Welcome to Florida. Where we can’t even draw proper congressional districts. Every ten years the state legislature is entrusted with redrawing the boundaries of both state and federal congressional districts to account for changes in population. The process began four whole years ago, but the original districts drawn were thrown…
Climate change and rising sea levels are very real threats, but there’s no need to be hyperbolic about it. “Hey, large portions of highly populated land could go completely under water in the next few centuries,” seems alarming enough to us. Yet, while speaking at a new conference during the Organization…
The archetypical tale of the young grasshopper surpassing his mentor is still playing out between Miami’s two native presidential candidates. Except in this case, the mentor is desperately outspending his protege — and everyone else for that matter — in a last-ditch effort to stay relevant. And so far, it’s…
There’s tons of exclusive parties in Miami this week, but not every single one of them will have New York hipsters trying to crash them. Take for example a fundraiser for Jeb Bush, Miami’s somewhat now embarrassing presidential candidate, hosted by Romero Britto, Miami’s somewhat now embarrassing celebrity pop “artist.” …
A petition drive is building steam to stop construction of a Wellness Center on one of Miami Beach’s last oceanfront respites, Allison Park Park — at 65th Street and Collins Avenue. The three-acre-park is among the city’s smallest. The Sabrina Cohen Foundation, a group focused on helping people with disabilities,…
First it was the Port of Miami. Then a boat slip next to the American Airlines Arena. Finally, with a plot next to Marlins Park in Little Havana it seemed like David Beckham’s group had at last found a spot to build a stadium for a new Major League Soccer…
Aaah, Thanksgiving. The holiday when we’re called to give thanks for the fall harvest and harken to centuries past, when scores of immigrants arrived to the shores of the New World to begin to build the United States of America. It’s a time to share — and to be grateful,…
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission approved net neutrality rules designed to prevent internet providers from speeding up the connections to certain websites, while slowing down others. But in September, U.S. presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush said he’d repeal it entirely if elected. Someone didn’t like that…
When asked last night on Fox News if he’d follow Donald Trump’s suggestion of possibly shutting down American mosques in the fight against ISIS, Rubio decided to do him one better by claiming he’d go as far as shutting down Radical Muslim cafés and diners too. Do those things even…
Things appear to have slightly improved for Governor Rick Scott since he was awarded the title of America’s worst Governor back in 2011. According to a new survey from Morning Consult, Scott is now just the 8th least popular governor in America. That’s actually something of a surprise for a…
The dynamics of Florida’s Democratic Senate primary is one of a milquetoast moderate vs a firebrand progressive, and the moderate in that equation, Rep. Patrick Murphy, certainly drove the point home by being one a small number of Democrats today to cross party lines and vote for a bill that…
For the past seven years, multiple employees at the taxpayer-funded CareerSource South Florida have maintained that their boss, who earns more than Mayor Carlos Gimenez, is a workplace bully. In complaints filed with the county, state, and federal government, they have accused executive director Roderick “Rick” Beasley of verbally abusing,…
If a new Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative is any indication, Donald Trump’s grip on first place in the Republican primary isn’t going away anytime soon, but the placement of the rest of the field continues to shift. The poll shows that Senator Marco Rubio is now…
A bill that would give the terminally ill in Florida the “right to try” medical marijuana is moving through the Florida legislature smoothly. Introduced by Republican state Rep. Matt Gaetz and state Sen. Rob Bradley last month, the bill passed the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee in a 9-4 bipartisan vote…
Local election season in Miami-Dade is now officially over with voters heading to the polls today in two commission runoffs in both Miami and Miami Beach. In Miami, Ken Russell has now officially been declared victor in the “election that didn’t matter.” Meanwhile in Miami Beach, two weeks after voters…
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s maternal Grandparents were Sephardic Jews who fled what is now present-day Turkey because of the fallout of the Balkan War. They settled in Cuba, where Ros-Lehtinen would be born, but at seven-years-old her family fled the Communist dictatorship of Fidel Castro for America. Which is say Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s entire…
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his face contorted in a scowl, doesn’t get up to greet Alex Villalobos when the big-eyed 42-year-old state senator enters the dimly lit office connected to the executive suite of Tallahassee’s Capitol building. It’s early May 2006, shortly after the last day of the legislative session,…
Like the rest of the world, Miami spent the weekend in grief and shock over the brutal terrorist attacks that killed 129 in Paris. Our two native sons who are currently jousting for a chance to lead the free world went quite a bit further, however. Jeb Bush and Marco…
For months leading up to the District Two commission race, Ken Russell’s fundraising lagged far behind his chief rival, Teresa Sarnoff. By election day, he’d hauled in just $158,560 compared to Sarnoff’s $747,000 war chest. But hours after the shock results of the Nov. 3 ballot — in which Russell…
The final details on a soccer stadium in Little Havana — owned by the Miami-Dade School Board and built and operated by David Beckham and his partners — may have just been hammered out at the SoHo Beach House in South Beach last night. That’s where Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and…
Last night on MSNBC’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews stumbled into the tricky issue of Cuban identity and completely fumbled on the issue. Naturally, the host and his panel were discussing Tuesday’s Republican Primary debate, and while talking about an interaction between Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, Matthews just decided…
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez only filed his official paperwork to run for his second full term on October 1st, but the incumbent has already amassed a campaign war chest of nearly $2.5 million. Meanwhile, his biggest declared competition, School Board member Raquel Regaldo has collected $512,000 this year. Although the…
