Gov. Rick Scott’s magically deleted email debacle is starting to sound a bit ridiculous already, even though he’s ordered an “investigation” by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.As you may recall, St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald capitol reporter Michael C. Bender went looking for some emails from the governor and his…
Well, it looks like we hadn’t heard the last words about Rep. Allen West — the self-proclaimed “modern-day Harriet Tubman” — saying that he was starting his own “underground railroad” to get black people away from the “21st-century plantation.”Thanks to conservative radio host Joyce Kaufman from WFTL-AM (850), we have…
Kendrick Herring — the 28-year-old murderer/sex offender convicted earlier this month in the killing of his father — was sentenced today to life in prison.Herring, a Miramar resident, was convicted on August 2 of first-degree murder after stabbing his 51-year-old father to death through his eyes in their home in…
A couple of months ago, we pointed out the unique email techniques of Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper — who responded to a resident’s questions about the city’s spending habits with phrases such as “Has the infrasturtcute been paid for soley by the residnest of the town?” and “The list…
There may be a war brewing between MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Gov. Rick Scott’s office, especially after Maddow explained the other day that the governor’s office may have canceled taping of the network’s prison documentary Lockup because of her anti-Scott antics.To add to her résumé of hounding Scott, last night…
James McIvery, the 79-year-old Fort Lauderdale man who allegedly shot a 12-year-old kid in the abdomen a few weeks ago, was released from jail last night on his own recognizance, pending his trial.McIvery told the cops on August 7 that a few youngsters had knocked on his door at an…
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner doesn’t seem to know exactly what his political views are.He’s been campaigning on the thought that one of the other GOP candidates, George LeMieux, is too moderate compared to Hasner’s brand of conservatism, and he even ran a campaign ad featuring LeMieux describing himself…
When cops confronted Palm Beach County employee Jeffrey Sek about filling up his truck’s gas tank with a county credit card, police say he told them he’d only done it “four, five, or six times.” Then he reportedly told the cops it was “six, seven, or eight times.”Try 45 times,…
Two employees of Katie’s Kids Daycare Center in Delray Beach were sentenced to ten years’ probation yesterday for leaving a 2-year-old girl to die in a hot van outside the daycare for seven hours.Amanda Inman, 32, and Petra Perez, 45, both pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child –…
Stephen Caputi — one of the four men who pleaded guilty in June to charges related to former Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein’s $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme — was sentenced today to five years in prison.Caputi, 53, had previously entered a guilty plea for one count of conspiracy to commit…
Sen. Marco Rubio did what was probably the most heroic political action of the year last night by catching 90-year-old Nancy Reagan as she fell at California’s Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.If you remember the last time the former first lady had a fall, in 2008, it landed her in the…
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you: an armored truck owned by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department with 24-hour video-recording capabilities nicknamed “The Peacemaker.”The cops say they acquired this armored behemoth from Brink’s for only $10, through a “strategic partnership.””The purpose of ‘The Peacemaker’ is to enhance the police presence…
Another day, another troubling fact about Florida’s jobs situation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to numbers not seasonally adjusted by the BLS, Florida accounted for 147 of the nation’s 2,176 mass layoffs in July — second only to California.Florida’s mass layoffs — which count as one employer laying off…
South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle is scheduled to die on September 6.The Florida Supreme Court ruled today in an out-of-calendar opinion to lift Valle’s stay of execution, which had been ordered after questions arose about Florida’s new lethal-injection drug possibly causing cruel and unusual punishment.Valle was originally scheduled to…
A few more details have been released by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue about Glenn Neff, the Florida man who was allegedly planning on shooting off fireworks on the National Mall in our nation’s capital.Yesterday, an officer from the Maryland-National Capital Park Police found Neff’s red Jeep Cherokee in an…
Projections of Hurricane Irene this morning shift the storm a bit more east than yesterday’s predictions, but it still leaves relatively small parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties within the forecast “cone.”The other news is that the hurricane is expected to reach category four, which includes wind speeds between…
We won’t venture a guess as to what a jail inmate would possibly need Viagra for, but the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office announced today that it has charged a 40-year-old corrections deputy with smuggling the little blue pills and other contraband into the county jail.Deputy Dawn Kramer was…
Gov. Rick Scott loves to use the phrase “let’s go to work,” but another problem to list on top of his job-building woes is that people in Florida literally can’t get to work.Keep in mind the rejected federal funds for that high-speed rail project as you read this, as a…
There’s a 28-year-old South Florida native who’s never run for political office before, but he’s convinced he can unseat polarizing Tea Party Rep. Allen West in 2012.His name is Patrick Murphy — a CPA and businessman who’s hoping to get a spot on the Democratic ticket for his chance to…
The forecast of Hurricane Irene has changed quite a bit from early this morning to now. It’s projected to reach category three by Thursday morning — which means winds of at least 111 mph — but instead of landing in South Florida by Thursday as predicted in earlier forecasts, it’s…
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann has canceled her appearance at the Villages retirement community that was slated for the weekend, according to the Tea Party group that planned to host her.The Tri-County Tea Party Florida was selling tickets at $25 a pop to see Bachmann speak at the LaHacienda…
A couple of weeks ago, the Florida Department of Corrections was proud to announce it was inviting the crew of MSNBC’s prison documentary, Lockup, to Florida’s Santa Rosa Correctional Institution to film the goings-on at the prison — including a contract that gave the state an extra $110,000 of income.”For…
