Monday, June 8, 2015

Starting this week, Hallandale Beach Blog will be offering reasonably-priced display advertising starting at only $75 a month to help you reach the blog's influential, well-informed and savvy South Florida-based readers and decision-makers

If you don't already see yourself or your company represented here at Hallandale Beach Blog, starting this week, you can make that a reality via reasonably-priced display advertising starting at only $75 a month, and start reaching its influential, well-informed and savvy #SoFL-based decision-makers.
Updated June 30, 2015

Dear Friends, Neighbors and loyal Readers of Hallandale Beach Blog:


I'm writing to let you know that there's a new and cost-effective marketing tool for you to use to attract and retain new customers  and help differentiate your business from its competitors, and it's not only an option that's very reasonably-priced, but also one located close to where you live and work.
Starting this month, Hallandale Beach Blog, my popular and informative eight-year old blog on current events, local/state government, public policy and innovative ideas and trends -and pop culture happenings- will begin running reasonably-priced display advertising, at rates starting at only $75 a month.

Those prominently-displayed ads can help you reach the blog's affluent, 
well-informed and savvy South Florida-based readers and decision-makers. Unlike ads placed in many of South Florida's un-audited community  newspapers or lifestyle websites and magazines that I could name, your ad WILL not just be seen, but actually NOTICED by many of  South Florida's most-informed, engaged and discerning residents and busienss owners, as well as by seasonal residents and out-of-town visitors and investors with a very strong interest in keeping up to-date on what's happening in our slice of South Florida.

Specifically, the blog will soon feature Consumer, Business-to-Business 
and Industry-related advertising, promotion and public awareness campaigns from individuals, firms and companies in South Florida, as well as from those located in other parts of Florida, the U.S. and even overseas.






That is to say, companies who ARE very interested in advertising on my blog because they're savvy enough to recognize the VALUE of reaching the caliber of affluent, well-educated and well-informed readers my blog  consistently attracts in large numbers from South Florida, the Sunshine State, the U.S., as well as other points on the compass. The latter includes my loyal, well-informed and globe-trotting readers in  Great Britain, Canada, Northern Europe and Scandinavia, who continue to enjoy original and compelling content they can't find elsewhere.

Yes, those highly-educated and highly-engaged readers are precisely the sort of people that savvy businesses want as future customers!
So why not you?



For years the countries where Hallandale Beach Blog has been most popular have remained the same, in order: Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and The Netherlands.
In large part not just because of the large number of Americans living and working there, but the large number of English-speakers there who ARE interested in the same subjects that we write about so frequently on this blog that they care about or have come to care about, especially within the worlds of pop culture, film and music, plus European politics.

This change in advertising policy represents a great marketing opportunity for people and companies to promote themselves in a positive way that differentiates them from their competitors, to some of South Florida's most-influential, best-informed and most-engaged consumers and voters. (And gain all those those well-informed and demanding readers elsewhere for FREE.)

Over the past eight years, I'm proud that Hallandale Beach Blog has developed a reputation for fact-based reporting and fair-minded analysis, and for its very discerning online readership. A readership that prefers to be VERY INFORMED before making purchasing decisions about consumer products or services -or political issues. Like me, the readers are quick to share what they know and think with others via Social Media, and love to share information. Especially about their positive customer 
experiences.

I'm happy to say that this blog's readership numbers consistently outperform the vast majority of Florida-based blogs and websites, especially ones not affiliated with newspapers or TV stations. 
According to Google, several days within the past few weeks saw daily readership numbers climb well over 2,500, and June and July are traditionally two of the blog's most-read months, with last June setting a new monthly record with 96,439 pageviews. The total from June 21st-27th was 15,265, an average of 2,180 pageviews a day

While it's hard to generalize about the blog's readership, I'm happy to tell you that it skews towards an advertising and voting sweet spot: well-educated professionals and concerned, home-owning 
parents. People who are VERY civic-minded and who ALWAYS vote -in every election.

Given the often complex and high-minded discussion about public policy that takes place on this blog, it's no surprise that it has a MUCH-HIGHER  
than average percentage of readers with advanced degrees, as well as  first-hand experience in government, or, in dealing directly with elected officials and govt. agencies and public policy on behalf of themselves or other interested parties. That's largely a factor of the blog's readership including such a large percentage of current and former attorneys, university academics, doctors, engineers, educators and elected officials, as well as 
lots of current and retired journalists and creative industry professionals who are always keen to keep me on my toes factually.

There's a very compelling reason for why my blog and growing Twitter feed 
are read and Followed by so many South Florida (and national) print & TV reporters, editors and columnists, as well as its most-popular Social Media personalities and bloggers. Read and Followed by many South Florida 
municipal and County Commissioners and their counterparts in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. Read and Followed by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, as well as reporters at the N.Y. Times and prominent Washington news/political websites like POLITICO and Roll Call, and the publisher of Scandinavia's largest and most innovative newspaper, Aftonbladet.
Read and Followed by prominent Entertainment media publications based in LA, NY and in Europe like VARIETY, as well as high-ranking people and companies deeply entrenched in High Tech, Venture Capital and innovative startups, from Silicon Valley to Manhattan, London and Stockholm.
That reason is the consistency of original content that entertains as well as it educates and informs.

Given those particulars, it's no surprise that the blog's readers are very avid consumers of books, magazines, film and music, AND eat out more often -and travel overseas more frequently- than most South Florida adults.
Besides closely following public policy, current events and politics in both 
the U.S and Europe, the blog's readers also are very interested in following new developments in the worlds of business, technology and advertising/marketing, film, music and pop culture trends, and media criticism. 
And they're VERY focused on following the latest regarding savvy Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital and Startups, in both the U.S. and Europe.

They're consumers who prefer QUALITY, and not afraid to pay for it, whether they're dining out, or purchasing products or services for themselves, their families or their homes, or when when making
decisions about future travel and leisure activities. Like me, they want lots of good options before they choose!

The blog's readership is very engaged and cares more about what's going on in the wider world than most people, but readers care MOST passionately about what's going on -or isn't- in their slice of the
Sunshine State or the world, and the myriad threats to their family's Quality of Life and future prosperity. Those readers have learned over the past eight years that this blog has NOT been afraid to consistently write (and comment) on often-contentious subject matter, and to strive to do so from an
informed, fact-based perspective. Original content that they can't find elsewhere in South Florida -or anywhere else online.

