Sure, it’s just a big swamp, but a fervor to protect the Everglades flows through the souls of most Floridians. It’s our big swamp, dammit, and most of us understand its ecological importance. Apparently, though, our Illinois-born governor, Rick Scott, doesn’t share such a passion. His controversial budget proposal includes…
Politics and publicity opportunities make strange bedfellows. President Barack Obama and former Gov. Jeb Bush will appear together this Friday at Miami Central High School. Obama will be in town for a Democratic fundraiser but will swing by the school with Bush to address ways to turn around low-performing schools…
Mayor Tomás Regalado isn’t the only powerful enemy Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito has made in his relatively short run atop the department. Now, national civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Al Sharpton is calling for a federal investigation into the Miami Police Department. Sharpton is concerned over the…
Watch out for Freddy Krueger! He’ll kill you in your dreams! Or, apparently, rob your grocery store. Police are on the lookout for a man in a Freddy Krueger Halloween mask who pulled off an armed robbery at a Food Giant grocery store this past weekend…
Pittsburgh’s pro sports teams show solidarity by donning black and yellow. South Florida’s teams apparently just passively-aggressively trash each other on Twitter. Florida Panthers CEO and President Michael Yormark attended a Heat game last night, and on Twitter he trashed Miami Heat fans and the team’s game-day experience…
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The University of Miami women’s basketball team finished regular-season play last night with a 70-59 victory over Georgia Tech. That win secured the team for a first-place tie atop the ACC with Duke, a second seed in the ACC tournament, and, for the first time all season, a place in…
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who owns perhaps the most stunning collection of hats since Isabella Blow, has finally landed on the cover of a magazine. Unfortunately for Anna Wintour, it wasn’t on her Vogue magazine, but rather the Washington Post Magazine. Though the photo shoot certainly looked fun, the accompanying article…
Senate President and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos lists his profession as college professor (though he’s actually merely a lecturer) but apparently does a hell of a lot less toiling on his written works than one would expect of his students. He certainly makes a lot more money for it,…
It’s not exactly great news when your local college baseball team beats your local professional baseball team. That’s just not how the world is supposed to work. Yet the Miami Hurricanes baseball team pulled out a surprising win against the Florida Marlins yesterday in an exhibition game. To add literal…
Part-time Miami resident Lil Wayne didn’t exactly get the warmest homecoming when he flew into Opa-locka Airport earlier this week. According to MTV, the rapper was detained by Drug Enforcement Agency agents as his plane was searched…
Well, it was all but official, but University of Miami’s athletics director, Kirby Hocutt, is leaving Coral Gables to take the same job at Texas Tech. Hocutt was seen as a rising star in the world of college athletics directors, and while his new job is certainly less high-profile, it…
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In a stunningly speedy political flip-flop, Florida Governor Rick Scott has completely changed his stance on whether or not unions should have collective bargaining rights. He’s fallen in step with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union stance. What made Scott change his mind so fast? Well, for one, he had a…
I don’t speak fluent Spanish, so I have no idea what the hell is going on here. Even if I did, I’m still not sure I’d know what the hell is going on here. All we can gleam from the following video is that the hosts of America TeVe’s Ke…
Republican Rep. David Rivera is now under investigation by three separate agencies who are all looking into ethics charges involving his campaign finances. Perhaps no one told him, because he sure doesn’t have anything to say about it. Since his district includes part of Collier County, Rivera decided to give…
It hasn’t been an especially good sports year for hemophiliacs of the green and orange variety, and nothing drives that point home more than the lack of Hurricane wins over Seminole teams. In true team sports, only the Volleyball team has managed to top a ‘Noles team this school year…
Two big updates in two big stories about comings and going in the Miami sports world we posted this morning. It looks like Jeremy Shockey coming to the Dolphins could be in the realm of reality. Meanwhile, a reports says Kirby Hocutt is definitely leaving his post as University of…
Ashley Cowie, a sophomore at Florida State University, was shot and killed last month after an AK-47 accidentally went off at a party at a property housing fraternity brothers. Clearly, firearms and college parties don’t mix well, but a bill introduced last month would allow students at Florida state colleges…
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Quick, what causes more heart attacks: cocaine or air pollution? It’s actually air pollution, which triggers roughly five to seven percent of all heart attacks. Whereas cocaine is responsible for only 0.9 percent of all heart attacks. Of course, cocaine is much more dangerous on a personal level. Yet, studies…
Naked Politics carries the results of a private poll showing that exactly 50 percent of Miami-Dade voters want to see Miami-Dade Carlos Alvarez recalled, while only 34 would vote to keep him in office. 46 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Alvarez, while only 24 percent view him favorably. There’s…
