Florida taxpayers are stuck munching on some carpet bills. Even while their cutting budgets, the offices of state lawmakers are getting costly upgrades to their carpets and other amenities. Governor Rick Scott’s office just got a near $80,000 facelift. Two hundred thousand dollars has been spent on legislators’ offices this…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has sprung to a surprising lead in the Transport Workers of America’s race for the “Worst Governor Ever,” but just like he’s done in the Republican presidential primary, Texas Gov. Rick (Perry) is hot on Scott’s tail. In the real world, this is probably not a…
Republican Party of Florida Chair Dave Bitner will step down effective September 23. Bitner was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gherig’s disease, last April. Bitner was forced to announce his plans early after someone, possibly within the RPOF, leaked the possibility of his impending retirement to…
Technically, it is illegal for unmarried couples to live together in Florida. If you shack up with your boo without putting a ring on it first, you could face a second-degree misdemeanor and a $500 fine or up to 60 days in jail. The law has been on the books…
During the Congressional Black Caucus’s recent jobs tour, where Democratic politicians held town halls and job fairs, several members of the caucus made remarks attacking the Tea Party. Miami’s own Frederica Wilson made some headlines for telling an audience that “the real enemy is the Tea Party.”Now remarks made by…
Political yard signs usually highlight a promise or throw out a catchy slogan: Smith for Jobs or I Like Ike! Not too many politicos have spent cash to highlight their escape from felony cases.Only in Miami would you find the kind of yard signs that have been popping up all…
There are certain things politicians just don’t say in South Florida. Somewhere between praising Fidel Castro and insulting our Key lime pie sits suggesting that we set up oil rigs in the middle of the Everglades. During her trip in Florida this weekend, Michele Bachmann said she was open to…
When there are two massive systems of angry hot air traveling across the East Coast at the same time, they’re bound to interfere with each other.Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spent her weekend in Florida and was supposed to leave today. However, the fallout from Hurricane Irene has made her…
Authorities including Port of Miami director Bill Johnson are betting a three-part, $1.5 billion program to open the Port of Miami to super-freighters that pass through the revamped Panama Canal will mean a boom. But you’d be safer putting your money on the Marlins to make the World Series.A $50 million…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir In My Time, hits book stores on Tuesday and Cheney promises the book will pack tons of shocking revelations. Perhaps not the most jaw dropping, but interesting none the less is that it could have been former Florida Senator Connie Mack serving as Vice…
Miami may have avoided Hurricane Irene, but its not a bad idea to watch how the Feds respond to hurricane disaster, considering we never know how soon we’ll be the next seeking help. So maybe we should be a little worried that Eric Cantor, the Republican House Majority leader, is trying…
The City of Miami just declared another “state of financial urgency” last week. Credit agencies have been slapping down the city’s bond ratings like mosquitoes. Mayor Tomás Regalado has a $40 million budget gap looming and no clear ideas on how to close it.But there are still 737 city employees who…
Despite the recent surges of the more conservative Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney still seems like the man to beat. The latest Mason-Dixon Florida Poll shows that Romney not only has a healthy lead in the primary, but has taking a large lead over President Obama in a…
Yesterday we learned that after Gov. Rick Scott spearheaded a law requiring all welfare recipients in the state to undergo drug testing, only 2 percent of people who have taken the test since the law went into effect July 1 have failed. That’s compared to about 8.16 percent of the general…
A controversial new law requiring all people in Florida to undergo a drug test before receiving welfare benefits from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program was championed heavily by Gov. Rick Scott. He claimed the new law would save Florida money, but new statistics show that only 2 percent…
President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory was fueled in no small part by Hispanic voters. He pulled off a major 36-point victory over John McCain in the Latino vote, and new poll numbers suggest he’s poised to pull off a major Latino landslide against his top Republican challengers. Assuming, of course,…
Last night was a big night in Marco Rubio’s career. Not only did he make his first major speech outside of Florida and D.C., but he also saved a collapsing Nancy Reagan. Rubio was walking down the aisle before his speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California with…
Marking his first major speech outside of D.C. or Florida, Marco Rubio will speak tonight in California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Of course, some spectators can’t help but make comparisons between Reagan and Rubio (high office aspirations and all), but one group says Cuban-American senator is much farther…
Despite Michelle Bachmann’s recent Iowa straw poll victory, don’t be surprised if the GOP field eventually winnows to Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. If the latest Florida poll numbers from McLaughlin & Associates are any indication, the two are at the top of the pack. Plus, both are showing traction…
While some people want to see the Miami Hurricanes scandal wind up with congressional hearings, at least one prominent Senator says he’d rather see the NCAA shape up than ship the Hurricanes out. Of course, that Senator is Marco Rubio, who just happens to be a former college football player…
Republican insiders aren’t exactly thrilled with the crop of candidates who have entered the race for the GOP nomination to take on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson. Chris Chocola, president of the Club for Growth, a powerful and influential fiscally conservative 527 group that endorsed Marco Rubio in 2010, says neither…
Sure, the Tea Party may be economically illiterate and prone to asking stupid questions of important people, but if its pols are booted out of office in 2012, it won’t be because of poor communication. Those online commenters are really on their collective game. They hunt in packs, like wolves,…
