Government Spending

Shady For-Profit College Welcomed With $350,000 in Tax Breaks

Anthem Education, Shady For-Profit College, Welcomed With $350,000 in Tax Breaks

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott's offices sent out a news release that declared, "Gov. Scott Announces Anthem Education Expansion in Fort Lauderdale, 70 New Jobs." It explained that the for-profit college will be locating its "North American headquarters" to Fort Lauderdale, spending $300,000 on a bui ... More >>

Medicaid Expansion Bill "NegronCare" Passes in Florida Senate

House Bill 7169, the Florida Senate's alternate legislation to provide 1 million Floridians with needed health coverage, was approved by the Senate on a 38-1 vote. The measure is expected to head back the House, where it was already rejected and probably will be again.

White House Kitchen Affected by Sequestration

The federal government's budget cuts are being felt everywhere these days -- including in the White House kitchen.In an interview with reporters, the White House's assistant chef and senior policy adviser for the healthy food initiative, Sam Kass, announced that he was being furloughed, according to ... More >>

Sequestration Means More Drugs Will Be Arriving in South Florida

The epic partisan clusterfrick in Washington known as sequestration is sure to put the squeeze on government budgets down the line. But an immediate impact on Uncle Sam's spending is already registering in military circles -- specifically, deployment. What does that mean? Basically it means the neig ... More >>

Marco Rubio to Say a Whole Lotta Nothing Tonight

As we told you last week, Marco Rubio will be performing the GOP Feats! Of! Strength! as he delivers the State of the Union address response tonight. And, in a shocking twist, he plans on painting President Obama as a Big Government Spender Who Is Just a Socialist Spending Guy Who Spends Big Agenda ... More >>

Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Give Floridians a Break, According to Report

Remember when the House voted for a fiscal cliff bill way back when three days ago? Sure, this might mean some money being taken from your paychecks. But according to a Sun Sentinel report, Florida is one of the big winners in the whole fiscal cliff bill thing. According to the report, Florida ta ... More >>

Marco Rubio Voted No on Fiscal Cliff Bill

On the first ay of the brand new year, the House voted 257-167 to approve the Senate bill that would avoid major tax hikes and spending cuts and keep us all from falling over the so-called "fiscal cliff," which would've been a terrible way to start 2013. The GOPers wanted to amend the Senate's bill ... More >>

The Fiscal Cliff Cookbook: Cooking On a Ledge

Just at the last possible minute, the House pulled the United States back from the brink of the dreaded fiscal cliff.During a vote late Tuesday, 172 Democrats and 85 Republicans voted for the bill, while 16 Democrats and 151 Republicans opposed it,  raising taxes for the wealthiest Americans, w ... More >>

Obama Signs Disaster Declaration For Counties Damaged by Isaac

Remember Tropical Storm Isaac? What a pain in the ass storm that was. It was particularly damaging to Palm Beach County, which got smacked harder by Ike than Miami-Dade or Broward, leaving more than 8 to 10 inches of rain in the southeast part of the county, damaging schools, homes and leaving ... More >>

Allen West Rips Patrick Murphy for Supporting Same Medicare Cuts He Does

Socialist hunter and conspiracy uncoverer Allen West voted for the Paul Ryan budget cuts that would affect Medicare. He also said those who oppose his backing of  Ryan's plan are totally going to Kamikaze themselves. "I will be supporting the House GOP Budget Plan as authored by my colleague B ... More >>

Todd Akin's Dumbass Rape Comments Could Affect Florida Races

In a televised interview on Sunday, U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri said victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant. He then explained this by saying something about how a woman's body magically saves the victim from getting pregnant from their attacker. Or something. Illegitimate ... More >>

Allen West Blames Obama for Results of 2007 Housing Crash

​Welcome to another post in our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality. In case you were wondering, they usually don't.President Obama came to South Florida on Tuesday, giving Congressm ... More >>

Allen West Supports Paul Ryan's Budget Cuts, Gives Hypothetical Critics a Biblical Middle Finger

​Welcome to the inaugural post of our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality.Today's Fact Party analysis has plenty of honesty -- the problem, it appears, is in its practicality.Republi ... More >>

