For the second month in a row, Florida had more mass layoffs than every other state but California, according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to the numbers from the BLS, Florida accounted for 78 of the nation’s 961 mass layoffs in August and 147 of…
The questionable public records resolution proposed by the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority was rescinded — at least for now — at last night’s Board of Commissioners meeting, but the commissioners did approve a middle finger via proclamation toward activist Chaz Stevens.The commissioners voted unanimously to not adopt the resolution outlawing…
The cops say 22-year-old Cody Wallace tried to run from police officers on two occasions Tuesday — both attempts ending with Wallace’s being blasted by a Taser.Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Becky Herrin says Wallace was driving near U.S. 1 and 48th Street in Marathon before being pulled over by deputies…
A campaign strategist for former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson confirmed that Johnson has been invited — and will participate in — tonight’s Fox News GOP Presidential debate in Orlando, after being shut out of the previous four debates.The Republican Party of Florida reportedly won’t let Johnson participate in the…
Apparently there’s great concern over Rep. Allen West’s reelection bid, since Tea Party hero Joe Miller — the guy who lost a Senate campaign in Alaska to a write-in candidate — and his political action committee have started the “Allen West Defense Fund” to keep the congressman in office.The Western…
South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle’s petition asking for a stay of execution was denied today by the Florida Supreme Court.His scheduled date with death remains September 28, 2011, at 4 p.m.Valle’s lawyers filed the petition late last week, claiming a Florida law prevented Valle’s attorneys from representing him in…
The University of Florida Gators are going to Lexington this weekend to face off against the Kentucky Wildcats, and after the Gators blocked three punts in two previous games against the Wildcats, people in Kentucky are bitching bringing up the point that UF may be “cheating” to block punts.To clarify,…
If you were in the Orlando area last week, you may have noticed that the most demonic-looking human being on Earth was also in town.Of course, we’re talking about the “Mexican vampire woman” Maria Jose Cristerna, who went to the art department of Ripley’s Believe It or Not in Orlando…
Dieugrand Jacques, a former pastor of the New Alliance Haitian Church in Boynton Beach, was found guilty by a jury yesterday of molesting a 15-year-old female churchgoer during a counseling session in 2007.Another girl testified during the trial that she went to Jacques to confide in him about a previous…
Gov. Rick Scott’s approval rating was polled as the highest of his governorship at 37 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.The increase is due to a higher opinion of Scott’s job performance from members of the Republican Party, as both Democrats and Independents disapproved of the…
A clothing company has issued its response to Florida’s “droopy drawers” law, which bans wearing saggy pants in the state’s public schools: Self-sagging shorts.That’s right — thanks to a company called DUKEXXX, the world is now exposed to shorts that have the boxers sewn right in, so the sagging is…
Alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto has officially been fired from the Boynton Beach Police Department.Police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater tells the Pulp that the former cop was investigated by the department’s internal affairs section as soon as they learned Britto had cut off his ankle monitor, which was on August…
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is currently investigating a shooting last night that left one man dead.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell, the shooting took place around 9:50 p.m. yesterday in the 1100 block of NE 16th Court.Mandell says that when officers arrived at the scene of the…
The cops say 74-year-old Dr. Stanley Cohen had been writing prescriptions for painkillers in his wife’s name that he would personally pick up from pharmacies for months.Aside from the large amount of painkillers he or his wife apparently needed, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office happened to discover that Dr…
In the seventh edition of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s listing of the most corrupt members of Congress, two Florida congressmen managed to earn a spot on the list.Those two Florida representatives would be Miami-based Rep. David Rivera and Rep. Vern Buchanan of Sarasota — both members of…
After a grand jury indicted 17-year-old Tyler Hadley last week on two counts of first-degree murder in the hammer killings of his parents, the St. Lucie County State Attorney’s Office released hundreds of documents in the case, including pictures from the crime scene.As a little refresher course, police say Hadley…
State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, a Tampa Democrat, filed a bill today that would repeal the new law requiring drug testing for applicants of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.Senate Bill 284 — the brief text of which can be found here — would simply repeal House Bill 353 passed…
In what would seem like an effort to ban the often insulting and/or profanity-laden public records requests of activist Chaz Stevens, the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority voted at its last Board of Commissioners meeting to adopt a resolution outlawing “improper” requests for public records.In the opinion of Stevens, as well…
Believe it or not, Rep. Allen West — the self-proclaimed “modern-day Harriet Tubman” who compared being gay to liking ice cream and riding scooters, said gay soldiers can “change their behavior,” called not-a-lady Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz the “most vile, unprofessional, and despicable member of the US House of Representatives,”…
Residents in Broward and Palm Beach counties are drunker and fatter than before, according new statistics released by the Florida Department of Health.The Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey — which questions around 500 people in each county in the state about health habits — showed that a majority of…
The lawyers for South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle have filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court over clemency proceedings for Valle and have asked the court to stay Valle’s scheduled execution… again.Valle, 61, has been given a date to die three times now — currently scheduled for September…
Here’s what Robert “Bo” Martin Duval and Christopher Cork Scroggins found out a few days ago: Having a sack full o’ baby alligators is a felony.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, two of their officers were doing surveillance at the Montverde boat ramp on Lake Apopka in…
