Quicker new-book turnaround than Agatha Christie

​A new anonymous e-book that looks like it was penned by the same person (persons?) who published the e-book taking shots at the Broward Sheriff's Office last month.More >>

That's what corruption looks like, right?

​It turns out Florida is pretty damned good at letting the easily corruptible get into positions of power. Since 1976, the state's federal courts have handed out nearly 1,800 public corruption convictions, the fourth highest in the country. That's an average of 49 public corruption convictions a year, or about one a week for 35 years. More >>

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Boynton Beach Mayor Jose Rodriguez's jailhouse photo shoot.

​We made a brief post last night announcing the arrest of Boynton Beach Mayor Jose Rodriguez on three criminal charges -- including one felony -- and now that we've had a chance to check out the probable-cause affidavit, we'll let you know what happened.

According to the report from the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office, Rodriguez's wife, Sarah Marquez, called Boynton Beach Police Chief Matt Immler on August 8, saying she "feared for her safety" because of Rodriguez.

In an interview, investigators say Marquez claimed Rodriguez and his son had hit one of their juvenile family members (her name and relationship to the family are redacted from the documents) and said Rodriguez made "an inappropriate sexual comment" to her.

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