Marco Rubio and around 300 of his biggest supporters and confidants entered the swanky Delano Hotel on South Beach today. By the time they leave tomorrow, they may have a better idea of whether Rubio will run for president. In fact, according to the Miami Herald, Rubio has already told…
The last time a hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, it sparked a new law in Tallahassee: the Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act, which toughened penalties against drivers who flee fatal accident scenes. This week, yet another cyclist is dead and another is seriously injured after an…
Rick Scott knows a thing or two about emergency damage control. This is the same executive, after all, who survived his company getting hit with the biggest Medicare fraud fine in history, escaping with a golden parachute and a path into politics. Last night, Scott showed his finest scandal-ducking form…
Another police controversy, another case of cop unaccountability. North Miami Beach officials apologized Tuesday for city police using mug shots of black men for target practice. In what seems to be a national trend, however, no cops were held accountable for the incident. “It’s real sad,” said Lisa Kelly, the…
Watching freshman Miami Rep. Carlos Curbelo deliver the Republican Spanish-language rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, one could only wonder: Where the heck was Sen. Marco Rubio to hand his homeboy a tall drink of water? You might recall Rubio took a break from his response…
As Jeb Bush’s all-but-certain run to the White House ignites for liftoff, one of the biggest lingering questions is whether he’ll hit any serious turbulence over his decades of sometimes questionable financial dealings since leaving Tallahassee. Well, it didn’t take long for Bush’s first financially tied mini-scandal. Last week, Jeb…
The Miami-Dade Charter’s Citizens’ Bill of Rights prohibits local politicians from lying to the public under the “Trust in Government” clause. Yet the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust has never actually targeted an official for breaking that trust in government. Well, until now. Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez has…
Hey, Florida, remember Jeff Kottkamp, your former lieutenant governor? The mustached politician served alongside Charlie Crist and was chosen mostly because he was a reliable conservative in contrast to Crist’s more moderate stance. Well, after a failed run for state attorney general in 2010, Kottkamp has emerged from political obscurity…
Sometimes a politician introduces a bill that makes you think, Yes, that seems like a very sensible idea, before you realize, How big of a problem could that actually pose anyway? That was our reaction to Florida Rep. Bob Cortes’ “All-American Flag Act,” which forbids Florida or any county, or…
Gov. Rick Scott has never received 50 percent of the vote in Florida. He spent most of his first term with approval ratings that would make Enron executives blush with shame. His personal narrative includes a detour into the largest Medicare fraud penalty in American history. This is a man…
Medical marijuana supporters have officially started to repack their bowls for 2016. Attorney and main supporter John Morgan has officially filed a new amendment with the Florida Secretary of State today with hope of getting it on the ballot in time for the next presidential election. See also: Don’t Worry,…
Even most hard-line Florida Republicans have accepted that gay marriage is here to stay. As thousands of LGBT couples from the Panhandle to Key West have tied the knot and business leaders have trumpeted the economic boost gay weddings will bring, the state GOP’s response has ranged from Attorney General…
You can’t accuse Marco Rubio of self doubt. The Florida senator has not yet made a decision about whether or not he’ll run for president, but he’s seems pretty damn certain that if he did run, he’d totally be sitting in the Oval Office come January 2017…
Remember last year when we reelected Rick Scott as governor? Yeah, crazy stuff. Well, his second term officially begins tomorrow, and it doesn’t seem that many people are that excited about it… including Florida’s former governors. Traditionally, living ex-governors are invited to inaugurations (as is the case in presidential inaugurations…
Marco Rubio doesn’t seem to have noticed that this stock has fallen a bit since 2010. He’s no longer trumpeted as the “Republican savior” or “GOP Obama,” but rather just the second most popular Republican from Florida. Despite that (and a whole lot of polls), he’s still openly talking about…
It’s January 1, 2015 — which means it’s the perfect time to ramp up speculation about the presidential race that’s now only 677 days away! In Florida, of course, that means we’re talking primarily about two Republican heavyweights, the former governor and conservative family dynasty torchbearer Jeb Bush and his…
Rick Scott may be having a scaled-back inauguration this time around, but that doesn’t mean donors aren’t still writing big checks for the event. More than $500,000 has been given to the Republican Party of Florida for the festivities…
In September 2006, the crime that sparked one of the darkest sagas in Miami-Dade Public Schools history happened in a Northwestern High School bathroom. That’s where the school’s star 18-year-old quarterback had sex with a 14-year-old freshman girl. The crime soon began the focus of a mass coverup allegation as…
A federal judge told him to drop the plan. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals told him it was illegal. Then the U.S. Supreme Court refused to listen to his arguments. But despite losing over and over in every court around, Gov. Rick Scott is still fighting for the right…
Jeb Bush has spent the better part of the last eight years denying that he was going to run for president. Now he’s finally confirmed what everyone has long suspected. He’s thinking about making a run. In a Facebook message posted today Bush announced that he will “actively explore the…
There are a few unmistakable signs that a candidate is about to declare his run for the White House. His travel schedule is suddenly peppered with appointments in small-town Iowa and New Hampshire. He’s on Sunday morning talk shows every week trashing the opposition or talking up his narrative. Or…
Finally, some Floridian behavior to celebrate. A new report concludes that Florida has the second lowest smoking rate amongst high school students of every state in the union. In fact, Florida’s efforts to curb youth smoking has been so successful that researchers are actually issuing a “Florida Challenge” to other…
