July, 2009 Category

Jul 24 2009

Scrap Manned Space Program In Favor Of Robots

Filed under: General News

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

 

Over the last couple of weeks you could not watch a news report without some reference to the fortieth anniversary of the Moon landing on July 20, 1969.
 
The supporters of manned space exploration were using the date to promote a 2020 manned return to the Moon and a 2045 manned landing on Mars.  They dragged out the Apollo crews for interviews for all to hear and see

What you did not hear or see much about was the projected cost$500,000,000,000.
 

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Jul 22 2009


Jul 20 2009

Fun Facts From The Broward Judicial Races

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Who placed the biggest bet on themselves so far in the judicial races?

County Judge Lee Seidman.

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Jul 18 2009

Thousands Save Millions Because of Weston Commissioner Stermer

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Weston Commissioner Dan Stermer says he’s a consumer advocate.

A lot of politicians make that claim, but Stermer has a track record to prove he’s entitled to the title: This week once again thousands of credit card customers saved millions because of Stermer’s work. 

 dan stermer

Dan Stermer

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Jul 18 2009

Fields: Sotomayor Hearings Based On Myth

Filed under: Guest Column

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

 

After a lawyer spent ten minutes explaining a point of law before the United States Supreme Court,  the following exchange is purported to have occurred
 
Justice:  “Young man, that is not the law.
 
Young man: “It was until you said that.
                
                             
Legal aphorism: The Supreme Court is not the final court because the justices are infallible; the justices are infallible because they are the final court.

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Jul 16 2009

Stern’s Daughter Considers Run For State House

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Political consultant Judy Stern, who  has the job of finding a Democratic candidate for the open House seat in northeast Broward, may have hit upon a choice close to home:  Her daughter.

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Jul 16 2009

USAToday: Wexler Is Congress’s Travel King

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

It seems our very own Robert Wexler travels more than any other member of Congress.

That’s according to an examination of congressional records by USAToday published today. 

wexler travelingWexler in Jerusalem With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 

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Jul 15 2009

Meredith Fields, 56, Dies of Alzheimer’s

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

 

I always wondered how Meredith Fields stayed married to Sam Fields.

 

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Jul 15 2009

Broward-Palm Beach’s $5 Million-Plus Senate Race

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The three- way Republican battle for the open Palm Beach and Broward state Senate seat is on the way towards setting local spending records — $5 million-plus.

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Jul 12 2009

How The Broward County Commission Does Business

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Did lobbyists’ campaign contributions sway the votes of Broward County Commissioners Sue Gunzburger, Diana Wasserman-Rubin and Ken Keechl?

Is the Pope Catholic?  Are there bears in the woods?

Here’s the story. You decide.

 

sue gunzburger number two

Gunzburger:  Did Big Money Lobbyists Sway Her Vote?

 

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