On the eve of the second gubernatorial debate, Rick Scott is suddenly mired in several lawsuits that are asking him to simply be transparent about how much money he’s really making and where exactly he’s earning his money. Particularly, if that earned money is coming from corporations that have benefited…
Vice President Joe Biden is hitting up Boca and Broward on Monday to do a little campaigning for Charlie Crist. The vice president will be making the rounds with Crist, first at a synagogue in Boca Raton, then later at Broward College’s Coconut Creek campus. Biden’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden,…
Rick Scott and Charlie Crist are all set to debate this Wednesday at Broward College. The polls show a close race between the two candidates, with razor-thin differences in the percentage points. But there’s another candidate in play as well, and he’s looking to get in on the debate and…
On Wednesday, Broward College will be the site of a gubernatorial debate between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist. Good time to bring attention to another important issue at the college. In recent years, colleges and universities have faced a crisis within their ranks. Fewer and fewer teaching jobs are designed…
Ever since South Florida voters booted him from office after realizing they’d accidentally elected not a serious politician but a self-interested sound-bite machine, Allen West has been looking for steady work. Sure, he can hop onto Fox News whenever he wants and say some treasonous malarkey, and the Tea Party…
George Sheldon, the former deputy attorney general who’s gunning for Pam Bondi’s spot as the state’s attorney general, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Gov. Rick Scott has not reported $200 million in assets on his state financial disclosure form. This would be a violation of the state constitution. Sheldon…
Update (Correction): The original post on this commission meeting incorrectly reported that the vote did not take place. The first reading of the proposal specifically covered rules for food handling, providing toilet facilities, hand washing areas, and requirements on how and when the food should be served, particularly for groups…
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Sen. Marco Rubio. For one thing, his all-over-the-place stance on how to handle the ISIL situation has brought heavy criticism of the senator. And now comes a pair of ill-timed tweets in which Rubio praises University of Florida quarterback Treon Harris just…
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush can’t shake the is-he-isn’t-he? speculation regarding a 2016 shot at the White House. And although he’s stayed away from the kind of blatant campaign work that indicates a coming run, he has made some recent appearances that put him in solid with current candidates for…
This just in: The race for governor is still pretty much a coin toss with less than four weeks to vote. For months, polls have shown Scott leading but by the slightest of margins, yet that’s not stopping pollsters from surveying more people and releasing more polls. The newest poll,…
Update: Rick Scott’s campaign has announced that it will donate the full amount of Patel’s contribution to charity. From the Orlando Sentinel: Rick Scott has agreed to make a charitable contribution of $2,800 to offset a campaign contribution from businessman Nik Patel, who was arrested Tuesday on fraud charges. Greg…
On Wednesday, we told you about the odd online ad from the College Republican National Committee that tries to win over college graduates to vote for Rick Scott by equating happiness and stability to wedding dresses. Turns out, the CRNC not only made this video for Scott but for several…
Rick Scott or Charlie Crist. Either way, we’re probably screwed, if we’re solely to judge them by the way they’re trying to reach voters. Earlier today, we told you about how Crist might be alienating voters by jacking up their inboxes with nonstop emails. But Scott is doing his part…
With the election less than two months away, Charlie Crist is ratcheting things up by hitting Facebook and Twitter to remind people that he’s challenging Rick Scott and he’s a man of the people. Crist has for months now tried his darnedest to contrast his campaign with Scott’s megamillions one…
Lauren Book, daughter of lobbyist Ron Book, is considering a run for state Senate for South Broward in 2016. Ron Book — who reps a bevy of governments, including Broward, and private clients, including the Miami Dolphins, and is regarded by many as the most powerful lobbyist in Florida –…
1970, Kansas City, Missouri Dear Diary, Annette said yes! I have to admit, when Rick decided to ask her to prom via messenger pigeon, I was worried. Especially when the pigeon flew into a power line and burst into flame, landing at her feet a charred pile of feathers atop…
With voting day a mere six weeks away, two new polls find that the race for governor is looking like it’s going to be a photo finish. And the reason for this is that people just don’t dig either candidate. A Quinnipiac University Poll is labeling the governor’s race “too…
Florida’s own Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has been the chair of the Democratic National Committee since 2011, has been a rising star in Washington. She had high ambitions and was a trusted mouthpiece by the Obama administration. But lately, Wasserman Schultz has been making headlines for the wrong reasons, and…
In 1987, the Gary Hart scandal uncovered by the Miami Herald obliterated the Democratic frontrunner’s run for the White House and changed the way politics is covered forever. For 27 years, it was widely believed that the tipster to Hart’s infidelities with model Donna Rice came from a friend of…
In the first four years of his governorship of Florida, Rick Scott has apparently appointed fewer African-Americans to judgeships in the state than the past two governors in that same time span. This, according to new data released by Scott’s office over the weekend. In all, Scott has appointed none…
Gov. Rick Scott has been spending millions on ads attacking Charlie Crist and his flip-flopping ways, pointing out how he much he screwed Florida the first time he was governor of the state. Now Crist is fighting back and, as he did with gay marriage rights, he’s attacking Scott on…
“Molon Labe.” It’s a Greek phrase well-known to Army folk. It means “come and take it,” and it’s what King Leonidas supposedly told Xerxes before the Battle of Sparta. The slogan, which was used during the Texas Revolution, is also popular among Second Amendment activists today. Military members, separatists, and…
