A Florida mailman who broke several laws by flying a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol this past tax day is now planning a more traditional route back to the building. He’s running for congress. Though, he won’t say exactly where in Florida plans to run, and that depends…
Despite trying to position himself as the Anti-Trump, Jeb Bush’s campaign continues to struggle. A fact that was underscored last night when a photo purporting to be of Bush’s nearly empty official Miami debate watch party went viral. The image was first tweeted out by Washington Post national political reporter…
In light of thawing relations between Cuba and the United State, state Rep. Frank Artiles is now calling for an end to the decades-old “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” policy regarding immigration from Cuba. The Republican who represents portions of western Miami-Dade County, has filed a non-binding “memorial” ahead of next…
The latest drop of water splashing from the thaw of Cuba and America’s icy relationship: mail service. The US State Department announced today that for the first time in more than 50 years Cubans and Americans will be able to send mail to each other directly for the first time…
It’s weird enough that two major candidates for the GOP presidential nomination hail from Miami, but the slugfest between Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush is even more localized. In fact, the birthplace of their epic struggle for Republican party dominance can actually be traced to a single luxury hotel in…
Here’s the difference between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump’s public personas: Jeb Bush is a self-admitted policy nerd. Donald Trump goes around ranting and then has his team draw up something resembling actual policies. Jeb Bush’s website lays out his position on 11 broad topics, many with multiple policies included…
While the world was aghast at Donald Trump’s latest discriminatory comments about Muslims, Marco Rubio more quietly recommitted himself to discriminatory policies against the LGBT community. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network this weekend, the Miami Republican and surging presidential candidate announced he’d appoint anti-gay marriage justices to…
Wayne Rosen does not fit the bill of a low-income individual living in a blighted community. In fact, he’s the wealthy owner of Shores Development, one of the biggest homebuilders in southwest Dade. Rosen himself lives in a $3 million Coral Gables mansion and enjoys showering political allies with donations…
Florida politicians, as a group, aren’t exactly known for being on the rails to begin with, but Donald Trump has gone so far off the rails that Sunshine State pols on both sides of the aisle are calling him out in no uncertain terms. After Trump’s call for “a total and…
It’s been more than a month now since we fell back to standard time, but if you’re like, you still probably haven’t gotten used to it getting dark so early. Well, consider state Rep. Kristin Jacobs your new hero. The Broward County Democrat has introduced a bill that would keep Florida…
If you opened The Miami Herald yesterday, you might have noticed a giant full-page ad blasting Donald Trump as a “narcissistic BULLYionaire” and comparing him to Hitler. The ad was paid for by Mike Fernandez, a Miami-based healthcare magnate and billionaire in his own right. Fernandez is also one of the…
There is nothing more that Rick Scott hates more than Florida’s corporate income tax. He’s made it his mission as Governor to try as best he can to completely eliminate those taxes. He wants to stalk those taxes around an art fair and stab them with an X-acto knife just…
At first glance, the tour bus looks like the real thing: It’s huge, it’s painted the right color blue, and covering one side, in all caps and that signature white font, it’s painted with TRUMP. But look again. A large period has been painted after the T, so the bus…
Welcome to Florida. Where we can’t even draw proper congressional districts. Every ten years the state legislature is entrusted with redrawing the boundaries of both state and federal congressional districts to account for changes in population. The process began four whole years ago, but the original districts drawn were thrown…
Climate change and rising sea levels are very real threats, but there’s no need to be hyperbolic about it. “Hey, large portions of highly populated land could go completely under water in the next few centuries,” seems alarming enough to us. Yet, while speaking at a new conference during the Organization…
The archetypical tale of the young grasshopper surpassing his mentor is still playing out between Miami’s two native presidential candidates. Except in this case, the mentor is desperately outspending his protege — and everyone else for that matter — in a last-ditch effort to stay relevant. And so far, it’s…
There’s tons of exclusive parties in Miami this week, but not every single one of them will have New York hipsters trying to crash them. Take for example a fundraiser for Jeb Bush, Miami’s somewhat now embarrassing presidential candidate, hosted by Romero Britto, Miami’s somewhat now embarrassing celebrity pop “artist.” …
A petition drive is building steam to stop construction of a Wellness Center on one of Miami Beach’s last oceanfront respites, Allison Park Park — at 65th Street and Collins Avenue. The three-acre-park is among the city’s smallest. The Sabrina Cohen Foundation, a group focused on helping people with disabilities,…
First it was the Port of Miami. Then a boat slip next to the American Airlines Arena. Finally, with a plot next to Marlins Park in Little Havana it seemed like David Beckham’s group had at last found a spot to build a stadium for a new Major League Soccer…
Aaah, Thanksgiving. The holiday when we’re called to give thanks for the fall harvest and harken to centuries past, when scores of immigrants arrived to the shores of the New World to begin to build the United States of America. It’s a time to share — and to be grateful,…
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission approved net neutrality rules designed to prevent internet providers from speeding up the connections to certain websites, while slowing down others. But in September, U.S. presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush said he’d repeal it entirely if elected. Someone didn’t like that…
When asked last night on Fox News if he’d follow Donald Trump’s suggestion of possibly shutting down American mosques in the fight against ISIS, Rubio decided to do him one better by claiming he’d go as far as shutting down Radical Muslim cafés and diners too. Do those things even…
