Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
BROWARDBEAT.COM EXCLUSIVE
Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter was interviewed today in Washington for a job in the Barack Obama administration.
Ritter was asked by officials at the meeting to apply for various jobs. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
“War is hell: William Tecumseh Sherman
“And frankly, it should be: Sam Fields
Much of the criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza is that it is not proportional. In other words, the response to Hamas’s daily bombardment of twenty or thirty rockets should be an equivalent. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
One of the most interesting political crowds in recent months flocked to Sheriff Al Lamberti’s swearing in in Sunrise Tuesday.
But who wasn’t there — the county commissioners — spoke volumes.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Former Attorney General Bob Butterworth had it right today:
“There is no such thing as a Republican sheriff. There is no such thing as a Democratic sheriff. You’re (just) the sheriff.
No other line got more applause at Sheriff Al Lamberti’s swearing in today. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Former County Judge Catalina Avalos has left the bench and will be working at the Tripp Scott law firm in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
Three Republican insiders are preparing a suit against state Republican Chair Jim Greer to force the party to reveal his spending. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The Rothstein, Rosenfeldt Adler law firm has added two more former judges to its growing roster of attorneys.
But one ex-judge the firm was courting got away. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Legislators are putting a number on the loss Florida House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands suffered in the Bernard Madoff scam.
Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
(Sam Fields is a Fort Lauderdale attorney, political activist and knows way more about Mel Brooks movies than I do.)
Unless the Supreme Court does a 180° turn, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointment to the United States Senate will eventually be seated. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Correspondent Nick Bogert of NBC-Channel 6 is preparing a report on why the survival of daily newspapers are important to the civic life of South Florida.
Bogert’s story is expected to be on the 6 p.m. news tonight, December 31, the 20th anniversary of the death of The Miami News.
The idea for the Channel 6 story was generated by a December 28 blog entry on Browardbeat.com, Bogert said.