By Dan Moffett
Ed Slominski says he learned a good bit about conflict resolution while running successful businesses in the Northeast.
Where better now to use that knowledge than his adopted hometown of Gulf Stream, where there has been so much
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By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream town commissioners have unanimously voted to appeal a judge’s ruling that dismisses their federal racketeering lawsuit against residents Martin O’Boyle and Christopher O’Hare.
Commissioners also have agreed to conti
By Dan Moffett
A heated exchange during a deposition hearing has led a lawyer for the town of Gulf Stream to ask for legal sanctions against Martin O’Boyle.
Attorney Robert Sweetapple says O’Boyle physically threatened him while he was quest
By Dan Moffett
Florida has a long history of strong and effective open government laws that have been the envy of other states.
The Legislature passed its first public records law back in 1909, Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes.
Then in 1
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By Dan Moffett
Around Gulf Stream, the names O’Boyle and O’Hare are routinely linked in the same sentence as if they were joined by an ampersand.
After all, for much of the last two years, M
By Dan Moffett
Attorneys for the town of Gulf Stream are challenging the legitimacy of The O’Boyle Law Firm in their defense against dozens of lawsuits brought by resident Martin O’Boyle.
In the crosshairs of the town’s counterattack is
By Dan Moffett
In waging their legal wars against the town of Gulf Stream, residents Chris O’Hare and Martin O’Boyle have used Florida’s public records laws hundreds of times in the last 18 months to challenge how their community is governed.
A sign hangs from a truck parked in the Gulf Stream Town Hall parking lot.
Dan Moffett/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Hardly anyone expected budget problems to surface in Gulf Stream, one of South Florida’s most affluent enclaves — a place where
Just before the settlement, nearly 20 signs had been painted on the walls and shutters of Martin O’Boyle’s home. Most had been removed by July 30. Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Tweedledum and Tweedledee will soon be gone from
By Thomas R. Collins
The town of Gulf Stream can move forward with its efforts to get resident Martin O’Boyle’s murals of protest off his waterfront home, a federal judge has ruled. O’Boyle filed an emergency request to stop the proceedings, sayin
By Thomas R. Collins
That Tweedle Dee, that Tweedle Dum, that Ku Klux Klan-esque hood labeled “satire,” and a mule labeled “Mayor” on the side of Martin O’Boyle’s house?
They’re “not just paint.”
They’re constitutionally protected free
The ‘Commissioner Thug’ artwork was replaced in late April with a painting of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum (below) at Martin O’Boyle’s home in Gulf Stream’s Hidden Harbour neighborhood.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Whe
By Tim O’Meilia
Gulf Stream resident Martin O’Boyle’s request to remodel the entry way on his 1983 Hidden Harbour Drive home was denied twice by town commissioners at their March 15 meeting.
During a four-hour hearing, the commission unanimousl
