The Miami area hasn’t held a presidential nominating convention since both the Democratic and Republican parties held their conventions in the Miami Beach convention center back in 1972. Despite Florida’s transition into one of the most crucial swing states over the past two decades, neither have returned. Well, Miami is…
Turns out Michelle Obama did more than promote her Let’s Move initiative during her trip to Miami earlier this week. And it turns out there was a good reason that Amy Poehler seemingly randomly accompanied her. The First Lady filmed a scene for Poehler’s show Parks & Recreation while in…
First lady Michelle Obama stopped by Miami yesterday afternoon to announce that the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the National Recreation and Park Association would be serving more fruits and vegetables during after-school programs as part of her anti-childhood obesity initiative. FLOTUS, however, was joined by a secret…
The special election to replace deceased Florida Congressman Bill Young in Florida’s 13th congressional election is getting more national coverage than your average House race. In one of Florida’s few true swing districts, the outcome of the race between Republican David Jolly and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has…
While top Republicans like Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi are opposed to legalizing medical marijuana in Florida, the issue isn’t necessarily a left vs. right issue. Don Gaetz, the Republican President of the Florida Senate, has made the blunt admission that he once bought pot to ease…
In December, Miami New Times published the third story in a series of investigations into Biogenesis, the Coral Gables anti-aging clinic that had been selling performance-enhancing drugs to a number of pro athletes including Alex Rodriguez. That final story looked into how gaps in state regulation let scores of unlicensed…
When you’re arrested in Florida your mug shots gets splashed across the internet in a matter of days. That’s because Florida police agencies and sheriff’s departments release the photos online in compliance with Florida’s progressive public record laws. Though, in recent years several commercial websites have popped up that keep…
To promote his new book, The Party’s Over, and kick up buzz about his campaign for governor, Charlie Crist stopped by The Colbert Report last night. Of course, that meant some prime Rick Scott joke opportunities for Colbert, and the host asked Crist if he was afraid of Scott. “You’re…
NFL draft prospect Michael Sam came out over the weekend. Though the public response from the NFL and many players was positive, an article full of off-the-record NFL sources showed there’s still some resistance to an openly gay player in the league. Apparently some older NFL types are under the…
Manny Diaz’s legacy seemed set in stone on October 22, 2009. That’s when city commissioners voted 4-1 to approve Miami 21: the new-urbanism-inspired, pedestrian-friendly zoning code that then-mayor Diaz had spent eight years championing. Miami 21 put the city on track to rival great metropolises like New York and Chicago,…
Have you said to yourself, Wow, I wonder if Marco Rubio has ever been stoned? Probably not, because, honestly, who cares? The funny thing is that Rubio refuses to answer the question because he thinks people might actually care…
On one hand the defection of a former state representative from the Republican party to the Democrats should be an embarrassment for the GOP, but it really speaks more to the sad state of Florida’s Democrats that people are already mentioning that state rep as a possible Charlie Crist running…
Last month, Otis Wallace was once again elected mayor of Florida City. It wasn’t close. The reigning mayor won a whopping 71 percent of the votes cast in the small agrarian town south of Miami. Wallace has now been in office for 30 years, surviving hurricanes, the arrest of several…
Miami-Dade Judge William Thomas almost made history as the first openly gay, black, male federal judge when President Obama nominated him for a position on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District. His appointment, however, was derailed by Sen. Marco Rubio. Officially Rubio, who had recommend Thomas in the…
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen showed up on the House floor yesterday in a white suit with a red shirt and a gold necklace. Apparently someone informed her that her sartorial sense seemed pretty close to Scarface’s Tony Montana, so she decided to have some fun with it on Twitter. “Two Cuban-Americans…
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When it comes to presidential candidates, Floridians greatly favor people who are related to someone who has already held the job. A new Quinnipiac poll shows that Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are the presidential favorites among Democrats and Republicans respectively, with Hillary being the favorite in Florida overall. Meanwhile,…
Last time we checked in with polling for Florida’s gubernatorial race, Public Policy Polling showed a surprising Rick Scott surge in which he had pulled into a statistical tie with Charlie Crist. However, Quinnipac has come along and released a poll this morning that shows Crist still eight points ahead…
Because obviously the key to getting Rick Scott reelected is to show people lots and lots of pictures of Rick Scott, the Governor’s campaign has officially started its own Instagram account. Using the handle @ScottForFlorida (because @RickScott was taken by this very nice seeming husband and firefighter), the account promises…
Despite opposition from Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Florida Supreme Court officially ruled today that a ballot question that could approve use of medical marijuana is perfectly valid. This means the question will now all but certainly go before voters in November. Bondi had challenged the proposed amendment on the…
If Charlie Crist wants to rid himself of the reputation that he’s a political chameleon, willing to do anything for personal advantage regardless of who it betrays or damages — a new documentary released over the weekend won’t help his cause. In the Netflix documentary, Mitt, which daubs the fallen…
Maybe this governor’s race isn’t totally over before it even began. Back in August, when Public Policy Polling asked Floridians whether they plan to vote for Charlie Crist or Rick Scott, Crist had a 12-point lead. Now, for its first poll in the new year, PPP has found Crist’s lead…
