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Trash Haulers and Pols Care About Only One Kind of Greennew

The trash hauler in Broward County gets richer by not recycling recyclable materials, and if you believe the environmentalists, the campaign coffers of elected officials get richer by not demanding that the hauler recycle.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Thomas Francis | 09-30-2008 | Environment

Tags: Florida, Recycling, environment, business, garbage, Broward County, waste, Waste Management

The DEA Hooked a Big Fish, but Can They Reel It In?new

Rayo Montano is accused of smuggling some 47,000 kilos of cocaine, but taking down the Rayo organization didn't cause so much as a hiccup in the global drug trade.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Thomas Francis | 02-26-2008 | Drugs

Tags: War on Drugs, DEA, Drugs

Hush, Moneynew

Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Thomas Francis | 01-29-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

Rick Stembridge Turns Debt Case into Holy Warnew

He alleges he's had his identity stolen and his credit destroyed. He's lost the business he built with his own hands; he labors just to pay a debt he insists he never incurred. And now that he's fallen behind on those debt payments, he faces incarceration. "I believe God has gotten me into this," he says.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Thomas Francis | 11-14-2007 | Religion

Tags: religion

The Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Lifenew

The tribe -- certainly among the most prosperous of the nation's 561 recognized Indian tribes -- has built an economic juggernaut by exploiting federal policies that gave it advantages over any American corporation.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Thomas Francis | 04-17-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor