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409 matches for 'buddy nevins'
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No Retirement! Judge Running For Re-Election
Number of comments: 4
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: 5
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: 5
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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Fort Lauderdale’s Misguided Plans For Future
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Get used to huge skyscrapers blocking the sun.
Get used to crushing traffic jams.
Get used to lengthy lines everywhere from restaurants to Publix.
Welcome to Fort Lauderdale’s future, as envisioned by your elected politicians.
Word from Larry Barszewski in the Sun-Sentinel is that the population of downtown Fort Lauderdale “could grow [...]
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School Board Approves Another Bad Deal
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The Broward School Board has done it again: Allowed the same ol’ back room dealing and bad business practices that have plagued the schools for so long.
Here is the story:
Board members want voters to approve several hundred million dollars in new bonds as early as next year.
So in another [...]
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Charles and David Koch Would Put Another Nail In Sun-Sentinel’s Coffin
Number of comments: 10
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?
Number of comments: 10
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
Number of comments: 10
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
Number of comments: 5
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:
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Browardbeat Details Local Projects In State Budget
Number of comments: 10
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
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: 6
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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