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BROWARDBEAT.COM EXCLUSIVE. WE BREAK THE NEWS THE OTHERS FOLLOW.
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Okay folks, now I’ve seen everything.
Yup, after 30-plus years as a journalist, this is one of the most bizarre things ever.
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
Plantation police have been asked to investigate an incumbent city commissioner embroiled in a tough re-election battle. Read the rest of this entry »
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
Mardi Anne Levey Cohen thought she was running for an open seat when she kicked off her third judicial campaign last week.
She filed to run for Broward County Court Group One.
Now the judge sitting in that seat says he may not retire.
Here’s the story: Read the rest of this entry »
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
Is she Mardi Levey Cohen, the name she used on the 2006 ballot? Or is she Mardi Anne Levey, the name she used on the 2008 ballot?
Even Levey/Cohen can’t decide what to call herself.
So it will be Mardi Anne Levey Cohen on the 2010 ballot. Read the rest of this entry »
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
The party invitations are in the mail.
Three Broward firms are among those hosting an inauguration cocktail party at the Roosevelt Hotel in Washington on January 18, two days before Barack Obama is sworn in. Read the rest of this entry »
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
BROWARDBEAT.COM EXCLUSIVE
Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter was interviewed today in Washington for a job in the Barack Obama administration.
Ritter was asked by officials at the meeting to apply for various jobs. Read the rest of this entry »
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BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
“War is hell: William Tecumseh Sherman
“And frankly, it should be: Sam Fields
Much of the criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza is that it is not proportional. In other words, the response to Hamas’s daily bombardment of twenty or thirty rockets should be an equivalent. Read the rest of this entry »
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
One of the most interesting political crowds in recent months flocked to Sheriff Al Lamberti’s swearing in in Sunrise Tuesday.
But who wasn’t there — the county commissioners — spoke volumes.
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
Former Attorney General Bob Butterworth had it right today:
“There is no such thing as a Republican sheriff. There is no such thing as a Democratic sheriff. You’re (just) the sheriff.
No other line got more applause at Sheriff Al Lamberti’s swearing in today. Read the rest of this entry »
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
Former County Judge Catalina Avalos has left the bench and will be working at the Tripp Scott law firm in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Read the rest of this entry »