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BRICKBATS TO MARCO RUBIO Far be it from us to criticize those who struggle with personal finances, but a fiscally conservative Republican acting financially irresponsible in our very own state … we can’t resist. Last week, a Washington Post article revealed perennially cash-strapped, ex-Florida-senator-turned-presidential-candidate Marco Rubio – who, to date, has accumulated an estimated $1,000,000 from his book American Dream, earned nearly $250,000 last year, and has an estimated income placing him in the top 5 percent of American households – made what experts call a “desperate financial maneuver,” cashing out $70,000 in retirement funds. Folio Weekly staffers who were around in the ’80s floated a few theories regarding what a Miami resident might be blowing his money on. Sniff.
BOUQUETS TO HANNAH HOFFMAN, GINA BENALCAZAR, MATHEUS COURA, KERRA SIMMONS, DANIEL DICKINSON, and JOSE ROJAS for being awarded the senior Outstanding Musician Award from the University of North Florida’s Jazz Department. The awards are given to great performers who are also great scholars and contributors to the jazz program. The faculty nominates and votes on the winners who are the most well-rounded students of the program. Sweet sounds abound.
BRICKBATS TO SEAN CHRISTOPHER ORR Last week, the former head of Baptist Health’s neurology department who was accused of ordering unnecessary tests, prescribing unwarranted medications, fraudulently billing federal health programs, and falsely diagnosing patients with serious mental illnesses, settled a lawsuit filed against him by the U.S. Treasury Department.
BOUQUETS TO SUSAN COOPER EASTMAN Folio Weekly’s contributing writer has been nominated for two Association for Alternative News Media awards. Eastman’s investigative report about the death of Daniel Linsinbigler and her story about police involvement in the Atlantic Beach neighborhood of Black Pine are both up for prizes in investigative journalism and long form journalism, respectively. Her stories are among some 900 entries submitted by more than 71 national publications.
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