink, the Democratic nominee in the governor’s race; Congressman Kendrick Meek in his…

Activist Gladys Wilson dresses down Cooper City Mayor Debby Eisinger, Commissioner Neal DeJesus, and other commissioners at Monday night’s budget meeting. Eisinger tried to slow her down, but there was no stopping Gladys, who was angried up by the criminal-background-check scandal. Eisinger’s tired comeback is that Wilson is “not a role model for…

​Don’t they look happy? You’ll never get Broward Democratic Party state and national committeewoman Diane Glasser to admit she supports longtime Republican Charlie Crist in his independent bid for the U.S. Senate. As a Democratic district leader, she simply can’t do such a thing. It would be wrong. Here’s what she told the…

During a Dolphin Democratic Club meeting in July, Broward County Judge John “Jay” Hurley, who handles first appearances every morning, said he would raise the bond of anyone who uses homophobic slurs like “fag” and “queer,” according to the judge’s opponent in his recent successful judicial race. Hurley’s opponent at the time, Melissa…

This sublime example of the hidden chair trick was today posted on My Acts of Sedition. In it, you see Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper fall on her derriere, as she puts it. Cooper used no such euphemism when she actually fell to the floor, but I think we can all excuse the expletive…

The politics are getting even more devious in Cooper City. The story broken here on the city’s bogus background check on candidate David Nall was picked up by local and national media, but the sunlight isn’t making Cooper City any cleaner. The dirty tricks continue. Now we have the case of the spliced…

So Robert Wexler, the self-proclaimed “fire-breathing liberal,” is backing Charlie Crist? This reminds me of his last big promotional event: the Iraq War. Wexler was one of the Democrats who broke from the majority to support George Bush’s invasion of Iraq. At the time, he was working closely with Turkey — and…

How often do suspects charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant woman do you think in their first appearance before a judge is released on their own recognizance without so much as having to post a bond? Almost never, but it happened in Broward County Judge John “Jay” Hurley’s courtroom on September 15. Hurley…

Back in June, Cooper City Mayor Debby Eisinger came up with a bright idea: She decided the city ought to do mandatory criminal background checks on all candidates. Eisinger claimed she wanted this done because after all the corruption arrests of late, it would be a good idea to screen potential officeholders. That reason…

[jump] problem that I’ve seen where you have to hire a certain firm to get in to speak with a commissioner.” The irony of Bernie Friedman, who has made a career off the elitist culture of corruption that afflicts Broward County, calling Sharief an elitist is priceless. Here’s the real deal:…

Of all the people hurt by Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, his bodyguard Robert “Big Bob” Scandiffio may have been hit the hardest. Scandiffio lost his vehicle, his house, his job. He traveled to Morocco at Rothstein’s request where he said the former lawyer tried to convince him to take the fall…

[jump]  Since posting, the Sun-Sentinel followed on my post (I won’t say stole, especially considering who was behind it) and Sharief said Friedman called her and said her position on lobbyists was “refreshing” and asked if she would mind meeting with some business owners who don’t have contracts with the county. “But I want you to understand something,”…