Over those eight years, those same readers have come to rely upon the fact that this blog has become a very reliable, go-to source of information, facts and perspective, not only for them and other
concerned residents of South Florida and the Sunshine State, but also an invaluable tool to Florida's news media, which had often cited the blog in their own coverage of Florida's often-combative nexus of government, politics and public policy.

That's especially been the case on the many occasions when Hallandale Beach Blog has broken news on a public issue before anyone else, or, added important facts to the mix that completely changed the
prevailing media narrative.

For instance, the time we broke the news that Hallandale Beach's elected officials and top city administrators had hatched a secret scheme to use taxpayer funds to pay for someone to regularly appear and lobby on behalf of  the city's position at city, Broward County and community events. Their intent was clear: to sway public opinion and affect future public votes. WITHOUT ever publicly disclosing this fact to the city's residents and business community.
Well, we eventually broke the news on who this person was, how much they were paid, and publicly asked how it was either ethical or legal for the City of Hallandale Beach to hire someone whose main job was to attempt to INTENTIONALLY deceive and mislead taxpayers. 
And to do so WITHOUT registering as a paid lobbyist, as required by both city and County laws.

In 2012, in one of the more improbable stories of the past few years, the South Florida news media acknowledged that it was only thru the hard work and research of the Hallandale Beach Blog that they could report what we exposed -the amazing news that a Hallandale Beach mayoral candidate who was being heavily promoted for office via a series of glowing newspaper columns, was actually being written about by... that candidate's own wife!
Yet another in a long line of egregious examples of someone with either influence or power trying to take advantage of Hallandale Beach-area residents and businesses. 
And the facts and the truth only became known because of the diligent efforts of my blog to serve as an honest platform for honest and fair debate about public policy issues affecting the diverse people and interests of South Florida.

In Hollywood, I've attended nearly every important City Commission and community meeting about public policy over the past eight years: the arduous and frustrating search for a real estate development team that'd build a large destination resort hotel on Johnson Street & A1A at Hollywood Beach that took to heart what the city's residents and leaders wanted (Margaritaville); the creative efforts of famed architect and planner Bernard Zyscovich and his firm to reshape the city's Master Plan to balance exciting retail, mixed-use and residential living in just the right proportion that would
reinvigorate the city; the many controversial fights over real estate development and building heights at historic Young Circle; the two searches for a new City Manager; the fight over a religious Charter
School; the efforts to bring more public accountability to the city's CRA policies and procedures...

(There's a good reason that so many of my photos from public meetings at Hallandale Beach or Hollywood City Hall, and around the two cities, are so frequently among the first ones you see on Google Images when you look up the two cities.) 

I've created a list of categories at the bottom of this email for you to peruse for a minute or two to see whether there's a category that best describes you and your business -or the business or service of a family member or close friend. 
Of course, you're NOT limited to just these categories, they're merely starting points.
I've also posted the size of the ads that I'll feature, and the MONTHLY price to run that particular size ad. 

Most of you will quickly realize that the prices are not just reasonable given the size and caliber of the blog's readership demographic, but also represents a real bargain compared to some of the high prices charged for advertising by certain media outlets in South Florida that give advertisiers no real sense of how many people are ACTUALLY seeing their ad.

All ads featured on the blog can be linked to any website of your choosing, whether your business's current homepage, or any third-party site you currently use for customer service purposes.
And in the biggest change from the past here, ALL ads featured on the blog will be visible by everyone who views the blog, regardless of where they are seen, which guarantees advertisers the widest-possible distribution channels, and creates positive first impressions on many more people than you can currently reach based solely on algorithims based on someone's recent search history and news reading and email habits.

For instance, if you're a South Florida-based business, say a realtor selling residential luxury properties, do you really want the online universe for your advertising for that property to largely be limited geographically or by the number of people who may've recently typed certain words about real estate on their computer?
If you're selling properties in this area of Florida, with an ad here on the blog, in addition to reaching current South Florida residents, your ad also reaches the many, many seasonal residents of our area who are now already back in Ohio, the Northeast U.S., Toronto and Montreal for the summer, who are regularly checking the blog to keep up to date on what's going on here and how it affects them and their families.

Your ad here on the blog will resonate with them because if it matches the geographic location and price points that they already have in mind, they will quickly jump on the opportunity to let you know of their interest. 

Yes, they know from personal experience how VERY competitive the real estate market is here!

For those part-time residents who are gone from South Florida for the summer but who regularly read this blog, all of whom have friends and family members who have talked with them for years about the idea of THEM relocating to South Florida, too, isn't your real estate ad here the one that they will click and tell their friends about to help THEM make that hope reality? 

The reasonably-priced ad that leads to actual SALES
In a word: YES.

If you're selling a quality product or service to people in South Florida and want to reach not just lots of upscale, tech-savvy consumers, but also some of the area's most-influential opinion-makers, make the decision today to begin advertising at the website where people are going in numbers to find out the genuine facts, and get informed, fact-based perspective, too: Hallandale Beach Blog.

I want anyone who makes the wise decision to advertise on this blog to be happy with the decision, so if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact me at hallandalebeachblog@gmail.com

Special thanks to all the friends whom I've reached out to over the past few months about this change re advertising. Your positive feedback and suggestions have really helped me focus like a laser beam.

Dave
David B. Smith
Twitter: @hbbtruth, https://twitter.com/hbbtruth 
http://www.hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.youtube.com/user/HallandaleBeachBlog


Side ads, Perfect for your Business Card or your Airbnb ad for your property 
Side ads, 300 x 250, or roughly 295 pixels, $75
Side ads will appear in the right or left column of main text.

Leaderboard ads, 760 pixels wide, or roughly 728 x90, $150.
Leaderboard ads appear in the middle column immediately above or below the newest blog post.

