Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Harry Sargeant III, the defense contractor causing John McCain's camp angst as his campaign contribution activities are scrutinized, will enjoy a front row seat at McCain's nomination next month. The Delray Beach man -- and frat brother of Gov. Charlie...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Harry Sargeant III, the Delray Beach defense contractor whose fundraising for John McCain and Charlie Crist has drawn recent scrutiny and calls for the money to be returned, tells the Washington Post today that there's zero link between his fundraising...
broadbandreports.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Brad Bowman is a Delray Beach, FL resident who believes that his area should have a citywide wireless network. The city started negotiations in the past with ePath (the company that failed to launch a network across Long Island this year) but that deal fell through. Bowman has taken it upon himself to start a small business called Access Delray which aims to blanket the city with a network based on...
Facing South (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008 | Other
The Washington Post today has a revealing piece on Harry Sargeant III , the Florida-based defense contractor and a leading fundraiser for Sen. John McCain. Sargeant is a king in the world of political money bundling, where fixers like himself "coordinate" large numbers of small donations. The Post looked into the donors Sargeant has recruited from southern California, and finds an interesting crew...
Writer's Resource Center (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Today’s Writing Job Roll Proposal Writer — Saint Paul, MN Freelance Copy Editor — San Francisco, CA Freelance Food Writers — Los Angeles, CA Freelance Entertainment Writer — New Jersey Coffee Blogger — Virtual Editorial Assistant — New York, NY iPhone Blogger — Virtual Vintage Tech Blogger — Virtual Sports Writer — Jacksonville, IL Small Business Content Blogger — Virtual Proofreader — Delray Beach,...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Jihan Nassar, a homemaker in Corona, Calif., is listed as a $500 donor to the campaign of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. But she insists she never gave a dime. ''I can't make any donations, financially,'' Nassar said Friday. ``We never...
tampabay.com blogs (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, a freshman Democrat from Maryland, is heading to Florida to woo fellow Jewish voters for Obama and talk up Social Security. Cardin, who won a hotly contested Senate race in 2006 (as if you didn't know),...
Autopia (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
*Oh dear, this ought to be entertaining. What is Scott Silverman going to do with a shell company called "Blue Moon?" Maybe he'll become the self-proclaimed world leader in "lunar energy!" The arphid biz may breathe a little easier without...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Source: [b]WaPo[/b] By Matthew Mosk Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 6, 2008; Page A01 The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair ...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Source: [b]WaPo[/b] Bundler Collects From Unlikely Donors A fundraiser for Sen. John McCain has gotten donations from some people uninterested in the election. (By Mary Altaffer -- Associated Press) By Matthew Mosk Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 6, 2008; Page A01 The bundl...
The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
There’s been a fair amount of interest lately about John McCain’s contributions for the oil industry. It’s not surprising some of the donations raised eyebrows — that’s what happens when a middle-class family that rents their home in Queens donates more than $60,000 to the Republican campaign. The concern, of course, is whether McCain’s generous benefactors [...]
Grumpasaurus.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Also, fraudulent and illegal The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727, the 30-something owners of the Twilight Hookah Lounge in Fullerton. But [...]
tampabay.com blogs (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Fox News' gotcha got Robert Wexler. A week after a report showing the Florida Congressman was living in Maryland while claiming official residence as being his mother-in-law's house at a retirement community in Delray Beach, comes this statement: "My wife,...
Right Voices (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Barack Obama’s Florida campaign chairman, Robert Wexler, is trying to defend himself against accusations that he is playing a residency shell game by using his in-laws’ address in Delray Beach while living in a Maryland suburb. Is this residential fraud? You or I have a relative in FL so can we claim their address [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
BOCA RATON, Fla., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- BocaRaton.com and The Bites! Network will hold its first in a series of "decadent and splendorous" Atomic 79 Parties(TM) at DELUX in Delray Beach to benefit local South Florida non-profits. This Saturday night July 26th, 2008 starting at 6 PM at DELUX 16 E. Atlantic Ave. will raise funds for Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation ( ). Tickets are $50, available...
