Rick Scott’s Approval Ratings Are “Just Plain Awful”

It’s official. Everyone pretty much thinks Rick Scott is crappy at his job. That, according to a new Quinnipiac poll that has a large number of people saying Governor Voldemort doesn’t deserve a second term. (And that number includes GOPers!) Rick Scott has feverishly been trying to make people forget…

FPL Is Building Another Natural Gas Pipeline Underfoot

Did you know there are already two major pipelines underground that bring in natural gas from other states to our local power plants? There will be a third by 2017, and FPL is currently seeking “Requests for Proposals” from companies that want the job of building it. FPL says the two…

Don’t Worry, Miami: NBA Fans Everywhere Still Hate the Heat

Despite a couple of good swings, the Miami Herald’s Dan Le Batard pretty much failed to connect with reality in his column last Sunday, a 1,000 word humble-brag tricked out as a nostalgia job. The basic thesis here moans that the Heat’s 2012-13 season is a lot less “fun” now…

A Horse Was Rescued From Someone’s Backyard Pool

A horse was rescued from someone’s backyard pool. Most Florida thing you’ll read all day? Most Florida thing you’ll read all day. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue was called to a Loxahatchee home about 4:30 p.m. yesterday on reports that someone found a horse in his pool…

Avoid Miami Herald‘s Pay Wall: Five Tips

The Miami Herald pay wall — euphemistically titled Miami Herald Plus+ — hit yesterday.It means you get 15 articles free a month on your computer and as many as 60 each month on a mobile app. For the newspaper, it is a way to fill the gap — as more…

Chester Tindall, Broward Schools’ Transportation Director, Resigns

Broward County schools’ transportation director, Chester Tindall, who had been accused of mismanaging his department and once said “I’m not going to go quietly,” is going quietly by resigning effective March 1. Tindall drew criticism from parents and bus drivers earlier this year when the Broward school bus system became…

Cops Arrest Woman With Meth Hidden in Her Vagina

Alyssa Ainsworth, and her boyfriend, Ronald Stidd, were pulled over by police on West Second Street and Naranja Road in Valusia County on Friday for driving with an expired tag. But upon further inspection, an expired tag was the least Ainsworth had going against her. She was also driving with…

Rush Limbaugh Says “Leftists” Using Newtown to Promote Anti-Gun Agenda

Didn’t take conservative blowfish blowhard Rush Limbaugh long to jump into the Newtown fray and open his mouth hole to say things about how the media, the Left, Democrats, and all other Pee-On-the-American-Flag-and-Use-the-Constitution-to-Wipe-Their-Dicks Freedom-Hating Groups to come out and try to take away guns because someone with easy access to…

Florida Panther Population Saved by Texas Pumas

Turns out that male Florida panthers think female Texas pumas are kinda hot, because the once-endangered cat’s population has been buoyed thanks to mating with those Texas felines.Back in 1995, eight female pumas were brought to Florida from Texas by wildlife officials, in hopes that mating with the native cats…

Rep. Dennis Baxley Favors Ending Ban on Guns in Schools

Florida Rep. Dennis Baxley has a fantastic solution to preventing another tragedy like the one suffered in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday: All teachers and principals should carry guns in their schools. Baxley, who is also the state rep who helped sponsor an equally fantastic idea that became Florida’s “Stand Your…