Header ad, 1330 pixels wide, $225.
This very large ad will appear directly above ALL new content at the top of the blog, including above subject catgeory headers and all new content.
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Categories of prospective advertisers for reasonably-priced display advertising in Hallandale Beach Blog
Travel & Tourism, in State of Florida: Aventura; Hallandale Beach; Hollywood, inc. Hollywood Beach; Dania Beach; Fort Lauderdale; Pembroke Pines; Broward County; Miami; Miami Beach (South Beach), Coral Gables; Key Biscayne; The Everglades; Seminole Indian Reservation; South Florida; Key West & The Florida Keys; Boca Raton; Palm Beach; Lake Okeechobee; Orlando & 

Kissimmee, inc. Amusement Parks; Kennedy Space Center; Daytona Beach; St. Augustine; Jacksonville; Naples; Fort Myers; Sanibel; Captiva; Sarasota; St. Petersburg; Tampa; Clearwater; Treasure Coast; Gainesville; Tallahassee;
 
Travel & Tourism, in U.S.A.; Great Britain; Sweden; Scandinavia; Germany, The Netherlands; France; Switzerland; Italy; Europe; Canada; The Bahamas; Jamaica; Caribbean; Mexico; Colombia; Venezuela; Peru; Brazil; Argentina; Chile; Central America; Africa; Asia; Middle East; Australia;
 
Travel & Tourism: Announcements for Hospitality/Tourism/Travel Industry Conferences, Conventions, Seminars, Symposia or Trade Shows; 
Travel & Tourism: Domestic & International Airlines, via Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and/or Miami International Airport (MIA);
Travel & Tourism: Sea Cruises via Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale); Sea Cruises via Port of Miami; Sea & River Cruises originating in Europe; 
Travel & Tourism: Hotels; Motels; Golf & Tennis Resorts; Health Resorts; Health Spas; Extended Stay; Seasonal Rental Properties; Vacation Homes; Weekend Vacation Getaways; Corporate Retreats; Honeymoon Packages;
Travel & Tourism: Luggage & Suitcases;
Travel & Tourism; Transportation Services: Airport Ground Transport; Bus Tours; Limousines; Rental Cars; Rental Trucks/Vans; Ride Services; Taxis; Trains; Private Aircraft Rental; Helicopter Rental;
 
Travel & Tourism - Activities, Attractions and Places of Interest: Air Museums; Airboat Rides, Tours/Rental; Alligator Farms; Amusement Parks; Archaeological Sites; Art Galleries; Art Museums; Automobile Racing; Automobile Shows, inc. Classic Cars; Battlefield Tours; Bike Tours/Rentals; Boating; Boat Shows; Bird Watching/Conservation; Botanical Gardens; Bowling; Bowling Tournaments; Center for Plant Conservation facilities; Bowling; Bungee Jumping; Camping & Hiking; Casinos & Gaming; Charter Cruises; Children's Entertainment Centers; Comedy Clubs; Cultural/Historical Boat Tours; Cultural/Historical Bus Tours; Fairgrounds; Film Festivals; Fishing, inc. Fishing Apparel, Fishing Equipment and Fishing Tournaments; Bass Fishing; Salt Water Fishing; Fishing Piers; Florida State Aquatic Preserves; Florida State Folk Cultural Centers; Florida State Historical Monuments; Florida State Historical Parks; Florida State Museums; Florida State Parks; Florida State Recreation Areas; Florida State Wildlife Refuges; Golf, inc. Golf Apparel, Golf Equipment and Golf Tournaments; History Museums; Horse Riding; Hunting & Shooting; Indian Reservations; Jai Alai frontons; Kayaking; Kite Boarding; Marine Aquariums; Museums; Music Concerts; National Forests; National Historic Landmarks; National Memorials; National Monuments; National Parks; National Seashores; National Wildlife Refuges; Nature Preserves; Nightclubs; Outlet Shopping Malls; Railroad Museums; Rodeos; Scuba Diving & Snorkeling, inc. Scuba Equipment & Scuba Instruction; Science Museums/Centers, inc. Planetariums; Sea Cruises; Shopping Malls; Sky Diving; Speedways; Sporting Events; Tennis, inc. Tennis Apparel, Tennis Equipment, Tennis Instruction and Tennis Tournaments heatre; Trampoline; Thoroughbred Horse Racing; Tropical Gardens; Visitors/WelcomeCenters; Water Parks, inc. Body Slides/Wave Pools; Wake Boarding; Water Skiing; Zip Lines; Zoos;
 
Alcohol, Soft Drink, Wine & Spirits: Bars, Breweries & Pubs: Domestic, Import and Craft Beers; Wholesale Distributors; Ice Distributors;
 
Cooking/Food, Restaurant types: Argentinean; Asian; Bagels & Appetizers; Bakery; Bar & Grill; Barbecue/BBQ; Bistro; Breakfast Specialty; Brazilian; Brazilian Steakhouse & Churrascaria; Bread; Breakfast; Brunch; Buffalo Wings; Buffet; Cafes; Casual Dining; Chicken Specialty; Chilean; Chinese; Chinese Buffet; Coffee House; Colombian; Comedy Clubs; Country Cooking; Cuban; Cuban Coffee; Delicatessen; Diner; Donut Shops; English; Ethiopian; European Bakery; Fine Dining; Fish & Chips; French; French Bakery; French Patissiere;German; German Bakery; Greek; Grinders; Gyros; Halal; Hamburger Joints; Health Food; Hispanic Food; Homemade; Hungarian; Indian; Indonesian; Italian; Italian Bakery; Italian Ristorante; Japanese; Japanese Buffet; Japanese Oishii Grill; Japanese Steak House; Karaoke; Korean; Kosher; Lebanese; Lobster; Mediterranean; Mexican; Moroccan; Organic; Oysters; Pancakes; Peruvian; Philly Cheese Steaks; Pitmaster Barbecue; Pizza; Pulled Pork; Ribs; Russian; Salvadoran; Sausage; Seafood; Sicilian; Smoothies; Southern Cooking, Spanish; Sports Bar & Grill; Steak House; Sub Sandwiches; Surf & Turf; Sushi; Tacos; Tapas; Taverna; Tea Room; Thai; Turkey; Turkish; Vegetarian; Vegan; Venezuelan; Vietnamese; Wraps; Yogurt;
 
Cooking/Food, Service: Catering Firms; Wholesale Food Distributors; -Cooking/Food, Specialty Shops: Bagels & Appetizers; Bakery; Bistro; Cakes; Candy; Chocolate; Coffee; Cookies; Country Store; Dairy; Delicatessen; Donuts; Ethnic; Farmers Market; Gourmet Food; Grilled; Hallal; Health Food; Hispanic/Latin; Ice Cream; Meat; Pretzels; Produce Markets; Seafood; Snack Food; Tea; Vegan; Vegetarian; Wine; Yogurt/Smoothies; -Cooking/Food, Instruction: Bartending Classes; Cooking Classes;
 
