Landlubbers may not be aware of a current epic sea battle: shrimpers v. sea turtles. The reality is that we have very little idea what kind of impact the former has on the latter endangered critters. In part, that’s because the federal government is dragging ass about conducting meaningful studies…
A Florida animal rights activist who’s fresh off a stint in prison has a new target in her sights — the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The organization tosses around millions of dollars a year, and some of that money has landed at the University of Florida. That’s…
Gov. Rick Scott is in Orlando on Friday making what his office is calling a “major jobs” announcement. What that announcement is remains a mystery wrapped in a serpenty grin. What is certain is that the governor is going to be unveiling the new tourism-traffic figures, which are expected to…
In 2007, 15-year-old Amber White was parasailing in Pompano Beach with her sister when winds picked up, the tow line broke, and White slammed into a building and died. Last year, 17-year-old Alexis Fairchild was parasailing in Panama City when again winds picked up, the line snapped, and she and…
Remember when Charlie Crist hugged President Obama and all the GOPers lost their damned minds over it? It happened back in May of 2009 right here in Florida and pretty much signaled the end of Crist’s relationship with his fellow Republicans forevermore. Well, Crist appeared on The Colbert Report on…
Developer Asi Cymbal became public enemy number one for Fort Lauderdale environmentalists, and for people who love trees and nature in general, when he announced he would dig up and attempt to relocate a 100-year-old rain tree to make way for a gaudy 960-unit apartment complex called Marina Lofts on…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA, apparently owns 80 shares in SeaWorld Entertainment, which it bought in April of last year. And since PETA is a shareholder, it came up with an idea to create a coastal retirement sanctuary for SeaWorld’s killer whales. But, as…
Before we begin, why don’t you cue this one up. Now, there we go. So last week was the big lead-up to Super Bowl Sunday, and just about every piece of the cultural machine was calibrated in some way toward the Denver-Seattle head-to-head. Of course, this includes the political realm,…
Everyone knows The Plastics wear pink on Wednesdays and, in another uncanny similarity to Mean Girls, everyone knows congresswomen wear red on State of the Union Tuesday. Apparently there’s even a memo about it because Palm Beach Post Editorial Page Editor Rick Christie was quick to tweet to the SOTU-hashtagging…
Rick Scott continues to be unliked by many amounts of people, despite the fact that he’s changed his mind about things like Medicaid expansion and despite declaring his love for Florida panthers, and his efforts to put money in people’s pockets with the magical elixir known as “tax-cuts.” And while…
On Monday, in a sort of unofficial re-election kick-off, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his budget plans for the year, only to be drowned out by the news that medical marijuana would be allowed on the ballot in November. Scott proposed a $74.19 billion budget proposal, which includes things like tax-breaks…
America, it seems, has had enough of Justin Bieber. And it would appear that his arrest for drunkenly racing through the streets of Miami Beach last week has inspired an official White House petition through Barack Obama’s “Wee The People” project to have Biebz deported back to Canada. The petition…
Well, that’s apparently all she wrote for the “Hip Hop Conservative.” Rep. Trey Radel is expected to resign from congress, a spokesperson for the congressman says. Radel, who reps the 19th Congressional District in the Fort Myers-Naples area, was arrested on October 29 for “unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally” possessing “a…
Gov. Rick Scott is expected to ask for more money for schools on Monday. His aides are calling his morning presser “an historic announcement,” though he did this last year, and is expected to ask for less this time around. Scott will be hitting up S.D. Spady Elementary School in…
Advocates of medical marijuana met their goal — they collected enough signatures to see that the issue gets posed to voters on this November’s ballot. Elections officials announced today they they verified 710,508 signatures that were submitted — enough to force a vote on a proposed constitutional amendment. If approved,…
Fox News talking face Sean Hannity announced on his radio show last week that he’s going to bolt New York after Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo made comments about how extreme conservatives have “no place” in New York. So where does one go to find solace in the bosom of like-minded…
In a 2012 cover story, we told you how scientists were proposing the introduction of genetically engineered mosquitoes to Key West. A for-profit British company called Oxitec promised that these creatures, whose genes would be tweaked to make them glow red and self-destruct, would help lower the mosquito population and…
Hacktivist group Anonymous is claiming to have shut down 1,558 websites (Editor’s note: actually, we’re seeing that number range from 1,557 to 1,559 in various tweets) in retaliation for the dolphin slaughter in Japan’s Taiji Cove. One of the sites attacked and shut down by the group appears to be…
New Jersey Governor Chris A Bridge Too Far Christie is hitting up Florida this weekend on a Rick Scott fundraising tour, and Democratic National Committee chief Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will pretty much be following him around with her own press conferences. Wasserman Schultz plans to attack Scott and Christie’s…
Former high-pitched Saturday Night Live cast member and current right-wing fringer and Tea Party member Victoria Jackson has decided she might want to maybe get into politics and run for alderman in the town she’s currently living in. But, just like commie-killin’ Ronald Reagan did before her, she took to…
It took almost a year, but Rick Scott has finally named himself a new Lt. Governor. And it’s Miami-Dade Property Appraiser, Carlos Lopez-Cantera. Scott announced his decision Tuesday morning. The Madrid, Spain-born Lopez-Cantera becomes Florida’s first Hispanic lieutenant governor, taking over for Jennifer Carroll, who resigned from the position last…
It’s been more than three weeks since former Cardinal Gibbons teacher Mark Zmuda was fired from his vice principal position at Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish, Washington, for marrying a man. But despite a lengthy winter break, support for Zmuda has not lost momentum. Students continue to protest the…
