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St. Petersburg Times

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Rick Scott Promised to Create 700,000 Extra Jobs; Now He'll Smile and Pretend He Didn't

    ​One of Gov. Rick Scott's main talking points during his campaign was his "7-7-7" plan, which he said would create 700,000 jobs on top of the projected growth of 1 million Florida jobs by 2017.With the statewide unemployment rate staying at 10.7 percent for the third straight month, the state expe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Rick Scott's Emails Magically Go Missing

    Yeah, you can find those emails next to the Columbia/HCA memos. LOL!​Gov. Rick Scott loves to tout how open his office is to records requests -- never mind the outrageous price tag -- but it gets a little tough to acquire public records when they magically disappear.That's what happened to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    President Obama Blamed for Stealing All of Marco Rubio's Internets

    ​Somebody call Al Gore.Sen. Marco Rubio's official website has been down for nearly an entire day, and the St. Petersburg Times thinks President Barack Obama is to blame.Obama asked last night that people call all of their legislators to ask them to find a compromise on all this debt-ceiling drama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible"

    gatewaypundit.comManatees: Work of the devil.​Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intent to place restrictions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Rick Scott: "Unless My Wife Tells Me She's Dumping Me, I'm Running for a Second Term."

    personalmoneystore.comSomeone get Mrs. Scott on the line.​There aren't many things more spine-chilling than Gov. Rick Scott saying he's already planning on running for a second term -- except maybe the governor hinting that he wants to run for president.Both of those things came out of his mouth i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Rick Scott Admits He Was in Colorado for Koch Brothers Retreat

    I love Koch!​We finally have an answer as to where Gov. Rick Scott was this weekend, and it confirms our suspicion: at the billionaire Koch brothers' secret conference outside Vail, Colorado.St. Petersburg Times reporter Alex Leary got the information out of him, a day after the governor's spokesm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Florida Republicans Crack Down On Voting

    Nothing but trouble.​The Florida House passed a highly controversial overhaul of election laws on Thursday, which critics say would grossly undermine the fabric of democracy and help ensure a Republican victory in the 2012 election.Supporters of the legislation say that the changes would prevent v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    The Happiest Mugshot Ever! Old Guy Flashes Kids On His Birthday.

    Jack Snyder​Thank goodness for Barbara Hijek -- a woman whose job is to keep us all abreast of "weird, wacky, strange news from the Sunshine State." Sometimes she tries to make light of things that are un-makelightofable, but sometimes she finds a little gem of a story without which, you realize m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    WTFlorida: 10 Reasons Why Florida is Better at Everything

    Miche Ratto​Here in Florida we're really good at a lot of things. Topping the list we have: growing indoor marijuana, staging car accidents, and throwing children in jail. And boy are we good at all of those things.To learn more about the awesome state you live in click the image.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Poll: Plummeting Rick Scott Would Lose To Alex Sink Now That It Doesn't Matter

    A group called Public Policy Polling (PPP) discovered the obvious: Floridians are having some dramatic buyer's remorse when it comes to electing fraudster Rick Scott as governor. A poll of 500 Floridians found that his approval rating from diehards remained about the same as a similar PPP poll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Lost Your House? The Worst Is Yet To Come.

    ​Yesterday, the St. Petersburg Times published a terrifying little story that somebody should have written years ago, informing the Floridian public of the awful things that could befall them even after they've foreclosed on their tanking mortgages, and given their housekeys to the banks.The banks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Beth Talabisco Gets Tough Judge in Imperato

    Now-former Tamarac Mayor Beth Talabisco had more bad news when she learned who would be presiding over her case: Circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato, who has a reputation as one of the toughest judges on criminal defendants in Broward County. Imperato​Imperato is former police officer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    LeBron James Sparks Nasty War of Words Among Nation's Top Magazine Writers

    ​Never has the word dickwad been used with such eloquence. If you don't frequent the journalism aggregate website Gangrey.com, you are missing out on some of the best writing in the country (in addition to an occasional New Times story).But more recently, you've been missing a very entertaining (a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Six Ways to Cook Iguana

    ​Now that the temperature has finally taken a dip, watch for dead iguanas falling out of trees!  (See photo, taken in Oakland Park last January.) South Florida's plague of big green lawn lizards was culled somewhat last winter by a cold snap that killed legions of the critters. The canal bank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Eight Things You Didn't Know about Fake Reefer

    ​Fake pot, it's the new thing, sort of like real pot in the 60s, cocaine in the 80s, and heroine in the 90s -- not that any of those every actually receded from the landscape of mind-alteration. Recently, you may have read one of the ubiquitous "officials want to make this stuff illegal" news stor ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    Marco Rubio Has Risen With Lightning Speed, but Conservatives Alone Can't Carry Him to the White House

    ​Fake pot, it's the new thing, sort of like real pot in the 60s, cocaine in the 80s, and heroine in the 90s -- not that any of those every actually receded from the landscape of mind-alteration. Recently, you may have read one of the ubiquitous "officials want to make this stuff illegal" news stor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Whistleblowers Like This One Needed to Clean Up South Florida Health-Care Industry

    Flickr: Cine FanaticoAs Matt Damon proves, executive informants are glamorous! (The mustache is encouraged but not required.)​South Florida is arguably the health-care fraud capital of the U.S. There's so much fraud, it's hard to blame the crook who reasons that stealing merely a million dollars w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    A Program Every Floridian Should Watch (But Probably Won't)

