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.
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.
