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  YOUR TURN, MY TURN: TEACHER DRINKS MORE KOOL AID  
     --  Continuation of our teacher's attempt to defend the indefensible.
  SCHOOL BOARD: NO SCAM, IT'S AMNESIUS CONVIENTADIUS  
     -- Half the supposedly "empty seats" in no longer needed portables?  For shame!  
     
  SCHOOL BOARD: GIVE TEACHERS A BONUS THIS YEAR  
     -- With no raises for two years and the prospect of more, it's a good idea.  
  MEDIA: SECOND THOUGHTS ON GUILT BY ASSOCIATION  
     -- Let's take a different look at guilt by association.  
  YOUR TURN, MY TURN: A TEACHER DRINKS PAT'S KOOL AID  
     -- It was bound to happen.  Teachers are being mislead by BTU misinformation.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: PAT SANTERAMO'S "CLEAR MESSAGE."  
     --  Once again, the message is; "better shape up this year and give us what we want."  
  COMMENTARY: SEVEN YEARS IS TOO MUCH FOR DIANA  
      -- With advanced Parkinson's seven years can be a life sentence.  
  ELECTIONS: OF JEWISH NAMES AND JEWISH THINGS  
     -- The "Elect me, I'm a Jew" ploy did not work this time.  Thank goodness!  
  SCHOOL BOARD: HOW'S THE HOPE AND CHANGE WORKING?  
     -- From driving cars held togehter with spit and glue to a Lexus SUV in four years?  
  SCHOOL BOARD: NOT OVER YET BUT PLENTY OF SHOUTING  
     -- No real surprises on Primary Day.  Three wins and three runoff races to go.  
  WATCHING BROWARD POLL - SCHOOL BOARD TERM LIMITS  
     Something new...  I'll be taking polls from time to time on different issues.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: OLD STORY ON CORRUPTION... OR IS IT?  
     -- I've been debunking corruption stories from memory.  Here it is from history.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: MAYERSOHN DOESN'T GET IT  
     -- Mayersohn's response is knee jerk reactionary rather than realistic or logical.  
  POLITICS: ABOMINATION 101  
     -- Take a good look at the photo of volunteers forced to stand or sit in car trunks.  
  SUNRISE: COMMISSIONERS STONEWALL RESIDENTS  
     --  "If we do it for the Pinks, we'll have to do it for everybody."   
  COUNTY: EARLY VOTE CAMPAIGNERS FORCED TO STAND  
     -- There's a new Mason Dixon line in Broward. Campaigners are being forced to stand.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: HANDICAPPED SON LEFT TO BAKE IN SUN  
     -- The harsh rays of the Florida sun are not for the handicapped with no shade.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: DISTRICT 4 IS THE RACE TO WATCH  
     --  With no money to speak of, this race might set a new standard.  
  MEDIA: PULP EXPOSES HIS NEED TO BREAK THE RULES  
     -- Pulp says I'm a sleaze for advocating a trace.  What next?  Hang the infidels?  
  MEDIA: MAYBE THE TERRIBLE TWO SHOULD APPOINT JUDGES  
     --  Take the politics out of Judicial placement?  It's totally impossible.  
  COUNTY: PARDON ME, BUT IS EARLY VOTING A WASTE?  
     -- Limited hours block out the very voters it was created for.  
  YOUR TURN, MY TURN - ABIGAIL PRICE ON TRAVIS WILLIAMSON  
     -- Reader Abigail Price challenges me on my recommendation for District 7  
  MEDIA: ODE TO THE POND SCUM OF BROWARD COUNTY  
     -- Take a good look at how pond scum operates and who the goofballs really are.  
  MEDIA:  NORMAN MISLEADS HIS READERS ONCE AGAIN  
     -- Norman's M.O.  To boldy go where no half truth has gone before.  
