Apparently there are some people out there who don’t think Attorney General Pam Bondi is doing a good enough job defending Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage, which a federal jude just ruled yesterday was unconstitutional and will be scene in the near future as “an obvious pretext for discrimination.” Well,…
More than five years after Miami-Dade County commissioners approved taxpayer funding for Marlins Park, the stadium is still so unpopular it’s inspiring political attack ads. Earlier this month, Miami-Dade residents began receiving colorful flyers plastered with images of the stadium and the smiling face of District 8 commission candidate Daniella…
Global warming and rising sea levels could lead to some of Florida’s biggest cities sitting under water. You’d think preparing for such a scenario would be at the top of the list of Florida leader’s agenda. Well, for the first time since taking off Gov. Rick Scott actually had a…
The law came a little closer today to catching up with former congressman David Rivera. Ana Sol Alliegro, Rivera’s longtime confidante and self-described “conservative bad girl,” has now decided to plead guilty to several charges to avoid trial next week. According to several reports, Alliegro and Rivera secretly conspired to…
A month and a half after Israel launched “Operation Protective Edge” in response to Hamas rockets — a military conflict that has now resulted in more than 2,000 Palestinian deaths and 67 Israeli casualties — Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine announced plans for a fall business trip. To Israel. And…
Leave it to Florida Democrats to somehow screw up a race that less than a year ago seemed impossible to lose. According to the latest poll released by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Rick Scott leads Charlie Crist by 3 points in a head-to-head match up. That lead increases to…
Ever wanted to see a local politicians have ice cold water dumped on him? Well, today you’re in luck. In the midst of his reelection campaign, Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia decided to jump on the internet’s coldest trend, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge…
No one really asked Jeb Bush, but it isn’t much of a surprise he’s not down with medical marijuana. The former governor, along with the Florida Chamber, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida and the Florida Trucking Association, is the latest to join the anti-medical marijuana push…
Climate change — the accompanying rising sea levels — is one of the biggest issues facing Florida’s future. Yet, Governor Rick Scott has done very little to address it. Well, he’s finally decided to at least listen. His office announced today that he’ll meet with climate change scientists later this…
Despite running against incumbent Gov. Rick Scott in the Republican primary, Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder hasn’t made many headlines. Scott’s win is nearly guaranteed. Yet, Cuevas-Neunder has a strong message that will surely resonate with Florida’s Latina moms. She wants to smack Scott (and Charlie Crist) with her chancleta…
The Florida Medical Association, which represents about 20,000 physicians in the state of Florida, has come out strongly against a proposed amendment that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Among the group’s concerns are that medical professionals without proper training could end up handling medical marijuana. We hate to…
Absentee ballots have been sent out for this year’s primary, which means it’s officially election season in Miami-Dade. Of course, every election season here ends up with someone getting busted for voter fraud. Well, the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association is at least hoping to make someone a little richer off…
Anyone unfortunate enough to be a political campaign’s mailing list knows how weird the e-mail subject lines can be. Just check out Nancy Pelosi’s latest string of really depressing subject lines as one example. Yet, the subject line of an e-mail we got from the Charlie Crist campaign last night…
A lack of enthusiasm from rank-and-file Democrats over former Republican Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial campaign may be taking its toll in reason polls. So perhaps it’s not a surprise that Crist has unveiled a list of liberal-pleasing first day promises he hopes to enact upon inauguration. These are steps Crist would…
For a guy whose artistic wheelhouse consists almost solely of gangster fantasy, Rick Ross seems to have a more sensible take on gun laws than some NRA fanatics. In a particularly head-scratching string of protests, some guns rights activists have taken to carrying around loaded semiautomatic riffles while doing things…
On Friday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a controversial Florida law that bans doctors from asking patients if they have guns in their homes. Following the decision, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a decision that pretty much encouraged Florida pediatricians to keep breaking the so called “docs…
Trying to get Floridians to all agree on something is damn near impossible, so the poll number for medical marijuana are impressive. A new Quinnipiac poll shows that about 9 out of every 10 Floridians supports legalizing medical marijuana, while a majority now also supports decriminalizing possession of small amounts…
Curt Clawson is Florida’s newest congressman. In fact, it’s his one-month anniversary on the job after winning the seat vacated by Trey “Cocaine Congressman” Radel. He positioned himself heavily in the campaign as an “outsider,” and, well, yesterday he certainly proved that he’s clueless to the inner workings and decorum…
In the late 1940s and ’50s there was no bigger American media star than Arthur Godfrey, who had become known and loved for his intimate, folksy radio news personality and went on to host programs like the wildly popular daily CBS variety show Arthur Godfrey Time. Beginning in 1953 Godfrey…
Who the hell is Adrian Wyllie? Well, he’s a military vet, an IT consultant and the host of a libertarian radio talk show in Pinellas County. He also might just be Charlie Crist’s worst nightmare. That’s because Wyllie is running for Florida governor on the Libertarian ticket and a new…
Daily Show alum John Oliver’s new HBO show Last Week Tonight is only on its 11th episode, but obviously a comedy program poking fun at politics and the news can only go so long until it features a few Rick Scott jokes. On Sunday’s episode, Oliver dug into America’s prison…
One morning in the summer of 2008, just before the Beijing Olympics were set to kick off, Juan Zapata, then a republican Florida state representative, found himself having breakfast with Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese ambassador to the United States. The breakfast delegation was talking business, and someone floated the idea…
