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Lou Pearlman Reveals His Get-Out-of-Prison Plan

By Bob Whitby

Orlando Weekly | June 12, 2008

When U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp handed Pearlman a 25-year sentence in May, Sharp also handed Pearlman "the keys to your jail cell." For every $1 million Pearlman came up with in restitution to his victims, Pearlman's sentence would be reduced by one month. He's in for 300 months. He's on the hook to the government for $200 million.

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Tags: jail, media, biteboy, Lou Pearlman, Rick Namey

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Happytown: The World's Best Bodypaintersnew

Yes, indeedy, we are the champions -- or more accurately, we are the home of the champions, twin brothers Brian and Nick Wolfe, who just won a gold medal in the "brush/sponge" division at the World Bodypainting Festival in Seeboden, Austria. The brothers Wolfe beat teams from 38 other countries to claim the trophy and the 2,000-euro cash prize that came with it.

Orlando Weekly | Billy Manes, Lindy T. Shepherd and Bob Whitby | 07-30-2009 | Commentary

Tags: Equality Florida, AAA, Full Sail University, Stedman Graham, bodypainting

Happytown: Craigslist, Foreclosures, and Animal Servicesnew

Thank God the MBI has cleaned up this town.

Orlando Weekly | Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby | 11-14-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Prostitution, MBI, Disney, Orlando Foreclosures Expo

Election '08: Point: All Is Won. Counterpoint: No It Isn'tnew

Four years ago in this space, Weekly editor Bob Whitby and I penned columns on the meaning of the 2004 election, in which progressives and Democrats took a drubbing from George W. Bush and his minions. I foresaw a dystopian future of Republican rule. Whitby prognosticated a different vision, one in which the chickens of GOP excess and incompetence would come home to roost.

Orlando Weekly | Jeffrey C. Billman and Bob Whitby | 11-14-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Republicans, 2004 presidential election

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Marriage Equality Finally Comes to Floridanew

Even if you removed all of the hyperbolic superlatives from the vaunted journalism lexicon, pissed on them and then set them on fire, you would still hazard an errant exclamation point at the events that transpired in relation to same-sex marriage over the holidays when nobody was watching.

Orlando Weekly | Billy Manes | 01-07-2015 | LGBT