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• God Versus Science In Moore, Oklahoma

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  BY SAM FIELDS

  If there was one thing that was predictable in the news coverage of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado it was the survivors “thanking the Lord”.

  It was, therefore, amusing to see the link that I was sent by a Browardbeat.com reader.

  In it CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks a mom holding her [...]

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• Charles and David Koch Would Put Another Nail In Sun-Sentinel’s Coffin

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  Talking to a friend this week, I asked him if he saw a story in the Sun-Sentinel.

  “I cancelled my subscription,” said the friend, who now gets the Miami Herald. “I’m not giving my money to a paper that endorsed Romney and could be owned by the Koch Brothers.”

  Charles [...]

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• Legal Tidbits: Tweeting From Court?

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  The Broward County Courthouse has entered the Twitter age.

  Circuit Judge Matthew Destry has been tweeting pictures from his courtroom. See the site here.

  Judge Matt Destry (Photo: Jaablog)

   

  The tweeting has Public Defender Howard “Help Me Howard” Finkelstein upset, according to the Sun-Sentinel’s courthouse wiz Rafael Olmeda.

  This is a [...]

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• Pols: Watch Neal DeJesus, Not Al Lamberti

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  There was a lot of speculation about former Sheriff Al Lamberti when he showed up at the county commission Tuesday.

  At the commission to watch his successor Sheriff Scott Israel beg for a huge funding increase from skeptical commissioners, Lamberti’s appearance immediately triggered speculation among tongue-wagging pols.

  Was Lamberti taking the tentative [...]

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• Study: Tally’s Location Influences Bad Government

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  Tallahassee’s remote location fosters  a lack of accountability, a disregard for the public good in the Legislature and corruption.

  That’s what a new study led by Harvard researchers Filipe Campante, David Chor  and Quoc-Anh Do found.  They were studying the role of a state capital’s location in good government.

  Their findings found:

  Isolated [...]
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• Browardbeat Details Local Projects In State Budget

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Gov. Rick Scott okayed on Monday most of the spending for Broward approved by the Legislature.

  Still, Scott vetoed state spending on some Broward projects Monday. Other programs in Broward may have been affected by budget language vetoed by the governor.

  The projects vetoed are:

  * Transportion Hub, State Road 7, Lauderdale [...]

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• County’s Ethics Cop Accused Of Breaking Ethics Law

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  Broward  Inspector General John Scott,  who enforces the county’s ethics law, is accused of violating the same law.

   

  John Scott

   

  Scott is alleged to have attempted to sway the selection of a firm to clean Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport by writing the county’s purchasing director he had “evidence” that [...]

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• City Manager With Bad Temper Paid To Leave?

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

  After belittling and yelling at at least three of the five city commission bosses, Coconut Creek City Manager David Rivera is on his way out.

  The question is when?

  It all depends on money.

  If Rivera is fired, he gets hundreds of thousands under his contract.

  If he quits, nothing.

  Word is that [...]

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• Yearbook Supports Principal Who Was Dumped

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  (Thank you, readers.

  Your comments – many of them astute and very well presented – has caused me to rethink my position on the Yearbook.

  My original post below was inarticulate enough to cause confusion. I’m big enough to admit that.

  I applaud the students who worked in any capacity on [...]

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• New Florida Bar Prez Is School Board’s Hit Man

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  Eugene Pettis will be sworn in as the new president of the Florida Bar next month.

  The Fort Lauderdale lawyer is being acclaimed as the first black leader of the almost 100,000 lawyers in Florida.

   

  Eugene Pettis

   

  Pettis might be a great lawyer.

  He is also the lawyer who has defended [...]

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