December, 2009 Category

Dec 09 2009

Seiler: Earl’s A “Fool” Who Didn’t Influence My Vote

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 Ã¢â‚¬â€Earl Rynerson. Read the rest of this entry »



Dec 08 2009

Bill Is Back To Strip Newspapers Of Legal Ads

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

You won’t see this Senate bill touted on the editorial pages. Read the rest of this entry »



Dec 06 2009

Bob Norman Smeared, But Not By Me

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Bob Norman in the New Times today touched upon something I’ve been sitting on for months. Read the rest of this entry »



Dec 06 2009

Fields On Tebow, Tiger And The Ayatollah

Filed under: General News

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

  GOD TO TEBOW: YOU’RE A JERK

 

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Dec 05 2009

Steve: Sue Wants Union Endorsements, But Can’t Get Them

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

As former state Sen. Steve Geller rolled up union endorsements in his county commission race, the incumbent’s campaign spin is that the endorsements mean little.

But if you believe the following story from Geller, incumbent County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger is fighting hard behind-the-scenes for union endorsements…unsuccessfully.

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Dec 04 2009

Child Abuser Kutun Wants To Be A Lawyer Again

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Former leading state politician Barry Kutun, who had his Bar license suspended for child abuse, wants his ticket back.

barry kutun

Barry Kutun Talks To Channel 10

 

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Dec 04 2009

You Say Baksheesh, I Say Sheesh

Filed under: General News

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

My father was a Detective in the NYPD. Reflecting on my working-class childhood, more than one of my friends heard me say: “If he stole, he didn’t steal enough.
 
I thought about this while listening to President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan speech and the post-speech pundits. All decried corruption in that country.
 
No one considered the notion that the kind of corruption that we are objecting to is culturally acceptable.  It is only decried by Afghani officials when they are talking to western reporters and U.S. government officials.
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Dec 03 2009

School Board To Undermine Class Size Amendment?

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

A group of  parents are worried that the Broward School Board is about to subvert the Class Size Amendment.
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Dec 02 2009

Buddy Discusses Bill Gelin, JAABlog And Mike Satz

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Bill Gelin’s JAABlog is perhaps the best thing that has happened to the Broward County Courthouse in recent years.

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Dec 01 2009

School Construction Chief’s Retirement Overdue

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The Broward schools construction chief Michael Garretson is retiring at the end of the month.

It’s about four years overdue.

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