Florida Republican Socialists Piss Off Los Angeles Over Food Stamps

​Florida Sen. Ronda Storms is causing an uproar all the way to L.A. -- as seen in today's Los Angeles Times -- with her proposal to forbid Florida food stamp recipients from using the program money to buy junk food. Storms' bill was approved by the Senate Committee on Children, Families, and Elde ... More >>

Democratic National Committee: Florida Would Lose 473,000 Jobs Under Tea Party Economics

​In advance of tonight's GOP presidential debate, the Democratic National Committee has released a report claiming that 9.5 million American jobs would be lost if a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution were implemented by next year -- including the loss of 473,000 jobs in Florida.The reas ... More >>

Nan Rich: Florida Republicans Only Take Federal Funds if it Promotes "Extreme Agenda"

thoughttheater.comThis nice chastity belt is apparently a better investment than preventing child abuse​Florida's Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich isn't too happy today about the state's Republican leadership rejecting $50 million in federal funds to protect people like at-risk kids and senior ci ... More >>

Rick Scott Approval Rating Climbing Out of the Toilet; Voters Don't Know if He Raised Taxes

​Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved." ... More >>

Obama Lunches at Good Stuff Eatery for Birthday

Goo Stuff EateryDidi POTUS eat an Obama Burger at Good Stuff Eatery today?​President Barack Obama took his staff to Good Stuff Eatery for a pre-birthday lunch celebration after debt negotiations were finished.According to NBC's Washington bureau,  President Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, waite ... More >>

A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

Palm Beach County Tea Party Director Quits After Chairman Rags on Rep. Paul Ryan

​Standing up for what you believe in apparently isn't in the South Florida Tea Party manifest.Pam Wohlschlegel -- the director of the Palm Beach County chapter of the South Florida Tea Party -- called it quits after Chairman Everett Wilkinson declared House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's Medicare ... More >>

Gov. Rick Scott Allocates $370 Million of Stimulus "Disaster" Money Into State Budget

tolivetolaughtolove.comFlip flops: The official footwear of Gov. Rick Scott​Remember that campaign talking point Gov. Rick Scott had about President Barack Obama's stimulus package being a "disaster," when Scott said he would endlessly fight the stimulus money?Well, he managed to leave $370 millio ... More >>

Florida is a Great Place For a Walk -- If You Want to End Up Dead

nj.com​Fact of the day: You're more likely to wind up dead while on a walk in Florida than in any other state.That's according to what an advocacy group called Transportation for America released Tuesday, with Florida taking the cake for the highest "Pedestrian Danger Index" rank in the nation, an ... More >>

Hollywood Faces Budget Crisis Surprise; City Manager Hit with Corruption Investigation

The Miami HeraldCameron Benson​Cameron Benson has worked for the City of Hollywood since 1995 and as city manager since 2002. Historically, he has shunned attention -- newspapers are still referencing interviews he gave in 1995 -- despite periodic allegations of questionable behavior.He's known ar ... More >>

Rick Scott Takes Credit For Solving Budget Crisis By Rejecting High-Speed Rail

Thanks, Governor, for saving us all from helpful public transport.​Remember that high-speed rail project that Governor Rick Scott rejected? The bullet train between Tampa and Orlando would've been the first of its kind in the country, made possible by $2.4 million in federal funds.But Scott return ... More >>

Reader Rails Against "Virtual Black Baby Genocide"

West is offended by Planned Parenthood clinics in black neighborhoods.​The federal budget deal congressional leaders inked late Friday avoided funding cuts to Planned Parenthood, but a future Senate floor vote on the issue still looms. The Juice has given you U.S. Rep. Allen West's views on the or ... More >>

Rick Scott Goes Straight Up George Bush On Pill Mills: Launches 'Strike Force'

Will Gov. Scott's strike force take down pill mills like Sosa's hit squad took out Tony Montana? ​These pill mill doctors may have misunderestimated Gov. Rick Scott but he's gon smoke em out. And he doesn't need no Office of Drug Control or a geeky little database to track dealers of mass destruct ... More >>

Sheriff Lamberti's Top Law Enforcement Official Resigns

Broward Sheriff's Col. Rick Frey, who is in charge of all law enforcement operations under Sheriff Al Lamberti, announced his resignation today, BSO sources have confirmed. Frey, left, receiving an award​Frey is meeting with Lamberti and all division chiefs at 3:30 p.m. this afte ... More >>