Cooking/Food, Products: Coffee Makers; Coolers; Cutlery; Fine China; Glassware; Kitchen Appliances, Large & Small; Kitchen Furniture; Kitchen Ware; Stemware;
 
(Issue) Advocacy ads, for or against issues/legislation involving Cultural, Government, Political or Social issues, by groups or individuals;
 
ATVs/Motorcycles/Golf Carts/Utility Carts: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease/Repair, New & Used & Rebuilt; Insurance, inc. Accessories & Clothing; Motorcycle Insurance;
RVs: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease; New & Used; RV Insurance;
 
Auto/Truck: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease; New & Used & Rebuilt, by Consumers; Auto/Truck: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease; New & Used & Rebuilt, by Dealerships;
Auto/Truck: Mobility Conversion Vans;
Auto/Truck*: Parts, Services and Supplies, inc. Air Conditioning; Air Ride; Alarms & Security Systems; Alignments; Batteries; Belts; Brakes; Computer Diagnostic Services; Engines; Fender Flares; Goose Necks; Head Rests; Head Rest DVD players; Hitches; Horns; Hoses; License Plate holders; Locks; Mufflers; Oil & Lubrication; Radiators; Sound Systems; Sunroofs; Tires; Window Tinting; Tonneaus; Tonneaus Covers; Tow Bars; Trailers for ATVs/Motorcycles; Turn Rotors; Windshields;


Auto/Truck: Insurance; Car Wash/Wax/Customizing/Detailing; Auto/Truck*: Mechanics & Repairs; Paint & Body; Antique Auto Restoration & Maintenance; Pickup Truck Toppers; Wraps
 
Marine: Boats, Yachts & Personal Watercraft -Buy/Sell/Rent/Repair; Yacht Brokers; Docking/Marina Storage Facilities; Boat Equipment & Supplies, inc. Engines and Trailers; Boat Furniture; Boat Designers; Fishing Tackle; Fishing rods and reels; Power poles;
 
Banking & Financial Services: Consumer Banks/Lending; Commercial Lending; Credit Unions; Financial Portfolio Management; Private Banking; Retirement Planning; Stock Brokers; Brokerage Houses; Wealth Management; Annuities; Securities; IRAs; Life Insurance; Municipal Bonds; Options; Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs); Investment Advisory Services; Investor software;
 
Beauty & Fashion: Barber & Hair Styling; Nail Salons; Cosmetics; Makeup; Perfumes; Modeling Agencies; Fashion Design; Fashion Shows; -Bicycle Shops: Buy/Sell/Repair; Bike Equipment; Bike Wear; promotion for upcoming Bike Races;
 
Book Publishing: New releases; Book Signings and Speaking Events;
 
Cable TV & Satellite Services
Cell Phone: Buy/Sell/Repair


Charities/Philanthropy/Non-Profit Foundations: Announcements for Benefits; Events, Fund Drives; Fundraisers; Silent Auctions; List of Benchmarks or Milestones;
Cloud and Enterprise Solutions: Commercial applications; Data Loss Prevention; Email Providers; Market solutions; Technical support;


Public Policy: Announcements for meetings, forums, workshops, symposia, conventions;

Cultural, Historical & Performing Arts: Antique Districts; Art Councils; Art Galleries & Dealers; Art Museums; Ballet Companies; Chorale Society; Dance Troupes; Drama Societies; Dramatic Theater: Amateur & Professional; Fashion Shows; Film Festivals; Film Societies; Historical Districts; Historical Societies; History Museums; Opera Companies; Philharmonic Society; Symphony Orchestras; Zoological Societies;
 
Entrepreneurs/High-Technology/Venture Capital: Announcements for First & Second Round Funding by Angel Investors and/or Business Incubators; Announcements for Employment; Announcements for Industry Conferences, Conventions, Hackathons, Seminars, Symposia, tedX events or Trade Shows; Announcements for Networking Events; Tech Office Park rental/leasing; Research & Development centers; Tech Districts; consumer tech, seed financing
 
Advertising/Communications/Marketing: Professional Artists/Illustrators/Photographers;
Advertising agencies; Brand Management; Community Outreach; Computer Graphics; Customer Relations; Direct Marketing; Event Planning; Government Relations; Graphic Design; Lobbying firms; Mail Marketing; Marketing Research; Media Relations; Polling firms, inc. Focus Group facilities; Public Relations agencies; Social Media consultants; Strategic Planning consultants;
Talent agencies; Website development; 3-D Imaging;
 

Apparel & Fashion, for Infants, Children, Men, Women, Teens/Juniors; Plus Size
Apparel & Fashion: Boutiques; Cheap-Chic; Consignment; Department Stores; Designer & Haute Couture; Thrift Stores; Vintage Shop; Western Wear;
Apparel & Fashion: Alterations; Dry Cleaners; Tailors;
Apparel & Fashion, Men: Athletic Wear; Bespoke; Big & Tall; Business Attire; Formal Wear; Sports Wear;
Apparel & Fashion, Men: Belts; Boots; Hats; Jewelry; Shoes; Shoe Repair;
Apparel & Fashion, Women: Athletic Wear; Bridal Shops; Business Wear; Couture;
Cruise Wear; Fitness Wear; Formal Wear; Lingerie; Plus Size; Seasonal Attire; Sports Wear; Swim Wear;
Apparel & Fashion, Women: Belts; Boots; Handbags; Hats; Jewelry; Purses; Shoes; Shoe Repair;
 
Commercial Printing & Copying; Outdoor Advertising, inc. Signs & Graphics; Sign Making; T-Shirts; Vehicle Wrap Signs & Graphics;
 
Computer/IT/Internet: Buy/Sell/Repair; Computer Games; Computer Security; Computer Supplies; Computer Software Development; Computer Software Instruction; Network Development; Website Development; Website Analytics; Computer Coding classes;
 
Construction Firms, General Contractors & Home Builders: Residential; Co
mmercial Properties; Planned Residential Communities; Office Parks;
 
