The company that bought the land, Miami-based Dorado Bells LLC, competed against five other bidders for the land before it won with a $23,900 offer in the April 2018 auction. State records list the manager of the company as Mark S. Gold, the founder of The Ticket Clinic, and the registered agent Chris Hernandez, who is also with the clinic. ... Read More
It looks like the I-95 express lanes are ready to open. They’re not.
Crews recently built sound barriers, painted the lanes and began testing new digital signs between Commercial Boulevard and Southwest 10th Street. The signs will be covered until the state is ready to implement tolling in 2024, or possibly sooner. Overnight, crews have been widening all of the bridges over I-95 between Boca Raton to Hollywood. Wider bridges will accommodate the new roadway and the more than 350,000 vehicles that travel on I-95 in Broward County daily. ... Read More
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana’s governor during Hurricane Katrina, dies at 76
A former high school business education teacher from the small Cajun village of Coteau, Blanco started in politics as a consultant with her husband, Raymond, on local redistricting issues before going on to serve 24 years in elective office. Her first, in 1984, was a seat in the state House. Then came positions on the state utility regulatory commission and as lieutenant governor. ... Read More
Top CDC health and climate scientist files whistleblower complaint
The petition he filed Friday asks the U.S. Office of Special Council to grant him whistleblower status, the first step aimed at ending what he says is unlawful treatment by the government. If granted, the office would initiate an investigation. The office has the power to seek corrective action, disciplinary action against federal officials, or both. It also has an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in which parties can work toward a settlement with a mediator. ... Read More
They’re not extinct in West Palm Beach: Dinosaur theme park draws thousands | PHOTOS
Kids love dinosaurs and their long names, and can easily rattle off their weights, eating habits and places of origin. Almost every young enthusiast seems to have a favorite, and that includes 7-year-old Lilly Tosca of Palm Bay, who obsesses over raptors, the flying lizards that roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago. ... Read More
Leaving the Faith by Losing the Focus, Part 1
There is a common thread between the recent denouncements of faith by Christian leaders. Another high-profile Christian voiced his decision to “fall away” from faith. To be fair, Marty Sampson did walk back the position, saying that “he hasn’t renounced the faith.” Nevertheless, both Sampson and Josh Harris chose to invite the public in their season of struggle and straying. As one would imagine, such public displays of de-affection has led to a range of... Read More
Helicopter pilot drops in on birthday party and stirs up more than he bargained for
And that was after many months of back and forth with county officials, who initially told him it wasn’t possible to keep it on his 3.5-acre property. “You can’t tell me ‘no.’ You can tell me ‘how,’ ” Baranes, an Israeli immigrant, said. “This is the land of the free. This is why I left Israel, because I believe in the Constitution.” ... Read More
Medical examiner rules Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging
Jail guards on Epstein’s unit failed to check on him every half hour, as required, and are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they had, according to several people familiar with the matter. Both were working overtime because of staffing shortages, the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they lacked authorization to publicly discuss the investigation. ... Read More
Jeffrey’s Epstein’s special treatment in jail was far more lenient than anyone knew
Still, records released Friday appear to show that Epstein’s jail visitors included two women listed as “friends,” which appears to contradict a department memo prohibiting Epstein from seeing “family members, girlfriends, children, friends or minors.” ... Read More
Parkland parents face uphill battle in wrongful death suit against FBI, shielded behind broad federal law
“We made mistakes here — no question about that,” he told lawmakers. “That said, even had we done everything right, I am not sure we could have stopped this act, but it sure would have been nice to try. It sure would have been nice for our investigator to sit down in front of Mr. Cruz and actually have that discussion.” ... Read More