Tea Party? Try Tea Puppets

I wonder if the nonsense-spewing Tea Partiers are really paying attention -- because if they are they'll know they're just puppets for war profiteers and the oil industry, which are one and the same. ​Case in point: A federal audit just found that former Florida Republican Party fin ... More >>

Ain't No Sunshine on State Spending: Florida Gets a D For Transparency

​While Florida's Senate Majority Leader makes misleading statements about a government spending measure currently moving through the legislature, the entire state government received a D grade for disclosure of how it spends taxpayer money, according to a recent report from the U.S. Public Interes ... More >>

Florida's Loss: Rick Scott's High-Speed Rail Shoot-Down

Art Seitz Wild Art: Congressman Allen West joins a motley collection of local politicians (including fellow Republican Chip LaMarca, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler, Charlotte Rodstrom, and Romney Rogers) in Fort Lauderdale for yesterday's St. Patrick's Day festivities. (Photo by Art  ... More >>

FEMA Bombshell: School Board Can't Account For $15 million In Post-Wilma Spending

FEMA conducted an audit of Broward School Board spending of federal funds after hurricanes Katrina and Wilma and found the school board may have squandered millions of dollars, according to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security this week.. "The School Board did not account for FEMA ... More >>

South Hollywood Floods Have Neighborhood Activist Plotting Regime Change

There were puddles all over Broward County on Monday, thanks to the steady rain over the weekend, but in Hollywood, there were lakes, as you can see in the video above.The worst of it is in South Hollywood, where activists have long complained about poor drainage, among other infrastructure problem ... More >>

Oil Spill an Occasion for a Political Game of Twister

Sen. George LeMieux loves to invoke the future of his children among his reasons for wanting to slow down federal spending and shrink government. But if that really is what drives his political actions, doesn't the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico pose a far greater risk to his children's future? And ... More >>

LeMieux to President: Cut Federal Spending! (Except on Businesses That Paid Me as a Lobbyist)

It's surreal to hear a conservative like LeMieux campaigning for mass transportation, typically a crusade for liberals. But when it comes to the railroad industry, to which LeMieux has deep ties from his halcyon days as a lobbyist, LeMieux turns liberal.As we've mentioned on Juice this month, LeMieu ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Opens Two New Clinics in Broward to Meet Growing Demand

Photo by Judith Selzer Planned Parenthood CEO Lillian Tamayo makes it official in Pembroke Pines​Douglas Marshall, director of business development for Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast, has no shortage of distressing accounts of patients he has helped. After the ri ... More >>

Stimulated Yet? Tiny Boca Airport Gets Millions From Feds

Flickr user: youngwarriorBoca's corporate jets will get a runway upgrade.​Millions of dollars for police officers, schools, roads, bridges -- no one's going to argue with most of these federally funded stimulus projects. In tough times, people want cops, teachers, and construction crews to stay on ... More >>

Children With No Financial Future To Be Jailed

Hopefully the cops won't mistake the protesters for real criminals.If you have children, and you'd like to exploit those children for your political gains, and if you have the money to rent those children prison uniforms, you should totally bring them to downtown West Palm Beach on Wednesday. That's ... More >>

West Palm Mayor Forgets to Ask Obama to Fix City; Mice Apparently Do Frankel's Bidding

Frankel's got moves on the dance floor. In city hall, not so much.West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel met with President Obama to talk about how she'd like to spend the stimulus money. Frankel, if you haven't been following things, is the mayor who broke a bunch of shit, like downtown and city roads ... More >>

Simmer Down, Kids!

Sex-ed teachers want to know: How do you get hormones to listen to reason?

Why Americans Get Their News From Jon Stewart

Indian War

A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

One Strike and You're Out on the Street

If one family member gets in trouble, the Broward County Housing Authority evicts everyone. That policy forced Dorothy Springer out of her home.

Burning Down the House

After the closing of an apartment building for AIDS victims in Fort Lauderdale, the city's ability to oversee a multimillion-dollar, federally funded program is called into question

Angel of Mercy

Gail Norton is a one-woman task force, helping Broward's aged to cope at home