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421 matches for 'buddy nevins'
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Professional Wrestler Praises Governor
Number of comments: 1
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Of all those who say good things about Gov. Rick Scott, Triple H may be the most colorful.
This week Triple H was playing from the Scott campaign playbook rather than the scripts written for WWE broadcasts.
Triple H: Raves for the governor.
Triple H, who’s real name is Paul [...]
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Broward Commission: Who’s Richest?
Number of comments: 8
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The richest Broward County Commissioner is Suzanne Gunzburger, according to the latest yearly financial disclosure information.
Sue Gunzburger: She’s loaded
Gunzburger reports assets of $4.2 million, split between real estate and investments in stocks and bonds. She values her Hollywood home on South Lake at $801,160.
The commissioner has $587,406 [...]
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Candidate Switches Race Rather Than Face Incumbent
Number of comments: 5
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Attorney Rhoda Sokoloff has recalculated her campaign for judge, switching out of a race that pitted her against an incumbent Judge Patti Henning.
Sokoloff switched from Henning’s seat to one now occupied by Circuit Judge Mel Grossman, who is said to be retiring. She made the move from Group [...]
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Despite Complaint Over Penis Joke, Judicial Candidate Has Stellar Resume
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
I first heard Stacey Schulman’s name from a political consultant while we ate lunch.
The consultant said Schulman was running for judge next year.
“She is the perfect judicial candidate,” the consultant said.
I left lunch juiced on the idea of “the perfect judicial candidate.” I had to meet her.
Then family [...]
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No Campaign Yet, But Scott Has $12 Million
Number of comments: 5
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Democrats. Think Gov. Rick Scott will be easy to beat next year?
Consider this:
In the latest quarter ending June 30, Scott had more than $12 million in the bank of his Let’s Get To Work Committee.
He raised over $4 million in the quarter. That’s a total of $8.7 million [...]
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Democrats’ Disgrace: Five Broward Legislators Could Face Jail For Lying About Residency
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Blogger and activist Chaz Stevens has filed a complaint with the Florida Bar and a criminal complaint with state prosecutors against state Sen. Maria Sachs, alleging she broke state laws with her lies.
Stevens says she lied about her residency and lied on financial disclosure forms.
I wouldn’t laugh off [...]
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Sen. Sachs Hit With Another Ethics Complaint
Number of comments: 9
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Is it three strikes and she’s out for State Sen. Maria Sachs?
Sachs is now dealing with her third ethics complaint in a month.
On Tuesday, Sachs was hit with yet another ethics complaint. This time its for failing to disclosure the ownership of a home in the Marion County [...]
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Facebook Feud In Brow Commission Race
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Chip LaMarca, the only Republican on the county commission, is facing a tough challenge next year from former County Commissioner Ken Keechl, a Democrat.
So why is Katie Leach, one of the School Board’s two Republicans, posing with Keechl on Facebook?
“I was (Facebook) friends with her,” LaMarca said. “I’m not anymore.”
These former [...]
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Two Broward Judges Fighting For Promotion
Number of comments: 7
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Gov. Rick Scott has two sets of high-power, plugged-in references from two Broward judges who want a promotion.
It is interesting to see whom County Judge John Fry and Stacy Ross listed to vouch for them. They are seeking a step up to the circuit court.
State Attorney Mike Satz, [...]
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Sen. Maria Sachs Hit With Ethics Complaint
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
An ethics complaint has been filed against Democratic State Sen. Maria Sachs alleging she lied and falsified public documents when she swore she lived in her district.
Sachs is perhaps the most egregious example of an office holder who ignores the law by not living where they are supposed [...]
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Rubio Faces Billboard Assault Over Immigration
Number of comments: 8
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Anybody traveling in North Florida can see why Marco Rubio is in a bind.
A billboard along Interstate 75 near Ocala says in big, bold type: “Rubio-Obama Immigration Plan.”
Another billboard is near the Jaguars’ football stadium in Jacksonville.
Both signs — put up by the Tea Party-leaning [...] -
Lawmaker Given Award For Bill That Failed
Number of comments: 4
BY BUDDY NEVINS
State Rep. Katie Edwards is being given an award Saturday for a bill that failed.
Katie Edwards, D-Plantation
The honor — the 2013 Legislative Champion from the 2,000-member Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – is for a bill which would have lowered penalties for possession of small amounts [...]
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No Retirement! Judge Running For Re-Election
Number of comments: 9
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Lawyer Rhoda Sokoloff might want to reconsider yet another race for judge.
At least reconsider running for Broward Circuit Court Group 18.
Sokoloff opened a campaign financial account for Group 18 on May 30 amid rumors that incumbent Circuit Court Judge Patti Henning, who has held that seat for decades, [...]
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School Staff Romance Charter Schools To Get Support For A Bond Deal
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward school system higher-ups have held meetings to discuss how to entice the charter school industry to support a planned bond referendum.
At least one meeting has been held with representatives of charters.
The reason for the romancing of the big charter companies is simple math: By the time of [...]
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Why We Need A Lobbyist Gift Ban
Number of comments: 6
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Sometimes there is a quote so good I’ve got to share it.
This is the late legislative strongman Dempsey Barron talking to Tampa Bay Times’ Lucy Morgan about the proposed ban of freebee’s from lobbyists. It was sent to me by a reader:
“I went out for a free meal last [...]
