A year ago, a local union did what public employees across the state and the nation would have liked to do: stood up and declared its disgust with the Republican Party, encouraging its Republican members to drop their affiliation.This was the Broward County Police Benevolent Association, which held a “Party…
Frank Biden, Ocean Ridge resident and younger brother of Joe Biden, has been talking for years about developing a country club in northwestern Costa Rica. On Friday, the Tico Times published an article saying backers of the $106 million Guanacaste Country Club “hope to begin construction in the next two…
Another day in South Florida, another multimillion-dollar scam collapsing. This time around, federal officials working with the Broward Sheriff Office arrested Fort Lauderdale resident Alci Bonannee and several others for filing more than 1,000 bogus tax documents that yielded $9.5 million in returns. The alleged criminals apparently didn’t put too much effort…
Update 3, 6/12: Mondesir is now in jail; the victim is still in the hospital, and the couple’s child is with a family member, per BBPD.Update 2, 11:40 a.m.: Added details of the crime to the bottom of the post, including details that were incorrectly reported by police earlier in…
There’s been plenty said about the sexual orientation of former Gov. Charlie Crist, but if you’ve been seeing headlines the past few days similar to the Huffington Post’s “Charlie Crist Gay? Former Governor Allegedly Paid Men to Cover Up Affairs,” take them with a grain of salt. The allegations aren’t…
Broward Sheriff’s Office Lt. Eric Wright turned himself in on Friday on charges of fraud and 14 counts of grand theft after he was accused of working side jobs while he was technically on duty as a supervisor at least ten times between August 2010 and May 2011.In addition to…
It’s a Wall Street Journal editor’s wet dream, splashed across the opinion page today: “Castro Endorses Obama.”Mariela Castro, niece to the tracksuit guy and daughter of Raul, calls herself a “sexologist,” and her work, according to Journal columnist Mary O’Grady, “has something to do with advocating for gay, lesbian, bisexual…
Move down here for work, love, or sunshine and after a while, you start to melt into the place. You adopt the weird habits and mannerisms of the natives, who once were just like you: people running from something up north. After a while, the weather, people, and wildlife don’t…
Anyone with a passing interest in sports is about to be inundated with talk of King James versus Prince Durant, Oklahoma City versus Miami, a wholesome young crop of basketball players versus the most hated/worshiped trio in the NBA. Sports rivalries are fun, especially the kind that are gratuitously hyped…
The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has been tearing up the Department of Environmental Protection with public-records request. First the left-leaning group, more commonly known as PEER, called into question whether DEP Secretary Herschel Vinyard lied on his résumé, triggering an ongoing investigation by the feds. Then it released a bunch of seemingly free-form brainstorming…
Gainesville pastor Terry Jones says his church has been contacted twice by the Secret Service in response to the display at the Dove World Outreach Center that features an effigy of President Barack Obama hanging from a noose. (The photograph sent to us shows an Uncle Sam dummy hung up;…
UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: We just finished an exclusive interview with Jones.UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: The Secret Service is investigating Pastor Terry Jones’ Dove World Outreach Center for hanging a dummy of President Barack Obama outside of its church.”The Secret Service is aware of this incident and will conduct appropriate follow-up,” said spokesman Brian…
You’re out of luck if you were hoping a debate or two would help better understand Connie Mack’s “freedom pilgrims freedom America” policy positions on his campaign website. The Tampa Bay Times invited Mack to debate his Republican primary opponents, and his campaign responded by challenging Bill Nelson to a…
George Zimmerman’s legal team shared an Orlando Sentinel guest column this morning that defends Zimmerman on a level a step above the others: It’s not just that he deserves his fair day in court and people are jumping to conclusions. We should be looking up to Zimmerman. Lots of other people haven’t…
One day in February, we sat down for a get-to-know-you interview with Scott Israel, who’s running in the Democratic primary this August to challenge Al Lamberti in the Broward County sheriff’s race. Since then, his campaign has retweeted our story dozens and dozens of times — we can’t count exactly…
Two 22-year-old brothers were shot just before 1 a.m. while driving in Belle Glade, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. One of the men was found near the intersection of SW Fifth Street and SW B Place, and the other was several blocks away in the passenger seat…
This week’s issue includes a four-story special report from Village Voice Media about SB 1070, the Arizona immigration law that both casts criminal suspicion on anyone who looks Latino and transforms local law enforcement officers into immigration investigators. It’s featured nationally because it is of national concern — the U.S…
People are suddenly getting interested in the Juliana Mensch murder — it got the Nancy Grace treatment late last month, and now the New York Daily News, Huffington Post, Gawker, Death and Taxes, and Slate have joined in. Everybody’s flipping out over the homicidal Google searches allegedly made by James Ayers…
Corey Graham Sr. tried to do right by the son who bore his name. When Corey Graham Jr. was with his dad in the horse country west of Riviera Beach, he obeyed his curfew and kept his grades up, according to court documents from a custody battle. Corey played offensive…
Earlier this week, Lake Park town commissioners struck down Earl Stewart Toyota’s proposal to erect a 340-foot flagpole along U.S. 1. What a bunch of babies. Among the reasons cited for denying the proposal were traffic and noise concerns. So instead of a hulking display of American awesomeness, the commissioners suggested the auto dealer install an…
A grand jury indicted 23-year-old Nicole Okrzesik in the March strangulation of Juliana Mensch, prosecutors say. She is scheduled to go to trial June 25, alongside codefendant James Ayers.Both are charged with first-degree murder — a capital crime.”They both could face the death penalty, although we reserve judgment for now…
People have a lot of opinions about our quaint little corner of the country, but there’s one thing that’s above dispute: Florida never defies expectations.So when you hear that a report was released yesterday laying out state-level statistics about public corruption, which state would you expect to be at the…