Consulting, Personal & Professional Services: Accountants; Business Consultants; Certified Appraisers for Estate, Insurance, Jewelry and Fine Arts Certified Appraisers for Business, Commercial and Industrial Real Estate; Arborists; Architects; Auctioneers; Bio-Medical Engineers; Bookkeepers; Certified Home Inspectors; Chemical Engineers; Chemists; Civil Engineers;
Commercial Development consultants; Communications consultants; Community Outreach
consultants; Construction Management; Counseling; Designers; Economists; Electrical Engineers; Employee Benefits Consultants; Engineering Firms; Environmental Designers; Environmental Engineers; Event Management; Event Planners; Executive Recruiting; Fashion Designers; General Contractors; Government Relations; Industrial Engineers; Investment Brokers; Land Engineers; Landscape Architects; Lobbying firms; Marketing Research; Mechanical Engineers; Media
Relations consultants; Modeling agencies; Mortgage Brokers; Nonprofit Management; Party Planners; Personal Fitness Trainers; Political Campaign Consultants; Private Investigations; Professional Photography; Project Management; Property Management; Psychologists; Public Relations; Realtors; Social Media Consultants; Surveyors; Tax Preparation; Technology Consultants; Temporary Employment Agencies; Transportation/Traffic Consultants; Urban Design; Water Engineers; Wedding Planners; Professional Associations; Yoga Trainers;
 
Education, for Children & Adults: Evening Adult Education; Business School; Charter Schools; Colleges; Continuing Education; Day Schools; Graduate School; K-12 Parochial/Religious Schools; K-12 Private Schools; Law Schools; Medical Schools; Online Education; Pre-K Nurseries; Prep &
Tutoring Services for Admission Tests; Universities; K-12 School Uniforms;
 
Education/ Instruction/Tutoring, for Children & Adults: Computer Instruction, inc. Coding; Computer Graphics; Computer Software; Computer Coding; Continuing Education & professional Development; Driving School; Personalized Tutoring; Cram Schools; Billiards; Golf; Horse Riding; Judo; Karate; Martial Arts; Taekwondo; Tennis; Scuba Diving; Swimming; Biomechanics Sports Instruction; Ballet; Ballroom Dancing; Jazz Dance; Modern Dance; Hot Yoga; Pilates; Yoga; Zumba; Foreign Languages; Music Lessons: Instrument/Singing/Vocal; Painting; Writing Classes; Bartending Classes; Cooking Classes; Prep classes for GRE, GMAT, LSAT; MCAT;
 
Event Planning firms & Rental Venues, inc. Concierge, Food & Hospitality staffing for Conferences, Conventions, Seminars & Special Events; Corporate Events; Anniversaries; Bar Mitzvahs; Birthdays; Commitment Ceremonies; Quinces; Special Events; Weddings;
 
Furniture, for Home; Office; Boat; Outdoor Furniture, inc. for Decks, Pools,
Patios, Spas;
 
Gas Station & Convenience Stores for Aventura; Hallandale Beach; Hollywood
 
Healthcare/Medicine - Dentistry: Family Dentistry; Dental Centers; Dental Surgery; Crowns; Dentures; Implants;
Healthcare/Medicine - Opthamology; Optometry; Eyeglass Exams; ContactLenses; Prescription Eyeglass/Sunglass sales;
Healthcare/Medicine: Ambulances; Doctors; Nursing; Clinical Research; Medical Practice Groups & Specialties: Allergy; Bariatric; Cancer Care; Cardiac Care; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Chiropractors; Cosmetic Surgery; Botox; Glycolic Peels; Dermatology; Electromyography;

Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Gastroenterology; Geriatric; Heart & Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Neurology; Obstetrics/Gynecology; Oncology; Orthopedics; Osteopathic; Pediatrics; Podiatry; Psychiatry; Psychotherpy; Spine Injuries; Spinal Surgery;
Healthcare/Medicine: Cancer Centers; Elder Care; E.R. Clinics; Convalescent Centers; Hospitals; Medical Centers; Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers; Assisted Living Facilities (ALF); Hospices;
Healthcare/Medicine: Addiction/Substance Abuse Counseling; Massage Therapy; Mental Health Counseling; Nutrition/Diet Counselors, inc. Supplies; Occupational Therapy; Outpatient Centers; Physical Therapy; Private Nursing staffing; Rehabilitation Centers; Senior Counseling; Wellness Clinics;

Healthcare/Medicine: Prevention campaigns for Diabetes; Liver Cancer; Skin Cancer; Stroke;
 
Healthcare/Medicine - Med-Tech: Medical Equipment & Supplies for Medical Professionals, Clinics & Hospitals; Mobility stores, inc. Lift Chairs; Porch Lifts; Power Chairs; Scooters; Stair Lifts; Wheelchairs; 3/4 Wheeled Walkers;
 
Home & Office – Products & Services: Appraisals; Bathrooms; Bedrooms; Bedroom Furniture; Blinds & Shutters; Carpets & Rugs; Closets; Commercial Refrigeration; Dishwashers; Driveways; Duct Work Cleaning, Inspection, Replacement & Modification; Entertainment/Game Rooms; Fireplace; Exercise Room; Fitness Center; Floor Coverings; Foyer; Freezers; Garage Doors, Residential & Commercial, inc. customizing & repairs; Garages; Gutters; Hobby Room; Home Office; Ice Machine; Keg Cooler; Kitchen; Kitchen Appliances; Kitchen Cabinets; Kitchen Cabinet Resurfacing; Kitchen Countertops; Living Room Furniture, inc.
cushions, pillows, etc.; Microwave Ovens; Ovens/Stoves; Refrigerators; Toasters; Washers; Dryers; TVs; Air Conditioning, Heating, Ventilation; Indoor Air Quality Evaluation; Carpentry; Carpet Cleaning; Ceramics; Certified Home Inspections; Drywall repair; Fans; Furnace; Glazers; Hardware; Interior Design; Irrigation; Lighting; Mirrors; Painting; Pest Extermination; Power Washing; Plumbing; Roofing; Room Additions; Screen Enclosures; Masonry; Stone; Tile; Tile & Grout Cleaning; Upholstery; Water Heaters; Duct/Exhaust Cleaning; Cleaning Services; Window Tinting; Water Filtration Systems; Window Shutters; Cleaning Services; Kitchen/Bathroom Remodeling; Room Additions; Exterior Siding; Ceiling Retexturing; Outdoor Sheds/Barns/Carports/RV Ports/

