Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good might be in hot water with his most important political ally. The Juice has learned that Mayor Joy Cooper has called a special meeting for Friday morning with the expressed purpose of discussing the “city manager’s employment.”Cooper could not be reached by phone and…
That’s from March 28, folks. My favorite part comes around the 50-second mark when Crist says he’ll support the winner of the August 24 Republican primary, which is now very clearly going to be Marco Rubio, Crist’s opponent in the general election. Can this Senate campaign last forever please?…
New details were just released by Hollywood Police in the shooting death Wednesday afternoon of 13-year-old Daniel Torres. The department is reporting that the gun in question belonged to the homeowner, presumably a parent of the 14-year-old friend who police say pulled the trigger.Investigators have not released the name of…
Taj Michael Harris, a 28-year-old man from Lauderdale Lakes, was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon by an Infiniti that ran a red light at the intersection of Rock Island Road and Forest Boulevard in North Lauderdale.The driver of the Infiniti has been identified as Markita Bynes, an 18-year-old from Margate…
Your look at the local news for this Thursday:A 13-year-old Hollywood boy was killed Wednesday afternoon after his 14-year-old friend shot him in the head. Police don’t yet know whether the shooting was accidental or how the 14-year-old got the gun. [Sun-Sentinel]The owners of Quality Staffing Services in Boca Raton…
Note to Fort Lauderdale native Samuel Collins: When trying to destroy the evidence of your marijuana habit, best to take the pot out of the baggie before devouring it with your double cheeseburger. From the St. Pete Times:When a Pasco sheriff’s deputy approached the window of Samuel Collins’ Honda Del…
Isn’t the Florida Council on Physical Fitness supposed to whip the state’s kids into shape? If so, it’s a bad sign when an 11-year-old boy faints in the Capitol — while attending an event for the Council on Physical Fitness. From The Buzz:An 11-year-old boy collapsed and fainted Wednesday in…
In a Tweet that’s sure to endear him to the 22nd Congressional District’s roughly 11 percent Latino population, Allen West gave an enthusiastic endorsement of Arizona’s ultra-controversial, totally unconstitutional and pretty-much-racist immigration bill.The bill, whose fate now rests with the Arizona governor, would allow law enforcement officers to arrest people…
Alleged “low-cost” carrier Spirit Air will charge you 45 bucks if you want your luggage to make the round trip, and it’s phasing out its recliner seats for newer, allegedly “pre-reclined” seats, which are 30 percent lighter, meaning Spirit can save some pennies on fuel.Here at Juice, we want to…
Crist’s independent candidacy for U.S. Senate began two weeks ago, with his dramatic veto of Senate Bill 6. And calling a press conference Tuesday to announce his opposition to drilling for oil off the Florida coast was just populist posturing in advance of tomorrow’s announcement in St. Pete.From the video…
Let’s see what’s in the headlines this morning in South Florida:Six weeks after she was beaten nearly to death at a Deerfield Beach school bus stop, 15-year-old Josie Lou Ratley has been released from the hospital. She now heads to a rehabilitation facility to get physical therapy and speech therapy…
We understand it’s rough out there for successful hedge fund managers who don’t want their clients thinking about Bernie Madoff. But Steven A. Cohen’s “I’m not Bernie” parties need some work: He invited his skittish investors to golf with him at an exclusive course in Palm Beach County.Note to Cohen:…
With the state finances in disarray, 2009 was not the year for Florida legislators to spend their valuable time passing a law that would make it illegal to have sex with animals. But this year, with the state finances again in disarray, maybe Weston-based Sen. Nan Rich will finally get…
If you’re reading this right now from a computer in Hallandale Beach, watch your ass. The mayor and city manager believe Juice’s political coverage is unpatriotic, maybe treasonous. But definitely “pornographic.” That’s the reason they’ve blocked this website from computers in City Hall.This report comes from Commissioner Keith London, that…
Just for the sake of comparison, that’s the video for “Empire State of Mind,” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. (Around the two-minute mark, I think I heard him say he’d steal Dwyane Wade from our Miami Heat, the jerk.) Now let’s let a local grandmother take a crack. Here’s Hindy…
Tuesday’s local headlines:Art and physical education teachers at roughly a dozen Broward County schools have been asked to accept a paycheck half the size of the one they get now. It’s the latest, desperate effort by school administrators to balance the district’s budget. [Sun-Sentinel]Another casualty of the economy: cold cases…
Today the Allen West campaign is heralding a new internal poll that shows he’s two points ahead (44-42) of Congressman Ron Klein in the race for the 22nd Congressional District seat.The news release highlights a poll finding that of those who claim to know who West is, 23 percent hold…
Trying to reason with the tea party is an exercise in futility, but that didn’t stop outgoing Sun-Sentinel editor Earl Maucker from making it the subject of his Sunday column, the point of which is… (I’m struggling here)… to show how hard it is to please readers? Writes Maucker:Every day…
UPDATE: Youtube’s taken down the video above, and we couldn’t immediately find a new one. When we locate it, we’ll update this post. Jozy Altidore, the Boca-born son of Haitian parents, is one of America’s best soccer players, but an ugly scene during an English Premier League match on Saturday…
