Hallandale Beach Vice Mayor Bill Julian says he was “not concerned” about reports of an ethically dubious contract between City Manager Mike Good and a local real estate agent because those reports did not appear in the Miami Herald or Sun-Sentinel. They appeared here in Juice and in a print…
It’s Friday. Here’s what’s happening in the local news:Prosecutors have released 18 minutes of video from Wayne Treacy’s interview, recorded hours after he beat 15-year-old Josie Lou Ratley nearly to death at a Deerfield Beach bus stop. [WPLG-10]As Broward County workshops a reorganization of its government, the idea of a…
Hallandale Beach Vice Mayor Bill Julian says that he considers Mike Good a “friend” but that the city manager’s absenteeism made it necessary for the commission to find another person for the job.At the meeting yesterday, Julian pointed to documents that showed that in 2010, Good only made it to…
It’s been hard to conjure sympathy for Hanley Ramirez, what with his reputation for being stingy with apologies. Even after he finally said he was sorry for “dogging it” on that pop fly he kicked against the Dbacks, this article came out, with details of Ramirez getting a locker room…
Larry Deetjen, the Deerfield Beach city manager during the turbulent reign of Mayor Al Capellini, got into a fight early on the morning of May 12 in Oak Lawn, Illinois, the suburban Chicago city where Deetjen holds the same title.It all started innocuously enough. Deetjen was watching a hockey game…
During last night’s Hallandale Beach Commission meeting, Vice Mayor Bill Julian cited documents indicating that over the past six months, City Manager Mike Good came to city hall on only about half the work days. That spotty attendance record made it hard to meet with city staff, business owners and other…
It’s Thursday. Here’s what’s in your local news:In what could be a major step toward fighting corruption in Broward County, the sheriff’s office will be collaborating with the FBI to bust crooked politicians. [Daily Pulp]Poor Sapp: Retired NFL All-Pro and ex-Miami Hurricanes star Warren Sapp is one of Scott Rothstein’s…
When the Fort Lauderdale Police responded to a domestic violence call April 10 at the home of Frank Hottenrott, officers made a grisly discovery: over 1,200 images of child pornography and more than 300 videos stored among several of Hottenrott’s computers. In his confession to police, Hottenrott allegedly owned up to…
Hallandale Beach has reached what appears to be an agreement in principle on the terms of City Manager Mike Good’s dismissal. Juice has learned that Good recently responded to a letter by the city attorney that detailed the terms of Good’s severance agreement.In his letter Good said he wanted to…
Deerfield Beach is in the midst of a forensic audit and the state prosecutor is reviewing a report that found suspicion of fraud in the way the city’s Community Development Division doles out funds from state and federal housing programs. Could that be the reason that Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia…
The Marlins open a series tonight in St. Louis, and manager Fredi Gonzalez sounded an optimistic tone that his star shortstop would finally form the word that the team’s been waiting for: “Sorry.”ESPN quoted from an interview Gonzalez gave today to a local radio station:”It’s going to get resolved one…
It’s been a while since we checked in with the Youtubin’ mega-Christians at Coral Ridge Ministries. For once, I find myself agreeing (mostly) with their take on the cartoon controversy last month on Comedy Central.Of course, that controversy involved a South Park episode that satirized the world’s religions — including…
Eric Hosmer and Deven Marrero starred at first base and shortstop, respectively, for a 2008 American Heritage School team that won a state and national title. They were separated by a year, but both players were heavily recruited by the nation’s elite baseball programs, including Arizona State.But in Hosmer’s case,…
Here’s what’s news this morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Wellington polo mogul John Goodman is in a Palm Beach County jail this morning, charged with vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in connection with the February crash that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. [Palm Beach Post]Construction Department staffers at the Broward County…
It’s not clear where congressional candidate Allen West is speaking — was it at yesterday’s protest against the Imam’s invocation in Pompano Beach? UPDATE: If the commenter below is correct, this speech happened last year; but then why was it posted to Youtube today?Wherever he was, West didn’t disappoint his…
Hanley Ramirez is acting like a diva following his being benched last night for an error. Check that; it wasn’t the error so much as Ramirez jogging casually after the ball he kicked into the outfield, while opposing base-runners were hustling toward home plate.Now he’s in a tiff with the…
Organizers of Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival will make an appearance at this evening’s commission meeting in hopes they can convince city officials to give them $25,000 toward reviving the summer soiree of music and food.But those organizers are likely to hear the same caveats they heard last year when they…
The same technology that keeps a kid — or a drunk — from ruining a mattress might be able to clean up this big mess in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s called the Ocean Mop, and it’s the brainchild of a mattress pad salesman named Skip Leiblein from Boca Raton…
As you can see in this video, Crist is looking mighty confident on the campaign trail. In past public appearances, Crist has tried to finesse the question of how he’s handling the money from Republican donors. But this answer — “I’m keepin’ it!” — works a lot better for him…
