Florida was pretty close to legalizing the good green last November — a constitutional amendment that would have allowed medical marijuana failed by just two percentage points. But even though those stats make the Sunshine State look weed-friendly, the facts on the ground paint a different picture. A recent study…
Katharine, the most famous of the 47 great white sharks tagged and tracked by the nonprofit Ocearch organization, has made her way back to Florida. The 2,300-pound, 14-foot-long great white shark with a Twitter following spent some time over the past week meandering around the Cape Canaveral National Seashore off…
In January 2013, an anonymous tipster lead authorities to the home of Jesse Teplicki. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies found 46 marijuana plants there. Teplicki was promptly arrested and charged with a felony count of possession. Prosecutors gave him a probationary offer to keep him out of prison. Teplicki turned it…
Evan Rowe is a former professor of history at Broward College. He frequently writes critiques of higher education management…
Video by James Argyropoulos On January 6, 2015, same-sex marriage became legal in Florida. Since that day, thousands of gay couples — old and young, male and female — have exchanged rings, said I do, and tied the knot. But none of them did it quite like this…
Check out our interviews with the other Ft. Lauderdale mayoral candidates Earl Rynerson and Chris Brennan. Mayor Jack Seiler got his first taste of national attention last year, but it wasn’t the way he wanted it. After news stories of 90-year-old do-gooder Arnold Abbott getting arrested for violating the city’s…
It has all the makings of a big-screen thriller. You’ve got a globetrotting computer expert who once worked for Blackwater and continued to get high-security clearance from the U.S. military despite past run-ins with authority. His wife, a young expat Iraqi. U.S. military locations in hot spots such as Iraq…
Check out our other interviews with Fort Lauderdale mayoral candidates Jack Seiler and Chris Brennan. Earl Rynerson knows what it’s like to go toe-to-toe with Jack Seiler. The openly gay Republican challenged Seiler for mayor in 2009 and in 2012. And now the retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel is back…
Check out our interviews with the other Ft. Lauderdale mayoral candidates Jack Seiler, and Earl Rynerson. In 1969, “gonzo” journalist Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, on a platform he dubbed “freak power.” He called on outcasts, misfits, and the disenfranchised to support him and collectively topple…
The Magic City’s biggest star, Lolita the orca at the Miami Seaquarium, has been entertaining crowds of tourists and locals with her incredible splash for more than 40 years. Today, Lolita, one of the oldest living orcas in captivity, has come one step closer to swimming out of the limelight…
Much like in Broward County, ride-sharing service Uber has created a controversial brouhaha over whether it should be allowed to operate in Palm Beach County. Recently, a court was to decide on whether that would remain the case. But county commissioners put a hold on that and on Tuesday decided…
Things got interesting last night at the Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting. Instead of the usual ho-hum municipal mechanics, a vocal group of protesters stole the show, and the outburst of civil disobedience ended with an arrest. Afterward, mayor Jack Seiler suggested the arrest was justified. The Dream Defenders have…
Fort Lauderdale is known to the outside world as an exotic locale, where yachts abound and spring breakers get arrested for DUI. It’s also known as the Venice of America and its proximity to the Intracoastal Waterway. But it’s also viewed, to many, as Miami’s little brother: the city that…
After telling us last week that developers of the controversial Marina Lofts condominium must apply for a building permit by February 20 or else go before the Fort Lauderdale City Commission again, city spokesperson Chaz Adams stands corrected. Actually, he says now, the developer has until February 20, 2017…
“Someone please call my sister,” Leroy Strothers yelled out as he stood naked and armed on a building rooftop last Friday. “I feel delusional, and I’m hallucinating!” As New Times first reported on Friday, Strothers was spotted naked and armed with a handgun on an apartment building rooftop located at…
On the heels of one study saying that Florida ranks at the bottom when it comes to taxation equality comes another study that shows the Sunshine State ranks number one when it comes to financial gaps between the races. The study, conducted by personal financial website Wallet Hub, measured the…
South Florida sports fans have not had a lot to be excited about this year. LeBron left, the Heat are racked with injuries, the Marlins are an enigma, the Panthers are a roller coaster of crazy, and the Dolphins are forever mediocre. But all is not lost. Because hope has…
Several blogs have published a story that accuses Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw of telling Boynton Beach residents they should run over protesters who are blocking roadways if they feel their life might be threatened. But PBSO forcefully denied Bradshaw made the over-the-top comments. In fact, he didn’t even…
When did you last travel to Cuba?” the man demanded. “And when was the last time before that? And before that?” The questions cut through the decades. The room was bigger now. The windows were no longer barred. Men in suits had replaced soldiers in fatigues. And the crackle of…
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, bruh; you better start formulating a plan. Last year, you waited until the last minute, and you ended up taking your girl to Outback. This year inevitably will be the same as every past Valentine’s Day in South Florida: long reservation lists at…
A big selling point to convincing people to move to the Sunshine State has always been that Florida has no state income tax. And that’s true. But the reality is that Florida ranks at the very bottom when it comes to the fairest taxes in the U.S. This means that…
Black bears make the news in Florida often, mostly because our residential areas are built around where they live and garbage cans smell like food. Whether it be something funny like a bear taking a nap in someone’s lanai or something not-so-funny, like a black bear attacking someone, the animals…
