Mar 03 2010

Former Lawyers Department: Ana Gardiner and Howard Scheinberg

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Karnack The Magnificent says, the answer is Richard Nixon, Ana Gardner and Howard Scheinberg. Read the rest of this entry »



Mar 03 2010

Supporters Follow Candidate’s Wife Giving Birth

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Florida House candidate Yomin Postelnik gave Broward the best example this week of how the Internet’s social media is changing campaigning.

Facebook allowed Postelnik, who fighting an uphill battle for state House District 91, into the delivery room on Tuesday as his wife Shaya gave birth to the couple’s third child.  

Minutes after birth shot by the candidate with a cell phone camera and sent to supporters

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Mar 01 2010

Klenet Plans Big Democratic Fund Raiser in Parkland

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Forget about Broward County.   The real money for lobbyists is in Washington and Russ Klenet is slowly moving his business there.

Russ Klenet: Living the Good Life

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Mar 01 2010

Judge Seidman’s Campaign Under Attack

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Late last month, I discovered that Broward County Judge Lee Seidman’s judicial assistant was receiving some of his campaign e-mail at work. Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 27 2010

Fields: My Random Thoughts

Filed under: Guest Column

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

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NOTE TO KEITH WASSERSTROM

 
Ditch the yarmulke.  Haven’t you embarrassed the Jews enough? 

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Feb 26 2010

Judges Quietly Applaud Cohen’s Fall

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Broward judges today have wide smiles while they slap high fives.

Broward Circuit Judge Dale Cohen is going down.

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Feb 25 2010

Fields Health Care Proposal: Let The Uninsured Die

Filed under: Guest Column

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

sam fields

Should the Federal government be able to force all Americans to buy health insurance or, alternatively, pay a significant penalty for opting out of the program?
  
If you want to take your chances on health care, should the government deny you that right?  If you decide to go uninsured, should the rest of us have to pay for your emergency room care when your kid needs an appendectomy or you break your leg? Read the rest of this entry »



Feb 23 2010

Sunrise’s Alu Publicly Accuses Rosen Of Selling Votes

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Sunrise Deputy Mayor Don Rosen got what he deserved on Tuesday – a public scolding.

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Don Rosen

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Feb 23 2010

Sunrise Dumps The Dump Despite Wishner

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Now that the Sunrise city commission has dumped the dump, Mayor Roger Wishner should find a good chiropractor. 

The mayor needs an adjustment after bending over backwards for waste industry types who want to build a dump in his city

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Feb 23 2010

Commissioners Loving Ethics Reform To Death

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

In Tallahassee its called, “Loving It To Death”.

That is defined as loading up of a piece of legislation with so much unnecessary baggage that it is sure to fail.

Some Broward County Commissioners appear to be using that tactic to kill the ethics regulations that the public is clamoring for.

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