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• Barbra Stern’s Nomination Approved Unanimously

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  The nomination of Barbra Stern to the Election Commission was unanimously approved by the state Senate in the waning hours of the Legislative session Friday.

  Other Broward notables approved were entrepreneur Ron Bergeron’s nomination to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, business tycoon H. Wayne Huizenga and Fort Lauderdale [...]

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• Political Tidbits: LaMarca, Lewy and Trash

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  You wouldn’t know that County Commissioner Chip LaMarca voted against a countywide 911 plan last month from his Facebook page.

  A LaMarca opponent pointed out that he has put a large picture of the numbers 911 on his page.

  Misleading?

  You can decide after reading below.

  When asked why he posted the [...]

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• Teachers’ Union Cool To Classroom Technology

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  BY MIKE RYAN

   

  Most teachers are frustrated by the lack of parental involvement in education.  The lack of attendance at academic and non-academic events as well as dismal parental attention to grades, performance and student achievement combine to undermine scholastic strategies for success.

  All else being equal, more parental involvement in homework, [...]

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• Sam Fields: Pot Coming Out Of The Closet Starting With Me

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  BY SAM FIELDS

   

  Sam Fields: Toking up again

   

  About three years ago I once again took up occasionally smoking pot.

  [I’ll pause for a moment while everyone makes some clever remark beginning with: “I knew it” and ending with reporting me to the Florida Bar.]

  But if the governor signs HB 49, the [...]

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• Doc: “Good Results” From Alu Cancer Operation

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

  Sheila Alu’s cancer surgeon told Channel 4′s Ted Scouten in a report broadcast Monday that her operation for colon cancer went well.

  “We were able to remove the entire tumor there was nothing we left behind,” Dr. Laurence Sands from the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center told Scouten.  [...]

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• Another Questionable School Board Deal!

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  The Broward School Board is paying 20 percent over the average appraisal for a vacant building whose owner was no longer using it.

  Because the Board wanted to pay more than the appraised value, it required approval by more than a simple majority under state law.  Board members [...]

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• Family Law Lawyer: Veto New Alimony Bill!

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  (Update: Gov. Rick Scott listened to many in the public and vetoed the alimony bill on May 1. This column was posted on April 26.)

   

  BY ANDREA GUNDERSEN

   

  Florida lawmakers have recently sent a bill to Governor Rick Scott that will dramatically alter the state’s alimony law eliminating permanent alimony and unfairly [...]

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• Mayor Ryan: County Finally Fixes 911 System

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  BY MIKE RYAN

   

  I have written previously on the public safety benefits of regionalizing Emergency 911 Communications and Dispatch.

  Recently, this 20-year progression toward consolidation stalled as a plan over who would fund the system was rejected by a majority of the County Commission.  In the meantime, E-911 calls were bouncing around [...]

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• Sunrise’s Sheila Alu, 50: I Have Colon Cancer

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Former Sunrise Commissioner Sheila Alu told a stunned city commission last night that she has colon cancer.

  Alu, 50, resigned her post in December to move to Fort Lauderdale and spend more time with her family.

  Her message: Get colonoscopies.

   

  Sheila Alu

   

  “I plan on fighting this with tremendous dignity and [...]

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• Judicial Campaigns For 2014 Taking Shape

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Next year’s judicial races are slowly getting underway.

  Julie Shapiro-Harris, who lost a close one last year, opened her campaign account for 2014 last week.  She is running for Circuit Court Group 17, now occupied by the retiring Circuit Judge Jeffrey Steitfeld.

  Harris was beaten by Michael Rothschild by 2,930 [...]

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