Filed under: Guest Column
BY SAM FIELDS
Guest Columnist
Buddhists
Finalist for the title of The World’s Biggest Phony Baloney, the Dalai Lama, recently turned up on the Indian border with Tibet. There he loudly proclaimed that the “most profound and detailed expression of Buddhism was to be found in Tibet.
For those who know the history of Tibet, that is a scary thought. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
No one is more surprised about Kevin Tynan than me.
I was wrong to write him off so quickly when he was appointed to the School Board last month.
After watching Tynan this week, I believe he has a chance to make a difference.
He can become a force for change at an institution that badly needs change.
Kevin Tynan
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Lyndon Johnson was president. Men hadn’t reached the moon yet. The nation watched as police and protestors clashed on the streets of Chicago at the Democratic convention.
Washington was shocked by the Viet Cong’s Tet offensive. In The Heat Of The Night won the Academy Award. Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In debuted and changed television.
Broward County’s politics was Republican. And Ed Marko became the School Board’s attorney.
It was 1968 41 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Three victims of Scott Rothstein’s scams have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Rothstein Rosenfeldt Aldler. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Voters beware.
For years I’ve seen judicial candidates brag about their high Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings as lawyers. Brochures proudly proclaim the candidate is “AV Rated.”
I always wondered whether such ratings were valid.
Apparently sometimes, the ratings are very, very, very flawed.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Does white collar criminal lawyer Marc Nurik have a conflict representing his discredited former boss Scott Rothstein?
After all, Nurik was a partner of Rothstein’s firm until a few weeks ago.
“I don’t see any conflict at all,” Nurik said.
You decide.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The feds and state authorities should be interested in this:
Political consultant Roger Stone says disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein “regularly” broke state campaign laws by ordering employees to give campaign contributions and then reimbursing them.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The disgraced Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm may close sooner than expected.
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Bill Scherer, who represents 12 victims of Scott Rothstein’s scams, is protesting RRA’s use of returned political contributions to remain in business.
Bill Scherer
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler’s new spinmeisters would have us believe that RRA lawyers are a bunch of monkeys.
You know, the ones that saw no evil, heard no evil and said no evil.
Filed under: General News
BY BUDDY NEVINS
School activist Charlotte Greenbarg is back where she’s needed — keeping her eye on Broward School’s spending.
Charlotte Greenbarg