BY BUDDY NEVINS

Coral Springs Mayor Scott Brook is about to open a very early campaign for Florida House.

Brook wants the seat now held by state Rep. Ari Porth, but not until 2012.

Ari Porth

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BY BUDDY NEVINS

Question: When does Olga Maria Gonzalez-Levine morph into Olga M. Levine?

Answer: When she is running for office in Broward County. Read the rest of this entry »

BY BUDDY NEVINS

For almost ten months, Sandra Perlman has been shadow boxing.

The assistant public defender has been running hard against Circuit Judge Cheryl Aleman.

Aleman has been nowhere to be found.

This is a race which may turn out not being a race at all.

Cheryl Aleman

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BY BUDDY NEVINS

 Two of the school system’s leading lobbyists, both connected to disgraced School Board member Bev Gallagher, are no  longer registered  to work at the school system.

It’s the end of an era.

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BY BUDDY NEVINS

It has become the battle of competing polls.  

First,  Sue Gunzburger released a poll supposedly showing her winning re-election easily in her southeast Broward county commission district.  

Now, Steve Geller’s campaign says they have a  poll that shows the former Senate beating Gunzburger.

But Geller is not ready to release the figures…..yet.

Ron Gunzburger, the son of the county commission and her campaign manager, issued a statement through Browardbeat.com this weekend contending their poll was accurate.  His statement — in the comment section below — is filled with interesting links backing up his contention.

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BY BUDDY NEVINS

Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger released a poll late Tuesday which she contends shows her far out in front of her opponent, former state Minority Leader Steve Geller.

The poll immediately became a campaign controversy, with Geller’s camp charging it is flawed.

Is the poll clever spin or an accurate survey?

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BY BUDDY  NEVINS

Yomin Postelnik has been running for northeast Broward’s state House district for months.

There is only one problem:  No Yomin Postelnik is legally registered to vote.

His registration is misspelled and he never corrected it.

Yomin Postelnik

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BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

At some point during his campaign someone has to ask Allen West,  Republican candidate for Congress: “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

While he might deny party membership, he would have difficulty disputing that his 22-years Army stint was living the Marxist dream. Read the rest of this entry »

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Judicial candidate Lloyd Golburgh had a complaint that he has now removed from his Facebook page.

He wrote: “some of my favorite incumbent judges try to talk me out of my particular race and at least one try to talk me out of running against any incumbent altogether. Read the rest of this entry »

BY ANGELO CASTILLO
Vice Mayor,
City of Pembroke Pines

Angelo Castillo

March 9th was municipal Election Day in many Broward cities including my home city, Pembroke Pines.  I was on the ballot this time around and am thankful to have been re-elected. 

However, we were all disappointed that so few voters countywide went out to vote. 

After the election results came in, I attended to the usual reporter phone calls asking me to recap my views of the election.  One of the questions involved the low voter turnout, presented to me under the premise of “voter apathy. 

There’s no question about it.  Voting has become a chore and possibly, although I’m rarely the cynical type, perhaps this is by design.

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