Apparently, Sen. Mike Bennett’s friends send him nudie pictures, which are to be opened only on the floor of the Florida Senate, while Dan Gelber is talking about an abortion bill. Bennett, a Republican from Bradenton, clicked off the image immediately.Then he turned on some dog porn, it appears. Or…
Brian Reilly has talked tough during the early part of his 2010 congressional campaign, launching the slogan “Fire Debbie Wasserman Schultz.” But the April 30 candidate filing deadline came and went with nary a sign of Reilly’s campaign finance report. Judging by the Federal Elections Commission website, Reilly hasn’t qualified…
The same forensic auditor who told the Deerfield Beach Commission last month that he found “suspected fraud” in the way city doles out state and federal housing dollars appears destined to turn his investigative eye toward other city programs. At tonight’s meeting, City Manager Burgess Hanson is likely to broach…
Pulling away from last week’s will-he-won’t-he-gasp-he-did Crist frenzy for just a sec, I got an e-mail yesterday from Democrat Jeff Greene’s campaign, in which Greene reminds voters that he “took on Wall Street and won and will take on Washington and win for the people of Florida.”In case you are…
You just knew that Charlie Crist would appear in a punch line during Obama’s speech at the correspondents’ dinner. It comes around the seven-minute mark of the video above. He and his speechwriters decided to merge that with a crack about the couple that crashed political parties last year. The…
I guess when you’ve got over a billion dollars, it’s easy to forget where you spent $500. But considering Jeff Greene’s personal interest in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, you’d think the Palm Beach billionaire would remember making that donation to the Kendrick Meek for Senate campaign this past November.Or that…
Now that Gov. Charlie Crist has declared an independent candidacy for U.S. Senate, likely Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek will have a general election challenge that’s different from what he might have been anticipating a month ago. This week, I quizzed some Florida Democratic Party insiders about whether Crist’s staying in…
Greyhound protection groups from all over the country strongly advocated for an amendment that could have ended live greyhound racing in Florida, but the amendment was ruled “non-germane” and did not see a vote.In Florida, home to more than half the dog tracks in the country, current law requires tracks…
Noon today was the deadline for filing to be on Florida ballots, leading to some last-minute jockeying in the Broward judicial races. Broward Circuit Court Judge Lee Seidman — facing three challengers in his reelection bid — opted out of that race. But he didn’t do so to run against…
If Charlie Crist is closeted gay — and New Times’ Bob Norman has compiled lots of circumstantial evidence to suggest that’s the case, despite Crist’s past denials — then his departure from the GOP removes perhaps the biggest political obstacle to coming out of the closet.In fact, a dramatic announcement…
The friendship between Charlie Crist and his chief handler, Broward native George LeMieux appears to be one of the casualties of the 2010 Senate race. Today LeMieux, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Crist last August, announced that he would not support Crist’s independent bid for Senate and…
Just 24 hours after calling a special meeting to discuss the employment of the city manager, Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper helped cause the cancellation of that meeting by failing to attend.The special meeting was scheduled for 10:30 this morning, but Cooper wasn’t present. Nor was the man of the…
Sorry, that’s the best we could do for a dramatic video lead-in on such short notice. Anyway, Charlie Crist’s about ready to step to the mic and make it official. Follow us after the jump for the MSNBC feed and commentary…
Hey there blogosphere, do me a favor. I need you to send seven bucks and a couple unshucked peanuts (my approximate daily wage) to the New Times newsroom, because if you fine supporters do so, I can have the day off. Mayhap I shall venture to K-Mart. Time will tell.Apparently,…
Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good might be in hot water with his most important political ally. The Juice has learned that Mayor Joy Cooper has called a special meeting for Friday morning with the expressed purpose of discussing the “city manager’s employment.”Cooper could not be reached by phone and…
That’s from March 28, folks. My favorite part comes around the 50-second mark when Crist says he’ll support the winner of the August 24 Republican primary, which is now very clearly going to be Marco Rubio, Crist’s opponent in the general election. Can this Senate campaign last forever please?…
In a Tweet that’s sure to endear him to the 22nd Congressional District’s roughly 11 percent Latino population, Allen West gave an enthusiastic endorsement of Arizona’s ultra-controversial, totally unconstitutional and pretty-much-racist immigration bill.The bill, whose fate now rests with the Arizona governor, would allow law enforcement officers to arrest people…
Crist’s independent candidacy for U.S. Senate began two weeks ago, with his dramatic veto of Senate Bill 6. And calling a press conference Tuesday to announce his opposition to drilling for oil off the Florida coast was just populist posturing in advance of tomorrow’s announcement in St. Pete.From the video…
Florida House Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-Fort Lauderdale) isn’t in favor of passing a law against texting while driving despite overwhelming support for the bill in the Florida Senate. The Senate voted 34-4 today to ban the practice.Bogdanoff told the Sun-Sentinel that “There are a lot of things that people do…
With the state finances in disarray, 2009 was not the year for Florida legislators to spend their valuable time passing a law that would make it illegal to have sex with animals. But this year, with the state finances again in disarray, maybe Weston-based Sen. Nan Rich will finally get…
If you’re reading this right now from a computer in Hallandale Beach, watch your ass. The mayor and city manager believe Juice’s political coverage is unpatriotic, maybe treasonous. But definitely “pornographic.” That’s the reason they’ve blocked this website from computers in City Hall.This report comes from Commissioner Keith London, that…
Lake Worth City Commissioner Cara Jennings logged on to the Palm Beach Post’s website last week and found a death threat against her. A story posted on Wednesday, April 21, by Willie Howard detailed a two-part ethics complaint filed against Jennings in 2008 by Lake Worth planning and zoning board member…
