Howard May Ask The Feds To “Help Me”
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Public Defender Howard “Help Me Howard” Finkelstein is contemplating asking the feds to investigate his counterpart State Attorney Mike Satz.
October, 2009 Category
Oct 21 2009
Oct 21 2009
Gunzburger Gets Union Endorsement
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger has won a big union endorsement.
Locked in a race for re-election against former state Sen. Steve Geller, Gunzburger won the nod from UniteHere! Local 355.
The union represents hotel, food service, airport, casino and laundry workers. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 21 2009
Ed Portner Needlessly Costs Taxpayers $$$$
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Thanks Ed Portner.
First you turned Tamarac and your life into a circus by pulling a gun on your daughter.
Now you are costing taxpayers at least $88,000 for a special election.
Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 20 2009
Murray Admirable, But Might Break Law
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
School Board member Ann Murray stand is admirable.
Ann Murray
She has pledged not to vote on a contract for a firm that threw her a campaign fund raiser.
The problem is that Murray might be breaking the law. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 19 2009
Elected Officials Can Act To Limit Lobbyists
Filed under: General News
BY JIM NAUGLE
Guest Columnist
Jim Naugle, when he was mayor
I don’t remember if it was reported much in the Scum-Sentinel, but for my last three years in office I suspended all lobbyist. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 19 2009
Fields’ Surprise: He Admires Catholic Town Founder
Filed under: General News
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
Returning from a weekend in Naples I took a wrong turn and found myself in Ave Maria. It’s a five-year-old town that was built out of the Everglades by Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan who chipped in the first $250 mil. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 16 2009
Dinnen’s Group Took Money From Sterling
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
When School Board member Maureen Dinnen needed money to lobby for more dollars for education, she turned to a man who whose clients could benefit from more school spending:
Lobbyist Neil Sterling. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 16 2009
Maymon Drops Quest For Hospital District
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
David Maymon has withdrawn his application for a seat on the North Broward Hospital District and is running full blast for House District 91. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 16 2009
Justices Will Decide If Corruption Law Is Too Vague
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The future of a catch-all federal law that has been used to crack down on South Florida political corruption is in the hands of the Supremes. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 16 2009
Senator Ring Not Running
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Democratic State Sen. Jeremy Ring of Parkland said today he is not running for Congress
Jeremy Ring