Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward may contain the largest Democratic Party south of Atlanta.
When pundits and politicians Tuesday looked this week for candidates to run for retiring U. S. Sen. Mel Martinez’s seat, not one Democrat mentioned hailed from Broward.
Filed under: Guest Column
SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
It was an evening in October of 2003 that I fully understood the combination of short term greed and long term stupidity that dominates the Detroit’s Big Three car makers.
The same guys who are today back in Washington begging for a taxpayer bailout. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Former Davie Town Council member Bryan Caletka just got slapped by the Florida Elections Commission.
Commissioners found that there was probable cause to believe Caletka violated election laws in October, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Stacy Ritter is proving to be a Broward mayor who is making a difference.
Mayor for just one week, Ritter announced Tuesday a priority during 2009 will be finding a way to fix or replace Broward’s crumbling courthouse. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
BY JOHN dE GROOT
Guest Columnist
(This is former newspaper editor and columnist John de Groot’s memories of the fight over a new courthouse a generation ago.)
The skeletons hiding in most closets are usually the children of self interest and stupidity.
This is certainly true in the case of Broward’s aged courthouse currently closed from flooding caused by a break in an antique water line. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
You don’t need the Oracle of Delphi to tell you what’s happening to the Broward County Courthouse.
It’s falling apart.
It was largely closed Monday because another leaking pipe. The fact that the courthouse is still being used is a disgrace.
This is another one you can blame on the do-nothing Broward County Commission. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Another reader has suggested a double for Sunrise Commissioners Don Rosen.
Already, we have had suggestions that Rosen was separated at birth from the lead figure in the cult movie “The Hills Have Eyes.”
A second reader said Rosen was the long-lost brother of former Minnesotta Gov. Jesse Ventura.
Another reader said Captain Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek must be a member of Rosen’s family. One more reader thought Rosen looked like Mr. Clean.
Now a fifth reader says Rosen is the spitting image of:
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
GUEST COLUMNIST
It’s the little news articles that are often the most interesting.
Sunday the Miami Herald in its “Nation Briefs” column (11/30/08) carries a story from Chicago reporting on the nuptials of Melody LaLuz and Claudaniel Fabien.
What’s so unusual about Mel and Claude?
The two teach abstinence courses in Chicago Public Schools. Read the rest of this entry »