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Kristin Jacobs Running For House Next Year
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Kristin Jacobs isn’t going away when her 16 years on the county commission ends next year because of term limits.
That’s a good thing to a lot of Democrats.
Kristin Jacobs
Because Jacob is Broward’s most dedicated environmentalist, transit advocate and voice for working folks.
Jacobs is running for the Florida [...]
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Charlie Crist Working Hard In Broward
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Charlie Crist will be Topic One on Saturday at the premier Florida Democratic Party fundraiser for the year, the Jefferson/Jackson Dinner in Hollywood.
For former governor Crist, being talked about by Broward Democrats this year is nothing new. He has been sniffing around Broward since he started testing the [...]
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Waste Firm Hemorrhaging Customers As Monopoly Ends
Number of comments: 7
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Pity poor the waste disposal giant Wheelabrator Technologies.
Forced to compete in Broward for the first time, some of the company’s customers have fled as newer firms fought for Broward’s waste disposal business.
Wheelabrator, a subsidary of the international waste firm Waste Management, has lost about a third of its business [...]
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Source: Judge Dissed By JNC
Number of comments: 5
BY BUDDY NEVINS
County Judge Arlene Backman has been passed over by Broward’s Judicial Nominating Commission.
The JNC has not recommended her to the governor for the latest open seat on the bench, picking other lawyers who want the job instead, several well-placed sources say.
Backman wanted to move up to the circuit court.
Instead [...]
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Tamarac’s Atkins-Grad Faces More Trouble
Number of comments: 7
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Tamarac Commission Patricia “Patte” Atkins-Grad, who is already fighting a recall, now also faces allegations she broke state ethics laws.
The Florida Ethics Commission has scheduled a probable cause hearing July 26 concerning allegations Atkins-Grad failed to report on state financial disclosure forms the $6,300 she received from developer Shawn Chait.
The complaint [...]
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Father Gabe, Broward Political Power, Dies
Number of comments: 6
BY BUDDY NEVINS
There was a time not so long ago when the route to winning a seat on the Davie Town Council was through St. David’s Catholic Church.
Or the route to winning votes in Davie for any race.
From the 1970s to late 1990s, Rev. Gabriel O’Reilly wielded as much political [...]
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Alu Back In City Hall Vowing To Stay Involved
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Sheila Alu, who resigned the Sunrise City Commission late last year and then has had a much-publicized fight with colon cancer, is back.
And she is as outspoken as ever.
Sheila Alu
Alu told Browardbeat.com that she is back living in Sunrise and continues to be interested in what happens [...]
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County Taxpayers On The Hook For Downtown Transit…Forever
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
It doesn’t matter that you live in Sunrise and never go to downtown Fort Lauderdale. Or Parkland. Or Miramar. Or anywhere else.
Broward County commissioners don’t care.
They have committed $50 million to a downtown Fort Lauderdale trolley system. That’s just the first cost.
That’s a lot of Broward Sheriff’s Office [...]
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Nan Rich Almost Lost Once; Can’t Win Now
Number of comments: 8
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Nan Rich stirred up a lot of media chatter when she found out she wasn’t being allowed to speak at next weekend’s big state Democratic Party confab.
After almost a year running, the aborted speech is almost the only time she has gotten any attention.
Judging from her past performance [...]
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Commission Candidate Lobbies Commission
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward commissioners and lobbyists are so close the county had to establish ethics laws to separate them.
But a lobbyist running for county commission?
That takes a special kind of chutzpah.
Apparently State Rep. Joseph Gibbons has that chutzpah.
Joseph Gibbons in state House
Gibbons is campaigning for county commission. He is [...]
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Aide To Republican Running Pro-Crist Website
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
An aide to the only Republican county commissioner and the vice president of the Broward Young Republicans is running a pro-Charlie Crist website.
Ryan Reiter, who is administrative coordinator to the GOP’s Commissioner Chip LaMarca, registered the pro-Crist “VoteCharlieCrist.com” website January 11.
Reiter is also listed as vice president of the [...]
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Judge’s Campaign Starts With No Money
Number of comments: 4
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Many of you probably haven’t heard of Christopher Pole. He hopes to change that.
Pole wants you remember him in next year’s primary…if he is forced to run.
A county court judge handling criminal cases for less than a year, Pole was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott in June, 2012.
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Former Mayor: Trolley System Threatens Residents With Endless Taxes, No Benefits
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Pay attention, Fort Lauderdale residents.
This one could cost you money….forever.
Fort Lauderdale commissioners are considering giving the Fort Lauderdale trolley project almost unlimited ability to tax you….no matter where you live in the city.
So charges Eric Hersh, who lives in the Las Olas River House after almost a dozen [...]
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NEVINS OUTS KASEN
(The JNC list is still not available as of 11:00 A.M.)
Buddy Nevins piggybacked on our story from last night regarding Ian Richards. He went ahead and outed Jonathan Kasen as Richards' possible challenger. Read about it here. Kasen also told us this morning "I haven't made any" [...]
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Revenge: Lawyers Gun For Judge
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
County Judge Ian Richards has a target on his back.
Members of the Broward Hispanic Bar and other courthouse figures are talking revenge against Richards for defeating incumbent Judge Catalina Avalos in 2008. They have found a potential candidate to run against him next year.
Judge Ian Richards
Avalos was [...]
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