  SUNRISE: MYSTERY FLYER FLIES AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT  
     --  In a really bad Science Fiction moment, I split myself into 10 people to hand it out.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: RUPERT'S BROKEN CAMPAIGN PROMISE  
     -- $2,150 in LOBBYIST MONEY so far. So much for ending lobbyist influence.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: NOT FAR ENOUGH ON CUTTING EXPENSES  
     --  The Board needs to stop unlimited accrual of sick and vacation days.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: BUDDY AND BROWARD BEAT ON THE TRAIL  
     -- Sometimes we have wars of opinion, but when he's right, he's right!  
  SCHOOL BOARD: HAS ANYBODY SEEN THIS PALM CARD?  
     --  I can't describe it.  You've got to see it for yourself.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: RE-ELECT JENNIFER GOTTLEIB IN DISTRICT 8  
     --  Gottleib shows herself as an independent thinker looking to improve teaching.  
  SUNRISE: MIKE RYAN LIES TO HIS FORMER ADVISORY BOARD  
     -- Ryan won't admit his Education Day failures, deflects my criticism to board.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: ELECT TRAVIS WILLIAMSON IN DISTRICT 7  
     -- The Board needs real world experience in business and administration.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: MAGISTRATE - "NO RAISES THIS YEAR"  
     -- Watching Broward hits the nail on the head again. Special Magistrate says "no."  
  SUNRISE: WEST BROWARD MOCKS DEBATE...  AGAIN.  
     -- It was the usual pre-arranged candidate gang up.  
  SUNRISE: CANDIDATES WANT RAISES AS RESIDENTS SUFFER  
     -- The Mayoral candidate interviews published in the Sun Sentinel are certainly telling.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: ELECT DAVID "DAVE" THOMAS FOR DISTRICT 4  
     -- Out of a field of 6 candidates, Thomas stands above the pack.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: CORRUPT BTU ENDORSES ANYWAY  
     -- Teachers and voters should forget these names at the ballot box.  
  POLITICS: TWISTS, TURNS AND THE TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION  
     -- Who else donated to the Transplant Foundation?  Little old me, that's who.  
  POLITICS: BR'WD CLEANSWEEP ASKS CANDIDATE QUESTIONS  
     -- The new Facebook Broward CleanSweep asks questions.  Here are my answers.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: KEEP KEVIN TYNAN IN DISTRICT 2  
     -- Tynan was considered a place holder appointment.  He's earned the seat.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: RE-ELECT ANN MURRAY IN DISTRICT 1  
     -- Who better to make recommendations, pontificating Ivory Tower dwellers or me?  
  SCHOOL BOARD: ODE TO UNSUNG HEROES OF THE 14TH FLOOR  
     -- Time to take a look at who really runs the Board office and ultimately the system.  
  TAMARAC: IT'S UNANIMOUS FOR MICHELLE GOMEZ  
     -- City Commission appoints a new Commissioner to replace Patte Atkins Grad  
  SUNRISE: MAYOR WANTS TO LOWER CITY'S WATER RATE  
     -- Mayor Roger Wishner wants to lower rates in line with new engineering study.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: ANOTHER BLOW TO SCORE KEEPER FANTASY  
     -- The $75 million penalty and the FSBA lawsuit just doesn't fit in Keeper's world  
  YOUR TURN, MY TURN - OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS  
     -- New feature on WB.  Teacher Sara Serbnik responds to the article.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS  
     -- Teacher and activist Donna Shubert is misinterpreting facts once again.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: SAY GOODBYE TO THE FOUR STOOGES  
     -- They're breaking up and running as singles. It won't save their campaigns.  
  POLITICS: MEDDLING MORON IRV SLOSBERG WANTS BACK IN  
     -- The six year, one shot wonder, wants his old job back.  At what cost?  
  SCHOOL BOARD: CESSPOOL UPDATE - ODE TO SCORE KEEPER  
     -- Score Keeper's a big source of misinformation to Nevins and Norman.  Read on...  
