When The Morning Show launched in April 2009, a top executive at the troubled Tribune Co. media empire thought it could “revolutionize TV” with its design and blow other “hilariously dated” newscasts off the air. Instead, the much-ballyhood show — an experiment that combined the Tribune-owned Sun-Sentinel newsroom with its TV station, WSFL — has been…
I feel like just publishing some photos this afternoon. It’s good clean fun, nobody gets hurt, and I can continue to work on the real stuff. Let’s start with the sheriff: Not sure where that was taken, but a solid guess would be the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds. It’s in Davie,…
Multimillionaire Palm Beach Commissioner Jeff Koons was booked into jail in the dark of night on state extortion and perjury charges and a Sunshine Law violation. The 62-year-old Koons was booked into jail about 3:30 a.m. after spending Monday at county hall cleaning out his desk and saying his goodbyes, telling people he…
The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office has officially ruled the death of 22-year-old Joseph Brown — who was discovered hanging from a pavilion in a north Broward County park with 24-year-old Nikayla Baldomero — a suicide, according to official records. The Broward Sheriff’s Office, however, says the investigation into the deaths is…
Before he got his million-dollar contract with the School Board, Florida Ethics Chairman Roy Rogers was paid $74,998 in taxpayers’ money in no-bid work orders to provide “landscaping at various schools,” Broward County School Board records show. Rogers, who was appointed chairman of the ethics commission by Gov. Charlie Crist, received one…
Crazy week. Not a lot of continuity, but then again, you don’t expect continuity from Broward Town. Above, you have photos of the Frick and Frack of Broward County corruption, Roy Rogers and Norm Ostrau. Both men pose as ethical champions while they hypocritically enable the worst of it. Both men,…
Working on a lot of things, but nothing’s finished, so I thought I’d share this photograph of Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman taken by former New Times photog C. Stiles. I just thought it was remarkable looking and call it Ilene in Orange. To update, I asked the Transplant Foundation, where Lieberman sits…
Who is in this photo, and why should it put a small chill into you? You can see the answer inside, but first let’s hit some quick news. First, the Miami Herald: “With Josephus Eggelletion in prison for corruption, this Central Broward district is in dire need of new leadership.” I’ll agree with…
You probably didn’t know Jonathan Corso, but you almost surely knew his work. It was on bridges and exit ramps, rooftops, train cars, and fences across South Florida. He was a prolific graffiti (and tattoo) artist whose often eye-popping art appeared across the region. He went by the name Ynot, but his friends…
Just to update: The Broward County School Board is $2 billion in debt, horribly mismanaged, rampantly corrupt, and in a war with its own employees. The place is so dysfunctional that they hired a psychologist/consultant who calls himself “Dr. Bill” to help do Superintendent Jim Notter’s evaluation. The shrink is Bill…
Anybody look familiar in this picture? Yes, that’s Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman on the right to present an award to dirty developer Shawn Chait, in the blue shirt, at the groundbreaking for the Transplant Foundation House at Broward General Medical Center in April 2008. The award is a pretty clear indication that Shawn Chait and…
Everybody knows that the new Broward Sheriff’s Office corruption squad got off to a bad start with news that it was investigating a decade-old case involving one of the sheriff’s chief nemeses, Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger. It looked political, it looked like Sheriff Al Lamberti was joining forces with Gunzburger’s…
JenJen with lobbyist Miller I’m going to follow up on the Rothstein-Gibraltar angle shortly, but I have a quick item that I think deserves some attention. First, the Miami Herald told voters to choose political consultant Barbara Miller and her partner, notorious lobbyist Neil Sterling, for an at-large Broward County School Board…
They come from Bill Scherer’s latest amended complaint, a mammoth 2,386-page lawsuit that found its way into my box this afternoon (along with one at the Sun-Sentinel, apparently). They concern Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s ongoing battle with regulators at Gibraltar Bank, where he badgers and bullies to keep his money in the bank…
So Tamarac political activist Patti Lynn was called in by the State Attorney’s Office for an interview with prosecutors (not a grand jury, as I mistakenly reported a couple of weeks ago). She was summoned as part of the ongoing state attorney’s investigation into the dirty developers Chait. The questions asked of her help confirm who…
Red-light cameras, when misused by idiotic and irresponsible public officials, can be one of the great scourges of America. That much is fact. Even when they are used with some semblance of jurisprudence, they might be flat-out illegal. We’ll just have to see how the court challenges turn out. But in the wrong hands, they…
When a tropical storm bears down and local politics just seem boooring, we should all be grateful we have guys like Rick Sanchez around to entertain us. Last night, the CNN talker looked into the eyes of America and ripped Fox News for its despicable coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story. Sanchez…
In the midst of an interesting interview, so thought I’d break up things with a quick comment cleaner (and we’ve really needed them lately). First, here are links to YouTube videos made by 24-year-old Nikayla Baldomero, who survived an apparent suicide pact with 22-year-old Joseph Brown on Monday. Both were found hanging from a picnic pavilion in Parkland;…
So the Sun-Sentinel editorial board (mainly the wife of the Pulp) asked Broward Mayor Ken Keechl about his rampant campaign spending and posted the video this morning. Those summations are totally — and some might say recklessly — paraphrased, which is why I include the actual video after the jump. At…
— Gov. Charlie Crist made a national list of “Crooked Candidates” compiled by the group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW). Mentioned was Crist’s close association with indicted former Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer. Not mentioned: Crist’s extensive ties to Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. That’s a bit of a shocker,…
The young woman who survived after she was found hanging from a pavilion at Terramar Park with a 22-year-old man had a detailed suicide note in her pocket, said the Parkland mayor. The woman, 24-year-old Florida Atlantic University student Nikayla Baldomero, had a pulse when she was found early yesterday morning and…
