September, 2009 Category

Sep 24 2009

Gallagher Made A Non-Person

Filed under: General News

 BY BUDDY NEVINS

Just like Emmanuel Goldstein in the novel 1984, the face of Bev Gallagher has been wiped from memory….at least on the School Board’s website. Read the rest of this entry »



Sep 24 2009

The Herald Outs Neil Sterling

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The Miami Herald has outed lobbyist Neil Sterling.

The paper reported today that federal agents are zeroing in on suspended School Board member Bev Gallagher’s relationship with Sterling in their continuing investigation.

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Sep 24 2009

Hersh Won’t Run For County Commission

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Weston Mayor Eric Hersh has given up his quest for the county commission.

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Sep 23 2009

Feds: Satz Was No Help

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Once again, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz was reading about the arrest of Broward public officials on the Internet, rather than on an indictment from his office. Read the rest of this entry »



Sep 23 2009

Did Gallagher, Eggelletion Wear A Wire?

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Federal investigators probing government corruption in Broward flatly told reporters today: We’re still looking.  

“The investigation is still ongoing, said Jeffrey H. Sloman, acting U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
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Sep 23 2009

Busted: Eggelletion, Former Miramar Commissioner Salesman

Filed under: General News

 BY BUDDY NEVINS

County Commissioner Joseph Eggelletion and Former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman have been arrested by federal agents, according to several sources and The Broward Palm Beach New Times.

Senior county staff notified some county commissioners earlier today with the news. Read the rest of this entry »



Sep 22 2009

He Lives In Tallahassee But Gets $11,000-A-Month To Run County Agency

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

One of the county’s better-paid officials lives more than 400 miles from the Broward Government Center. Read the rest of this entry »



Sep 22 2009

Franklin Sands Lost 80 Percent To Madoff

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

And you thought the economy hit you hard.

Are you as bad off as state Rep. Franklin Sands?

The Florida House Democratic leader’s  net worth dropped 80 percent.

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Sep 21 2009

Fields’ Random Thoughts: Censorship, Irrelevant Christians And The War

Filed under: General News

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

 

ALLEN WEST HAS NOT FIGURED OUT HE IS A DEMOCRAT
 

Allen West is the former Army officer who the Republicans used as cannon fodder in the 2008 election against Democratic U. S. Rep. Ron Klein
 
West has gotten into the health care debate and has published a list of conservative principles in the Sun Sentinel here.

Most sound like they are anti-free enterprise and strangely liberal Democratic: Read the rest of this entry »



Sep 18 2009

Wasserman-Rubin Overcomes Commons Vote

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Last December County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin earned the ire of Weston city hall after voting to permit The Davie Commons.

Not only did she vote for it, but she was the swing vote to keep the project alive.  There was talk that her support of The Commons would kill her 2010 re-election.

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Nine months later, it’s a new day.

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