tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70016291339537831602024-03-15T14:21:36.765-04:00Hallandale Beach/Hollywood BlogHallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.comBlogger2318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-26539157068503321032024-03-12T16:12:00.009-04:002024-03-12T16:12:51.853-04:00Opening remarks of Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Vice Chair of U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence during Comm.'s annual Worldwide Threats Assessment hearing. Also have video of entire hearing. #China #Iran #Putin #Russia #TikTok #Xi #ByteDanceNB: Full hearing of U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats is at bottom of page!https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-delivers-opening-remarks-at-worldwide-threats-hearing-2/Press Release via Senator Marco Rubio's OfficeRUBIO DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT WORLDWIDE THREATS HEARINGMARCH 11, 2024Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) of the Senate Select Committee on Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-4902490152142453912024-02-22T16:14:00.009-05:002024-02-22T16:33:37.117-05:00Tonight's important Broward Schools outreach mtg. re Broward Supt. Licata's plan to close 5 schools/sell property within a year, with 3 in SE Broward on the prospective chopping block because they are less than 70% capacityToday's blog post is a follow-up to my blog post of WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2023, titled,Torey Alston's call for "Major reform" now by the Broward County School Board is 100% correct -and 100% long overduehttps://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/torey-alstons-call-for-major-reform-now.htmlI also tweeted about that post here, https://x.com/hbbtruth/status/1729940297038078417Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-46086435415027279082024-02-15T14:24:00.005-05:002024-02-22T16:13:36.268-05:00What happened at #HollywoodFL City Mgr.'s office in June 2023 that led to firing of Dir. of Development Services? I and many other Hollywood civic activists + residents have VERY LITTLE confidence in CM George R. Keller, Jr., who's MORE of what we want LESS of.What happened at #HollywoodFL City Mgr.'s office in June 2023 that led to firing of Dir. of Development Services? I and many other Hollywood civic activists + residents have VERY LITTLE confidence in CM George R. Keller, Jr., who's MORE of what we want LESS of.Back on September 19th, I received a very lengthy email from a very savvy and well-connected Hollywood civic activist friend. Someone who Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-48178799892399559462023-12-15T15:48:00.000-05:002023-12-15T15:48:18.052-05:00Why has there been NOTHING of any real value in #Miami/#SoFL news media in MONTHS regarding the #HollywoodBeach Broadwalk shooting victims, who have emotional scars as well as physical scars? What's the status of the prosecution's case vs. Jordan Burton, Ariel Cardahn Paul, and Lionel Jean-Charles Jr., none of whom -surprise!- were choir boys? When is the larger public going to be told... something? 😒Yes, the truth is that sometimes, the blog posts here at Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Blog just literally write themselves. Really. Especially when the issues involved are what's clearly the rapidly-declining caliber of South Florida news journalism, the touchy subject of crime and how it is reported, and the larger issue of what is actually reported and sees the light of day with airtime or Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-75848036554573747402023-11-29T13:36:00.005-05:002023-12-15T15:00:17.272-05:00Torey Alston's call for "Major reform" now by the Broward County School Board is 100% correct -and 100% long overduePlease take a moment or two today to read the very important essay by Torey Alston in Monday's Sun Sentinel, preceded by one printed over the weekend penned by Broward Public Schools Supt. Peter Licata.They follow very closely on the heels of my follow-up tweets last week, below, regarding the not-so-great reality of student attendance at Broward County Public Schools the past few years.As IHallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-3383054129839546842023-11-06T12:48:00.005-05:002023-11-08T12:26:34.065-05:00re Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody's office fighting a ruling on lobbying restrictions on Florida's elected officials: The cautionary tale of Steve Geller and Joe Gibbons track record makes a reasonable person realize we NEED even stronger and more meaningful ethics laws in the Sunshine State re Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody's office fighting a ruling on lobbying restrictions on Florida's elected officials: The cautionary tale of Steve Geller and Joe Gibbons track record makes a reasonable person realize we NEED even stronger and more meaningful ethics laws in the Sunshine State As I have told most of you loyal readers of the blog via emails or in-person since before 