The Miami Herald has broken several important stories about Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne’s downfall recently that Broward’s hometown newspaper has missed, briefed, and/or ignored. Namely, the Herald has documented how our good sheriff has robbed the taxpayers one last time by charging dubious lawyers’ fees to BSO. Specifically they learned…

Miami Police Chief John Timoney sent this letter to the Miami Herald apologizing to the city for his recent ethical transgressions. I’m tempted to do another translation, but suffice it to say the Pulp is not impressed with this conniving carpetbagging cornholer and hopes he very soon drives that Lexus…

First it was a mysterious journal; now it’s a trail of telling e-mails. Both strongly indicate that Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter has compromised her public office for her lobbyist/husband, Russ Klenet, choosing love and money over ethics. When Ritter was elected to the commission last November, her husband claimed…

It’s not so much that MSNBC conservative bitch boy Tucker Carlson admits to assaulting a gay guy in a Georgetown bathoom. It’s that he had to go get a friend to help him do it. What an incredible douche…

It’s rare that a headline really pisses me off. This one did. The Queen of Mean strikes again. I remember writing a piece about her new prison digs when I was doing a fellowship at the Lexington Herald-Leader back in the day (I went out to the women’s prison and…

The Miami Herald’s Amy Sherman writes about the county commission kicking Mayor Mouth off the tourism board. Solid article but here’s a part I don’t get: “Commissioner Stacy Ritter said Grossman told her that a group that signed a deal to hold a conference at a resort that would have…

Slate’s Jack Shafer criticizes New York Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt for writing about what he calls a non-issue: people complaining to newspapers about old negative stories about them on the Web that damage their reputations. Shafer complains that the topic doesn’t warrant a column (one could counter that Shafer’s complaint…

Sun-Sentinel features columnist Ralph De La Cruz goes the Le Batard rout on the Michael Vick case, bringing up deer hunting and cockfighting. Like Le Batard’s column, it’s a bush league piece that meanders all over the place with half-baked ideas. Ultimately, he repudiates his own premise at the end…

Here’s the text of Vick’s public statement, along with the translation of what he really meant: For most of my life, I’ve been a football player, not a public speaker, so, you know, I really don’t know, you know, how to say what I really want to say. You know,…

Dan Le Batard is at his worst this morning, writing a load of BS about the “racial aspect” of the Michael Vick dogfighting case. Le Batard should stick to giggling on the radio rather than trying to tackle complex issues like race in America. He stumbles around, mentions O.J. Simpson,…

— It was almost like Tim Collie (who just won an NABJ award) and the Sun-Sentinel gave an answer to John DeGroot’s apocalyptic view of the population changes in this Sunday’s newspaper. Not that it was a pollyanna approach; the piece addresses issues involving sprawl, flight, and the lack of…

Most of ye in the media know that Sun-Sentinel TV reporter (whatever the hell that is) Raelin Storey recently jumped ship to the City of Hollywood to become its propag– … er, “media relations director.” Well, there’s grumblings amongst the H-town activist crowd about Director Storey already, seeing as how…

Click here to read it. The news station picked the right issue to lead with: “Instead of implementing policies to combat health and safety threats such as AIDS, the mayor used his position to spread bigotry.” Well, they ain’t lying…

Last night, Mayor Mouth got some time on The Factor with Bill O’Reilly, who is one of Jim Naugle’s idols. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t exactly a hardball interview, nor was it fawning, though the title was spinned in favor of the Mouth: “Mayor working against gay behavior.” In the middle…

In Florida, the old adage about a man’s home being his castle isn’t just talk. It’s the law. It’s almost Holy Writ. The state’s homestead exemption is so absolute that a Florida homestead is known in legal circles simply as “the sacred cow.” Others call it “the castle.” Added to…

Beware Pompano Lawyer Randall Leshin — and His Alter Ego, “Jan Taylor” You don’t know attorney Randall Leshin, but there’s a good chance he knows you. He may have left you phone messages. Heck, if you’re unfortunate enough to be in debt, he might have taken some of your dough…

The latest from unofficial Pulp correspondent John DeGroot, packed with interesting data: When it comes to whistling in the dark, Sun-Sentinel Editor Earl Maucker gave a virtuoso performance in his Op-Ed column last Sunday when he attempted to answer the question: “How has the Internet affected the newspaper business?” This,…

Miami Police Chief John Timoney improperly drives around for months in a Lexus SUV furnished as a gift by a dealership, lies about it though a spokesman, gets caught, and then, in a bid to put to the issue to rest, buys the thing with his fat public salary. What…

The following press release comes from AM-850, WTFL radio: August 21, 2007 Barack Obama to be live guest on “The Stacy Ritter Report” on WFTL. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama will be a guest on “The Stacy Ritter Report” this Saturday, August 25, on…

The Boca Raton News is going to war with a local political consultant Barry Epstein and the latest volley involves a claim by the newspaper that Epstein has disrespected war veterans. What exactly did Epstein, who used to write a weekly column for the newspaper, do to earn the “outrage”…

Last night, the Miami Herald reported on its website that Amber White, the younger of the two teen sisters who were horribly injured during a parasailing accident on Pompano Beach, had died. Amber was — and is, from the latest reports — still alive, clinging to life in critical condition…

Don’t want a hum-drum death that lacks any semblance of production value? Call the Miami Herald’s Elinor J. Brecher, a veteran reporter who recently took over the newspaper’s obit desk. She might just make you a post-mortem star. Inspired by the recently deceased humor columnist Art Buchwald, Brecher is asking…