I caught bit of flak earlier in this local election cycle for focusing more on the background of Fort Lauderdale candidates than on the "issues." But really! The candidates' backgrounds are important factors in their fitness to govern, and they also happen to be the most clear-cut differences. That is,...
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Yes, as a matter of fact, it does. That's according to a fun web site created by Virgil Griffith, a 25-year-old CalTech grad student. He created the site (which has since gone down from too much traffic) to compare the kinds of music Facebook users list as their favorite with the...
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Voters Done Pretty Good Tonight
Retired Sun-Sentinel reporter Joe Kollin sent the Pulp this serious piece of righteousness about the state grand jury. I'm going to go ahead and call for it: Grand jurors should fire State Attorney Michael Satz as their "legal advisor" and hire an attorney who wants to do the job instead. Below is Kollin's important...
Downsized Herald Assistant Features Editor Teresa Mears is the mastermind behind the South Florida contingent of the Cities On The Cheap blog network. This is a group of independently owned and operated hyperlocal deal aggregators focused on specific cities throughout the U.S. Teresa's blogs officially launched just a couple of...
The looming job cuts at the Miami Herald -- sources expect the number to be about 50 layoff/buyouts in the newsroom -- will happen by the end of the week, writes David Landsberg in an email to staff. This follows his February 5 email announcing that job cuts were coming. From: Landsberg, David...
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Fly Me to the Moon
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Why She Did It
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Rastaman Vibration
Two of the biggest names in the genre are sharing the stage at the James L. Knight Center this Saturday, when Gilberto Santa Rosa and Victor Manuelle make a stop in Miami on their La Historia Continua tour. The two first made history when they united for the Dos Soneros,...
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311 Is Underrated!
via www.myspace.com/thesubdudesThe Subdudes may not be among the New Orleans musical legends the average Joe could immediately name. But examine the band's track record, which stretches back a couple of decades, and its seamless blend of riveting rock and roll, nimble rhythms, and sinewy roots. It's clear the Subdudes have...
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It was February 22, and Lawrence Riesz finally had an idea about how to diagnose all the mysterious problems in his home. Since he and his wife bought the place in Parkland two years ago, the refrigerator had quit inexplicably. Then the dryer. Then the intercom. And three TVs had...
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Reoriented
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Early Election Results
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Wait… We Give Inmates Belts?
In a world where divas are bionically enhanced, the bloom of marquees and floodlights can be seen from space, and the energy crisis has been averted by harnessing the kinetic motion of dancefloors, power house is the genre of choice. And those who choose power house choose DJ Boris, who...
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Playing the Role of Patsy
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The Sun-Sentinel's report on Charlie Crist's air travel (along with a parallel investigation by the Times/Herald Tally bureau) supports my image of the man who is our governor. He's a politician who wants to hobnob with the elite while trying keep his own hands clean. A man who believes his destiny is to be a benevolent king. A...
A few weeks ago, Clean Plate Charlie reported that the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino would bring in a special catch, a whole loin worth of ultra-expensive and rare Kindai tuna, that it would sell as a special at its Thursday- through Saturday-night sushi bar, located just inside Nectar Lounge. Kindai...
[REMINDER: PBS Frontline show on Bernie Madoff and his lieutenants, Frank Avellino and Michael Bienes, is on tonight at 9 10 p.m., including an interview with Bienes, the Fort Lauderdale "philanthropist" and backer of the Broward County Library, Holy Cross Hospital, St. Thomas Aquinas, and other local institutions.] The Tribune's Lee...
Thoughts from all over: -Saturday is the 12th Annual New Times Original Beerfest, in case all the fanfare has eluded you. Show up at 7 p.m. with $25 in hand (or buy tix in advance now - highly recommended), and you'll be rewarded with four hours of non-stop beer sampling,...