2018Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-35043413507306722152023-08-09T12:40:00.007-04:002023-08-09T12:41:12.225-04:00Some quick, early thoughts re City of #HollywoodFL's Partnership for Engaged Neighborhoods (PEN), which sounds great in theory, but... civic engagement here was badly damaged by Hollywood City Hall's stridently anti-citizen attitude and policies during Covid pandemicBelow, an excerpted copy of my email yesterday to my friend Helen Chervin, the longtime President of the United Neighbors of South Hollywood/Central Hollywood Civic Association, who had earlier in the day forwarded me a copy of a letter from the City of Hollywood's Allison Saffold. I will definitely have some informed thoughts to share in the coming days with you, the city, and certain Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-117416312287512022023-07-05T15:02:00.007-04:002023-07-05T15:41:13.237-04:00Grilled-hamburger 🍔 + fireworks-filled July 4th 🎆 greetings from me, visiting my Mom in Central Florida, with an iconic #Elvis performance of "An American Trilogy," that NEVER disappoints! 😉Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy (Live Hawai)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feyu3er5fRcSending you grilled-hamburger + fireworks-filled July 4th greetings from Central Florida w/an iconic #Elvis performance that NEVER disappoints! I lived in #Memphis for three years as a kid in the mid-1960's, and was driven past Graceland ad the crowds many dozens of times before my family and I moved toHallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-82829403081174654082023-05-21T17:43:00.003-04:002023-07-05T15:27:29.884-04:00A few last thoughts re the amazingly talented Martin Amis, very much a legend in his own lifetime, and my own very tangential relationship to Oxbridge and espionage skullduggeryA few last thoughts re the amazingly talented Martin Amis, very much a legend in his own lifetime, and my own very tangential relationship to Oxbridge and espionage skullduggeryRemembering Martin Amis: obituaryCelebrating the life of the iconic British author, 1949-2023https://t.co/NIaPGuA37vMartin Amis was born in Oxford, so per Oxbridge, the second place that I lived at in Washington, D.C., Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-39286931469992091722023-04-24T00:16:00.003-04:002023-07-05T15:27:07.289-04:00South Florida nature... acting crazy... in Hollywood Beach. A lonely waterspout came ashore as a tornado on Hollywood Beach at 12:43 pm Friday afternoonSouth Florida nature... acting crazy... in Hollywood Beach.A lonely waterspout came ashore as a tornado on Hollywood Beach at 12:43 pm Friday afternoon, just two miles from where your faithful correspondent was busy writing on his laptop. Local10 News was doing their noontime news broadcast when it first became evident on radar so dispatched their Sky10 helicopter over to the beach to Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-44870518614075257232023-03-29T12:27:00.006-04:002023-03-29T12:34:10.786-04:00Eight months into the school year -8!- Broward Police Departments have yet to be reimbursed $ for SRO's by the Broward School Board 😳. SNAFU.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR0wH4F-bc&t=72shttps://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/03/28/broward-school-district-has-yet-to-reimburse-police-departments-for-resource-officers/Broward school district has yet to reimburse police departments for resource officersHatzel Vela, ReporterPublished: March 28, 2023 at 5:33 PMUpdated: March 29, 2023 at 6:51 AMI'll be updating this post later todayHallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-53829061715261640172023-03-14T15:58:00.011-04:002023-03-29T12:31:52.892-04:00Hide-and-Seek? The City of #HollywoodFL's many longstanding problems with the RAC and the city + CRA websites, most notably, "missing" public information that ought to be easy to find for EVERYONE, and why so much the public wants remains hidden or nonexistent. After three-plus years of the city playing games with the public and using #COVID19 as an excuse to thwart the public's desire to full engage on important issues, it's clear that much of the info is "missing NOT by accident, but rather by design to keep citizens in the dark and at a disadvantage to real estate developer lawyers and consultants.Hide-and-Seek? The City of #HollywoodFL's many longstanding problems with the RAC and the city + CRA websites, most notably, "missing" public information that ought to be easy to find for EVERYONE, and why so much the public wants remains hidden or nonexistent.After three-plus years of the city playing games with the public and using #COVID19 as an excuse to thwart the public's desire to Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-11664384583060994892023-02-17T14:25:00.010-05:002023-02-26T12:05:50.121-05:00Update: Important meeting tonight re Orangebrook Golf Course; Latest developments re Orangebrook Golf Course, P3's and how the elected Hollywood City Commission and the bureaucrats at Hollywood City Hall are, once again, trying to change historical reality and thwart the public's