Miami-Dade politics is a complicated beast, and the recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has set off a lot of dominoes. Commissioner Carlos Gimenez’s decision to resign from his county commission seat to run for mayor means it’s now up for grabs. And guess who’s running? Former City of Miami…
Perhaps Rick Scott’s biggest action during his first 100 days in office was the killing of Florida’s federally funded high-speed rail project. It would have revolutionized our transit system and had an effect on the economy like no other project in recent Florida history. So, you would have hoped he…
When North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre’s wife spotted a man stealing campaign signs off their front lawn this weekend, she hopped into her car and followed him. A few blocks later, when Bernadette Pierre pulled alongside his Jeep, 65-year-old David Leven hollered racist, sexist slurs at her — apparently not…
Everyone in Florida knows that Gov. Rick Scott has long opposed the state legislature-approved prescription pill database like a grumpy 2-year-old refusing to eat his vegetables. Of course, he also killed the Office of Drug Control because he thought it was a waste of money.But that didn’t stop him from…
Smoke ’em if you got ’em.Possessing less than 28 grams of marijuana could soon be legal in Miami-Dade County if Luther Campbell gets elected.Thanks, dude.His other proposals include countywide gambling (to fund education), a tax on strippers’ assets (OK, actually a license fee), and construction job sites that reflect a…
“I’m signing my life away in the church,” Uncle Luke said as he prepared his election documents for notarization. The reality candidate sat in the headquarters of WMBM radio studios in the New Birth Baptist Church close to his Liberty City birthplace.”I’m gonna need God on my side. I’m gonna need all…
Jesse Walters has joined the small but growing ranks of openly gay elected officeholders in Miami-Dade. Walters edged out incumbent Prospero G. Herrera II in yesterday’s election and joins the likes of North Miami councilman Scott Galvin and Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Gongora as an openly gay officeholder in a…
Candidates running for Miami-Dade mayor in the special May 24 election to replace recalled Carlos Alvarez had to register by 5 p.m. today. There are very few surprises in the list of candidates (read: no last-minute Alex Penelas filing), but here’s a look at your choices on the ballot in…
Yesterday, it seemed both sides had come to a pretty amiable resolution in the lawsuit between former Gov. Charlie Crist and the Talking Heads’ David Byrne. The exact settlement details weren’t released, but apparently they involve Crist issuing a video statement supporting artists’ intellectual rights and talking about how awesome…
During his failed Senate bid, Charlie Crist ironically used the Talking Heads’ song “Road to Nowhere” in an online ad attacking Marco Rubio. Problem was Crist didn’t get permission from Heads frontman and songwriter David Byrne to use the tune, and Byrne promptly sued Crist for $1 million. Well, unlike…
Back in 2008, Mitt Romney came in second place to John McCain in Florida’s GOP primary, a loss that signaled the beginning of the end for his campaign. Perhaps though the Sunshine State could prove warmer to Romney’s presidential hopes a second time around. A new poll from Mason-Dixon shows…
Clear your calendar on May 24 because we’re holding an election! The Miami-Dade County Commission meet this morning and, as expected, officially set the day for the election to replace recalled Carlos Alvarez on that Tuesday. Though, the mayoral race won’t be the only thing on the ballot. Voters will…
It’s actually kind of amazing that the debate over Barack Obama’s place of birth is still raging. I guess that’s what happens when national punch line Donald Trump tries desperately to make headlines for his grand publicity stunt of pretending to think about running for president and decides to reignite…
Regulating what America whacks off to has not been a chief concern of the Obama administration. But now a group of 42 senators have sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder complaining that his justice department hasn’t been keeping a close enough eye on the mainstream adult pornography business…
Floridians don’t seem to like much of anyone when it comes to politics. A day after releasing dismal approval ratings for controversial Republican Gov. Rick Scott, Quinnipiac has released a new poll showing that a majority of Floridians don’t think Democratic President Barack Obama deserves a second term. The president…
Remember how Rep. David Rivera is allegedly a giant, corrupt scumbag? Well, someone in his office would rather you forget. According to Politico someone in Rivera’s office is desperately trying to remove all references to the many investigations Rivera currently finds himself at the center of from his Wikipedia page…
Schemers and dreamers have plotted for years to bring gambling back to South Beach, once the site of high stakes poker games featuring the likes of Al Capone and Meyer Lansky. Sure, local and state laws stand in the way, not to mention what’s likely to be heavy local opposition…
Only 42 percent of white voters in Florida voted for Barack Obama back in 2008, but he still managed to narrowly win the state. A new analysis from National Journal suggests that Obama can manage to capture even less of the white Florida vote in 2012 and still pick up…
Florida legislators are hard at work trying to pass a law that would ban students from wearing baggy pants in the classroom, but baggy pants have actually saved a teenager life — well, sorta. Seventeen-year-old St. Petersburg resident Kendrick Williams escaped an alligator attack because the reptile could only manage…
Florida’s so-called Arizona-style immigration bill, which Governor Rick Scott campaigned on, is looking less and less Arizona-style as it makes it way through the state legislature. Republican state Senator Anitere Flores, who had authored the original Senate version of the bill, helped approve a number of measure that would strip…
Florida residents are getting a big gulp of Tea Party policy thanks to Gov. Rick Scott, and so far they don’t seem to be enjoying the bitter taste. According to a new Quinnipiac poll, 48 percent of Floridians disapprove of Scott’s job performance, up from 22 percent in February. Fifty-three percent…
It’s good to know that during these hard times, our state senators are focusing on the big issues. Issues like addressing Florida’s dire need for an official state amphibian. Thank goodness that state Sen. Steve Oelrich (R-Cross Creek) has taken up this pressing concern and is making sure the barking…
