Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
There is more trouble for Plantation City Commissioner Rico Petrocelli this morning.
The president of the city youth athletics organization confirmed to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the essence of a state ethics complaint against Petrocelli. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
If House Speaker Ray Sansom, R-Destin, is guilty of misuse of his office, it is sad for him and his family.
If he is Not Guilty, it is a disaster for Florida.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Browardbeat.Com Exclusive. Read It Here First
Plantation City Commissioner Rico Petrocelli told a state investigator last year that he had businesses donate money to the city athletics program and then took the money for his own use.
Petrocelli’s admission, recorded by the investigator, is at the heart of a state ethics complaint against him.
Browardbeat.com obtained a copy of the recording. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
(Sam Fields is a local lawyer and a long-time Democratic activist.)
As I have previously written I supported Republican Al Lambertti in November. It was for a four-year term, not a life sentence. This ploy to take partisan politics out of the sheriff’s race is as cynical as it gets.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Scott Newton might be the hardest working politician Wilton Manors has ever seen.
Or he might be the clumsiest.
Voters can decide.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Something stinks in the multi-million dollar, city-supported Plantation Athletic League.
There are allegations of missing money and cash used to further the political career of City Commissioner Rico Petrocelli.
Plantation voters who are being asked in March to re-elect Petrocelli need to read this:
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
He squirmed. He fiddled. He stared into space.
But what State Rep. Evan Jenne didn’t do is speak when his turn came at the Broward Legislative Delegation meeting Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
If Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter takes a job with the new administration in Washington, there will be a scramble for her seat.
One politician has a head start— Parkland Mayor Michael Udine.
Here is the story: Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Sheriff Al Lamberti’s was a dramatic change for Broward. He beat a Democratic challenger in this most Democratic of Florida counties.
Now Lamberti may trigger another big change in Broward politics non-partisan elections for sheriff. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
A few days ago I speculated on the political future of County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin.
There is a good chance she will not run for re-election.
But I am no political Nostradamus. If I was, Hillary Clinton would be taking the oath of office today.
So when two Broward political insiders told me that they have a different scenario about Wasserman-Rubin’s future, I listened. Read the rest of this entry »