In daily newspaper conference rooms across the state, editorial writers in shirts and ties or conservative dresses have been meeting every candidate for public office and carefully scrutinizing their records, all so they can offer readers a sober, reasoned recommendation about who deserves their vote November 4. That seems like…
Municipal politics in Miami-Dade are officially non-partisan, but most local pol’s private party affiliations are well known and it’s becoming more and more common for the local Democratic and Republican parties to get involved. Just this summer, the Miami-Dade Dems helped Daniella Levine Cava beat Republican Lynda Bell in a…
Could a fan make the difference in the incredibly tight governor’s race? A new poll seems to think so. Gravis Marketing reports that Charlie Crist is up 44 percent to Rick Scott’s 42. The poll also specifically asked previously undecided voters who watched the debate whether #Fangate played a role…
Frank Bocanegra, an attorney and former Miami-Dade Police officer, is running for county court judge on the November 4 ballot based largely on his three-decade career in law enforcement and his role as a former city manager of Miami Lakes. “I… truly believe that hard work and unrelenting professionalism are…
If you see someone holding a handmade sign at a political rally you usually assume that person took the time to actually make that sign themselves and brought it along. But it seems that either Scott’s biggest fans all either had the same exact strike of sign-making genius, or someone…
Florida has one of the nation’s strictest open records laws, but Gov. Rick Scott doesn’t seem to take much pride over his state’s achievement. In fact, according to an ongoing lawsuit, Scott openly flaunted those rules by setting up a Gmail account for secretly doing much of his official business…
How tight can a governor’s race get? Tighter than Rick Scott’s terrifying debate smile? Tighter than Charlie Crist’s artificially orange skin? Yep, that’s how tight the race for the Florida governor’s mansion has gotten, according to a pair of new polls. The fresh Quinnipiac and Rasmussen polls both show the…
Florida’s billionaire Gov. Rick Scott paid for his first campaign out of his own incredibly deep pockets. This time around, he promised to fund his reelection efforts through more traditional means, but as Charlie Crist’s camp has seen an incredible last-minute fundraising surge, Scott has changed his mind. He’s writing…
After the bizarre #Fangate moment during last week’s gubernatorial debate between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, don’t expect any similar shenanigans tonight. CNN is hosting the event, and they run a tight ship. The 24-hour news channel has explicitly banned fans from the podium. Oddly, they’ve also banned other media…
For all the Colbert and Daily Show hilarity and the week’s worth of Twitter hot takes, did Fangate actually matter in the race to decide who will be Florida’s next governor? Not according to a new poll out this morning. The Republican-leaning 0ptimus firm finds the two candidates virtually tied…
Almost as soon as #fangate went down, people were already tweeting, “Well, The Daily Show ought to have a field day with that.” Naturally, last night’s comedy shows couldn’t help but take on Rick Scott and Charlie Crist’s bizarre debate tiff over an electric fan. In fact, Jon Stewart decided…
When Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado pitched voters this summer on developer Jeff Berkowitz’s eye-opening plan to erect a gigantic paperclip on the bayfront, he repeatedly made a simple promise in ads: “Taxpayers win without putting in a cent.” It remains to be seen if anyone will win with the massive…
Politicians and fans have one thing in common. They both spin furiously. So it’s no surprise that Rick Scott and Charlie Crist are trying to spin last night’s bizarre brouhaha over a fan. Mind you, there are actually important issues to talk about, but let’s talk about #fangate. See also:…
Long before they could tackle issues like Florida’s economy, education funding or crime rates during tonight’s televised debate, Gov. Rick Scott took a proud stand on a far more important issue: Charlie Crist’s fan. Crist, for the uninitiated, has always insisted on having a fan blowing his direction during live…
Tonight, Gov. Rick Scott and ex-Gov. Charlie Crist will take a break from sliming each other in TV ads to share a stage at Broward College, where instead they’ll slime each other in a statewide televised debate. Voters will continue reviling both men, whose unfavorable ratings have each trended toward…
There’s been some low-key agonizing in Democratic circles over whether a visit from President Barack Obama to campaign for Charlie Crist would be a help or a hindrance. On one hand, Crist’s Democrat bonafides are still questioned by some tried-and-true Democratic voters who still remain loyal to Obama. On the…
Charlie Crist took campaign donations from owners of a strip club, and Rick Scott’s campaign is kicking up a fuss about it. Which is really actually funny because back in 2010 Rick Scott had to fend off criticism about his business connections to the Mexican edition of Playboy. What a…
You’re George Sheldon. You’re a Democrat running for attorney general against Pam Bondi, a woman whose name is always in the news for one controversy or another. Despite that most Floridians have no idea who you are, and you’re not doing so hot in the polls. So what do you…
With less than a month left before the election, most recent polls have shown Charlie Crist and Rick Scott switching slight leads well within the margin of error. The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Crist with a 1.4 lead while Huffington Post’s Pollster gives Scott the 0.8 percent…
Local activists hope to bring the 2013 death of teenager Israel “Reefa” Hernandez at the hands of Miami Beach Police to the attention of the United Nations Committee Against Torture. The Dream Defenders and the Community Justice Project of Florida Legal Services have filed a report with the UN in…
It’s no secret Miami is experiencing another condo boom. Construction cranes once again screech and pivot over downtown. Towers that were stalled in 2009 are now complete. We are quickly running out of vacant lots to build on. So it’s little wonder that lawmakers are looking for solutions. Today, county…
Would Amendment 2 — Florida’s bid to legalize medical marijuana on this November’s ballot — really let convicted felons sell pot with no penalties? That’s what a new statewide ad urging voters to turn against the proposition claims, with an ominous voice intoning that “Even felons and drug dealers could…
