| ABOUT MARTY ABOUT THIS SITE PREVIOUS ARTICLES | ||
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| POINT OF VIEW IS EVERYTHING | ||
| OPINION: GOODBYE, MARC. SOME OF US WILL MISS YOU. | ||
| -- This one was more like a lump of coal rather than a feather in the SA's cap. | ||
| OPINION: TEACHERS UNION RIGHT IN SUING THE STATE | ||
| -- And you thought I couldn't agree with BTU. But the 3% holdback is just plain wrong. | ||
| POLITICS: UHHH... DIDN'T THE RUBINS CRY POOR LAST YEAR? | ||
| -- Cash strapped Richard and Diana are taking a vacation tour of Florida on way to pokey. | ||
| ETHICS CODE BRINGS LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES | ||
| -- The gift ban for even a bottle of water is ridiculous and should be struck down. | ||
| GRANDSTANDER RODSTROM WOULD ADD $$$ TO DISTRICT DEBT | ||
| -- Refinance plan is nothing but a fool's errand and would add more debt. | ||
| GRANDSTANDING RODSTROM CAN'T SAVE A SINGLE TEACHER JOB | ||
| -- Refinance of construction bonds won't provide a single penny for payroll. | ||
| READER POLL: WHAT KIND OF CANDIDATE SHOULD BOARD HIRE? | ||
| -- Here's your chance to provide feedback on the next Superintendent hire. | ||
| LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HITS TEACHERS HARD | ||
| -- Wanna avoid paying 3% to FRS? Fork over 10% or more to the IRS. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: WEST BUS DEPOT BOONDOGGLE | ||
| -- Just another unfinished project millions over budget and years overdue. | ||
| DID CARTER REALLY RUN THE DISTRICT IN NOTTER'S ABSENCE? | ||
| -- Not unless the Superintendent was blind drunk on a bender, or in a coma. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: TILL'S TOY SOLDER CARTER GETS INTERIM JOB | ||
| -- Donnie Cater reigned over transportation and construction debacles. | ||
| SCHOOL DISTRICT: NO PLAN IN PLACE? READY, FIRE, AIM! | ||
| -- With 8 weeks left, there's no plan to rearrange teachers, classes and schedules. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: NO APPLICANTS? SPLIT THE INTERIM JOB | ||
| -- Idiot bloggers and an out of control grand jury have paralyzed the district. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: BLOGGERS SHOULDN'T SET SUPER'S SALARY | ||
| -- The Board's been ragged on for months by bloggers over Notter's salary. | ||
| MEDIA: SUN SENTINEL COMMENDS FRUGAL HOLNESS | ||
| -- Holness spent essentially nothing re-doing his commission office. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: EITHER LEARN FROM HISTORY OR REPEAT IT | ||
| -- Educators are saying that academic credentials are necessary for Superintendent | ||
| SUNRISE: COMMISSION HIRES NEW CITY ATTORNEY | ||
| -- Tuesday night, the Sunrise Commission voted 5 - 0 to hire Kim Kisslan from in house. | ||
| ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE SALERNO GANG BITES THE DUST | ||
| -- Attorney Howard Kusnick will surrender to authorities this week. | ||
| OPINION: JANITOR TEACHING OTHER JANITORS FOR $108K? | ||
| -- If the guy's earned the position, it's not as outrageous as it's been cracked up to be. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: UTD LEAVES BTU IN THE DUST WITH CONTRACT | ||
| -- United Teachers of Dade settle for Merit Pay increases with RTTT funds. | ||
| BROWARD: PONDERINGS ON THURSDAY | ||
| -- S.H.I.T. (Sure Happy It's Thursday) Donnie Carter and Frank Till revisited. | ||
| DONNIE CARTER WITHDRAWS APPLICATION FOR INTERIM | ||
| -- School Board adjusts criteria to broaden applicant base | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: GOOD IDEA, EIGHT YEARS LATE | ||
| -- Eight years ago, I came up with a plan that was promptly ignored by Frank Till | ||
| OPINION: SHADES OF THE MORONIC CONVERGENCE | ||
| -- The end is coming at noon. Is that Eastern Standard or Greenwich Mean time? | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? | ||
| -- The skinflints in the legislature aren't the only reason for 1,400 teacher pink slips. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: SEARCH FOR INTERIM SUPER FIZZLES | ||
| -- Only one valid applciation yields ZERO candidates to run the district. | ||
| OPINION: AN EDUCATOR CAN'T SOLVE THE BUDGET CRISIS | ||
| -- Here's another example where an educator cannot manage business. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: TECHNOLOGY MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER | ||
| -- Technology's expensive, but worth every penny. Broward's ahead of the pack. | ||
| OPINION: CHOICE - DEATH PANELS OR ADVANCES IN MEDICINE | ||
| -- The column written by Sam Fields is disturbing and begs the question. | ||
| MEDIA: A PEEK AT BOB NORMAN'S FUTURE WITH LOCAL TEN | ||
| -- As a former member of the Eyewitness news team, I have my sources... | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: 2,000 H.S. SENIORS FAIL FCAT. SO WHAT? | ||
