Hollywood police Lt. Charles Roberts wasn’t arrested for leaking news of the FBI investigation but for making false statements to feds investigating the leak. Here’s the press release: U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 99 N.E. 4 Street, Miami, FL 33132 (305)961-9001 May 24, 2007…
The most e-mailed story on the Sun-Sentinel site right now is a bit surprising: It’s about a rate increase on garbage pick-up in Plantation. I’m not sure how valuable these rankings are, but I think it’s safe to say that the most viewed articles are the one with the widest…
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…
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…
When Broward Chief Judge Dale Ross told reporters last week that JAABlog is out to “undermine” the judiciary, he gave the blog he hates a wonderful plug. It has led to a torrent of news reports, first by Jordana Mishory in the Daily Business Review on Friday and followed by…
The takes on Ricky Williams’ fifth failed drug test from our Big Three daily newspapers: Dave Hyde strikes a sickly sweet tone of pity. Greg Stoda is all business. And Greg Cote is as understanding as a merciful God. I like Stoda’s column, because it’s got some things in it…
In her “Facets of the Diamond” column in the South Florida Sun-Times, Hollywood Mayor Mara Giulianti, who is perfect in every way, complains about uncivilized, meddling reporters who won’t leave her alone. She says that now they’re snooping into her move on up from her single family home in Emerald…
Remember the arrest of Carlos Miller? Well, it’s time to show some support for the freelance photographer who was arrested while doing his job. Everything I’ve read about this case makes me believe that the Miami P.D. abused its power and that Miller was arrested simply for defending his rights…