    That's the opening two minutes of an ambitious documentary premiering tonight on public television station, WPBT-2. It's called Imagining a New Florida, a more elegant title than Paradise Gone to Hell, which may be more appropriate.Of course, if the expert who says that Floridians are selfish transp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Arrival of Police Gives Pothead the Munchies

    FlickrPot's a good appetizer for a double cheeseburger, but it makes a rotten condiment.​Note to Fort Lauderdale native Samuel Collins: When trying to destroy the evidence of your marijuana habit, best to take the pot out of the baggie before devouring it with your double cheeseburger. From the St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Joyce Kaufman Whips Publix's Butt Over Free Calendar

    Note to Publix: Yeah, it's Islamic New Year. But it's also Tina's birthday.​WFTL's Joyce Kaufman is getting pretty good at managing political stunts. A couple of years ago she collected thousands of shoes to take to Washington to protest illegal immigration. That same year she switched parties - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Jim Greer Resigning as Republican Party Chair

    Flickr: E.S. HunterJim Greer with his wife at a 2008 Sarah Palin rally in Fort Myers ​In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Save the Cheerleader: Probation for Teen Who Committed Fatal Hit-and-Run

    That's Jordan Valdez, who was a 16-year-old cheerleader driving her SUV home from practice through Tampa streets last February 8 when she struck and killed homeless woman, Melissa Sjostrom. Sjostrom's biological mother, Connie Wheeler, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, wanted Valdez to be charged as an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Crist's Three Disciples: Men Closest to Governor All From Broward

    LeMieux getting comfortable in the office Charlie scored for him.​Say this about young Broward County Republicans: They know a meal ticket when they see one. By my count, the three men who have the most crucial roles in getting Charlie Crist elected to the U.S. Senate are all from Broward.We know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Kendrick Meek Campaign Suddenly Saddled With Electability Questions

    Meek​The St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald teamed up for an article in yesterday's editions that voiced concerns among Democrats that their leading senatorial candidate, Congressman Kendrick Meek, isn't "high-profile" enough to beat Charlie Crist. It's a strange moment to raise that question - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Picture Tour of Terrorist Stops in Broward

    ​Last night, ABC's 20/20 aired a segment featuring an interview with Elie Assaad, the undercover operative who was working for the FBI to infiltrate a Miami-area mosque where agents believed terrorist plots were being hatched. In the interview (video hasn't been posted yet), Assaad tells of being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Aaron Jackson Gets the St. Pete Times Treatment

    ​Though last night's Planting Peace fundraiser at the Bubble was canceled due to last-second scheduling conflicts, the charity's founder, Aaron Jackson, was in town from Haiti (where Planting Peace has several orphanages), and that gave me the opportunity to ask him about this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    During Broward Visit, Rubio Daydreams of Roller Coasters

    Screen grab: Google MapsThe freeway view of Boomers in Dania Beach, from which a speeding Marco Rubio sent his latest Tweet.​Anyone got Shatner's number? Because isn't he the guy to call when looking to unlock the poetry contained within a true conservative's Twitter posts? So please channel the v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Will George Lemieux Be Crist's Harriet Miers?

    Crist and Martinez, whose Senate vacancy may be filled by the governor's "maestro."​That's the first name that popped into my head when I heard that Crist was serious about tapping his former chief of staff, George Lemieux, Broward County's most connected political player, to serve the remainder o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2009

    FBI: Fort Lauderdale Developer Bribes Officials

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Sentinel Reporter Hollis Taking Job With State Democrats

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Florida Green Party Candidates Were GOP Moles, Suit Claims

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    DeGroot: The Wasteland Cometh

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2007

    This Isn't Good News

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2007

    Remembering Doris Mansour

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2006

    Big Jim's Return?

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2006

    Permalink

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2006

    Harper's On Foley

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Hastert Points to St. Pete Times

    Fort Lauderdale developer Sean Michaels is implicated in a corruption scandal in sleepy southern Levy County, Florida that has already led to several indictments, including W.S. "Sammy" Yearty, the dean of the county commission. A federal indictment shows that Mic ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Clam Up

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    GOPundit

    Oft-quoted USF Prof Susan MacManus is neutral. Yeah, right.

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Keepin' the Rabble Out

    The Sun-Sentinel goes off the record for trains and buses

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    A Freestanding Fight

    A hospital exec takes on the health care mafia and an ER deal involving an accused thief and a couple of insiders

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Out with the Truth, the Epilogue

    The mainstream media ruin a perfectly good debate

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Liberté. Fraternité. No Way.

    The Libertarians' slate is full this fall. So how come they're not out stumping for votes?

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Undercurrents

    The Libertarians' slate is full this fall. So how come they're not out stumping for votes?

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Undercurrents

    The Libertarians' slate is full this fall. So how come they're not out stumping for votes?

  • News

    July 17, 1999

    Postcards From the Edge

    Peace and quiet, great fishing, tax-free land. Welcome to the Everglades, where "hunt camps" are enjoying a new lease on life.

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Postcards From the Edge

    Peace and quiet, great fishing, tax-free land. Welcome to the Everglades, where "hunt camps" are enjoying a new lease on life.

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Still Cruisin' For a Bruisin'

    Despite drawing attention from numerous law-enforcement agencies, SunCruz is brazenly operating an illegal poker game

  • Calendar

    February 26, 1998

    Blue Collar Hero

    Despite drawing attention from numerous law-enforcement agencies, SunCruz is brazenly operating an illegal poker game

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