Gov. Rick Scott is struggling. And the struggle is real. He’s not very popular, and he’s not well-liked. Things are so bleak that the guy who quit being governor of Florida so he can run for the Senate, and lost, and then changed parties twice, is beating him with the…
Elián González, now 20 years old, is saying some very inconvenient things about American immigration policy that contradict the old-school, right-wing Miami Cubans who have dominated South Florida politics for decades (a group Fidel Castro once called “Fascist American Gangsters.”) Anyone who grew up down here will remember the little…
Commissioner Dean Trantalis was ambushed with an ethics complaint by attorney Bill Scherer during Tuesday evening’s public hearing for the new proposed Vintro Hotel on the beach. It seemed like a well-organized attack, as Scherer accused Trantalis, in front of everyone at the meeting, of ethical violations concerning the hotel…
Barbara Muhammad Sharief has become Broward County’s first black female mayor. Commissioners selected Sharief, 42, to be county mayor on Tuesday evening. Sharief, who was raised in the Muslim faith, will be serving for one year in what is mainly a ceremonial role. But as a self-made businesswoman and mother…
Trey Radel, a freshman Republican representative, was charged Tuesday with cocaine possession, according to court documents. Radel, 37, who represents the 19th Congressional District in the Fort Myers-Naples area, was arrested October 29 for “unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally” possessing “a quantity of cocaine,” according to documents…
Florida is one of 17 states where some parents are deciding to keep their children home from school today to protest Common Core standards — a set of national standards that were developed to give all states common goals and benchmarks. “November 18th is being touted as “DON’T SEND YOUR…
Every Saturday since February 28, 2009, from 1 to 3 p.m., the Fort Lauderdale Tea Party has gathered on the northeast corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and North Federal Highway. And almost every Saturday, I have caught them out of the corner of my eye. It’s usually just a quick…
With all the flip-floppy talk that is sure to come at Charlie Crist in the coming year from Rick Scott and the GOP, there’s one area they might not be able to touch: the environment. Even before he changed parties and began changing his views from right things to left…
Just when the grass was starting to look greener on the side of supporters for Florida marijuana legalization, Pam Bondi stepped in. The state’s attorney general has been a longtime naysayer regarding the statewide push for a prescription weed amendment. Last week, Bondi took the first legal step toward swatting…
In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has officially taken a side in the upcoming gubernatorial race and endorsed Rick Scott. It’s the least shocking news you’ll read today, as Bush is, number one, a Republican and, number two, not a big fan of Charlie…
Miccosukee Tribe Chairman Colley Billie won re-election as head of the tribe Sunday, according to Houston Cypress, a producer for film, television and video for the tribe. Billie beat his predecessor Billy Cypress, who had returned to run for the top spot again. Houston Cypress said that just under 300…
President Obama was in town over the weekend, and caught a round of golf with former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning at the same course where Caddyshack was shot. Mourning told the Sun Sentinel that the two had been planning a round, and were even set to play over the…
Fresh off Marco Rubio’s refusal to back the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would prevent employers from discriminating against gay and lesbians, comes the news that Rubes is all set to give the key note speech an the annual Florida Family Policy Council dinner. The Florida Family Policy Council…
It’s taking longer than it should, but a bill that forbids discrimination against gays and lesbians in the workplace is closer to being a reality. On Tuesdays, a bipartisan group of legislators, movers, and shakers got together to say that it’s bad for employers to discriminate against someone just because…
Well, that was quick. With Charlie Crist making his announcement on Monday that he’s running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in 2014, the Florida GOPers have gone all in on bringing the man down before things can even get started. Yup, the Republican Party of Florida…
Fresh off ditching his own immigration reform bill, Marco Rubio — along with Rep. Trey Radel — have introduced a bill that would delay the individual mandate under Obamacare until the Obamacare website is fixed. Rubio promised he would do this last week, and now here we are. HE’S A…
Oh, that Rick Scott. Champion of the GOPers and conservative government ideals. He’s all about small government, you see. Cutting back on frivolous spending and slashing government so that corporations can get tax breaks and the middle class gets screwed more jobs can be magically created. Scott is all about…
Marco Rubio has been opposed to Obamacare from the beginning. But now, he’s suddenly giving a fart or two about people who actually want Obamacare and are among the first to try and sign up for it. So much so that he’s introducing a bill that would delay the health-care…
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is looking less and less like a Republican lately. This time around, he’s calling Ted Cruz and the Tea Party folk’s tactics to defund Obamacare “embarrassing.” Meanwhile, Jeb!’s son, George P. Bush, has been all about Cruz, specifically saying he wants to keep the Affordable…
Marco Rubio isn’t just the Golden Boy of the GOPer Dawn. He’s also apparently a soothsayer. Rubio, who shockingly voted against the debt deal on Wednesday, thinks people will eventually see things his way and actually revolt over Obamacare. His reason seems to be rooted in what experts call “butthurtedness.”…
Both parties finally agreed that it’s enough already with the government shutdown and passed a short-term budget deal Wednesday to curb all the stupid. But, never one to disappoint in his ridiculousness, our very own governor, Rick Scott, is none too pleased with this. Because of Tea Party reasons! Scott…
Damn, that was close. Sixteen days of government shutdown. An endless sound-bite tug of war. Negotiations that had less intellectual substance than a debate over who could bench more, the Hulk or the Thing. It’s all over. Late last night, at the 23rd hour, Congress finally hammered together a deal…
