August, 2008 Category

Aug 21 2008

Something Rare: Attack Ads In A Race For Judge

Filed under: General News

A judicial race has become surprisingly bitter as a no-bid Sunrise legal contract has come back to haunt Mayor Steve Feren.
Feren, who is running for circuit judge, is the target of television ads reminding voters that he supported hiring his campaign treasurer as the Sunrise City Attorney.
The ads come from Feren opponent Ed Sugar, a Hollywood lawyer.
The Sunrise mayor immediately struck back with HIS side of the story ads saying the charges are distortions.
Both ads are huge buys, now running on WPLG-Channel 10 and cable stations.
The tit-for-tat is unusual in a judicial race, where most candidates blandly recite their resumes.

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Aug 20 2008

New Newspaper Helps Hispanic Candidates

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

“(The) Political “gods who run campaigns in Broward joke about having a Hispanic surname, says community activist Jose “Pepe Lopez. “They say it is political suicide.
Lopez is sick of those political gods.  Read the rest of this entry »



Aug 18 2008

Robo Calls For Sobel Are Annoying

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Hey, People for a Better Florida.
Quit calling my house.

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Aug 14 2008

Dirty Campaign Launched Against Gottlieb

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Some voters received a flyer today (August 14) blasting “The Dirty Politics of Ken Gottlieb.
The piece is trash and belongs in the garbage. Read the rest of this entry »



Aug 12 2008

Is Judge Cohen’s Problem His Wife?

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Who wears the pants in Circuit Judge Dale Cohen’s family?
Obviously not the judge, who is now taking a hit around the courthouse because his wife Mardi Anne Levey is challenging one of Cohen’s colleagues Judge Pedro Dijols. Read the rest of this entry »



Aug 12 2008

Reaching the Absentees

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

My son, absentee voter Nathan Nevins, is feeling very wanted.
The 20-year-old lives in Gainesville, but uses a Broward County address on his voter’s registration.  An absentee voter,  he is a good gauge of what candidates are working to win those votes. Read the rest of this entry »



Aug 07 2008

Does “Help Me Howard” Need Help?

Filed under: Surveys

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Why don’t more people know Public Defender Howard “Help Me Howard Finkelstein?
That’s the question that stumps pollster Jim Kane and me after seeing the results of our USAPOLL exclusively done for Browardbeat.com.
Finkelstein’s name recognition was surprisingly low. Read the rest of this entry »



Aug 05 2008

High Court?

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

I’ve been around elections a long time, but I’ve never seen a candidate who brags that he is a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Especially a judicial candidate like John Robert Howes. Read the rest of this entry »



Aug 04 2008

No Spanish? Cynics Target Hispanic Judges

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Something very cynical is going on in the Broward County judicial elections. 
Three Hispanic judges, who by all accounts are doing a fine job, have been challenged.

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Aug 04 2008

Alcee Didn’t See

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The first black in the White House just might mean trouble for Broward County’s most prominent black politician U. S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar.
Because instead of being part of the inside crowd around Barack Obama, Hastings will be out in the cold in a new Democratic administration. 

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