Instead of talking about salient issues, the two contenders for Florida’s GOP Senate nomination have spent the better part of the last week arguing over a dumb Charlie Sheen joke. Former Sen. George LeMieux cracked last week that rival Rep. Connie Mack IV was the “Charlie Sheen of Florida Politics”…
This week’s profile of Otis Wallace raises serious questions about corruption in Florida City, from accusations of bribery and secret real estate deals to stolen votes. The article also reveals for the first time FBI and Miami-Dade investigations into the mayor and his administration.To help you sort through the evidence,…
Yesterday George LeMieux made a mildly amusing (by GOP standards anyway) sort-of-zinger comparing his Republican Senate Primary opponent Connie Mack to Charlie Sheen. Well, now Mack’s campaign manager Jeff Cohen has responded with this smarmy, hyperbolic, over-the-top letter addressed to LeMieux. Cohen was so pleased with his ridiculous, over-serious reaction…
Buzzfeed, the site about cute cats and “penis size math” that apparently has a political habit on the side, is out with a new shocker about Florida Senator Marco Rubio that, according to journalist McKay Coppins, could be “potentially damaging” and complicating to Rubio’s political future. Well, what is it…
Richard Steinberg apparently learned very little from Anthony Weiner’s downfall. Steinberg, a Democratic member of the Florida House from Miami Beach, has admitted this morning to sending a number of “inappropriate” text messages to a married female prosecutor, starting with this cringeworthy opener: “Sexxxy mama?”The prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Marlene…
After last night’s game against the Kings, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra joked that Udonis Haslem will “eventually …be mayor of this town.” Turns out that Haslem has actually given some thought to a political future, and may someday actually run for mayor of Miami. Watch out, Tomas Regalado…
According to polls Rep. Connie Mack IV is currently “#Winning!” when it comes to Florida’s Republican Senate primary, but his campaign has hit quite a few snags this week. Sensing an opportunity to pounce, Mack’s last serious remaining challenger, ex-Senator George LeMieux, called Mack the “Charlie Sheen of Florida Politics” this morning. …
Never before has America seen a governor so obsessed with forcing other people to pee in cups as our own Rick Scott. Two of the first orders he issued after taking office required welfare recipients and all state employees to urinate into cups — all to make sure drug fiends…
Florida Governor Rick Scott sunk about $70 million of his own money in his successful bid for election in 2010. He won’t be up for election again for more than two years, but he’s already gearing up his campaign. However, this go-around he won’t be paying for it all out…
Ave Maria University — the much-troubled, uber-Catholic institution near Naples — is suing the Obama administration over its rule requiring health plans to cover free contraception.”It is a sad day when an American citizen or organization has no choice but to sue its own government in order to exercise religious…
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…
