Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Browardbeat.com’s guest columnist, Sam Fields, will be on the Steve Kane radio show on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. Kane is on WWNN 1470 AM Radio. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Weston moms can’t wait to shop at The Commons, the planned upscale emporium planned for Interstate 75 in Davie.
Polls found that Weston women love the idea of $1,000 Manola Blahnik strappy sandals and $4,500 Brioni pinstriped suits available a short drive away.
So far the only spending that has taken place is to get The Commons approved.
The project remains a very expensive gamble for the developer.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
It apparently took a Democrat to tell the Republican leadership in Tallahassee what was right.
The Democrat was state Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
(Sam Fields is a Fort Lauderdale lawyer and a rabid Democratic activist.)
The GOP would have you believe that the election of a “colored guy as their national chairman — Michael Steele — proves that the Republican Party is down wit’ Da’ hood. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
So much for transparency.
The Plantation Athletic League has scheduled a meeting next Tuesday to discuss removing a whistleblower from its board of directorsand the meeting is closed to the public. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
(Sam Fields is a Fort Lauderdale lawyer and an outspoken atheist.)
You know you’re a religious nut if it takes you more than one second to answer the following moral question.
Filed under: General News
A Broward Democratic House member is challenging the appointment of State Rep. Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, as the new House Speaker.
State Rep. Jim Waldman of Coconut Creek, who monitors the House rules for House Democrats, said Friday that Cretul must be elected, not appointed.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter and County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman are best friends.
They share meals. They share fashion tips.
And their families share lobbying clients.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Susanne Gunzburger likes to portray herself as a white hat on a county commission of black hats.
Don’t believe it. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The new general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District is such an outsider he isn’t even a member of the Florida Bar.
That’s a good thing at an agency that for too long has been run by insiders.
