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  • Sunrise Mayor Wants Audit of BSO 911

    Number of comments: 10
    BY BUDDY NEVINS Sunrise Mayor Mike Ryan has asked the county’s auditor and Inspector General to give him the “legal justification” for using tax money from the entire county to pay for 911 service in just a group of select cities. His request comes one day after the County Commission turned down [...]
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  • Five County Commissioners to Cities: 911 Is Your Problem, Not Ours

    Number of comments: 10

    BY MIKE RYAN, MAYOR OF SUNRISE

     

    Sometimes, one vote does matter.  Today, we learned the hard way.  The decade-long effort to regionalize 911 dispatch communications FAILED.

    Given the opportunity to re-think their vote and consider the Implementation Board’s response to the defective Municipal Services Taxing Unit/Interlocal Agreement County proposal, five County Commissioners [...]

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  • Superintendent: No Principals Will Be Fired

    Number of comments: 10

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

    Attempting to put an end to the speculation about a pending blood letting of principals, Broward School Superintendent Robert Runcie told the School Board Monday that no one was being fired or disciplined.

    Runcie said “about a dozen” principals would be transferred from schools they now lead.

    “No one is terminated. There is [...]

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  • High School Principal Banned Woman From Campus Without Investigation

    Number of comments: 10

     

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

     

    A small group of parents demonstrated last week in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, demanding that Principal Washington Collado be allowed to stay in the school.

    Some of these same parents might be complaining to the School Board in person this week about Collado’s dismissal.

     

    Washington Collado

    Although Collado [...]

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  • Veteran Broward Lobbyists Join Anti-Crime Firm

    Number of comments: 1

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

    The company that markets SmartWater — a clear liquid that can be used to mark property and prevent theft — now has a pair of veteran Broward political operatives working for it.

    Bob Butterworth, the former Attorney General  and Broward Sheriff who lives in Hollywood, is a consultant for the [...]

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  • Candidate Made Major Mistake Before Losing By Eight Votes

    Number of comments: 6

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

    Sunrise candidate Jim Tabeek lost his campaign last week by eight vote after a recount.

    Maybe one reason was a campaign mistake.

    Tabeek ended the last week of his campaign with roughly $11,000 in the bank.

    Tabeek appears to have violated what consultants tell me is a basic campaign rule:

    Spend everything [...]

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  • Sunrise Mayor To Ilene Lieberman: Butt Out

    Number of comments: 1

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

     

    Does former County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman miss the limelight?

    She was termed limited off the commission in November shortly after losing an election for judge.

    Did you notice that she was back in the news last week? I did.

    She was arguing that flawed procedures were used in counting the [...]

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  • Waldman Is Only Vote Agt. Internet Cafes Ban

    Number of comments: 5

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

    During his seven years in the House, Broward State Rep. Jim Waldman has railed against bills being rushed through the Legislature.

    So it was no surprise that Coconut Creek Democrat was the only vote on the House Gaming Committee against the bill to ban Internet cafes, adult game rooms [...]

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  • GOP Ducking The Real Cause For High Home Insurance: Overdevelopment

    Number of comments: 8

    BY SAM FIELDS

     

    Two years ago Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican legislature deregulated homeowner insurance rates.

    If your rates did not take a major jump — something like 50% — you’re the only one.

    In an effort to change the subject, the Scott Administration has unholstered its weapon of mass distraction.  [...]

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  • Uproar In Schools! Principals Squealing Over Evaluations, Possible Firings

    Number of comments: 10

    BY BUDDY NEVINS

     

    That bleating you hear is from public school principals and their labor organization Executive Director Lisa Maxwell.

    Maxwell is everywhere , whining that the school system dared, dared to consider firing 11 principals.

    She is threatening legal action.

    Well, Lisa, I’ve got a different take.

    I say, It’s About Time!

    It’s about time [...]

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