Editorials

5 May 2013 at 14 : 46 PM

EDITORIAL: GOP Pols Should Quit Imposing Elizabeth Fago Smith on Taxpayers!

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Featured , News , Palm Beach 0

For the second time in less than a decade, a governor tried to impose Palm Beach Gardens businesswoman Elizabeth Fago Smith onto the taxpaying public -- and for the second time, a governor was embarrassed. How does the word "enough" sound just about now? Businesswoman Fago Smith finally declined her appointment by Gov. Rick Scott to the board of ...

3 February 2013 at 15 : 29 PM

EDITORIAL: Holding Palm Beach Society Hostage

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Featured , Palm Beach 4

Isn't it about time for the grown ups to take over Palm Beach society? That question shouldn't shield the overarching fact that Palm Beach is home to some of the world's most generous people. It's just that a few judgment calls are beneath some of the philanthropists who make them, and give the false impression they might be petty, selfish and ...

24 August 2012 at 09 : 32 AM

EDITORIAL: The Palm Beach Post, Outsourced!

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Featured , Palm Beach 4

Sounds like a joke but it's not. If you're still advertising in The Palm Beach Post by next week, the person handling your ad is likely going to be doing it in some Podunk town in India or a suburb of Manila, The Philippines. That's because your fading, allegedly-local newspaper recently hired an outside company to take on advertisement ...

24 July 2012 at 14 : 31 PM

EDITORIAL: Palm Beach Post’s Dave Aronberg Take Down Smacks of Last Hurrah

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Palm Beach 7

The Palm Beach Post claims its damaging stories about State Attorney candidate Dave Aronberg are to lift the veil off Palm Beach County's power structure. What hypocrisy! Sunday's gigantic installment about Aronberg's relationship with multi-millionaire hot head Marty O'Boyle was about power all right -- the power that The Palm Beach Post ...

18 July 2012 at 11 : 43 AM

EDITORIAL: Tea Party Sounds Off on Story About Allen West’s New Address

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Broward , Editorials , Palm Beach 10

Some of the emails I've received lately make the Tea Party look like the world's largest collection of uneducated trash. Write about a Tea Bagger's minion -- in my case U.S. Congressman Allen West and his move to Palm Beach Gardens on time for the election -- and this is the vitriol you get. From someone named Jamie Williams: To ...

29 May 2012 at 19 : 57 PM

EDITORIAL: Attorney General Pam Bondi Can’t Even Level With The Public About Her Wedding!

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Broward , Editorials , Miami , Palm Beach 5

A day that should have been the greatest in Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's life -- well, Saturday was to be her third time at the altar, and you know what they say about the third time being the charm -- will remain her most striking early-term public relations fiasco. Hard to believe in an administration like Gov. Rick Scott's -- which ...

15 May 2012 at 12 : 45 PM

EDITORIAL: Hey, Mainstream Media, Time to Wake up!

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Palm Beach 11

What First Amendment defenders feared when it became clear that newspapers and local television stations would run with skeleton news crews -- that politicians could wrestle back some of the press' freedoms -- is happening in Palm Beach County. Right underneath the noses of the anemic The Palm Beach Post, WPTV-Channel 5, WPEC-Channel 12 and ...

6 March 2012 at 15 : 23 PM

OPINION: Time to Send Sheriff Ric Bradshaw Packing!

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Palm Beach 5

I don't believe that Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw is a bad guy. I don't believe he's a thief, as banners flying high above Palm Beach County these days claim. And I believe he's running a tight ship in trying times of terrorism, budget cuts and anti-government sentiments. But last week, Bradshaw proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he's ...

18 January 2012 at 13 : 47 PM

EDITORIAL — Quitter State Attorney Michael McAuliffe’s Big Decision: The Rest of The Story

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , Palm Beach 5

The mainstream press did a dismal job covering Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe's decision to abandon his reelection effort, supposedly, allegedly, for a job in the private sector. There's been no perspective offered. No explaining. No questioning. Oh, McAuliffe's new job is real -- but the official excuses for his not running ...

25 December 2011 at 20 : 16 PM

OPINION: Don’t Hold Your Breath For Answers in West Palm Beach/Redemptive Life $candal!

Posted by Jose Lambiet in Editorials , In Depth 0

Watching elected West Palm Beach officials squirm over the latest scandal has been entertaining. And telling about the local politics of race. On Dec. 2, Gossip Extra broke the story that the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was investigating the handling of HUD grants that West Palm Beach’s administration ...

25 December 2011 at 07 : 24 AM