Long-time readers might remember that last fall I posted about finding lost money with the Florida Bureau of Unclaimed Property. My grandfather passed away a few years ago, and he’d been a long-haul value investor for decades, buying and holding and living off dividend checks, pensions, and social security in his retirement years. But, many [...]

I just heard that the Florida Lottery has come up with another way to separate poor people from our hard-earned money. The lottery is going to start selling bonus tickets on March 2. As I understand it, the $1 ticket still works the same but the player has the option to play it for $2 [...]

Rudy Giuliani is all over Florida. See him there! What about there! Hey, hey, I got him, he’s over here! He’s getting a lot of flack over his perceived exploitation of 9/11, but never let it be said his campaign lacks for creative thinking in working ways to remind us: Rudy Giuliani’s Subliminal Endorsement Ahem.

From the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, where Recount, a movie about the 2000 election, is being filmed: OVERHEARD Don’t know much about recent history Two 20-somethings chatting in a San Marco bakery earlier this week. First guy: They’re filming some stuff for that HBO movie Recount today. Second guy: Yeah, I saw the crew working [...]

I read an article about a First Coast woman that just received a check for over $28,000 from the State of Florida Bureau of Unclaimed Property. I knew this existed, but I leave the search for windfalls to my wife, who takes care of things like joining class-action lawsuits and filing for insurance claims for [...]

Wow. I don’t have a clue what drove St. John’s County Commissioner Ben Rich to jump on this guy. For all I know, Bud Markel could be the biggest jerk on the planet. What isn’t in doubt is that it’s pretty inappropriate to threaten a citizen with anal rape. Let’s go to the tape: Ben [...]

Shades of 2000: Key West election decided by pulling name out of hat But, the funniest part? Harry Sawyer, Monroe County’s supervisor of elections, says the same hat was used to break a tie in 1985 on a decision to purchase a county fire truck. If only that hat could talk…

Man, this is weird, even for Florida… Dismembered Again Seems that back in the 1960′s a bunch of the men in town blew off hands and feet for the insurance money. You simply HAVE to read this story at tampabay.com! Here’s a couple teasers for you: Once upon a time, the Panhandle city of Vernon [...]

The local rag in Jax, The Florida Times-Union, with it’s website, Jacksonville.com, are occasionally taken to task by smaller organizations for being too close and soft on business and political leaders in Duval County. But, credit where credit is due, someone over there has their teeth into Mayor John Peyton’s rear-end and is shaking loose [...]

Here’s a follow-up to a report I psoted a couple weeks about a Titusville State Senator that got busted for offering to pay some dude to perform the oral magic on him. Now, an audiotape has been released of his arrest interview where he says he went along with the conversation because he was scared [...]