| -- 2,026 Broward High School seniors fail the FCAT. But that's not the real problem. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: STAFF LOSES A $32,000 PHONE SYSTEM? | ||
| -- Mismanagement is still rampant in some departments. Time to start kicking ass. | ||
| RAH, RAH, RAH. STICK IT TO THE BASTARDS - BUT NOT US! | ||
| -- Seems that some city officials don't want the same ethics codes as county folks. | ||
| SCORE KEEPER AND HAMMERHEAD SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS | ||
| -- Going through old communications could be dangerous to the two knuckleheads. | ||
| MONDAY AFTERNOON TIDBITS | ||
| -- Change in Watching Broward? Maybe. Still no staff response to Laurie Levinson | ||
| MEDIA: IS LOCAL 10 BUYING A JOURNALIST OR SMEAR ARTIST? | ||
| -- Pulp's article on Jim Waldman is pure smear with a small disclaimer at the end. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: PALM BEACH OFFERS RAISES FOR 10 & UNDER | ||
| -- The Palm Beach School Board has offered raises for teachers at ten years or less | ||
| MEDIA: HALF TRUTH JOURNALISM GOES TO CHANNEL TEN | ||
| -- Norman has stars in his eyes but not nearly the talent of the great journalists. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: DISTRICT DECLARES IMPASSE ONCE AGAIN | ||
| -- Impasse once again. BTU wants more, more and more while giving up nothing. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: STAFF INCOMPETENCE ON DISPLAY | ||
| -- Gross misestimates and blowing off requests for information. So what's new? | ||
| BROWARD SCHOOLS: SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SURPRISED | ||
| -- Grass cutters and clerks making more than teachers? Not surprising considering BTU | ||
| MEDIA: WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT? PULP ADMITS HIRING STAFF | ||
| -- Pulp acknowledges that Cummings hired School Board construction staff. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: THE REAL ROGUE'S GALLERY ROUND 2 | ||
| -- Here are two more "community leaders" determined to keep incompetence in place. | ||
| BROWARD COUNTY: GOOD GUY JACK TOBIN DIES | ||
| -- City Commissioner, State Rep and tireless advocate for charity is lost. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: THE REAL ROGUE'S GALLERY | ||
| -- First in a series of articles about those responsible for keeping Terrible Till in place. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: DON'T LOOK NOW BUT WEBSTER'S BACK! | ||
| -- Wouldn't you know it? Stew Webster wants back on the Diversity Committee | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: BOARD MUST KEEP MOMENTUM | ||
| -- The School Board's taken some good steps. Keep it going. | ||
| SUNRISE: PLENTY OF REASONS TO DISLIKE STEVE FEREN, BUT... | ||
| -- Feren's lied like a sleeping dog in the past. The stakes are much higher now. | ||
| MEDIA: WHICH CESSPOOL WORSE, INVESTIGATORS OR BLOGS? | ||
| -- Years of fingerpointing, not a shred of evidence while real crimes go uninvestigated. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: DISTRICT TO REMOVE MORE OLD PORTABLES | ||
| -- Schemes to remove empty dilapidated portable classrooms to hide building boom. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: NAMES SURFACE IN SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH | ||
| -- Four names so far. Will there be more? Certainly. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: MIKE MARCHETTI SPEAKS; SAYS NOTHING | ||
| -- No questions or answers, just rambling. Here are some things he needs to answer. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: LET'S PLAY THE MISLEAD THE GRAND JURY | ||
| -- Does anybody with half a brain believe these facillities guys didn't know squat? | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: HAS ANYBODY SEEN THE RESPECT FLYER? | ||
| -- Some people believe BTU's flyer is bullshit. So I've re-written it more to the point. | ||
| CIVICS: SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT A GRAND JURY DOES? | ||
| -- Here's a look at what a real grand jury is all about and why the report is crap. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: ANOTHER QUESTION OF TWO PLUS TWO | ||
| -- Notter knew about staff corruption. He HAD to know. Here's why. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: RECAP OF LIES TOLD TO THE GRAND JURY | ||
| -- Some on district staff misled the Grand Jury intentionally. Take a look at the lies. | ||
| PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE: BACK FROM THE BRINK | ||
| -- The need for immediate cardiac intervention made itself very clear this week. | ||
| PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE: OPEN LETTER TO JEANNE JUSEVIC | ||
