We always took Jeb Bush as a bit of nerd, but apparently we were wrong. Turns out he’s just a creepy fake comic book fan bro, and we found this out in what might not be the biggest blunder of Bush’s presidential campaign so far, but certainly is the oddest. …
LeLe Pons is probably the most famous Miamian right now that no one over 21 has heard. She’s one of the most popular personality on the Vine social network, and came in at 6th on our list of most followed Miami Instagram accounts, ahead of bonafide celebs like Pitbull and…
Florida Democrats just really, really love Hillary Clinton, and nothing can shake their resolve. Back in 2008, Clinton took a brief break from getting bested in earlier primary states by our current president, and absolutely crushed both Barack Obama and Johns Edwards in the Florida primary. Now polling for 2016…
Elections are coming up in the City of Miami, and in the race for the city’s highest profile commission seat, the fundraising, at least, isn’t even close: The big money is in the hands of Teresa Sarnoff, wife of incumbent Marc. Sarnoff is running to represent District 2, the jurisdiction…
Pitbull’s entire image is of a globe trotting cool guy who attends the coolest parties and hob knobs with the elite. Listening to his lyrics it seems like his entire life is one of refined hedonism. But apparently in real life he does do some boring things, like occasionally having…
The Florida Senate was going to mess around when it came to removing the Confederate flag from its official seal. The Senate started its third special session of the year. The official business at hand is yet another attempt to redraw Florida’s unconstitutional congressional districts, but, surprising many, the Senate…
Despite the fact that two of his biggest competitors are actual Florida politicians, Donald Trump holds onto a slim lead amongst likely Florida Republican primary voters. He’ll up to firm up that lead by dropping by Florida later this week. A jaunt that will include Trump’s first public visit to…
Everyonce in a while someone comes along and tries to rebrand and rename a neighborhood somewhere in Miami. There was an attempt to brand a stretch of Mid-Beach as “Wunder Mile.” Developers tried to get people to call a portion of Overtown as “SoWyn.” There were even attempts in the…
Sometimes it seems like Florida only has have like five actual politicians. It doesn’t matter if you keep losing races. You can just keeping running for things until you actually win something, and apparently there will be big time donors and your party’s establishment there to support you. People are…
After seven years of filing complaints against their prominent county boss, Linda Pierre and other female employees finally found traction in August. An investigation by the federal government found that CareerSource South Florida executive director Rick Beasley subjected female employees to a “pattern of harassment, intimidation, exclusion, bullying…conditions due to…
Two years ago the Florida State Supreme Court suspended Jeffrey Norkin from practicing law for what they found to be grossly unprofessional behavior in court. Yeah, well, Norkin continued to practice law and continued to exhibit grossly unprofessional behavior while doing so. So now the Supreme Court has decided to…
In recent years, at least four employees at CareerSource South Florida filed complaints with the county about Roderick “Rick” Beasley, the executive director of a public agency that uses $70 million in state and federal funds to find employment for local job seekers. They alleged that Beasley — who earns…
When the NRA says “jump,” Republicans in Florida’s state legislature ask “how high,” and then manage to jump even higher. The state has long been a leader in passing NRA-backed legislation. It’s why we’re known as the “Stand Your Ground” state after all. Florida’s passage of a “shall issue” concealed…
Embattled CareerSource South Florida executive director Rick Beasley, already likely to face criticism week over alleged workplace bullying, has a new problem. Three current and former employees accuse him of religious discrimination. CareerSource, the largest operation of its type in Florida, uses $70 million in state and federal funds to connect local…
Florida was probably the most useless state to the Confederacy. Our population was small, our land was hard to secure, and the biggest thing we really contributed to that controversial cause was salt. For a lot of reasons, its not exactly the most controversial thing in Florida to try and…
House Republicans are in an absolute mess at the moment as they struggle to figure out who will emerge as their new Speaker of the house, but the temporary brouhaha may lead to Rep. Dan Webster’s — and Florida’s — gain. The conservative from Central Florida has emerged as a…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, so we asked the group, which is led by legendary executive director Howard Simon, to name its top 12 cases. Here are the results. 12. Free Speech on Gun Safety for DoctorsThe Florida Legislature enacted the…
Remember back in 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled that interracial marriage should be legal throughout all of America in Loving vs Virginia? That was a pretty good decision, I think we all agree, don’t we? One interesting note about that is that not one single pastor, priest or minister…
Poll numbers suggest that Florida’s march to medical marijuana is inevitably, but it sure is taken a long time to get there. Sure, law makers approved non-smokable and non-euphoric “Charlotte’s Web” medicinal marijuana for a narrow slice of patients back in 2014, but so far the state has stalled on…
Donald Trump’s popularity shows no signs of slipping in Florida. The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Trump atop all his GOP rival amongst Republican primary voters with 28 percent lining up behind the Donald. That’s actually a rise of 7 percent since the last time Quinnipiac polled Florida in late August. …
Rick Beasley, a stocky, middle-aged man with a bushy handlebar mustache, stood at the head of an oval table on the fifth floor of a building in Doral. Nine nattily dressed managers filed into the windowless private conference room. After Linda Pierre, a petite 29-year-old, took a seat four feet…
We weren’t sure that the sage of Augustus Sol Invictus, the goat blood-drinking pagan running for Senate in Florida as a libertarian, could get any weirder, and yet that was before we found out that there’s a Miley Cyrus connection. Need something to get a bit stranger? Yep, just add…
