January, 2010 Category

Jan 20 2010

School Candidate Drops Out; Book’s Kid Mulls Race

Filed under: The Spin

 BY BUDDY NEVINS

The open northwest Broward School Board seat has its first victim.  

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Jan 20 2010

The Red Tide Is Flowing Here From Massachusetts

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The Massachusetts political earthquake is sending vibrations all the way to the Galt Ocean Mile. Read the rest of this entry »



Jan 20 2010

Blogs Drive Judicial Races

Filed under: General News

 BY BUDDY NEVINS

Broward County Judge Lee Seidman has a blog problem. Read the rest of this entry »



Jan 19 2010

Candidates Stretch Names For School Board

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

A  J. P. Taravella High School teacher has been running for School Board since last June and almost nobody paid attention.

Then Stephanie Kraft said she wasn’t running for re-election. People suddenly started paying attention to the race. Read the rest of this entry »



Jan 19 2010

McCollum Lands On Wayne’s World

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Wayne’s World is a very small planet.  And very, very green.

Green as in the color of money.  

wayne

Wayne Huizenga

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Jan 17 2010

Weird Science: Gov Balloon Hunt Tests Use Of Facebook, Twitter

Filed under: Guest Column

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

All you were told was that there were ten red balloons flying in different locations in the United States.  There was a $40,000 government reward for the first person to locate all of them.

So how long would it take you to find them—days, weeks, months?
 
Why is the Washington spending our tax dollars on this?

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Jan 16 2010

UPDATE: Judge Jay Hurley Has An Opponent

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Broward County highest profile judge has an opponent.

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Jan 15 2010

Political Tidbits: School Board Edition

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

One School Board candidate wants nothing to do with veteran political consultant and lobbyist Barbara Miller. Read the rest of this entry »



Jan 15 2010

Hamilton Forman Services Set

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Memorial services will be held Jan. 23-24 for Hamilton Forman, who for decades was the leading political figure in Broward County.  Read the rest of this entry »



Jan 14 2010

Judicial Candidate Collects For Haitian Relief

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Judicial candidate Fritz “Jahra  McLawrence has turned his law office into a collection point for Haitian earthquake relief. Read the rest of this entry »