Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Political correctness is coming to gift giving.
An activist group wants to tell Florida charities how to spend their money.
This is a scary Holiday story, perfect for a season when so many give so much out of the goodness of their hearts. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
Congressman Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) has hit the Trifecta. He is a political hack, coward and an idiot.
He says putting Gitmo detainees in an Illinois maximum security prison is dangerous to his constituents.
Kirk is an example of what’s wrong with today’s Republicans. His number one goal is not the good of the country, but tearing down the Obama Administration to score political points.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Imagine working for 35 years as a teacher, assistant principal and principal.
Then right before you retire, you are called in front of the school cops. You are told you are being investigated. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The savings is huge — $440 million.
That’s the carrot being dangled in front of cities to sign a no-bid deal and lock in 10 years of garbage disposal with Wheelabrator, a part of Waste Management. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
What do North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Texas, Maryland and Tennessee have in common about holding public office?
Give up?
Their state constitutions still prohibit atheists from being everything from governor to notary publics.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Weston Mayor Eric Hersh negotiated a no-bid $1 billion deal with Wheelabrator for solid waste this year, but when it came to Weston six years ago he insisted on bids.
I know garbage hauling for one city is not the same as disposing of garbage for the whole county. City haulers pick up garbage and delivers it to Wheelabrator for burning.
But I thought it was interesting to explore Hersh’s record on garbage. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Parkland is getting some kudos from a national media outlet.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
It’s perhaps the biggest no-bid deal that this county has seen in a long time — worth about $1 billion.
But few are paying attention. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: The Spin
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Ed McGee has a pitch made for our times. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler said his vote against keeping City Manager George Gretsas was bolstered by a flood of e-mails opposed to the manager.
Yet just a week before the Gretsas vote, Seiler blasted the man responsible for almost two dozen of those e-mails â€â€Earl Rynerson. Read the rest of this entry »