Black bears are invading the suburbs. And the Broward Sheriff’s Office Broward County parks officials are trying to find places for the five horses they just laid off. Fate can’t make it much more obvious than this: Black bear horseracing must happen in South Florida.I know this probably isn’t legal,…

David Brady won a modest 23.3 percent of the vote in last week’s primary against Allen West in the race for the Republican nomination for the 22nd Congressional District. But considering that West has raised about $4 million and that Brady spent about $1,000 on his campaign, it was a respectable…

I know that sometimes the politics behind Broward County Commission decisions can seem complex, but trust me: Anyone who has been to high school can understand the social dynamics at work on the county’s legislative body.The commissioners may be twice as old as high schoolers, but they have teenaged insecurities…

Ha ha, just kidding about the tea party protest. Not likely these folks turn on one of their own “patriots,” even if the recent revelations suggest that West has done exactly what he and his tea party allies have pilloried the government for doing: spending money you don’t have.The West…

Tuesday’s election returns proved that there’s strong anti-incumbent sentiment toward the Broward County Commission, especially as regards the leader of the scandal-plagued dais, Mayor Ken Keechl, whose opponent barely spent a dime yet still managed to get 35 percent of the vote.But Keechl may be fortunate in that he faces…

As the Republican challenger to Broward Mayor Ken Keechl, Chip LaMarca was interested to see how Keechl would perform against Beverly Kennedy, a Democrat who had far less money, experience, and name recognition than LaMarca can bring to the race.”I feel pretty damned good, to be honest with you,” says…

In the months before yesterday’s election, Broward candidates lined up behind campaign rainmakers who possessed extraordinary powers for rounding up votes. Of course, they would share these powers only if the price was right. Since incumbents could outraise their challengers, incumbents could afford to pay the campaign operatives.Now that we…

​Producers for liberal MSNBC pontificator Keith Olbermann have been following our extreme conservative candidate for Congress, Allen West, since April when the host devoted his “Special Comment” segment to the campaign comments where West encouraged supporters to make incumbent Ron Klein “scared to come out of his house.”But West has…

We’ve had server problems today, but I’m told that they’ve been mostly resolved, minus the comments field. UPDATE: Totally not resolved, it turns out. The server acted up shortly after this post, meaning we couldn’t get back online to post updates. Sorry about that.The most interesting race to watch this…

In Broward County elections, the condo vote is the most coveted, and for several election cycles, two figures have emerged as powerful mobilizers of that vote: Barry Harris and Norma Goldstein.It’s hard for candidates to tell which of the two is more skilled at rounding up votes from the county’s…

At a time when cynicism toward Broward politics is at an all-time high, incumbents on the Broward County Commission have turned to high-priced political consultants to ensure they don’t get toppled by a challenger.Today’s news of Commissioner Ilene Lieberman allegedly directing developers to hire a consultant of her choosing, well…..

Take a bow Jack Shifrel. No matter what happens in tomorrow’s election, you’ve already made over $15,000 across eight county and state judicial races. Of course, Shifrel won’t be keeping all of that loot. Some of it surely goes to the condo commandos who make sure that a candidate’s name…

A polarizing Republican candidate, annoyed by the presence at a campaign rally of a videographer hired by his opposition, uses a metaphor that suggests a profound cultural insensitivity. Sound familiar?In 2006, during a vicious senatorial campaign in Virginia, Sen. George Allen jeered a videographer for his opponent’s campaign, calling him…

During last month’s meeting of the Sun-Sentinel editorial board, Broward Judge John “Jay” Hurley departed from his stump speech to mention an exciting, previously unheard credential: He had devised a plan for the governor to follow in the event of a terrorist attack in Florida.For some reason, Hurley wasn’t as…

Rick Scott got rich running a huge — if ultimately fraudulent — corporation, and now he’s begun a campaign for world domination, starting with the Florida governorship. Sounds like Lex Luthor. Looks like Lex Luthor. So why is Lex Rick not showing up for debates with Bill McCollum?…

Before you liberal pranksters get any ideas, let’s make one thing clear: It’s a dirty rotten trick to put a bumper sticker that says Coexist on a vehicle driven by Allen West or on the vehicle of any Allen West supporter. West has said, specifically, that this bumper sticker “absolutely…