Mark NeJame in the News
2004 News
Kuhn's Vision: Hip and Trendy Benchmark
Details of Cameron Kuhn's next mega-project slowing are emerging. Newly
named the Benchmark Building, the planned project apparently is an attempt
by Kuhn to create a downtown destination similar to those in Tampa
and Seattle. Kuhn, in fact, envisions the 600,000-square-foot commercial
and office condo building planned for the corner of Washington and
Orange avenues as an epicenter for the hip and trendy, downtown crowd.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/OrlandoTrendyBenchmark.htm
Glamour Goes to Their Heads
It's not every Central Florida gala to which you can wear a screaming yellow
and black-striped blazer and get away with it.
But that's exactly what Louis
Paparella wore into the ballroom at Universal Orlando's Royal Pacific Resort
on Sunday afternoon. And the event organizer
was far from the most flamboyantly attired.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/GlamourGoestoTheirHeads.htm
Split Decisions: Federal Cases Show Big Gap In Reward For Cooperation
On Jan. 28, 2004, federal agents stopped a fishing boat and a pleasure boat as
they sped into a Florida inlet from the Bahamas carrying 380 kilograms of cocaine
and 487 pounds of marijuana. Ringleader William "Billy" Stevens,
46 years old, was arrested along with Henry Rudnitskie and one other man.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Federal-Cases-reward-cooperation.htm
FBI Plans Interviews with Arab Americans; The AIM is to Uncover
Pre-Election Plots, but Many Balk at The Tactic
Still upset about past scrutiny, Arab-Americans and Muslims in Central
Florida are questioning the FBI's latest plan to interview community members
as part of a broad initiative to uncover possible terrorist plots before the
presidential elections.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/FBI-Interviews-with-arabs-americans.htm
Groups Object to Firefighters As Spies
Civil rights advocates criticized a plan to teach firefighters and
other workers who regularly go into homes to report terrorist activity
they see on the job.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Object-Firefighters-Spies.htm
Critics Call Snooper Program 'Silly'
Civil rights groups voiced concerns Thursday about a law enforcement plan
to teach firefighters, utility workers and others who regularly go into
homes to report terrorist activity, drug trafficking or other suspicious
acts.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Silly-Snooper-Program.htm
A Big Oast for Ladies Nights
In between slinging beers for his Friday happy hour crowd, Mugshots assistant
manager Grant Deslauriers slams New Jersey.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Ladies-Nights.htm
Busted for DUI, video shows state senator asking to speak to sheriff
A state senator suspected of drunk driving repeatedly asked to talk with
the local sheriff and refused to answer officers' requests that he take
a breath-alcohol test, according to a videotaped recording.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/DUI-Senator-arrest.htm
The Election that Won't Die
The Buddy Dyer press machine fooled the Sentinel. On May 13, Dyer gave
Sentinel city reporter Beth Kassab a letter he had just received from the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement declaring, "[T]here was no basis
to support the allegations of election fraud concerning these absentee
ballots."
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Election-Day-Wont-Die.htm
State Sen. Lee Constantine is Arrested on DUI Charge
State Sen. Lee Constantine was arrested early Sunday on a DUI charge
after a Maitland police officer tracked the senator's car drifting in and
out of the traffic lane and smelled alcohol on his breath, according to
a police report.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Constantine-DUI-charge.htm