Garages
 
Home & Office - Products & Services*: for Backyard Decks; Boat Decks; Boat Docks; Boat Launch; Curbs; Fences; Firepits; Gazebos; Hot Tubs; Jacuzzis; Lawns; Outdoor Furniture, inc. outdoor cushions, pillows, umbrella; Patios; Pergolas; Retaining Walls; Spas; Swimming Pools; Terraces; Fertilizer; Lawn & Garden: Gardening; Irrigation & Well Drilling; Landclearing; Landscaping; Lawn Care; Lawn Mowers & Repair; Plant Nursery; Outdoor Kitchens; Sod
Installers, Commercial & Residential; Tree Trimming; Pressure Washing; Brick Pavers; Stone; Tile; Well Drilling;
 
Home & Office - Security/Communications Systems
Home Energy: Oil & Natural Gas; Eco-friendly products from "Green"
stores;
Home Organization Products for Bedrooms, Garages, Attics & Basements;
Home Repair/Rehabilitation/Restoration;
Hurricane Preparedness: Supplies, inc. Emergency Generators;
Insurance: Auto; Business; Health; Home; Life; Marine; Rental; Travel; Home Adjustors;
 
Legal Services: Agriculture Practice; Automobile Accidents; Bankruptcy; Business & Commercial Law; Communications Law; Construction Law; Criminal Law; Divorce; Elder Law; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Estate Planning; Family Law; Foreclosure; HOA Law; Juvenile Law; Labor Law; Land Use & Zoning; Maritime Law; Medical Malpractice; Medical & Nursing Home Malpractice; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Probate; Real Estate & Title Insurance; Retirement Planning; Social Security Disability; Sports Law; Taxation; Tax Planning; Trademark; Veterans Benefits; Wills & Trusts; Workers' Compensation; Power of Attorney; Living Wills; Health Care Surrogate; Joint Trust packages; Law School Admissions; LSAT Preparation; Paralegal & Professional Staffing; Career Development; Announcements for Employment; Annoucements for Legal/Bar Networking events;
 
Music: Artists & Bands; Artists Promotion; Musical Instruments; Musical Supplies; Music Recording Studios; Concert Venues; Ticket Agencies; Artist Booking, Management & Consulting;
 
Personal Fitness: Sports Gyms, Health & Fitness Clubs, YMCA; Personal Trainers; Fitness Apparel; Exercise Equipment; Yoga Classes & Clothing;


Pets & Pet Care: Pet Food; Pet Supplies; Dog Grooming; Dog Walkers; Equine Medicine; Pet-Sitting; Boarding Kennels; Small Animal Veterinary practice; Large Animal Veterinary practice; Animal Hospitals; Horse Riding facilities, inc. Ponies for children's parties;
 
Real Estate, Residential - Buy/Sell/Rent: Apartments; Condominiums; Estates; Farms; Lofts; Single-Family Homes; Townhouses; Investment Opportunities; Retirement Communities; Waterfront Cottages; Weekend Vacation Getaways; by Individuals, Realtors or Realty firms; Relocation specialists;
Real Estate, Residential & Commercial: Appraisal Firms; Architects; Construction firms; Home Repair; Interior Design; Investment opportunities; Mortgage Lending; Real Estate Management Insurance;
Real Estate, Commercial –Buy/Sell/Rent: Realty Firms; Industrial Parks; Technology Parks; Land Development firms;
 
Shopping, Specialty Retail: Antiques & Collectibles; Arts & Crafts; Auto Supplies;
Bait & Tackle; Barbers; Beach Wear; Beauty Salons, inc. Skin care; Bicycle Shop; Books & Magazines; Bridal Shops; Carpets & Tiles; Carpet Cleaning; Cell Phones; Cigars & Tobacco; Coin Shops; Comic Books & Sci-Fi; Computers & Computer Repair; Cosmetics; Diamonds; Draperies & Upholstery; Drug Stores & Pharmacies, inc. ads for OTC & Prescription medicine; E-Cigarettes; Electronics, inc. TV/Stereo/Home Entertainment;
Electronic Repairs; Ethnic stores; Exterminators; Fabric & Sewing; Fitness Apparel; Florist; Mens Formal Wear; Furniture, for Indoor, Outdoor & Office; Glass & Mirror; Gold, Silver, & Precious  Metals; Golf & Tennis, inc. Apparel, Equipment and Instruction; Graphic Design; Greeting Cards & Gifts; Hair Salons; Hardware, inc. Keys; Health Food & Vitamins; Hobby Shop; Home Appliances; Home Improvement; Housewares; Insurance; Jewelers,
inc. Watches; Locksmith, inc. Key sales; Leather Goods; Indoor & Outdoor Lighting; Lingerie; Lumber; Mattress & Bedding; Medical Equipment; Medical Supplies; Mexican Tienda; Nail Salons; Office Supplies; Optical & Sunglasses; Outdoor Sports, inc. Camping, Hiking & Fishing, inc. Fishing Equipment & Bait; Paint;  Party Supplies & Party Costumes; Pawn Shop; Perfume; Photography; Plumbing;  Pottery; Printing; Realtors; Sign & Banners; Sports Wear; Stationary & Engraving; Sporting Goods; Swim Wear; Toys; Travel Agencies; Upholstery;  Online stores;
 
Large Retailing: Department Stores; Drug Stores; Grocery Stores; Home Improvement Stores; Pharmacies;
 

Large Retailing, areas: Antique District; Arts District; Business Improvement Districts; Design District; Duty Free Zones; Enterprise Zones; Fashion/Garment District; Financial District; Fish Markets; Flea Markets; Historic District; Outlet Malls; Produce Markets; Shopping Arcades/Bazaars; Shopping Malls/Arcades; Tech Districts;
 
Aerospace Industry


Agribusiness/Agriculture, Real Estate: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease: Country Estates; Hobby Farms & Ranches; Lifestyle real estate properties; Rural retreats; Working Farms & Ranches;
 