| -- Most district employees are great, but somebody has to call out the corrupt. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: OLIPHANT MORE EVIDENCE STAFF CORRUPT | ||
| -- That's right, Facilites is not the only corrupt department inside the district. | ||
| MEDIA: PULP'S MISLEADING "HOITY-TOITY AWARD DINNERS" | ||
| -- It always happens. When cases fall apart, they INVENT new information. | ||
| MEDIA: LET'S HELP SCORE KEEPER WITH TWO PLUS TWO | ||
| -- He's been lying about who really got jobs with whom. | ||
| MEDIA: AS I PREDICTED - SCORE KEEPER COMES UNGLUED | ||
| -- Score Keeper's losing it. Here's a list of things that never happened in his fantasy. | ||
| MEDIA: CRYBABY OF THE WEEK - PULP | ||
| -- For far too long, Pulp has gotten away with misinformation and half truths. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: LONG PAST TIME TO OUTSOURCE FACILITIES | ||
| -- The shenanigans in Facilites delayed schools, wasted money, and more. | ||
| DISTRICT BUDGET: STAFF TO SCHOOL BOARD - DON'T CUT US | ||
| -- It's budget time again and the Board is looking to manage even more cuts. | ||
| POLITICS: THE REAL MIRIAM OLIPHANT | ||
| -- A look back at Broward's own prima donna. | ||
| THE ALTERNATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUPERINTENDENT | ||
| -- I've told you about their existence. Here they are in black and white... | ||
| MEDIA: N-WORD BAD; ANTI-GAY SLURS OKAY | ||
| -- Murray "resigners" who won't demand Foulkes' resignation are hypocrites. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: HAMMERHEAD ADMITS STAFF INVOLVED | ||
| -- After years of denial, Blogger Hammerhead opens the door to a different story. | ||
| MEDIA: TELL THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT MURRAY'S GAFFE | ||
| -- There's more to the story that you haven't been told. Until now, that is... | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: WILL THE BOARD FIRE NOTTER? | ||
| -- There's movement in that direction, but don't let staff define the evaluation. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: OH MY GOODNESS, SHE'S BAAACK... | ||
| -- Miriam Oliphant is back as a Guidance Counsellor. But for how long? | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: N-WORD RACIST? OR JUST PLAIN STUPID? | ||
| -- A soon to be School Board member used the word. Mountain or Mole hill? | ||
| UPDATED: MASTER PLAN CLOSER TO THE MARK? UH, NO. | ||
| -- Take a good look at what the "Master Plan" predicted vs. the Jury's claims. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: TIME TO STEP UP AND TAKE THE LEAD | ||
| -- The public doesn't care what staff thinks, they want the Board to make things right. | ||
| OPINION: CASINOS - "YES;" FOR THE KIDS? - "NO!" | ||
| -- Promises, promises. More money for schools gave us less than ZIPPO... | ||
| KANGAROOS & CHAITS RACKING UP COLLATERAL DAMAGE | ||
| -- Names pile up with no evidence of criminal actions. Kangaroo blogs don't care. | ||
| LEVY AND WORKSHOP DON'T GET IT. THEY'RE THE PROBLEM | ||
| -- Are business leaders praising the district? Or are they drunks at the bar? | ||
| PLANTATION: RACES GETTING NASTY? | ||
| -- Mailers are out and they're tame but targeted. The Storm Troopers are upset. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: SIXTEEN THINGS DOE CAN INVESTIGATE | ||
| -- Here's a short list of probable criminal activities a special investigator can examine. | ||
| SCHOOL BOARD: MICHAEL MARCHETTI - HERO OR ANTI-HERO? | ||
| -- Out of the dark and into the light, how will Marchetti's actions be perceived? | ||
| COUNTY: $610,000 FOR COURHOUSE ART? GIMMIE A BREAK! | ||
| -- It's just plain wrong when services and jobs are being cut to balance the budget. | ||
| OPINION: THE KIND OF LEADER BROWARD SCHOOLS NEEDS | ||
| -- There actually are leaders capable of turning around a corrupt and inept distict. | ||
| OPINION: RETIRE NOTTER AND CHANGE DISTRICT STRUCTURE | ||
| -- Three Superintendents have proven they can't handle accountbility | ||
| MEDIA: PROOF - PULP MONSTER CHERRY PICKS DATA | ||
| -- Norman blind to 2002 Grand Jury support of what I've been saying for years. | ||
| GRAND JURY: ELECT A SUPERINTENDENT - YOU'RE KIDDING | ||
| -- Blog media mentality makes for stupid, moronic recommendations. | ||
| GRAND JURY: DELEGATE TRIVIAL PURCHASING TO DISTRICT | ||
| -- Another example of the Grand Jury cherry picking its information. | ||
| GRAND JURY: TEN YEAR MASTER PLAN FANTASY | ||
| -- Consultant's numbers "closer to the mark?" Jurors must've worn tin foil hats. | ||
| GRAND JURY: FAILURE TO REPORT GIFTS MISLEADING | ||
| -- Did the report give all the facts about gifts? Not quite. | ||
| GRAND JURY REPORT OR GRAND JURY VENDETTA? | ||
| -- One would expect findings of fact not misleading statements or opinion. | ||
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