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Who Crowned Michael Brown?new
Laws? The Riviera Beach mayor doesn't need laws.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
08-22-2006 |
Politics
Mayor Al's Shady Palnew
When you're a politician helping out a felon, it's better not to ask questions.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
07-11-2006 |
Politics
The Friendly Ties of Unitednew
Florida gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher has been linked to a shady insurance firm for almost a decade.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
03-14-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Firing Squadnew
In Florida, a whistleblower is gagged before he's offed.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
01-31-2006 |
Politics
Tags: Lee Hillier, Plantation Acres
Business on the Edgenew
Over the past year, Lee Hillier has uncovered rampant cronyism at a taxpayer-financed board that oversees water drainage on the edge of Florida's Everglades. His muckraking has been impressive but also extremely hazardous to his career in public service.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
01-03-2006 |
Politics
Evidence for a Hack-Proof Voting Systemnew
In 2004, George W. Bush's crossover vote power came in places where electronic voting machines were counting the votes, a sociology professor has found.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Edmund Newton |
09-05-2005 |
Politics
Whistleblower Alleges Congressman May Have Rigged Electionnew
In 2000, U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney asked a Florida software company if it could develop a prototype of a voting program that could alter the vote tabulation in an election and be undetectable, a programmer for the firm claims in a sworn affidavit submitted to the U.S. Congress.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
02-17-2005 |
Politics
Broward Commissioner Plays Dual Role With Developersnew
On the Broward County Commission, Josephus Eggelletion has advocated giving public funds to developers who build affordable housing. He was openly on the payroll of one developer, and now well-placed sources say he's been working behind the scenes for another.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
12-21-2004 |
Politics
An Election Day Tour in the Sunshine Statenew
A sign on Julie Beck's front yard, reading "Save America: Flush the John's" [sic], was stapled to a vintage Nixon/Agnew placard. Brilliant irony? Um, no.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Edmund Newton |
11-15-2004 |
Commentary
Vote Interruptednew
Broward County's elections office was plagued by technological problems, ill-equipped early voting stations, and, worst of all, the disappearance of thousands of absentee ballots. The question lingers: Were the ballots lost, or were they stolen?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
11-08-2004 |
Politics
Third Man: John B. Anderson Was Harbinger of New Voice in U.S. Politicsnew
When John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980, he paved the way for spoiler candidates. Now he's chairman of the Center for Voting and Democracy, a nonprofit organization that employs celebrities to encourage election reform.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
11-01-2004 |
Politics
Republican Activists Hijack Broward County's Elections Officenew
Democratic committeeman Mike Moskowitz is organizing dozens of lawyers to make sure those dastardly touch screens in Broward County work. But three years ago, he was hawking those same machines as a lobbyist for the GOP-connected company that made them.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
11-01-2004 |
Politics
Our Mayor, the Lobbyist: Ilene Lieberman's Misadventuresnew
Broward County Mayor Ilene Lieberman momentarily had the little town of Pembroke Park in her sights -- not as an elected official but as a developer's lobbyist.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-26-2004 |
Politics
The Case for Impeaching George W. Bushnew
It takes a very high crime to justify removing the president, especially during time of war. George W. Bush, unfortunately, has risen to that height. His decision to circumvent the Geneva Conventions laid the groundwork for the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-05-2004 |
Commentary
An Iran-Contra Conspirator Joins the Swift Boat Crowdnew
Felix I. Rodriguez, who ran Ronald Reagan's mission to arm the Nicaraguan Contras, claims John Kerry has lied about him. In 1987, the Democrat's committee concluded that Rodriguez had helped steer drug money to the Contras.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
09-28-2004 |
Politics
