The more than $1 billion in economic activity that the expansion at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is expected to generate will certainly make airline and airport executives and contractors a bit more wealthy. But Some of the baggage workers feel a bit left out which is why they are…
It looks like Gov. Rick Scott has decided to get back on that voter purge of “noncitizens” horse again, thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling gutting Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Scott went on his mostly ineffective, mostly arbitrary voter purge last year after state officials sent local…
UPDATE: Bennett has officially resigned. See his press conference statement below Tony Bennett, Florida’s Education Commissioner, will resign after allegations of his changing a charter school’s grade in Indiana to benefit a big money bags Republican donor cropped up earlier this week. The news of his resignation comes a day…
So, apparently, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called Florida an “Apartheid State” and the “Selma of our time” and made a comparison between Gov. Rick Scott and historically racist 1960s Alabama Gov. George Wallace. Naturally, Scott is demanding an apology. Jackson made the comments while visiting the Dream Defenders, who are…
Since July 16, protestors calling themselves the “Dream Defenders” have been occupying the state capitol building to protest George Zimmerman’s acquittal and push for the repeal of Florida’s Stand Your Ground laws. Harry Belafonte has joined the cause and Jay-Z is boycotting Florida in solidarity. All weekend, the Florida Department…
President Barack Obama is currently on his Let’s Talk About the Economy, You Guys Tour 2013, and his latest stop takes him to Jacksonville on Thursday. Obama will be speaking on the state of the economy at the Jacksonville Port Authority. The crux of his speeches thus far — in…
Everyone’s been so quick to declare Marco Rubio dead ever since he got all the GOPers hot and bothered when he decided to take on immigration reform. He managed to bring down the harrumph from fellow GOPer leaders like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, from California, who said Rubio and his “weasel…
On a scalding Saturday afternoon, nearly a dozen Miami Beach Police cars are jammed up on the lawns of a shady residential street near Mount Sinai Hospital. Cops lean against their cruisers as a mangy group of about 20 protesters spills out onto the overgrown lawn before a white, single-story…
In attempt to show leadership and that he means business with his leadershipness, Gov Rick Scott has officially issued a statewide call for a “day of prayer for unity in Florida” for this coming Sunday, because when faced with tough decisions, leaders need to step up and arbitrarily proclaim things…
Gov. Rick Scott returned to the state Capitol Thursday evening and sat down with members of the Dream Defenders organization, which had been staging a sit-in protest since Tuesday. Spurred by the George Zimmerman verdict last weekend, the group bused in hundreds of protesters, mostly college students from around the…
Florida Senator Dwight Bullard has sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott, urging him to pardon Marissa Alexander. Alexander is a 32-year-old African American mother of three who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a gun into the air to ward off her abusive husband. She tried to use…
On Tuesday, we told you about the group, Dream Defenders, busing in protesters from all over the state to stage a sit-in at Gov. Rick Scott’s office in Tallahassee. The group is staging its protest to demand that Scott call a special session to review the “Stand Your Ground” law…
In case you’ve forgotten, the once the Golden Boy Chosen One Can Do No Wrong Savior of the GOPers in 2016 Marco Rubio hasn’t been doing too hot within his own party. Particularly, he’s drawn the ire of New York GOP Rep. Peter King, after Rubio voted against the $60.4…
Dream Defenders, an organization committed to confronting inequality, are busing college students to Gov. Rick Scott’s office Tuesday to demand that he calls a special session to review the “Stand Your Ground” law and enact anti-racial-profiling training for law enforcement officers. Through its peaceful sit-in protest, the group is demanding…
Things we never expected to see: Rick Scott and Triple H, sharing a stage. Unfortunately, no chairs were used to brain anybody. Still, strike that off the list. The tag-team appearance was part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Orlando this month. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is planning on opening…
Remember when Marco Rubio was the Golden Boy Chosen One Can Do No Wrong Savior of the GOPers in 2016 just a few months ago? Well today, yea, not so much. Since taking up the struggle for immigration reform, Rubez’s fellow GOPers — particularly the Tea Baggy Folk — have…
A judge refused Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad’s motion to halt a recall that would boot her out of office. In 2010, “Positively Patte” Atkins-Grad was arrested and charged with bribery, official misconduct, receiving unlawful compensation, and conspiring to commit unlawful compensation after she threw herself one helluvan election victory party…
It’s tough being Marco Rubio these days. The former Tea Party pinup is now feeling a blunt blowback from his former hard-right constituency. The fresh wounds are from the Florida senator’s stance on the immigration bill. In the eyes of those supporters, the senator’s openness to amnesty is tantamount to…
Remember that bill that was recently passed that outlawed Internet cafes? Well, apparently, one cafe owner is suing the state because, as he puts it, the bill basically makes smartphones, computers, and pretty much the entire internet illegal in Florida. Consuelo Zapata, owner of Incredible Investments, LLC, says in his…
Several weeks, Channel 10’s Bob Norman dropped a report showing that Broward County State Sen. Maria Sachs’ may not actually be living in a Fort Lauderdale residence — which lies within her district — but in a $1.5 million residence in Boca Raton, which would violate the state Constitution. The…
Right now, Washington, D.C., is buzzing about the immigration bill, legislation that could radically change the country’s stance on who’s in and who’s out. The one guy who seems to have put all his political chips on the passage of the legislation is Sen. Marco Rubio. And because Rubio is…
Chaz Stevens, who has used his blog to battle corruption in Deerfield Beach, has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Lauderdale Lakes. “According to Lauderdale Lakes City Manager Jon Allen,” Stevens tells New Times, “when it comes to obtaining public records, I need to pay to play.” Stevens’…
