If you’ve been following the Scott Rothstein case at all, this forthcoming guilty plea had all the suspense of a Harlem Globetrotters game. Yes, the guy who voluntarily flew back from Morocco, who was quite obviously speaking to federal prosecutors about what evidence he could offer in exchange for a…
Let’s not get too carried away with the celebration for our soon-to-be cheaper trash bills. We had been paying $98.50 per ton for trash. And now Broward residents will pay $61.75 per ton. That’s because we’ve finally paid off the bonds for the two incinerators, which are so huge that…
We have a local winner in the Darwin Awards, a contest that rewards fabulous demonstrations of human mortality — but exists mostly for the enjoyment of people with an extremely dark sense of humor. This year, that dubious honor belongs to Shawn Paul Montero, a 30-year-old man who on the…
In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in advance of a party meeting on Saturday in Orlando, where he was likely…
Brad Meltzer is the bestselling author of The Book of Fate, so his predictions should not be taken lightly. U.S. News & World Report rounded up him and others among America’s public intellectuals to get their perspective on what would happen in 2010. Meltzer’s crystal ball imagines a right winger’s…
Broward County, a longtime bastion of Democratic politics, is under siege — not by Republicans, mind you, but by their indefatigable libertarian wing, the Tea Party. Don’t believe me? Then watch the video below, apparently shot by an Austrian economist and tourist who is fascinated by the Tea Party’s growth…
As Florida drifts closer to the Arctic Circle, let’s see what’s happening in other local news:The man who was shot and killed by a Pembroke Pines police officer Monday afternoon was Clifford Sheldon McLean, a 24-year-old North Miami man suspected in the torching death of his mother earlier that day…
Last week, Palm Beach divorcee Ivana Trump was escorted off a Palm Beach International Airport flight after some rowdy children — “little fuckers,” as she called them — sent her flying into a rage. So this week seems like a perfect occasion to introduce her gender-bending doppelganger, Ivana Tramp, a…
Later this month, when North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Robert Bernstein makes his case to the board for firing CEO Frank Nask, it’ll be based on these grounds:that Nask’s lack of hospital operations experience has made him use poor judgment in deciding what district programs should be trimmed and which…
Commissioner Robert Bernstein has asked that the North Broward Hospital District’s board consider removing the public hospital’s CEO, Frank Nask, after a year when the district was hit by a barrage of scandals.The item will be placed on the board’s January 27 agenda. District spokesperson Sara Howley couldn’t immediately confirm…
In the battle for American public opinion, it was a tremendous favor by Muslim radicals to crash last year’s pro-Israel rally in Fort Lauderdale to chant profane, vicious, ethnic slurs at Jewish demonstrators, who looked positively civil by comparison.But as masked blogger Rollo Tomasi* points out on ToeTagDiary.com, we should…
As you can see from the video above, this year’s pro-Israel rally in downtown Fort Lauderdale did not attract last year’s batch of counterprotesting, virulently anti-Semite Muslims. Just a bunch of like-minded people furious over the Obama administration’s handling of terrorism threats and diplomatic policies in the Middle East.The rally…
The holidays are over, and a new year is upon us. Let’s see what 2010 has in store for the local news.Jupiter’s Thanksgiving massacre suspect, Paul Michael Merhige, was found Saturday night in a hotel room in Long Key, after the hotelkeepers saw an ad for America’s Most Wanted displaying…
Davie Town Council member Susan Starkey says she never said “Jews try to convert everyone,” as alleged by activist Joe Kaufman, of the Coral Springs-based Americans Against Hate.The exchange occurred December 18 between Starkey and Jeff Rubinoff, at the holiday party of the Davie / Cooper Republican Club, of which…
Here’s a radio interview that must be heard to be believed: That’s Andy Martin, who used to be a constantly campaigning candidate in Palm Beach County and has since taken his constant campaigning to Illinois, where he’s a candidate for U.S. Senate.As you can hear for yourself, the interview jumps…
A 27-year-old man from Deerfield Beach is suspected of using razor blades to cut through screens, then spying on women as they undressed “while sexually gratifying himself,” according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to a call on Monday night from a 37-year-old woman who lives on NW 49th Street…
One year ago, this ugly scene happened in downtown Fort Lauderdale, as pro-Israel demonstrators clashed with Muslim activists: And in just a few minutes, the South Floridians for the Safety and Security of Israel are staging another rally, in the same location, near the federal courts building on Broward Boulevard.A…
A Davie street sign commemorating a donation by a Muslim group has triggered controversy for Susan Starkey, a longtime member of the Davie Town Council who allegedly hurled an accusation at Jews while arguing that the sign should stay.The Council on American-Islamic Relations is the donor, having adopted a road…
Let me get this straight: In a world where a terrorist can blow up a jumbo jet with his underwear, we Americans aren’t quite sure it’s worth protecting ourselves by letting a security guard see us without our underwear?Apparently so, judging by the debate that’s occurred on the cable news…
