April 13, 2023 Man pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud, applied for 2 loans while in prison A man who filed for relief money under the Paycheck Protection Program in 2021 claimed he owned a business that provided taxi and ridesharing services, but he was in prison for the entire year.
March 20, 2023 Half of $100K earners live paycheck to paycheck: Where your income is worth most The financial service companies PYMNTS and LendingClub found 64% of American consumers were living paycheck to paycheck in December.
November 20, 2022 Deputy arrested for violent confrontation, convicted of lesser crimes, now in more trouble A former deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office got into big trouble when he didn’t follow the old idiom, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” He was convicted of choking a pool service repairman who fixed his pool for free.
November 16, 2022 DeSantis: ‘We just finished this election. People just need to chill out a bit…’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he is awarding money to victims of Hurricane Ian and to three colleges for workforce education, but he ended his remarks with a quick political note.
October 25, 2022 Dad sues Palm Beach Co. schools, says teacher ‘put up 2 gay pride’ flags, ‘proselytized’ A father in Palm Beach County is suing the school district — along with his 12-year-old son’s school, the principal, and teacher — but not exactly under a controversial new Florida law.
October 24, 2022 DeSantis, Crist shake hands after name calling, sparks flying in Fla. gubernatorial debate The name-calling started early in the only debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s running for reelection, and Charlie Crist, who wants to unseat him in two weeks.
September 7, 2022 School District of Palm Beach Co. responds to state’s ‘significant concerns’ about safety There has been a lot of recent communication between the state Department of Education and the School District of Palm Beach County — in letters and in person — over measures to make sure schools are safe for students and teachers.
June 28, 2022 Some sales tax holidays coming quickly, money-savers among new laws taking effect Friday July 1 means new laws go into effect in Florida and there will be several important changes — along with new ways to save money — taking effect on Friday.
May 6, 2022 Euri Jenkins guilty of murder, sentenced to life in prison for hiring hitman to kill wife The jury in the trial of Euri Jenkins has found Jenkins guilty of first-degree murder for hiring a hitman to kill his wife Makeva.
March 22, 2022 DeSantis says he’ll sign controversial ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will sign the controversial bill titled “Parental Rights in Education” bill soon.
March 21, 2022 Male prostitutes and porn on duty: Ex-girlfriend’s tell-all leads to PBSO deputy’s firing An extremely bad breakup led to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy getting into deep trouble. His ex-girlfriend gave a laundry list of allegations to the sheriff’s office, which found he violated policy after policy.
March 9, 2022 Experts suggest renting a home, not buying at today’s high prices Economists at Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University are suggesting most Americans — but not all — looking for a place to live should rent, rather than buy a place and risk doing so at the top of the market.
November 5, 2020 Hey Trump! Call it quits or history will judge you even more harshly Two days have passed since the election for President of the United States, about a third of the 100 Senators and all 435 members…
October 23, 2020 When to talk and when to not The idea for this blog post came today when I noticed an article called “Where cancel culture stops,” by Yisroel Besser in Mishpacha magazine, meant for Orthodox Jews. (I apologize…
March 22, 2020 Coronavirus doesn’t favor any group over another, so we shouldn’t with money I had several blog posts half-written and want to finish them, but I’ve been too busy with other things, including reconstructing posts in this…
December 27, 2019 Have you noticed Comcast’s Christmas gift to itself? It’s that time of year again. No. I take that back. A few weeks ago, it was that time of year again. Regular and…
October 29, 2019 Florida is for other people, who may not know… Most of you know how I feel about Florida. Knowing I moved out says much of it, but there are a lot of reasons…
July 20, 2019 Nothing against my friends at CBS, but… AT&T — which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse — released a statement saying it “offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase and…
June 13, 2019 Adding my own few points to Nexstar’s ‘Digital First’ strategy The phrase “Digital First” is nothing new. Managers in TV station news departments have been saying it for years, but they really hadn’t practiced…
May 2, 2019 Thinking about religion, belief and recent violence Vacation time is up. We’re into May and I haven’t written a “real blog post” for you in a month and a half, since…
January 11, 2019 Anniversary means time to start something new It’s Jan. 11 and that means today marks four years since my very first blog post at www.CohenConnect.com. Back then, when I started, I…
January 2, 2019 Banned from Facebook pages twice in 2 days! Sometimes, interesting things happen when you read friends’ Facebook pages. I’m not talking about going to look on purpose, which I’ve done before. I’m…
December 6, 2018 Blogging better in 2019 after hitting 20,000 views in 2018 THANK YOU! I don’t know what else to say. There’s nothing special about hitting 20,000 blog page views except that it’s a big round…
November 28, 2018 Level-headed moderation needed now in The Birthplace of America Philadelphia is a great place to live. It has so much, so close-by: history, museums, sports. It’s walkable, livable, has green space. No, it…
November 21, 2018 The end of an era, and beginning of this one (Part A of this one) It was 20 years ago tonight. Not exactly. It was actually four days off, on Nov. 25, but what really matters is it was…
October 10, 2018 The case against us all paying for private schools Several times a year, before elections, a man in Florida emails me about who to support in elections down there. The goal is to…