  SCHOOL BOARD: MORE EVIDENCE THE CESSPOOL'S A FANTASY  
     -- Digging provides an E-mail from the past exposing the reality of construction needs.  
  TAMARAC: DOWN TO THREE FOR COMMISSION APPOINTMENT  
     -- The Commission has narrowed the field of 12 candidates to three.  Who's #3?  
  SCHOOL BOARD: LEARNING THE TRUTH ONE READER AT A TIME  
     -- Readers are getting it as to why too many teachers leave the district within 5 years.  
  SUNRISE: TEMPERS FLARE OVER SUNRISE DEM MEETING  
     -- The word is that witnesses confirm both sides of the story  
  SCHOOL BOARD: ETHICS PANEL SNUBS BOARD MEMBERS  
     -- In what can only be termed as a breach of ethics, the panel won't talk to Board.  
  SUNRISE: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DEAD AT SUNRISE DEM CLUB  
     -- The party of the people is now the party of only some people.  
  TAMARAC: HE'S BAAACK!  STEW WEBSTER'S BACK IN TOWN  
     -- After pretending to live in Coral Springs, Webster's back.  Guess why...  
  MEDIA: CESSPOOL ARTICLE GETS ATTENTION  
     -- An old friend comes to Buddy's defense.  Well she was part of that "cesspool" too.  
  MEDIA: BOARD A CESSPOOL? WHERE WERE NEVINS AND SATZ?  
     --  Everybody's waiting for the game changer.  I've held back long enough.  Here it is.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: MEET THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES  
     -- These four have nothing better to do than waste the voters' time.  
  COUNTY: NO SYMPATHY AT ALL FOR DIANA  
     -- Voting against legal opinion is just plain criminal.  Add to that Richard's Swamp.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: FOUND - DISTRICT 6'S ELUSIVE LYNN SIMON  
     --  It's difficult to find out about newcomers.  Until they want to be found, that is.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: IT'S OFFICIAL - BTU IS NOT ENDORSING  
     -- Sources tell me that candidates have received phone calls.  
  EDUCATION: THESE QUESTIONS DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE FCAT  
     -- Jay Leno interviews Americans about Independence Day.  Happy 4th, folks!  
  SCHOOL BOARD: HAS ANYBODY NOTICED THE SILENCE?  
     -- After plotting to stack the School Board, BTU has gone silent.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: REMEMBER OUR TEACHERS  
     -- For years I've been fighting for fair teacher rases.  Take a look at how bad it is.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: STACK THE HEARING, GET A TEE SHIRT  
     -- BTU wants the Board not to forget.  They should remember EVERYTHING.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: TAKE A LESSON FROM PALM BEACH CLERK  
     -- The Palm Beach County Clerk is cutting unlimited sick and vacation days.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: THE BLACK HOLE THAT WASN'T  
     -- Beachside Montessori Village - mercilessly criticized by those who haven't got a clue.  
  SUNRISE: STEVE FEREN TOOK MONEY FROM CORRUPTOR CHAIT  
     -- The former Sunrise Mayor, took campign money from the Great Corruptor, too.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: BTU PREPARES TO LOSE ANOTHER ROUND  
     -- From their own member briefing it appears that the district will win once again.  
  SUNRISE: CAPED CRUSADER ALU'S E-MAIL TIRADE  
     -- Just think.  Our own caped crusader was missing in action when it counted the most.  
  SUNRISE: MIKE RYAN RESPONDS TO ALU ARTICLE  
     -- Ryan e-mailed me asking for a retraction.  No.  But here's his e-mail and a response.  
  SUNRISE: ALU SOLICITS FOR RYAN FUNDRAISER AT FUNERAL  
     -- Openly soliciting for a campaign fundraiser at a time of grief is just plain twisted.  
  SCHOOL BOARD: GUILT BY ASSOCIATION ALIVE AND WELL  
     -- If being photographed with Barbara Miller is bad, wait until you see this one!  
     
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