Gov. Rick Scott championed a controversial law that required all recipients of state welfare to submit to drug tests, claiming it saves the state money. We’ve known for a while now that in fact the program actually cost the state money, but supporters pointed to potential “hidden savings” of potential…
Florida’s next gubernatorial election is more than two years away, but if Gov. Rick Scott’s popularity remains below sea level, there’s a good chance a Democrat could emerge victorious for the first time since 1994. The question is, of course, which Democrat?State Sen. Nan Rich, the top Democrat in the…
No one really disputes the facts: While he was a powerful state representative, David Rivera accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars for an obscure post as a state “committeeman.” Investigators say he spent at least $65,000 from the funds on dry cleaning, dental bills, pet care, and even travel costs…
As always, Florida will be a critical swing state in the 2012 election. According to the latest Public Policy Polling survey, President Barack Obama currently has a 5-point lead over Mitt Romney. So what could Romney do to improve his chances? Well, he certainly shouldn’t take Sarah Palin’s advice and…
Zeddie Little, the dashing being captured mid-marathon looking like Derek Zoolander, is sweeping the internet as “the ridiculously photogenic guy.” Well, what do you know, we’ve found another interesting photo of a, uh, distinguished mug running right on Rick Scott’s Flickr. Unfortunately for Scott, people do not love him nearly…
In our latest example of why we hate politics in Florida because way too many people involved act like children, let us now examine the letters sent between the chairs of the Florida Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Florida this morning over GOP Rep. Allen West’s comments about…
Florida’s 2012 Senate election is shaping up to be as ridiculous as ever. Connie Mack IV, whom you might remember has been characterized by his Republican opponents as “the Charlie Sheen of Florida Politics,” released a web ad today linking incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson to coked-up monkeys. …
Apparently the spirit of Sen. Joseph McCarthy lives on in South Florida Rep. Allen West. While President Barack Obama was speaking yesterday in Boca Raton, West spoke to supporters in nearby Palm City and said he’s heard that up to 80 of the 190 Democratic members of Congress are actually…
Congratulations, Mitt Romney! You’ve won the least sought-after endorsement in the Republican Party. Perennially unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott officially endorsed Romney today just hours after Rick Santorum announced he was suspending his campaign — a move that finally leaves Romney as the unquestionable Republican nominee. …
Inside Marlins Park, Ozzie Guillen apologized for “betraying his Hispanic community,” but outside the front gates, a sizable crowd of Cuban-American protesters made it clear they were in no mood to forgive or forget his statements praising Fidel Castro.”We never can forgive what he said,” Blanco Garcia said. Click through…
A couple of Florida’s GOP congressmen, lead by first term Rep. Sandy Adams, read some crazy conspiracy theories on the Internet about how Obama was going to enslave us all into military conscription and forced labor, and decided to file an actual resolution about it. Obviously Allen West is involved…
Democrats have finally found a candidate to take on vulnerable Republican incumbent congressman David Rivera. Her name is Gloria Romero Roses. She has no electoral experience, no name recognition, and doesn’t even live close to the district. Oh boy…
I done did it now. Two weeks ago, I announced in this space that I was planning to run for the open commission seat in Surfside, the sleepy beach hamlet of corruption and weirdness ruled by my obscenely overpaid nemesis, town attorney Lynn Dannheisser. Qualifying to run — including collecting…
Yesterday, Ozzie Guillen backtracked quicker than Emilio Bonifacio evading a pickoff after Time magazine quoted him admitting he kinda respects Fidel Castro for not falling for the CIA’s best exploding cigar tricks. Guillen now says he didn’t mean to come off as a Fidelista, telling the Miami Herald that in…
Uh……..Hold on let us figure out what to say about this.Um……OK, so, Marco Rubio told all his Twitter followers today to buy Nicki Minaj’s new album “to hear what good music sounds like.”…
With the Marlins Park opening today and the Heat clinching a playoff birth, South Florida hasn’t been paying too much attention to another potential milestone sports story. The Florida Panthers (that’s our hockey team in case you’re wondering) are painfully close to not only reaching the playoffs for the first…
Marco Rubio has some interesting taste in music. He loves Nicki Minaj, but apparently hates disco. He attacked the dance genre at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Pinellas, Florida, over the weekend and hurled an insult to the Bee Gees in a bizarre, fear-mongering speech filled with spooky stories, bad…
Rep. David Rivera is one of the most vulnerable Republican congressman in the entire country. He’s under numerous criminal investigations, and his seat in District 25 is quickly seeing its Republican voter advantage fade. It could be a slam dunk for Democrats, assuming, of course, they had anyone to run.They…
What the hell happens up in Tallahassee sometimes? Seriously?See, the apparently powerful dog grooming lobby convinced our elected officials to take time out of their busy legislative session to lift an old ban on dying live animals. They were actually successful, but the ban now means that the controversial practice…
Anyone who plays soccer in Miami knows how frustrating it is to find a good game; fields are scarce, so either you pony up the cash for an organized game or you play free pickup on some forlorn, lumpy turf that hasn’t been mowed since the Carter Administration. As mayor…
Well, at least one prominent Republican doesn’t want Marco Rubio running as the party’s VP candidate. Always polarizing pundit Ann Coulter was on ABC’s This Week yesterday, and she said that picking the exciting but still unproven Rubio would be a “mistake.”…
Congrats, South Beach residents! You’ve survived the beer-bonging, glowstick-waving trafficpocalypse of spring break and Miami Music Week. Now enjoy the fresh air and (semi)abundant parking while it lasts, because you’re only a few weeks away from the massive crowds of Memorial Day weekend.Even worse news: Riptide has gotten its hands…
