Rick Scott, apparently desperate to appeal to the thin slice of voters who (a) might consider supporting him and (b) still read newspapers, has orchestrated a fake-letter-writing campaign to ambush Florida’s newspapers with unspecific praise of his time as governor.This is the governor who has never sat down with a…
You may have noticed that Rick Scott doesn’t love the media. His spokesman got into a spat with a Miami Herald reporter, and the governor himself refuses to use email because he’s “embarrassed” by it. (Presumably, he’s embarrassed when the media and public read the mail and see how he…
As you may know, there are around 420* wildfires blazing through the state right now, and Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for Florida.Around 93 percent of the state is in a drought at one level or another, according to Sunshine State News, and more than 300,000…
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has apparently run out of things to complain about.Her target this week is Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who’s in the middle of a fundraising tour through Florida.The New York Times reports that while Romney was meeting unemployed Floridians…
If you’re a state employee — not in the Department of Corrections — you don’t have to detox quite yet to get those doobies out of your system.Gov. Rick Scott sent out a memo to agency heads on Friday stating that departments do not yet have to comply with his…
Hollywood City Manager Cameron Benson didn’t want last night’s commission meeting to be his political funeral, so he made the decision to quit during a meeting recess.Benson was taking a lot of heat from Mayor Peter Bober for a few things yesterday — a $10.3 million budget deficit (an estimated…
While we were busy adding up all of those jobs Gov. Rick Scott brought from Canada to Florida during his “trade mission” last week — zero — big layoffs were taking place across the state.Now, aside from slaughtering government jobs from the state budget, private businesses are making firings too…
In case you didn’t notice — between coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, Anthony Weiner, and Anderson Cooper probably wearing a skin-tight shirt — CNN held a debate between hopeful Republican presidential candidates last night.You can guess what happened when Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul,…
Animals rights activists are claiming victory after a local private airline, Monarch Air Group, agreed to stop shipping primates for research. Monarch, which runs private passenger and cargo flights from its base in Fort Lauderdale, sent a letter to the animal rights group South Florida SMASH HLS yesterday announcing its…
Touting yourself as a lunatic has just become a political campaign strategy.Adam Hasner — the former Florida House majority leader who represented parts of southern Palm Beach County and northern Broward County — thinks acting like a right-wing extremist will get him elected to the U.S. Senate.Former U.S. Sen. George…
Here’s the new number of jobs Gov. Rick Scott actually brought to Florida during his “trade mission” to Canada last week: zero.That’s right, not a single one.Over two statements from Canada last week, the governor announced that 210 new jobs were coming to Florida from our neighbors to the north…
Gov. Rick Scott has shown us he can kill 4,500 jobs with the stroke of a pen, but sending him to Canada for a week on a “trade mission” to bring jobs back to Florida didn’t go so hot.Scott’s camp says he and his delegation met with 120 Canadian companies…
Gov. Rick Perry Jr. Rick Scott sure has been providing a lot of “charades of the day” recently, including today — after the governor signed a declaration for a day of prayer, he then proceeded to say that he didn’t.Out in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry decided to hold an event…
Update, June 12, 2012: A year later, the PBA has a couple hundred fewer Republicans in its ranks, thanks to this event. Read an update here.Next month the Broward County Police Benevolent Association is holding a “Party to Leave the Party” — an event coordinated with the Supervisor of Elections…
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is looking into former Lauderdale Lakes finance director Larry Tibbs for allegedly taking sick-leave money he didn’t deserve, while former City Manager Anita Fain-Taylor — who’s been accused by commissioners of providing them with fraudulent information — is momentarily off the hook.It’s not yet…
If there was any question whether Florida Gov. Rick Scott favored business over the environment, this week he ended the debate. Scott appointed a businessman with a history of environmental problems to oversee the board that’s supposed to protect South Florida’s water supply and wetlands from pollution.Juan Portuondo, if confirmed…
Now for Gov. Rick Scott’s charade of the day — making up a scientific study on drug use by welfare recipients on a nationally televised CNN interview.As you know, the governor signed H.B. 353 into law last week, requires Floridians on welfare to pass a drug test before they get…
Beware, collegiate science nerds: Just when you thought it was safe to spend the summer watching “Project Runway” and exploring the effects of medical marijuana, a new threat has emerged. Activists with the radical animal rights group Negotiation is Over are launching a new campaign to target budding doctors and…
U.S. Rep. Allen West’s press secretary is being accused of illegally recording someone – again. Former WPTV-Channel 5 reporter Angela Sachitano, one of three directors on West’s 15-member congressional staff, is named as defendant in a lawsuit brought by a former vice president at the Boca-based Sunbeam Corp. The suit…
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is now the basis of a recycled joke.American Crossroads — the group that provided millions of dollars to put conservative candidates in office in the 2010 midterm elections — released an attack video on Wasserman Schultz today, ripping off…
For Gov. Rick Scott’s charade of the day, he’s championing the move of a Canadian company’s U.S. headquarters to Boca Raton — a move that was nearly cemented before the governor even took office.While the foundation for the deal was set before Scott became governor, it was only days after…
Steve Gonot, the former Deerfield Beach Commissioner convicted in May of stealing campaign funds and misconduct charges, was denied a new trial this morning.Broward County Circuit Judge Barbara McCarthy denied Gonot’s request, and maintained the scheduled sentencing for June 20.Gonot, 54, was found guilty of felony grand theft for stealing…
