The last time Xavier Suarez occupied a mayor’s office, it didn’t end so well. His second term as Miami mayor lasted just 111 days in 1997 before an absentee ballot scandal cost him his seat and a spate of bizarre behavior earned him the lasting nickname “Mayor Loco.” But Suarez…
What do you think Jeb Bush is more irked at his big brother George W. for right now: spilling the beans on his barely concealed presidential aspirations or reminding people that they’re brothers? In a new interview with Fox News (of course) the second President Bush revealed that he’s pretty…
Yesterday we noted that a pro-Rick Scott web ad that parodied Say Yes to the Dress was so insulting to the intelligence of young female voters that we didn’t feel the need to point it out, but, hey, Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant decided it need to be said…
Just in time for Floridians to head to the polls again next month, two new studies have confirmed that wait times at the polls in Florida during the 2012 election were, frankly, a god damned embarrassment and a level of incompetence that undermined the very values of our great nation…
Two-time Miami Beach mayoral candidate Steve Berke had himself a pro-medical marijuana parody hit on YouTube with “You’re the Law that I Want (Yes on 2).” Set to the song “You’re the One That I Want” from the musical Grease, Berke and his crew dance and sing while urging Florida…
Perhaps the only thing with less integrity on television than reality TV is political advertising. Both twist facts into overly dramatic fake drama, but one genre is meant for brain-dead entertainment and the other is meant to help shape the future of our democracy. So it’s a little ironic that…
Ana Alliegro, the former David Rivera campaign manager and “Conservative Bad Girl” currently serving six months house arrest for her part in a fake candidate scheme, posted a long statement on her Facebook page. While admitting that some of her actions “were wrong and illegal,” she also excoriates Rivera’s former…
As his hometown presidential hopeful Marco Rubio fumbles for a coherent response to ISIS and his state’s attentions have been riveted to the Charlie Crist-Rick Scott slugfest, Jeb Bush has mostly kept his head low in Coral Gables. But if Dubya’s hermano isn’t 100 percent running for president just yet,…
Florida’s heated gubernatorial race could use some chilling out, and there’s nothing cooler than Vanilla Ice. Am I right, kids? Well Rick Scott recently met Florida’s greatest white rapper, but Mr. Ice was quick to point out that the meeting did not equal an endorsement…
Coral Gables’s new city manager has stepped down less than a week into his new job. Last Tuesday, city commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Jim Beard to the post. But problems unearthed during a background check appear to have scuppered the appointment. “Mr. Beard has withdrawn his name from consideration,”…
Floridians may be set to head to the polls in November to legalize medical marijuana, but could individual cities still ban smoking medical pot anyway? Bonita Springs, Florida, is going to try and is already drafting an ordinance banning smoking in public. Which is slightly funny because Bonita Springs’ most…
In Miami-Dade, transgender residents today have zero legal protection against being fired or discriminated against by their county government. That incredible fact remains true in 2014 largely because of one county commissioner and one conservative group hell-bent on keeping that basic human protection off the books. Well, with that right-wing…
Comedian-turned-political-rabble-rouser Steve Berke may have lost his latest bid for Miami Beach mayor, but he hasn’t given up on spreading the message of his pet political project: legalized pot. Berke is back with a stab at viral video campaigning with a pro-medical marijuana parody of “You’re The One That I…
It’s not been a good week for troubled ex-congressman David Rivera. First, a former confidant was sentenced to a slap on the wrist for her role in running a puppet primary candidate against Rivera’s political rival Joe Garcia, with everyone suspecting that when he’s eventually charged he’ll take the blunt…
“Conservative bad girl” Ana Alliegro was sentenced to not much more than a slap on the wrist today for her role in the David Rivera campaign corruption scandal. After pleading guilty, she’ll get off with time served and six months of house arrest followed by two years of supervised release…
The Internal Revenue Service is investigating the City of North Miami and has requested reams of documents related to the town’s payroll and social security payments. In a letter addressed to the city manager, later published on Scribd by Commissioner Scott Galvin, the agency informs the city — which has…
It’s amazing what $25.6 million can buy you these days. A condo in South Beach. A season of CC Sabathia’s pitching services. Or if you’re Rick Scott, a five-point lead in a hotly contested governor’s race. That’s what a new poll out this morning from the Tampa Bay Times finds…
In a race between two known devils, Floridians can’t seem to figure out which one is better. A new poll from Gravis Marketing shows that Floridians are split dead even between who they’d prefer as governor. Rick Scott or Charlie Crist sit at exactly 37 percent each. Perhaps the bigger…
Just 17.5 percent of Florida’s registered voters bothered to turn out for Florida’s primary election on Tuesday. That’s the lowest turnout in a state-wide election in the state in 16 years. The last time voter turnout was lower was when only 16.6 percent of Floridians bothered to turn out for…
Do you feel that excitement? The excitement only a midterm primary election can bring? OK, sure, both of the top-of-the-ticket races for each party’s gubernatorial nominee may be foregone conclusions, but there were lots of interesting races going on elsewhere on the ballot in Miami-Dade. That includes legislative primaries, the…
Burger King’s merger with Canadian coffee join Tim Hortons is official. While the company will keep the burger chain’s corporate headquarters right here in Miami, the corporation will become a corporate citizen of Canada. That means they’ll be paying their corporate tax bill to our northern neighbor and not Uncle…
With primaries out of the way, tomorrow will be the official start of the general election for Florida’s next governor. It’s also the day that Rick Scott’s former lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, releases her autobiography, When You Get There. Spoiler alert: She’s not very nice to the guv in it…
