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In Broward and Tallahassee politics, influence peddling comes in countless forms. Here's one currently under investigation by the federal government: A powerful lobbyist, seeking to curry favor with a state senator and benefit a major client, helps to secure the senator's boyfriend a job at the development firm the lobbyist represents. The...
I first met Betty Taylor after enjoying a downright tasty breakfast at her restaurant one weekend morning. She was a petite and, I soon learned, painfully shy woman, bustling between the kitchen and the register but not exuding a lick of stress. "Are you Betty?" I asked while paying my...
Previously:New Times Hosting SW 3rd Ave Music Festival Stage at Green Room May 6SW 3rd Ave Music Festival Full ScheduleThose of you who read this week's print piece regarding John Ralston only scratched the surface of what's going on with the Lake Worth master songwriter. In the raw, exclusive Q&A...
If you thought intrusive body scans and airport pat downs were just a fluke in the War on Terror bureaucracy, fear not: The Department of Homeland Security has plenty of other programs that will make your skin crawl.For instance, Big Brother is reading your tweets and Facebook status updates, searching...
Lisa Quinn, a teacher from Fort Lauderdale, certainly has plenty of tales from her travels. The former beauty pageant contestant has been around the world; she's touched down on every continent except Antarctica, and she plans to go there soon. But right now Lisa needs your help in her effort...
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Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: UM's glorious past In past columns, I've touched on my musical encounters while attending the University of Miami from 1969 to 1973. And in fact, much...
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Freaks and Movie Geeks
Diana Ross was the first modern pop diva, a benchmark of haughty elegance that laid the path for Whitney, Mariah, and Christina. Her front-and-center attitude could be trying; she constantly overshadowed fellow Supremes Flo Ballard and Mary Wilson and demanded top billing in the trio's final years. Still, you couldn't...
Earlier this month, outgoing Governor Charlie Crist, recent Doors convert Alex Sink, and the two other members of the Florida clemency board issued a full pardon to frontman Jim Morrison for a 40-year-old indecency charge that remained on his record at the time of his death in 1971. County Grind...
When Rick Ross lumbered onto the national stage in 2006, he was something of a blank slate. Though he was a protégé of EPMD's Erick Sermon who had signed to venerable Southern labels Suave House and Slip-N-Slide, his story was largely unknown. His debut, Port of Miami, didn't fill in...
Instead of a big showdown in court with big-time witnesses like U.S. Sen. John McCain, former Gov. Charlie Crist and Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, Russell Adler and the bankruptcy attorneys representing his former law firm settled the clawback suit today with little fanfare. The Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler bankruptcy trustee sued Adler last...
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A quartet of uneven TV pilots posing as a full-length documentary, Seth Gordon's anthology Freakonomics pulls case studies from Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt's bestselling book of pop math and hands them to famous doc filmmakers to make their own. Gordon (King of Kong) knits together the resulting shorts with...
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: Florida foibles... My wife, Alisa, and I recently did our annual road trip up to Eastern Tennessee, and because we chose to travel via I-95, past...
You've probably read about the construction of Broward School Board member Jennifer Gottlieb's pet school in Hollywood that wasn't needed at all but still cost taxpayers some $25 million and ruined a neighborhood park. The school, Beachside Montessori Village (which is neither on the beach nor a village), was put in a...
Erik Brinkmann admits he has restaurant withdrawals. "I'm here every day," he says. "We closed on Christmas, and I was dizzy -- literally -- because I was off." The owner of Shelby's Kitchen in Deerfield Beach says he is good at delegating. However, Brinkmann has put in 14 hours every...
We're not really sure how much "crap" the folks over at Buzz 103.1 have "cut through" in the past 15 years, but one thing's for sure: They love reppin' the Sunshine State. The radio station even put a contest together to add some more local talent to this year's festival...
Zitfest Day 2With Sumsun, the Dewars, Plains, the Monster, This Heart Electric, LLLR, Little Beard, Teepee, Go Ghosts, Band in Heaven, Guy Harvey, the Jameses, and Love Handles.The Orange Door, Lake ParkSaturday, December 18, 2010Read Day 1 coverage here.The seriously anticipated second day of Zitfest lived up to all the...
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The Palm Beach County election nightmare of 2000 -- all those hanging chads, butterfly ballots, Pat Buchanan votes, and silly canvassing-board photos -- seems to have taught elections officials nothing. The county's Supervisor of Elections Office still could not count all the votes last night, delaying a final statewide tally...
Over the course of a year, County Grind offers up a lot of music at the affordable price of free. Much of this tuneage is home-grown, and reflects the boundless interests of the local freelance corps contributing to the blog. Area hip-hop, goth, electronica, punk, folk, and ska all got...
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Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?
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