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Lauderdale District 4: a Native or New Blood?

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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Does Listening to Lil Wayne Make You More Stupider?

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

Hey, no pending felons were elected by the voters. In South Florida, that's called progress. Let's run this mf-er down: Davie: Tom Truex lost because Davie voters don't want developers to mess up the nature of the town with The Commons. I called Judy Paul as the winner two weeks ago based on a Truex...
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[UPDATED] Grand Jury: The Sword and the Shield

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...
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Cities On The Cheap – Former Herald Staffer Pimps The Internet

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...
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Fly Me to the Moon

Florida has some strange bottling laws that basically prohibit brewpubs from selling their specialty beers anywhere but in house. As a result, the only way you can usually get locally crafted beer is going down to those restaurants and ordering a pint. Well, that changes today, beer fans. The Third...
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Why She Did It

Sheila Alu sometimes feels like a marked woman. The Sunrise commissioner has been called a "rat" on blogs and newspaper websites, has been shunned at her day job as prosecutor in the State Attorney's Office, has lost friendships, and was personally attacked in a recent deposition. Her sin: coming forward...
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Rastaman Vibration

Alright, alright — in years past we’ve been not-so-kind to the annual Caribbean Festival, known in years past as the Bob Marley Fest. But can you blame us? With previous lineups blending thuggish hip-hop elements and random pop music wonders, some local fans grew skeptical. We’re happy to report that...
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311 Is Underrated!

For the better part of two decades, 311 has been cranking out album after album and trotting almost nonstop around the globe. Of the band's eight albums, four went gold, one went platinum and one triple platinum. And oh yeah, it had seven singles that hit the Top 10 on...
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New Orleans’ Subdudes to Play City Limits on Feb. 27

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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Reoriented

When the Four Rivers restaurant closed late last year, we fusion freaks found ourselves locked out of the space owners Paula Palakawong and Ravin Nakjaroen had composed with such good taste, its raised water pools, Buddhist bas-relief sculptures, mood lighting, and handcrafted tableware. Missing Four Rivers, there were a lot...
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Early Election Results

In early voting, Obama is crushing in Broward County (and they just called Pennsylvania for him, so this baby is just about done). He's pulling more than 70 percent of the vote so far. On CNN all the pundits have already said it's over and that this could turn into...
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Wait… We Give Inmates Belts?

We must, because according to a Miami Herald headline, the inmates are tightening them. Just ask D'Angelo from The Wire whether belts should be allowed in prison. Well...I guess we can't ask him now, can we? Then again, maybe the Herald's just being metaphorical. Florida is coping with the effects...
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DJ Boris Returns to Space for a Marathon Set This Friday/Saturday

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

His morning likely started just as every other: curt demands lobbed from the wife as he sidestepped the avalanche of unrelenting bills. Feeling his children glare disappointedly as he fumbled for his rusted car keys. The horrific vehicular collision that followed might be the single greatest thing to transpire in...
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The Man Beneath Charlie Crist’s Wings

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...
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Putting Kindai Tuna to the Test at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino

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...
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Abrams on Tribune: “You Can FEEL the Fear”

[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...
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Beerfest, Beer Wars, and Beer By Itself

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,...