The swim race was meant to be a hilarious escapade of less-than-Olympic caliber politicians thrashing about for a good cause. Held last July at the West Grove pool, City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff lined up to race with two other commissioners and filmmaker Billy Corben, with each pledging $1,000 toward the…
Rep. Gwen Graham, a single-term Democratic congresswoman perhaps best known for being the daughter of former Senator and Governor Bob Graham, announced today that she won’t seek re-election and is instead strongly considering a run for governor in 2018. “I’m so excited to tell you first that I’m seriously considering…
Finally! Someone has combined the hit broadway musical you can’t stop hearing about and the failed presidential candidate you haven’t heard much about for two months. Yes, folks, Jeb!: An American Disappointment, a parody of Hamilton, is here to the delight of, well, some. Unfortunately, it’s not a fully staged…
Jeb Bush has been out of the presidential race for almost two months, but Donald Trump apparently loves to lambast the former Florida gov. Lil’ Jebbers was Trump’s favorite target during the debates. The mogul seemed to relish metaphorically wrapping his stubby little digits around Bush’s jowls any chance he…
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine’s controversy meter is, at times, notably off. The millionaire Mayor made a historic trip to Cuba last month, and while speaking with Cuban officials, broached the idea of discussing bringing a Cuban Consulate to Miami Beach. This is, of course, Miami-Dade County, where all discussion…
For years, the knock against Debbie Wasserman Shultz was that she was just too damn liberal for her own good. Everytime Florida political columnist mentioned the possibility of the Congresswoman running for state-wide office it came with the caveat that she was perhaps too far to the left to win…
When Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine not only became the first sitting head of a Dade County city to visit Cuba but also initiated the possibility of a hosting a Cuban consulate in Miami Beach it could be seen as a litmus test to see how charged the third rail of…
In November 2012, artist Brian Deutzman had just returned to his hometown of Miami from New York hoping to sell some of his work during Art Basel. So he was thrilled when a broker representing Donald Trump’s hotel chain asked to buy a stylized photograph of a classic car to…
In 2002, when Miami-Dade voters approved a half-penny sales tax to fund mass transit in the county we were promised the moon: namely, widely expanded MetroRail and bus services. We got, at best, the equivalent of a few orbiting space rocks. Now, the Miami-Dade Commission may consider asking voters to…
Marco Rubio says he’s not open to being anyone’s running mate, and that when his Senate term expire in January he’ll return to the private sector. Then again, Rubio says a lot of things he later goes back on. When he originally won that Senate seat he said he wouldn’t use…
On the campaign trail and his personal websites, Donald Trump has bragged that he’s an “ardent philanthropist” who’s given more than $100 million in recent years to worthy causes. To back up that claim, he sent reporters a 93-page document noting all his contributions. Well, the Washington Post took…
Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign was a slow-motion dumpster fire. In state after state, he struggled to find a win. And by the time he had lost every single county except for Miami-Dade in the Florida primary, Rubio couldn’t avoid the truth: his party’s voters had made it painfully clear that…
Back in 2003, photographer Kenneth Adelman was working on a project that documented the coastline of California, which includes the cliff of Malibu, which happens to include the home of Barbara Streisand. Adelman posted his photos online, and, well, not many people actually bothered to pay attention to the project…
Governor Rick Scott is vastly unpopular. Almost half of Floridians disapprove of the job he’s doing, while only 38 percent approve of his work in Tallahassee according to the latest polls. Which isn’t news. His approvals ratings have famously been horrible practically since the moment he stepped into office. Yet, somehow we’ve…
The Office of Congressional Ethics dropped its report on Rep. Alan Grayson today, and found that there is “substantial reason to believe” that Grayson broke the law and ran afoul of House ethics rules while he ran a small hedge fund. Grayson’s campaign has shot back by calling the investigation a “politically…
The area between Alton Road and West Ave in South Beach is suddenly a booming nightlife hub. Places like Bodega and Foxhole are pulling crowds over from the eastside of the beach, and more venues are in the works. That doesn’t sit well with everyone. Namely mainy residents who live…
Marco Rubio failed to land a top job at a once-great institution that is now a sad, messy parody of its former self (the national Republican party) and is now might just be seeking a top job at another once great institution that is now a sad, messy parody of…
A few weeks ago we were reminded of the fact that “scandals” that seem almost unnoteworthy here in Miami can appear absolutely shocking to the rest of the country. At the time, we were discussing Marco Rubio’s many mini-scandals: his coincidental sort-of-connection to amateur gay porn, his spotty driving record,…
The Republican establishment is rightfully worried that placing Donald Trump on the top of its ticket in November could lead to disastrous election results. His favorability rating among the general electorate is historically underwater, and in an average of the latest polls, he’s trailing Hillary Clinton by 11.2 points in a…
The Republican primary race this year is rewriting all the rules of conventional wisdom, and perhaps there’s been no bigger victim of the historical insanity than Marco Rubio. In fact, Rubio’s loss in his home state of Florida leaves him with a dubious historical distinction. He’s only the third Republican…
You won’t often hear Donald Trump admit he made a mistake, but his personal charity has for donating to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s election campaign. See, Trump and Bondi go way back. Well, at least as far back as 2013. Bondi was deciding whether or not her office should…
More than 200 Cuban protestors were arrested over the weekend as the island prepared for President Obama’s historic visit, which started yesterday. Dissidents of the human rights movement, #TodosMarchamos, including the Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), and Unión Patriótica de Cuba (Cuban Patriotic Union, UNPACU), gathered at calle 26 and…
