Another poll, another strong showing for medical marijuana. With Floridians hitting the polls in a mere two months, it’s looking more and more like the majority favors legalizing marijuana. At least according to every poll that’s come out since the initiative was put on the ballot. The recent polling comes…
Fort Lauderdale city leaders are meeting Wednesday to look over the possibility of implementing new homeless laws that will put an end to panhandling, sleeping in public places, and even remove park benches in some areas. Specifically, the focus will be on camping laws and looking to prevent the homeless…
The Palm Harbor Marina Hotel, an 8-story, 75-foot, 108-room waterfront hotel, with meeting rooms, a restaurant and bar facing the Intracoastal Waterway, was approved by West Palm Beach commissioners on Tuesday. The approval follows several meetings where the hotel developers had asked for the motion to be tabled so that…
Opposition to the legalization of medical marijuana has been circulating a cell-phone video showing United for Care benefactor John Morgan giving a profanity-laced speech to young voters about marijuana. The anti-medical marijuana group No On 2 cut down a six-minute video of Morgan at a post-debate party last week, showing…
Eduardo Mesa, a 16-year veteran Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, was arrested on Tuesday by BSO Public Corruption Unit following a seven-month investigation. Mesa, 40, is accused of stealing from a victim who had been hit and killed by a train. The deputy had responded to the scene to investigate the…
On Tuesday afternoon, news broke over a purported video that surfaced showing South Florida journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded by ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Shortly after the news broke, the two men running for governor of Florida released statements on Sotloff’s murder. See also: Steven Sotloff’s…
On Monday, news blog West Boca News put out a story about an apparent Situational Awareness Bulletin from the Boynton Beach Police Department regarding a man who shot almost a dozen YouTube videos describing the lax security at local hospitals. The bulletin, which states it is for Law Enforcement Use,…
Reclining seats on a flight have been a major source of debate on the internet lately. So it stands to reason that it was only a matter of time the issue come around to our neck of the woods. And now it has. According to Delta Airlines, a flight bound…
Same-sex marriages could become legal in Florida as soon as September 22, thanks to a 33-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle last week. That is, if Rick Scott doesn’t file an appeal to stop it. Gay rights advocates, including Rand Hoch, Florida’s first openly gay judge, have…
A 13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark as she swam in waist-deep water off New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County on Sunday. The girl, Alexandra Masterson, was bodysurfing around 4:40 Sunday afternoon when she felt something hit her in the leg. It wasn’t until she was carried out of…
Broward County Circuit Judge (and misdemeanor drug court judge) Gisele Pollack, who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in early May, is now fighting to save her career after her attorneys filed a document to the Florida Supreme Court this week. The documents specifically address the investigative…
Labor Day weekend is upon us. Woo-hoo. That means three-day weekend, beaches, BBQs, and no more wearing white for the rest of the year. It also means getting totally friggin’ SLOSHED! So, there’s a DUI checkpoint being conducted by the Broward Sheriff’s Office on Friday night that you should know…
A Pembroke Pines underage-sex sting netted a Miami Fire Rescue lieutenant on Wednesday after he engaged an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old. Ramon Marti, 47, was busted after Pembroke Pines Police set up a fake classified ad back in July. Marti, police say, answered the ad and eventually got…
The battle royal over medical marijuana is going down tonight. And by “battle royal,” we mean a debate between the heads of the two opposing sides. John Morgan, the Orland-based attorney and medical marijuana advocate who has poured millions of his own money into getting Amendment 2 passed, will be…
Update: One of the men Boynton Beach Police pulled over, Jack Naubert, is filing a lawsuit against the BBPD. Naubert’s attorney, Ken Lemoine, says the lawsuit alleges false arrest and civil rights violations. Naubert is the one in the video who is specifically threatened by the officer. Lemoine has sent…
The mother of South Florida journalist Steven Sotloff released a video pleading with ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, for amnesty for her son. Sotloff appeared in the video where a member of ISIS murdered and then beheaded American journalist James Foley. In the video, ISIS threatens the…
David Beckham’s group of investors looking for a South Florida stadium for their MLS club have reportedly turned down Broward County. This, according to a report by Gossip Extra. The gossip site says a source tells them Beckham is citing Broward’s poor history for soccer clubs and low attendance to…
Former Obama official George Sheldon defeated his primary opponent for the right to take on Pam Bondi for the state attorney general last night. And Bondi wasted no time in calling him up and challenging the man to a debate. Sheldon’s win was pretty overwhelming, taking more than 60 percent…
Hi. Hello. How are you? It’s Primary Election night, and lots and lots of races are being decided by the very little of you who actually showed up to vote. But, no worries. We got you covered on the winners as the results come in. See which judges will be…
Voter turnout for primaries is traditionally low to begin with. But now there are a couple of reports of some polling places in Palm Beach County having issues with the iPad Minis being used by workers in an attempt to high-tech the voting process. Poll workers are using the iPad…
As ever, there have apparently been shenanigans leading up to today’s primary voting day. A conservative group known as, well, the Conservatives allegedly sent out Charlie Crist robocalls to potential voters telling them that he’s all about conservative values. Problem is, the recordings are from back when Crist was a…
Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton is pretty much having the best season of any other player in the National League (and probably all of baseball). As a result, the Marlins are shockingly in the hunt for a Wildcard spot. As any Marlins fan can attest to, this is a rare…
