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Crist picks two outsiders, reshaping Public Service Commission.
October 2, 2009... Byline: Julie Patel And Josh Hafenbrack Oct. 2--Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday appointed two outsiders to the beleaguered Public Service Commission, replacing two commissioners who have come under fire for their ties to utilities the PSC regulates. In appointments that dramatically...

Students protest loss of deputy at Boyd Anderson High School.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Alexia Campbell Sep. 29--LAUDERDALE LAKES -- Student protestors left City Hall Monday with a promise from city officials: they will meet with the School District to bring back a school resource deputy to Boyd Anderson High School. But Broward Schools Superintendent James Notter...

Broward lawyer loses right to practice for 5 years after rowdy plane flight.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Tonya Alanez Sep. 29--Rowdy behavior aboard a jetliner and unwanted sexual advances toward a flight attendant sent a Wilton Manors attorney to prison, and now have cost him his right to practice law for five years. John Michael Moody, 45, who had been an attorney in Florida since...

BRIEF: Lauderdale-by-the-Sea property tax rate, fire fees to stay same.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Linda Trischitta Sep. 29--LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA -- The town commission voted unanimously not to raise the property tax rate from last year's levy, and the $130 fire assessment fee also will remain unchanged, for the third year in a row. The property tax of $3.99 per $1,000 of...

BRIEF: Former West Boca High school principal gets award.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Erika Pesantes Sep. 29--WEST BOCA -- Former West Boca Raton High school principal Fran Giblin gets an A+ and accolades. The Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association selected Giblin as the winner of the CTA Outstanding Principal of the Year Award for school year 2008-09....