April, 2010 Category

Apr 06 2010

Geller Stays In The Fight Against Gunzburger

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Former Florida Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller says that if he could have been reached by phone on Monday, he could have disspelled the rumors that he might switch county commission races “in five minutes.”

“I was practicing law up in Flagler County.  I was in a hearing so I couldn’t be reached.  What I would have said is, ‘I’m staying where I am. I’m running for District 6,'”  says Geller.

District 6 in south Broward is current held by County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Apr 06 2010

Fields: GOP Blacks, Jews Are Just Tokens

Filed under: Guest Column

BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist

Republicans don’t care that the GOP color pallet looks like chocolate chip ice cream that is chintzy on the chips.

You can include in that list the GOP’s mouthpieces — FOX News, The (Angry Old Whie Peoples’) Tea Party or The Young Republicans. 

They all believe in an America that is as white and Christian as a 1950s television sitcom…and about as relevant to today’s reality.  

One Of The GOP’s Few Blacks: Allen West

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Apr 05 2010

Castillo Running For County Commission

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo didn’t wait long about seven hours to be precise.

Castillo filed to run for the seat being abandoned by Diana Wasserman-Rubin just before 2 p.m. on Monday.

Angelo Castillo (left) and Diana Wasserman-Rubin (right), along with then-House candidate Sam Lopez

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Apr 05 2010

Wasserman-Rubin Will Quit Commission; Castillo, Others Looking At Race

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

Battered by illness and allegations of corruption, County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin is not running for re-election.

Diana Wasserman-Rubin

“She realized she was in no shape to face a difficult campaign,” said a friend of Wasserman-Rubin. “I talked to her this morning and she is at peace.  She made the decision all by herself.  Nobody forced her to do anything.”

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Apr 02 2010

Geller Claims He Is Leading Comfortably

Filed under: The Spin

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The battle of the South Broward polls continues.

Former Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller claimed today he holds a big lead in the South Broward race for county commission over opponent, incumbent Commissioner Sue Gunzburger.

Steve Geller

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Apr 02 2010

School Administrator To Leave For Tiny District

Filed under: General News

BY BUDDY NEVINS

The Broward County Schools has lost a veteran.

Erlean Smiley, deputy superintendent for curricula and instruction, is leaving to become superintendent of McCormick School District in South Carolina.

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Apr 01 2010

Eggelletion Pleads Guilty, Likely To Lose Pension

Filed under: General News

 BY BUDDY NEVINS

Josephus Eggelletion did his bit today to close the deficit in the state pension fund.

The disgraced former Broward County commissioner pleaded guilty in a Broward Circuit Court to bribery. 

By pleading guilty, the state is expected to deny Eggelletion his state pension because he will be adjudicated a felon who committed his crime as a county commissioner. Read the rest of this entry »

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