Agribusiness/Agriculture: Barn construction; Equipment/Products/Services/Supplies;
Agriculture Irrigation; Botanical Gardens; Citrus Industry; Citrus Juice producers; Citrus nurseries; Citrus products; Commodity Crop dusting; Crop Fertilizer & Solutions; Crop Insurance; Crop Protection; Crop Science; Dairy Industry; Ecosystem Restoration; Exotic and Nuisance Plant
Control; Farm Bureau; Farm property Insurance; Farmers Markets; Farming Equipment; Farming Industry; Irrigation Services; Land Management; Low chill Peach tree nurseries & suppliers; Nature Preservation; Plant Nurseries; Ranching Industry; Soil analysis; Soil reclamation; Vegetable
seed companies; Wetland & Upland Restoration and Creation;
 
Agribusiness/Agriculture: Cattlemen's Association; 4-H; FFA; Florida Citrus mutual; Florida Citrus Processors Association; Florida Dept. of Agriculture; Rodeo associations; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture;
 
Air Cargo & Package/Shipping Services
Aircraft: Charter Leasing/Rentals; Parts & Supplies; Service & Maintenance;
Aluminum products & services
Ambulances
Artisans: Ceramics; Ethnic Art; Fabrication; Furniture; Painting; Pottery; Sculpting; Textiles; Welding; Woodworking;

Associations & Clubs: Nonprofit; Professional; Trade;
Auctions/Auctioneers
Audio Visual Equipment: Leasing/Rental/Repair
Audiology: Diagnostics/Audiologists
 
Economic Planning & Development/Business Improvement Districts
 
Energy: Energy Saving Systems for Residential & Commercial; Distributors
of Electricity, Natural Gas, Oil;
Foreign Trade & Commerce, inc. Economic Trade shows

Funeral Homes/Cremation Services/Mortuaries


Import & Export firms


Industrial Hardware, Machine Shop, Metal Works: Drilling, Iron & Steel Fabricationfor Residential & Commercial properties;-Logistics, Shipping & Transportation: Commercial & Consumer Delivery Services; Moving Companies & Moving Supplies, inc. Rental Trucks
Personal Security/Surveillance/Bodyguards/Private Investigators
Private Clubs and Associations: Management Services
 
Radio: Programming promotion
Religious: Books/Clothing/Day School & Instruction
Sports & Athletics: Sporting Good stores; Sports Collectible & Memorabilia Stores; Game ticket sales;
Storage/Warehouse Centers: Residential & Commercial Self-storage Rental Units; Industrial Warehouses; Cold Storage Warehouses;
Television & Cable TV: Programming promotion

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Broward County residents increasingly dismayed by brazenness of Broward County Schools Supt. Robert W. Runcie & Broward School Board's Ann Murray and Rosalind Osgood's actions re bond $$ transparency & oversight; @Florida_Bulldog @Buddynevins












Florida Bulldog
Broward School Board backs Runcie on keeping public off selection committee
By William Hladky, FloridaBulldog.org
May 26, 2015

In the face of public suspicion, a majority of the Broward School Board last week allowed Superintendent Robert Runcie’s move to exclude the public from sitting on a committee that will select companies to manage $800 million in voter-approved construction projects.

The suspicion: that Runcie and Derek Messier, his chief facilities officer, want to get around contracting reforms imposed after a scandal in order to control who gets the lucrative management
contracts.

The selection committee’s members will be school board employees only.
School officials have said the public will be able to observe the process, but will not participate.


Read the rest of the article at:
http://www.floridabulldog.org/2015/05/broward-school-board-backs-runcie-on-keeping-public-off-selection-committee/

In many parts of the country, both urban and rural, African-American School Board members often provide a powerful voice for needed reason and basic fairness within the larger community, and frequently, even provide a much-needed moral/ethical backbone and force-multiplier for people and groups who are routinely marginalized by parts of society.
And when they are the superintendents, well...

As we all know, though, in upside-down Broward County, it's Broward taxpayers and citizens in favor of reform and accountability who are consistently marginalized and not just taken advantage of, but played for suckers, by incompetent and corrupt elected officials and agencies. (Over-and-over again.)

But it looks like those particular facts, self-evident to me and so many of you receiving this email, are news to Broward School Board member Rosalind Osgood, someone whom I warned you all about many years ago when she first ran and I discussed her strange notions of conflicts of interest, sense of entitlement and Good Government.

This Florida Bulldog article from earlier this week makes it abundantly clear that Osgood -along with SE Broward's own ethical/moral burden and blemish, Ann Murray- wants to be a voice for keeping the public in the dark as much as possible about how hundreds of millions of dollars are dividied up.
Yes, the better to help her loyal corporate friends!

As this article makes clear, simply by reciting the simple facts and chronology, once again, Broward County's top educators are revealed to be both an outlier to any notions of Best Practices, and an acute embarrassment to the very citizenry they're supposed to represent and the children they are supposed to serve.

It's just as my friend Charlotte Greenbarg and I -and many otherspredicted, and told anyone and everyone who'd listen in the months prior to the vote on the Broward School Board bond issue.
The Broward School Board and its smug, unctuous army of highly-paid and self-confident bureaucrats are like the scorpion in the fable of the scorpion and the frog.
They can't help themselves -it's who they are. Surprise!

Except it could not be clearer that it's Broward taxpayers who are being stung!

Some predicates for the above:
MAY 13, 2013
Spring 2013 Observations re Broward School Board: controversial District 1 member Ann Murray gets a challenge from someone who'll go right at her, Felicia Brunson -will a third viable candidate join them by 2014?; Broward School Auditor Patrick Reilly finds more appalling evidence of School system's waste of taxpayer dollars, and as usual, Broward civic activist and Audit Comm. member Charlotte Greenbarg is 100% correct in analyzing the situation and saying it's what we think, too -it's the usual toxic combination of insubordination, entitlement and longstanding incompetency
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/spring-2013-observations-re-broward.html

NOVEMBER 13, 2012
More business-as-usual at Broward School Board is NOT good news for students, parents or taxpayers; Why the need by Broward Schools officials to impose omertà on school volunteers in Broward?; the very curious Hallandale High School roof situation reveals much about School Board's culture; Why is South Florida news media largely ignoring Broward Schools Diversity Comm. and their Audit Comm.?
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-business-as-usual-at-broward.html


Dave
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Personal thoughts on the proposed idea of a gondola going across the Potomac River, next to Key Bridge, from Washington DC's Georgetown area to Arlington County's Rosslyn Metro station. Naturally, it causes me to recall crossing it on 9/11. Don't ruin the views of that iconic bridge -and the iconic views FROM it. NO to the #gondola









GreaterGreaterWashington blog
Yes, it's worth looking into a gondola in DC 
by Topher Mathews 
May 29, 2015


Having lived in Arlington County for about 15 years from 1988-2003, a mile north of Ballston Metro, conservatively, I've walked across Key Bridge about a thousand-plus times to get to and from Georgetown and Downtown DC from Arlington. 
It actually could be even more times, since I also worked part-time for a few years at stores in Georgetown, both at the Abercrobie & Fitch in the Georgetown Mall in the early '90's, and years later at the Barnes & Noble Superstore .and often walked home at night after closing.

