When Otis T. Wallace became mayor of dirt-poor Florida City back in 1984, the desegregation hero was one of the first black politicians elected in the entire state. Nearly 30 years later, however, Wallace is still in office but his leadership has lost its luster.A two-month investigation by the New…
Though it was more than ten years ago now, the September 11th terrorist attacks still seem fresh in the minds of most Americans, but now there are kids in school who weren’t even alive during the attacks. So, Sen. Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, has introduced a bill in the Florida Senate…
Marco Rubio has certainly been mentioned several times by Republican candidates as a possible running mate, and it appears that GOP voters agree. Fairleigh Dickinson University released the findings of a poll today in which they asked 799 registered Republicans across the country who they’d like to see be their…
The Republican primary is officially in chaos now with Rick Santorum surging and topping Mitt Romney in some national polls. The former Pennsylvania senator is even leading in Romney’s home state of Michigan, but some in the GOP establishment aren’t quite sure Santorum is presidential material. One anonymous GOP senator…
Florida’s Democratic Senator Bill Nelson has apparently really pissed off one furry. A man in a full plushy cow costume showed up at the State Capitol building this morning to declare that Nelson was in the business of “udder hypocrisy.”…
Guess who’s back? Rudy! Rudy! Rudy Moise! Yes, the flashy millionaire who turned out one of the, uh, most memorable campaign ads of 2010 in his bid to capture Florida’s 17th district is back to challenge the woman who defeated him last year, Rep. Frederica Wilson. He’s already got his…
In the past few years, Florida lawmakers have passed laws banning synthetic compounds meant to mimic the effects of drugs like marijuana and cocaine, but chemists are staying one step ahead. In response to a law passed last year that outlawed a type of synthetic cocaine-like substance that was marketed…
Remember President Obama’s stimulus package? The $787 billion bill was supposed to goose this country’s ailing economy like a line of premium yeyo. Here in Miami, it was also booked to save us from our slovenly, speed-eating selves. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the Miami-Dade County Health…
An old Southern folk saying has ignited a new political controversy in Tallahassee. While referencing the fight over redistricting, Republican state Sen. Don Gaetz used the old phrase, “Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope.” Turns out black politicians don’t exactly like hearing Southern conservatives…
Caving to demands voiced by Senator Marco Rubio, Catholic leaders and others, President Obama today announced a compromise on a portion of his health care reform laws that would have required all employers to offer female employees free birth control even if the employer had religious objections. Miami Archbishop Thoman…
On Tuesday, January 31, hundreds of cops forcibly shut down Occupy Miami’s tent city at Government Center, ending nearly four months of protests.But instead of heading home, dozens of protesters mysteriously migrated to a half-empty apartment building in Overtown. Apparently with the permission of the building’s owner — an enigmatic…
Should we just star calling him Governor Pee Cup? Because Rick Scott is now forever identified with spearheading laws that required people receiving welfare to take drug tests. Never mind the fact that the policy ended up costing the state money, or that the rate of positive tests was extremely…
Family drama and political corruption have collided in Opa-locka this afternoon as three immediate family members of the town’s Mayor Myra Taylor were rounded up and arrested for campaign fund fraud.John Taylor, the mayor’s husband, Demetrius Taylor, her son, and Elvira Smith, her sister, all now face multiple charges…
The Gulf of Mexico may soon be known as the “Gulf of America,” at least in the state of Mississippi if a recently introduced bill in the state’s legislature passes.Sure, in a world where Republicans on the federal level actually succeeded in renaming “French fries” as “freedom fries” at government…
Last year, while delivering the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference Florida Senator Marco Rubio talked about grand ideas. This year he was in total Mean Girls mode while speaking at the Conference this morning, and made digs at his veteran colleagues in the Senate, liberals, and President…
Lost in the din of Mitt Romney’s guttural Mormon victory cry and Newt Gingrich’s helium-like baby whine — we’re not sure what Santorum sounds like — was the fact that there was actually an important election last week.Voters rejected a county charter amendment that would had slapped commissioners with term…
Florida is a pretty horrible place to be an animal. That’s due at least in part to the great conglomeration of weirdos and cretins here, of course, but stone-age animal cruelty laws have a lot to do with it as well. A few Florida senators have done their part by…
So Gov. Rick Scott, or whoever it is that controls his social media accounts, took to Facebook last night and asked Floridians to play a fun little game of fill-in-the-blank about the legislative session so far. With over 300 replies so far, Scott, who has some of the lowest approval…
When Alan Reynolds learned Mitt Romney would be holding a rally in Hialeah last week, the local conservative was ecstatic: Not only could he see his favorite GOP contender in person, he could unleash the perfect sign. “My wife is Cuban-American, he’s holding a rally at a Hialeah lunch spot,…
Remember in December when Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi was roaming around Tallahassee asking officials, including Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to pee in a cup? Well, the package finally made it onto the air last night…
If you were a betting man, hopefully you were betting that a bill to bring three full-service, Las Vegas-style casinos to South Florida wouldn’t pass this year. You’d be cashing in right now.The bill has died in the Florida House, after Rep. Erik Fresen, the Republican from Miami who is…
Citizens decry the involvement of shadowy special interests and lobbying groups in our politics, so it’s quite surprising that Rep. Rachel Burgin, a Republican from Tampa, tried to pass the actual mission statement of such a group into law.It’s not exactly a secret that lawmakers often don’t actually write the…