very clear wishes and desires for that important "open space" in southern #HollywoodFLFYI: There is a lot of detail here, so it is MUCH EASIER to read and make sense of on a laptop/tablet/desktop computer, rather than your cell phone.Updated February 22nd, 2023 at 2:00 pmI received an email on Tuesday evening with some VERY important information from Shirley Stealey, President, Highland Gardens Civic Association about their Meeting TONIGHT, Wednesday, re #Orangebrook GC:The Ernie Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-76546066652125175882023-01-31T17:59:00.006-05:002023-02-26T12:05:24.101-05:00#Memphis Police Body Camera video release is a great time to recall that 74 months into reign of Josh Levy as #HollywoodFL mayor, he still can NOT give the public a firm date when it, the LARGEST #SoFL city STILL w/o #police body cameras, will have them. 😳🙄🤨🤔Above, screengrab of Sunday's New York Times front page and a story about the role and cumulative effect of police body cameras on public opinion and police having a means of collaborating their stories after criminal or civil incidents with few if any witnesses.#Memphis Police Body Camera video release is a great time to recall that 74 months into reign of Josh Levy as #HollywoodFL mayor, he Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-76211615679544786742022-12-24T21:32:00.001-05:002022-12-24T21:39:24.972-05:00Two views of the entertainment world of Christmas 1957: Pre-Christmas shopping and American comedy as seen thru the eyes of Jack Benny, and Ingmar Bergman's masterful 'Wild Strawberries' opens in Sweden the day after Christmas and becomes a film classic from Day One.Two views of the entertainment world of Christmas 1957: Pre-Christmas shopping and American comedy as seen thru the eyes of Jack Benny, and Ingmar Bergman's masterful 'Wild Strawberries' opens in Sweden the day after Christmas, and becomes a film classic from Day One.MiscVideos78rpm YouTube Channel video: The Jack Benny Program - Christmas Shopping (Original air date: December 15, 1957)Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-31826468152000702882022-11-15T17:16:00.002-05:002023-01-14T16:51:28.389-05:00The news story hiding in plain sight is often news that #SoFL newsrooms simply have no interest in covering, whether fairly or with bias. In any case, Rod Velez's legal qualifications to serve on Broward School Board will soon come to a head, as Gov. DeSantis may again have to replace an elected official in Broward CountyThe news story hiding in plain sight is often news that #SoFL media newsrooms simply have no interest in covering, whether fairly or with bias. In any case, Rod Velez's legal qualifications to take office on Broward School Board will come to a head soon, as Gov. DeSantis may again have to replace an elected official in Broward County.For several weeks since the August 23rd primary election, the Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-23134142131164188332022-11-07T08:18:00.219-05:002022-11-14T16:21:00.896-05:00Did the Pandemic Change How You Feel re #HollywoodFL? Yes. Hollywood residents and stakeholders no longer see the city as "special" and they personally blame the Mayor, City Commission, City Manager, and City Attorney for abusing their trust and sending the city in the wrong directionDid the Pandemic Change How You Feel re #HollywoodFL? Yes. Hollywood residents and stakeholders no longer see the city as "special" and they personally blame the Mayor, City Commission, City Manager, and City Attorney for abusing their trust and sending the city in the wrong directionThis post today is the Reader's Digest version of what dozens and dozens of well-informed people from every part Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-19837238720052272022-10-19T14:28:00.002-04:002022-11-07T09:11:27.480-05:00The Korn Conundrum: Broward School Board At-Large candidate Donna Korn, who's already been removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis bec of a Grand Jury's recommendations, remains unpopular with the public and unable to defend her track record. But her opponent, Allen Zeman, is not just someone who is largely unknown, but has a troubling history of claiming things to be true that are NOT. Of actually lying with impunity. What should Broward County voters do?The Broward County Public Schools HQ, home of the Broward School Board, long the hotbed of flat-out unethical behavior, egregious cronyism, and corruption of the sort that you seldom see in the 21st CenturyThe Korn Conundrum: Broward School Board At-Large candidate Donna Korn, who's already been removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis because of a Grand Jury's recommendations -which were not publicly Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-35013768049051654672022-10-10T01:59:00.007-04:002022-10-10T17:19:13.247-04:00There's something about Tiffany Smiley... Washington state's GOP Senate candidate has a certain je-ne-said-quoi and the kind of moxie that people find very appealing in a candidate and a spouse. She has an IT factor that even Democrats can see -and fear. There's something about Tiffany Smiley... Washington state's GOP Senate candidate has a certain je-ne-said-quoi and the kind of moxie that people find very appealing in a candidate and a spouse. She has an IT factor that even Democrats can see -and fear.Well, it would indeed be an understatement for me to say this afternoon that I will, literally, have a FLOOD of very interesting, Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-18019550981554067972022-09-29T14:06:00.272-04:002022-10-05T11:28:47.036-04:00For doctors, practice groups, and institutions trying to keep up with technology, Doctor's Toy Store, Florida's largest medical showroom, now offers two popular Aesthetic machines at great prices: Pure Sculpt and Power Cannula System and Vivace Fractional Micro Needle RF. Doctors, what's the state of your Emergency Medical Equipment on hand? DTS has you covered there, too, with a full array of equipment you need.For doctors, practice groups, and medical institutions trying to keep up with technology in the ever-changing fields of Aesthetics, Body Contouring, and Plastic Surgery, Doctor's Toy Store, Florida's largest medical showroom, now offers two very popular Aesthetic machines at great prices that'll make you and your wallet smile: Pure Sculpt and Power Cannula System and Vivace Fractional Micro Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-1223085041926421582022-09-19T20:52:00.006-04:002022-10-10T01:29:06.268-04:00Completely contrary to common sense, logic and Florida's Sunshine Laws, Hollywood city officials, including the city's soon-to-be-resigning Planning Director, Leslie Del Monte, allowed several representatives of The Related Group to speak today for 25 minutes at the city's PACO meeting re their very unpopular 1301 S. Ocean Dr. project Updated Sept. 22, 2022 at 1:00 a.m.A VERY reliable and well-informed person -and upset- called me late this afternoon to tell me that, completely contrary to Florida's Sunshine Laws, Hollywood city officials, including the city's soon-to-be-resigning Planning Director, Leslie Del Monte, allowed several representatives of The Related Group to speak this afternoon for 25 Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-78502080320110282862022-09-14T14:14:00.008-04:002022-09-16T01:42:36.201-04:00The very dangerous precedent for the future that the Hollywood and Miami Beach City Commissions are making by showing thru both word and deed, that their own land use ordinances mean nothing when The Related Group comes callingResidents and stakeholders of #HollywoodFL and #MiamiBeach are quite rightfully fearful of the very dangerous precedents their two respective City Commissions are clearly making by showing thru both words and deeds, that their own land use ordinances mean nothing when The Related Group comes calling. Mean nothing, that is, IF there are deep-pocketed real estate developers interested in doingHallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-17452882990237033992022-09-06T15:07:00.004-04:002022-09-14T14:20:03.966-04:00What exactly is the Broward Planning Council up to now regarding ending a means of public engagement on issues of great public importance?@beamfurr What is the reason that #Broward Co. Comm. is "exploring" removing public's ability to participate + engage w/Broward Planning Council over a county phone line?
How is this a positive thing for residents/public?
At 6:02 mark on video of July Broward Planning Council meeting.https://vimeo.com/showcase/7896825?video=733993207Today I'm sharing some news with you that I believe is both Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-83568275516662908492022-08-20T13:50:00.001-04:002022-08-25T16:48:20.995-04:00ICYMI: Glenn Beck's lively, informative and no-holds-barred podcast interview with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. August 2022The Glenn Beck Podcast, Episode 150. Ron DeSantis vs. Everyone: The Governor Who BROKE the Media. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida. 57 minutes. Recorded August 13, 2022.https://megaphone.link/BMDC3630676026Corporate media hate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. These days, that’s a badge of honor. They love to accuse him of tyranny and authoritarianism, to scaremonger about how he wants to "destroy" Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001629133953783160.post-39810649541641320822022-08-08T14:59:00.008-04:002022-08-09T16:20:36.587-04:00Breakdown of Broward County's registered voters two weeks before 2022 primary elections. As usual, voter apathy leads voter passion during the hot, humid summer months of South FloridaBreakdown of Broward County's registered voters two weeks before 2022 primary elections. As usual, voter apathy leads voter passion during the hot, humid summer months of South Florida.As of today, two weeks before the 2022 Florida Primary election, with Early Voting scheduled to begin in Broward on Saturday the 13th, and with mail-in voting already taking place statewide, according to the Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680589186814584045noreply@blogger.com0