February, 2010 Category

Feb 21 2010

Marty Rubinstein Likes Garbage

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Former School Board member Marty Rubinstein has become a pathetic shill for the people who want to dump garbage in Sunrise. Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 21 2010

Update: The Davie Land Deal

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The reason behind the rush to buy 25 acres from powerbroker Austin Forman can be boiled down to one word:  Taxes. Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 19 2010

Davie Candidate Ellis Traub Responds To Buddy

Filed under: Guest Column

Buddy, Buddy, Buddy!

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

What kind of so-called journalism takes one candidate’s material, and and embraces it as his own——spin and all——without doing any checking? Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 19 2010

Ellis Traub’s Davie Campaign Flim-Flam Tries To Fool Voters

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Davie Town Council candidate Ellis Traub has suddenly become an outspoken voice against the purchase of 25 acres by the town.

That’s strange, since Traub’s last forays into development deals would not instill confidence in the voters.
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Feb 19 2010

Why Did Diaz-Balart Quit? Was It Accusations From Puerto Rico?

Filed under: General News

BY DAN CHRISTENSEN
Browardbulldog.org

dan christensen

Dan Christensen

 

 South Florida congressmen are dropping left and right.

First, it was liberal Democrat Robert Wexler. He bolted mid-term last month to take a job running a Middle East think tank.

Now, it is conservative Republican Lincoln Diaz-Balart. He announced last week he won’t be running for a 10th term later this year.

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Feb 18 2010

Thirty-One Small Business Types Endorse Maymon For House

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Northeast Broward Florida House Republican candidate David Maymon is on a roll. Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 18 2010

In Case We Forgot: How Sunrise Got Its City Attorney

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

There are 686 lawyers in Florida who are described as specialists in some form of government law on Martindale.com.

There are 99 in Fort Lauderdale.

Sunrise City Attorney Stuart Michelson isn’t one of them. Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 18 2010

Big Legal Job Opens; They Prefer Bilingual Lawyers

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

This is the job that lawyers have been waiting for — Broward School Board General Council.

Ed Marko is leaving after 42 years.

His job is a big one in these tough times, with an even bigger salary than being a judge. It pays $180,000 to $216,000, plus bennies.

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Feb 18 2010

Chiari: I’m Still Running

Filed under: General News

Buddy:

First, thank you for spelling my name right.

I am back home in South Florida after spending several months up north and am still a candidate in the District 100 State House race.

chris chiari

Chris Chiari

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Feb 17 2010

House Candidate Grabs Endorsements

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Health care executive David Maymon has picked up two endorsements in his Republican race for a North Broward House seat.

The only problem is that Vince Boccard and Tom Powers are commissioners in Coral Springs, which is miles west of the beachfront District 91 that Maymon wants to capture. 
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