Eggelletion Sentence: Two-and-a-Half Years

That does it for the political career of Josephus Eggelletion. Sounds like a sad, pathetic scene at the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach. One tear-choked quote:”What I did was wrong. I’m not trying to hide from it. I’m not trying to run from it.”Just to correct the historical record,…

Deerfield Commissioner Prepared Grant Request, Then Voted for It

In December 2008, Gloria Battle prepared a grant request for a nonprofit agency seeking funds from the Community Development Block Grant. Three months later, her organization won that $12,000 grant, thanks in part to a vote from Battle, who had been appointed to the City Commission in the period between.The…

Violence at El Toro Loco (Sound Familiar?)

A 23-year-old man has been arrested by the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office in the early Thursday-morning stabbing of a security guard at El Toro Loco. The West Palm Beach-area tavern has been the site of numerous violent encounters over the past year.According to the police report, the suspect is William…

The Hit Heard ‘Round the League

The National Hockey League, which met this week in Boca Raton, has decided to outlaw hits to the head. There’s been talk of doing this for years, but the video below is what finally made the league act. Painful to watch, isn’t it? That’s Panthers star David Booth was blindsided…

Rubio Secretly Hoping Crist Declares as Independent?

A pollster’s analysis of Florida’s Senate race suggests that if Charlie Crist declared as an independent candidate, he would be doing adversary Marco Rubio a big favor. Public Policy Polling found that while Rubio has flipped the race in the Republican primary, he may be a tad too conservative to…

Deerfield May Sue Charity Group for Withholding Information

For three months, the City of Deerfield Beach has tried to give Arlington Park Family the benefit of the doubt. The local charity was paid $30,000 for “outreach” in 2007. The city attorney, Andy Maurodis, wrote a letter in late December asking for information about how that money was used.When…

Is This What Rock Bottom Looks Like?

Let me try to put a positive spin on a super-depressing graph. From the blog Calculated Risk, the graph above shows the high and low unemployment rates from each state since 1976, along with a red line for the current jobless rate. Yes, we’re living in the most depressed Florida…

Hit and Run on Las Olas; Police Searching for Driver

That’s the spot on East Las Olas Boulevard two women were crossing last night, around 7:30, when they were struck by a dark-colored SUV. According to the Fort Lauderdale police report, the driver fled the scene, heading east toward the beach.One of the victims, 65-year-old Carolyn Bianco, sustained a life-threatening…

A Sad, Beautiful Video About the Everglades

German Mendez is a biologist who works at Mack’s Fishing Camp in West Broward. Yesterday this video of Mendez was posted on YouTube by documentary makers Paul Franz and Jesse Swanson. It’s not clear whether the timing is related to this week’s Charlie Crist scandal, but it really does drive…

In Response to Joyce Kaufman, Allen West

Today on the Joyce Kaufman Show, your trusty Juice blogger was treated like a tackling dummy. I tuned in just in time to hear myself called a “lunatic” and be accused of lying.As best I can figure, I’m a lunatic for this post about congressional candidate Allen West. He resigned…

Muslim Group Heads to Tallahassee; Anti-Muslim Group Stokes Fear

A group of about 50 Muslims from South Florida is embarking this morning on a trip to Tallahassee, where it will have secret meetings with state policymakers. It’s called “Muslim Day,” and the Lake Worth-based Florida Security Council says we freedom-loving Americans should be very afraid.Summoning my courage, I placed…