When the Miami Herald published small bios on the nine guys — and they’re all guys — vying for the Broward sheriff’s job, a commenter wrote: “A bunch of has-beens, failed private-practice legal hacks, and obscure bureaucrats living off the public purse…is this the best the Search Committee can do?????”…

The last two weeks I’ve gone a lukewarm .500 on my football picks and earlier this week remarked that a five-year-old could probably do as well. Well, I’m going to put it to the test. I enlisted my five-year-old daughter to make the picks this week. I chose the games…

This morning both the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald have the same story out of Tallahassee: That the pari-mutuel industry, in its bid to stop Charlie Crist from giving the Seminole Tribe a monopoly on table games, has given $800,000 to state Republicans. Well, the pari-mutuels have never been stupid…

They’re calling Charlie Crist Florida’s first “African American” governor. Perfectly understandable that pigmental confusion might arise, but it’s actually just a deep tan. Or, as the governor hilariously wants us to believe, the hue of his Mediterranean heritage. But look at the photo below, which is Greek in more ways…

Hollywood Police Chief James Scarberry retires. But don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the scandal that recently engulfed his department. He just wants to spend more time with his wife. That’s the ticket. The fugitive Archer and his Cuban boy toy Zarabozo are charged with murder in the…

After a Gulfstream II jet carrying four tons of cocaine went down in Mexico, suspicion fell on Fort Lauderdale aviator Clyde O’Connor, who had bought the $2 million aircraft just two weeks before. But the 42-year-old O’Connor, who has been a fixture at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport for several…

Lauderdale Lakes Commissioner John Billingsley is going to announce his run against Broward Mayor Josephus “What Baby?” Eggelletion tomorrow at city hall. Now I’m not one to run around vouching for politicians — they’ll usually find a way to prove you wrong — but Billingsley seems like an honorable guy…

Self-described “ranting geezer” John DeGroot didn’t think much of this Sun-Sentinel story about mags for the rich. I personally take issue with the article’s contention that magazines are “flourishing” in South Florida, without so much as mentioning the recent demise of Las Olas Magazine, which was actually trying to be…

Here’s a Pulp exclusive: Former Parkland Mayor Robert Marks was charged yesterday with misdemeanor perjury by the State Attorney’s Office. The case (here’s the link to the Clerk of Courts page), brings an end to the long investigation into Parks’ relationship with a major developer, WCI Communities, that helped the…

Just because I said does it make it real? Will the media, should this blog post become newsworthy (hey, it’s happened before), blindly report that 1 million people are expected to read this? Well, they do when it comes to Fort Lauderdale’s big boat parade (which is sponsored by the…

The picks are quick this week — and it looks to be a week for the overdogs. — Washington (-3.5) over Detroit — Pittsburgh (-6) over Seattle — Giants (-3.5) over Jets — Denver (-1) over San Diego — Green Bay (-3) over Chicago — Dallas (-10) over Buffalo…

This for your entertainment, as I’m way to busy to spend any real time on this thing at the moment. The man in the video is Prince Mongo, tghe erstwhile Fort Lauderdale resident, multimillioniare, Memphis bar owner, and extraterrestrial. I imagine he’s getting ready to transport down here for the…

John DeGroot, infused with the Help Team’s spirit, recently explored the costs of health care at our local hospitals. What he found indicates that taxpayer-subsidized “Broward Health” — which we’ve been discussing a bit on the Pulp — costs more than a lot of its private counterparts. But I’ll let…

The Broward State Attorney’s Office railroaded Hollywood Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom. Not because the recently convicted politician was innocent of official misconduct (the jury knew he was guilty as sin) but because so many other obviously corrupt politicians are skating by without threat of punishment. You can’t help but wonder: Was…

Two things the Pulp needs to address this morning. The first is gambling, specifically Charlie Crist’s compact negotiations with the Seminole Tribe over Vegas-style slots. The Sun-Sentinel came out with this non-story this morning about the Indians offering to “phase in” the slot machines, as if anybody cares. Look, right…

Before I get to Broward Health (former North Broward Health District) CEO Alan Levine’s email to the Pulp, let me share a couple of odds and ends. First, some former reporter is claiming that the Pulp is violating his copyright for the title “Notes From The Corporate Underground” for a…

The New York Post’s Dan Mangan reports today that Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is doing a plea deal that will send him to prison for 18 months for soliciting underage prostitutes recruited mainly from Palm Beach Community College. No word on whether he intends to pack his purple vibrator…

Another South Florida boat captain disappears from his vessel, this time due to bad weather rather than a pervert-fugitive. This after yesterday’s Sun-Sentinel was dominated by stories about fears running high in the charter boat industry. The disappearance of Lindsay Forde is a horrible thing, but why the hell wasn’t…

For those of you who want a good funny scoop you may not have seen yet, check out Todd Wright’s piece on the theft of the Bobermobile. Will the intrigue of Hollywood politics never cease? But that’s not what this is about. This is about football. After an abysmal performance…

Okay, everybody’s heard rumors about Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner’s alleged courthouse romantic flings, but she’s proving over and over again that she is, first and foremost, a political ho (though an honorable one, of course). That fact was confirmed yet again when she told the Sun-Sentinel: “We have run…

Well, the criticism of the Sun-Sentinel seems to come in waves. Didn’t see — or feel — it coming this time. Like the New York Times, I try hard not to make criticism the only dish I serve. It just happens. Must be an organic reaction to reading the news…

The editors at the Miami Herald went off and did it. They sent reporter Casey Woods to the backwoods of Arkansas to make sure they keep owning the ghost ship story. The Sun-Sentinel is splashing it on the front page, but the stories have consistently been full of warmed-up leftovers…