USA Today's Susan Page was a very frequent visitor at Barnes & Noble, especially baseball-related books, and A&F was where I'd first told then-U.S. Rep. Bill Richardson -whom I was a big admirer of- just what I'd heard and read about the newly-elected to the House Bernie Sanders of Vermont, after he admitted that he'd never heard of him before.

Many if not most walks across the bridge came on weekends when the Metro runs less frequently and I could walk to Georgetown and its great Washington Harbour area, one that I so often used as a second home for writing purposes, in about 75 minutes.
Roughly the same amount of time as walking to Ballston Metro and waiting and waiting and waiting... and then walking to Georgetown from the Foggy Bottom metro next to GWU, George Washington University.
If the weather was even halfway nice I'd usually walk, especially on sunny Sundays when I could listen to sports radio on my walk into Georgetown and not really think so much about the distance.
If you hadn't already caught on from previous posts over the past eight years, I'm a longtime walker from way back...

As I've written about previously here on the blog, including back on September 11th, 2011, 

9/11 -George F. Will on the American landscape ten years after 9/11: Commemoration can’t heal what is self-inflicted

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-george-f-will-on-american-landscape.html


that includes my experiences on 9/11, walking from my office on Pennsylvania Avenue opposite the DOJ and the FBI, and walking' the seven-plus miles or so home because, 

a.) the Metro was packed like sardines times ten, and, frankly,
b.) I didn't want to be underground for so long and not know what was going on.

Everyone in my office had been kept informed via my awesome portable Sony radio the size of a sub sandwich, which had TV station audio reception back then, before FCC's Digital TV changes changed that.
We all listened to the audio of NBC's Today Show, but I didn't personally see footage of collapsing WTC Towers until hours later, at the Baltimore Orioles team store in downtown DC around the corner from NY Times Washington bureau, where I headed after my building was ordered to evacuate because of the fears that a plane -what we later came to all know was United #93- would be used to attack the Capitol Building or the White House.

Bud Verge was a friend I'd met and the very savvy and friendly manger of the O's Team store then, and it was there while he waited for his wife to come pick him that watching a TV that usually was running Orioles team highlights, that I first saw the two Towers fall.
Then I walked over to the NY Times Washington bureau to hear what some of  my friends and their colleagues had heard or was being reported, before I decided to finsih my walk home, a little bit better infromed than I had been when the fighter jets were flying directly overhead.

Lots of other north Arlington residents I know walked home by choice across Key Bridge from downtown DC or even Capitol Hill because they shared the same concerns I had, that given everything that had already happened that morning, to say nothing of all the rumors we heard reported at the time, like the State Dept. being partially-bombed, something would or could happen on the Metro -or to it.

With my work clothes in my gym bag over my shoulder and that radio under my left arm like a football, every few minutes I'd stop and let a group of passersby catch their breath, too. and together, we'd get caught up on what we "knew" at the time via uncertain voices reporting "facts" from DC or NYC.
And all you could do was shake your head at what you were hearing.

That was never more the case then when standing halfway across Key Bridge over the Potomac looking at the nearby Washington Monument, looming larger than ever.
I still remember exactly how that felt.

So yeah, while I understand the arguments for studying the gondola idea cited by GreaterGreaterWashington, I'm firmly against a gondola that would ruin the view of that iconic bridge and the views that you can see FROM it.
Let 'em walk across the bridge.
Or call Uber or lyft.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Ray Downs latest article about poorly-managed Hallandale Beach causes reasonable people to ask: How many more times must residents of Hallandale Beach ask who's more consistently incompetent and lax, the Broward State's Attorney Office or the Hallandale Beach Police Dept.? @RayDowns




Broward NewTimes
Why Hallandale Beach Paid $150,000 to Family of Unarmed Man Shot by Cop  
By Ray Downs 
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Honestly, how many more times must residents of Hallandale Beach ask who's more consistently incompetent and lax, the Broward State's Attorney Office or the Hallandale Beach Police Dept.?
Just when you think it can't get any worse, #EvenWorse knocks on the door and enters, as today's amazing article by Ray Downs makes clear.
Ever see the initial or final report done 2 years ago by the independent Police consultants re HBPD's request for accreditation, and the Dept.'s response?
I ask because I spoke for quite a bit to the consultants with lots of facts, figures and jaw-dropping anecdotes they'd never heard about previously, anecdotes that fairly illustrated the sad reality of policing here.

Judging by their puzzled reaction in this newest story, I highly doubt the elected members of the HB City Commission have actually read the accreditation reports, all this time later.
Feel free to draw your own conclusions about the Commission's curious work ethic and laissez-faire attitude about fully upholding their job responsibilities and finally holding the HB Police Dept. accountable for its actions and
behavior.

Fortunately, the Broward SAO contest will be one of the most-important election races in all of Broward next year, as new people with energy and determination, to say nothing of a desire to FINALLY bring it firmly into the 21st Century, seek to replace the present myopic embarrassment of a State's Attorney we have in Mr. Satz, and his equally ineffectual and unresponsive staff with people who see their job as SAO as being pro-active and fully-engaged with the community in practice, not just for photo-ops.

Those new candidates for Satz's job won't be quiet all year about that race even if the South Florida news media tries to snooze away the year like they did in 2012, when as I blogged at the time, the Miami Herald's first real story about the campaign actually ran AFTER Early Voting had started and AFTER the paper's Editorial Board had already endorsed Satz.
Sorry, that's not quality #journalism.