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385 matches for 'buddy nevins'
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Browardbeat Details Local Projects In State Budget
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Below are the Broward County items that were included in the state budget by Florida’s Legislature.
Florida TaxWatch has denounced many of these expenditures as “turkeys,” meaning they are unnecessary and wasteful.
State Senate President Don Gaetz had this to say this week about Florida TaxWatch’s “turkey” list:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May [...]
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County’s Ethics Cop Accused Of Breaking Ethics Law
Number of comments: 10
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?
Number of comments: 5
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
Number of comments: 10
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
Number of comments: 10
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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Rick Scott Campaigning Early & Hard
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
You’ve got wonder whether Gov. Rick Scott has the stamina to keep it up for another 18 months.
Scott doesn’t even have a credible Democratic opponent, yet he is running like its two weeks before the election.
On Monday, Scott launched his Teachers Pay Raise Pep Rally Tour. It got [...]
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School Board Member Who Used “N” Word Draws Black Opponent
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
School Board member Ann Murray, who was reprimanded for making a bigoted statement using the “N” word, has picked up a re-election challenge from a black elected official.
Vice Mayor Felicia Brunson of West Park holds her kick off fundraiser tonight.
The only 2014 School Board candidate to draw an [...]
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Waste Company Plays Environment Card In New Radio Ads
Enclosure: [download]
Number of comments: 3
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The upstart company fighting for a piece of the county’s multi-millon dollar waste disposal business is trying a new tactic to win business — radio ads proclaiming they are better for the environment.
A Sun-Bergeron spokesman said the company made “a substantial radio buy” and that the ads begin [...]
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Arts Center/Schools Deal Good For Students
Number of comments: 3
BY BUDDY NEVINS
I grew up in Manhattan with an artsy-Mom, so I was introduced to Broadway, opera and the symphony at an early age.
For many kids in South Florida, their only chance to see performing arts is in a unique public schools program – the nationally award-winning Student Enrichment in the [...]
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Barbra Stern’s Nomination Approved Unanimously
Number of comments: 10
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
Number of comments: 6
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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Doc: “Good Results” From Alu Cancer Operation
Number of comments: 1
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!
Number of comments: 10
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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Sunrise’s Sheila Alu, 50: I Have Colon Cancer
Number of comments: 10
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
Number of comments: 3
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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The Real Story: The Tree And The Development
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
You might have heard how a heartless developer is threatening the life of a rare tree so he can build in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Asi Cymbal, project developer, next to “The Tree”
It’s a compelling story of the type the media loves, pitting good and evil.
Good, the environmentalists who [...]
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Corruption Plea Bargain A Good Deal For All
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
State Attorney Mike Satz has finally agreed it was the wrong case against the wrong defendant.
This case dragged on for so long that I wonder how much it cost us?
$100,000? More.
Satz’s prosecutors Monday finally agreed that their case was going nowhere against former County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin.
Prosecutors approved [...]
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Tamarac Recall 100 Signatures From Victory
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The attempt to recall Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad, which failed by just 18 signatures to gather enough support in March, is just 100 short of success.
The recall team hope that they will gather enough new signatures this weekend to put them over the top. They need 1,250 valid [...]
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School Athletic Directors Hiring Relatives
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Sometimes I feel that the only ones trying to cleanse the ethically challenged Broward Schools is Chief Auditor Patrick Reilly and his staff.
Although they work for the system, Reilly’s team has been fearless in pointing out waste.
They’ve done it again!
This time it’s not a lot of cash. But [...]
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Accused Of Lying About Where She Lives, Sen. Maria Sachs Once Claimed To Live In An Office
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Democratic state Sen. Maria Sachs, accused of currently not living in her district, also claimed to live in an office that was not in her district for three years ending in 2011, according to documents from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.
Sachs registered to vote at 212 [...]
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Despite Tough Questions, Stern’s Appt. Approved
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Controversial nominee Barbra Stern was grilled for almost an hour by a Senate committee Monday before her nomination to the state Elections Commission was approved.
Barbra Stern: Allegations About Her Brushed Aside (Photo: Art Seitz)
Stern, the daughter of well-known lobbyist and campaign consultant Judy Stern, was the only [...]
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Broward GOP: Eleven Years Of Losing Voters; Less Today Than 2002
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Cuban-Amercans moving into Broward from Miami were supposed to be the salvation of the local GOP.
Forget it!
A backlash against Barack Obama was predicted to pump up Republican registration.
Never happened!
Entrepreneurs including wealthy Jews, Caribbean blacks and Latin business types were expected to register Republican in big numbers.
Didn’t help!
Republicans have [...]
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Commissioner Finally Gets Confirmation Hearing
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Barbra Stern, the daughter of the well-known lobbyist Judy Stern, is scheduled to get her nomination hearing before the Florida Senate.
Barbra Stern
Stern was nominated to the Florida Elections Commission by Gov. Rick Scott in February 2012. The nomination requires approval by the Senate.
A Tallahassee snafu thwarted the Senate [...]
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Thousands In School Football Money Mishandled
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Thousands of dollars is unaccounted from admissions, parking and concession money at Broward School’s football games.
“This is a lot of money we’re talking about,” said School Board member Donna Korn when presented with an audit report this week.
Donna Korn
The September and October 2012 audits bring back memories [...]
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The Deal To Build A New Federal Courthouse
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The federal courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale has been an out-of-date security nightmare that has been falling apart for years.
Replacing that courthouse would mean a lot of money to a select few plugged-in insiders.
When it opened in 1978, the building was designed with open patios and the latest [...]
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Katie Edwards Votes To Kill Living Wage Law
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Freshman state Rep. Katie Edwards voted to kill Broward’s living wage law and was immediately hit with a wave of robocalls attacking her.
Edwards was the only Democrat to vote for the bill.
It would end the requirement that contractors pay employees a living wage on their Broward County projects.
“She [...]
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Local Republican Backs Same Sex Marriage
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward’s Republican leader Tom Truex may be against same sex marriage, but one of his local office holder has quietly come out in favor of it.
Well, not so quietly if you are one of her “friends” on Facebook.
School Board member Katie Leach, one of a handful of Republican [...]
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Rick Scott Using State Money For Campaign?
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
A reader, who holds a real estate license, sent me the letter below.
It came with his license renewal.
My reader wrote: “This is clearly a campaign letter being sent with public dollars.”
Clearly it’s not a straight-up campaign ad. It doesn’t mention Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election or the upcoming campaign.
Clearly [...]
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Katie Edwards Tackles Tough Marijuana Bill
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
State Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, has turned defeat into victory.
Most lawmakers hide when their bill is killed.
Edwards was all over the television and print media this week talking about her bill to legalize medical marijuana, which was deep sixed by the Legislature.
Katie Edwards
Other legislators were frightened [...]
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Corruption Case: Costs Continue To Rise
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The nightmare isn’t over for Tamarac Mayor Beth Talabisco…or taxpayers.
Corruption charges against Talabisco were thrown out by Circuit Judge Cyndy Imperato in March, 2012.
Judge Cindy Imperato: Threw out case for lack of evidence
Imperato ruled there was no evidence that the mayor received a personal benefit from contributions by [...]
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