The debate over whether Florida should allow destination casinos is certainly one of the biggest in the state. Yet Gov. Rick Scott has remained mostly silent on the issue. That’s not to say he doesn’t have some form of gambling of the mind. To fund a $1 billion increase in…
Thousands of Florida A&M students marched to the governor’s mansion last night after Rick Scott demanded the school suspend its president over a band member’s hazing death. Scott agreed to meet students out front and, oy, that might have been the wrong decision.The white guv bizarrely attempted to quell the…
So a St. Pete Times reporter decided to call up Sen. Jack Latvala, the Republican chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, and asked him about the possibility of the Florida legislature passing a ban on talking on cellphones while driving.”You know the NRA saying that if they want my gun…
There were a bit of murmurs earlier this month that certain powers that be within the Republican Party were so disenchanted with the current crop of presidential candidates they were throwing around the idea of persuading a big-name candidate to enter the race at the last minute. The biggest of…
If the American electorate was made up of straws, gold dealers, and that odd type of overly enthusiastic libertarian (who just happens to ignore the more socially progressive parts of being a true libertarian), Ron Paul would certainly be elected emperor for life. Of course, that’s not how American Democracy…
Out on the campaign trail, Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich hasn’t shown a ton of empathy toward the millions going through foreclosures. But maybe his new Florida campaign chief can change his tune with his own personal story of housing hell.Former Marco Rubio campaign chief Jose Mallea — who was…
All of us remember middle school gym class, some as the best part of the day, and some of us as a hellish daily ritual steeped in shame and failure. But now Republican state Rep. Larry Metz has introduced a bill that would no longer require all Florida middle school…
One of the perks in Congress is the right of “franking” — no, it has nothing to do with Barney Frank, tequila shots and a dark alley. It’s the ancient right to send constituents heaps of unwanted glossy fliers plastered with your grinning face at taxpayer expense. Franking is grossly…
Daily Show reporters aren’t that used to politicians outsmarting them, so kudos to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for staying one step ahead of the political pranksters.After Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi asked Gov. Rick Scott for a cup of his urine yesterday, Bondi must have been tipped off she’d be…
Rick Perry’s ridiculous anti-gay ad has started a political whirlwind that has resulted in the outing of Tony Fabrizio, a top Republican pollster who’s currently working for Perry, and in the past has worked for Gov. Rick Scott and, interestingly, gay rights groups.The revelation, or at least accusations, that Fabrizio…
The fight against the rise of destination casinos in South Florida just got two of its biggest supporters yet. Sitting Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, both elected Republican members of the cabinet, announced their support of the No Casino campaign today.The two join a bipartisan group…
So you’re in your friend’s passenger seat cruising down I4 when you spot some cows grazing on farmland. You ask your friend to pull over for a second so you can whip out your iPhone and take a quick snapshot of the majestic bovines. Seems innocent enough? Well, Republican state…
You can bet that whoever let The Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi into increasingly unpopular Gov. Rick Scott’s press conference today is going to get a dressing down tonight. The comedian, who we’re assuming is preparing an upcoming piece on Scott for the show, asked the governor to pee in…
The Confederacy of Dunces that emerged to vie for the GOP presidential primary certainly must have some could-have-been candidates rethinking their decision. After the swift, and often surreal, rises and eventual falls of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain, the race is pretty much down to Newt Ginrich (at…
Boy oh boy does everybody hate, hate, hate Rick Scott. Everybody! Well, more than seven in ten Florida voters can’t stand the guy, at least, according to a new poll out this morning from the Public Policy Polling firm.Scott’s 26 percent approval rating is so dismal, it got us at…
Even the dramas of Tallahassee seem enviable to the bizarre family court case ex-Gov. Charlie Crist now finds himself in the center of. Crist married the then-Carole Rome during his term as Governor, and the two made plans to integrate Carol’s two daughters into their lives. Now however, the girl’s father, Todd Rome,…
Rep. Connie Mack IV has only been in the race for the GOP senate nomination for two days and he already has a monster lead. He’s ahead of the rest of the field by double digits in one-on-one match ups, and seems to have a wide base of support among…
Will Art Basel Miami Beach get a Wall Street-style occupation this week? The art fair warned gallerists of the possibility, and rumors are swirling. Now OccupyArtBasel.com is live, but right now it’s just a Tumblr blog filled with a mini-manifesto and a Occupy movement related pictures and links. There’s also…
How far has Herman Cain fallen? Even controversial South Florida congressman Allen West is kicking him when he’s down. About murmurs that Cain is “reassessing” his campaign and thinking about pulling out despite having been the front-runner not so long ago, West went on a Washington, D.C. radio station this…
Florida’s Republican voters are making a firm stand for the conservative, pro-family values that have defined their party for decades by fleeing en masse from Herman Cain after multiple sexual harassment charges and new allegations that he carried on a 14-year affair.Yessir, there’s no place in the GOP for that…
Where will the one percent be this week? Glugging down free champagne and writing checks for million dollar art works during Art Basel Miami Beach, of course. Naturally, rumors of the 99 percenters staging an Occupy Wall Street related protest at the ritzy art fair are swirling, and ABMB is…
Marco Rubio may be South Florida’s star Cuban-American politician, but he’s not endorsing anyone in the presidential primary. So, the Republican endorsement prize in these parts is, as it’s been for quite some time, picking up the backing of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and retired Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. Mitt Romney…
