June’s Miami Beach commission meeting ended with what seemed like a heartfelt bit of humanity. Commissioners agreed to keep axed City Manager Jorge Gonzalez on the books for another nine months while he burned vacation days so his family could keep its health insurance.But this is Miami Beach, the most…
The latest shot has been fired in what may be Gov. Rick Scott’s dumbest legal battle yet.Earlier this month a federal judge struck down the so-called “Docs vs. Glocks” law that Scott had signed into law last year. Now Scott has ordered the Florida Department of Health to appeal the…
DJs really are taking over. They’ve even entered the political arena, and may play a small but pivotal role in the presidential election.President Obama’s campaign has quietly enlisted the help of a group known as “DJs for Obama.” The group is targeting beat-friendly cities, perhaps none more so than Miami…
When it comes to pushing new laws, Gov. Rick Scott has developed a predictable routine: 1) Propose clearly unconstitutional and possibly insane new law. 2) Get sued. 3) Inspire heavy Daily Show mockery. 4) Lose over and over again in court.While we all love the Daily Show fodder, steps two…
Last week, our columnist Luther Campbell slammed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. The following is Gimenez’s response: Last year, while campaigning for Mayor of Miami-Dade County, I made certain promises to our residents for a better community. In the fourteen months since then, we have worked day in and day out…
In a recently released deposition from his ongoing criminal trial, Jim Greer, the former chair of the Republican Party of Florida, claims the party actively tried to find ways to get African Americans not to vote. He claims the party also squashed efforts at minority outreach, as they were not…
Also read Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Accused of Fling With Top Aide and Black Lesbians Are So Pissed At Jennifer Carroll Right Now.In one of the least predictable sagas of this summer of face-eating and Marlins-hating, conservative Gov. Jennifer Carroll was accused of getting caught in a lesbian affair with…
Jeb Bush, whose main job since leaving Florida’s governor’s mansion has been not running for president, will continue the busy duties of not running for president this October by keynoting the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner in Sioux City, Iowa.Of course, if the American media knows one thing, it’s…
“What Do Gus Barreiro and the Aurora Mass Murderer Have in Common?” reads the latest headline on TeaPartyMiami.org. Yes, Tea Party Miami chairman Eric Von Tausch is shamelessly using the murder of 12 people to attack a politician he doesn’t like…
Let’s be honest. The first instinct most people have when a Republican politician’s seminude photos emerge online is that a sex scandal is about to unfold. Probably a gay sex scandal. So when pics of state Rep. Peter Nehr leaked online in, of all places, the political blog of the…
All of Tampa is preparing for the Republican National Convention in late August, but no industry seems as excited for the conservative conference as the Tampa Bay area’s strip clubs. Several titty bars are undergoing renovations and trying to outdo themselves to lure GOP fat cats’ fat wallets, but one…
Patrick Murphy, a well-funded Democrat, will likely face off against everyone’s favorite kooky South Florida congressman Allen West in November, but first he has a few Democratic rivals to face off against in the primary. One of those rivals, Jim Horn, is sending out a flyer that heavily implies Murphy…
It’s not exactly on the level of Sarah Palin’s 2008 clothing controversy, but in the spirit of harping on equal opportunity wardrobe scandals maybe we should point out that senate candidate Connie Mack charged about $470 in clothes from Brooks Brothers to his campaign. The Buzz points out that would…
It’s not Saturday night, but apparently the time is right for fighting between Elton John and Gov. Rick Scott. In his upcoming memoir, Sir Elton criticizes the unpopular pol for attempting to cut funds to Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program. Elton even wrote a letter to the governor, and the response…
Yesterday, Florida’s lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, laughed off accusations that she was caught in her office with a female aide between her legs by saying, “Usually black women that look like me don’t engage in relationships like that.” That remark has enraged black women who engage in relationships like that…
There’s never been a Floridian anywhere close to getting in the White House, and it appears Marco Rubio will not be running as vice president this year. Following earlier reports that he wasn’t even being seriously considered by Mitt Romney for the spot, bits of Romney’s supposed VP shortlist had…
Floridians were reminded of the existence of Rick Scott’s Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll this past week when a former aide claimed she saw Carroll in a sexually “compromising position” with a female employee.When asked about the accusations by a Tampa TV station, Carroll laughed off the claims, poked fun at…
See also “Connie Mack Now Leads Bill Nelson by Nine Points in Major Reversal.”Yesterday, a Rasumussen Reports poll indicated that Republican challenger Rep. Connie Mack IV had taken a commanding nine-point lead in the the race against incumbent Senator Bill Nelson.But not so fast. A new poll released today shows…
With Rick Scott’s dismal approval ratings, Democrats from all corners of the state are salivating over the chance to take him on in 2014. Jimmy Morales, the former chairmen of the Miami-Dade County Commission and the man who lost the mayoral race to Carlos Alvarez in 2004, has announced he’s…
While polling in Florida of the presidential race has fluctuated, the polling in our Senate race had been pretty consistent: Incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson was kicking ass.Well, no more, at least according to one poll. Rasmussen Reports shows that, in a major shift, Republican challenger Rep. Connie Mack IV is now leading Nelson…
In a stunning series of accusations, Florida’s lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, was allegedly caught in a compromising sexual position with a top female aide.Of course, the claims are coming from a former Carroll staffer who was fired and is facing third-degree felony charges for illegally taping Carroll’s conversations and supplying…
América TeVe, the little Spanish-language, Hialeah Gardens-based scored a big interview with President Barack Obama, and it’s causing a major controversy.Obama told reporter Oscar Haza that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has not posed a “serious national security impact” to America in the past few year. Prominent Republicans including Florida Senator…
