Barack Obama’s approval rating is pretty abysmal right now in Florida, at 44 percent. That number seems OK until you consider that Gov. Rick Scott is at 43 percent. Then you realize that number is terrible. But Floridians aren’t so disenchanted with the president that they’re seeing red. A Quinnipiac…
If the election for governor were held today, it would be a toss-up. Because, Florida! This according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, which was released on Wednesday. Overall, Crist leads Scott by 45 to 40 percent. But a third candidate has emerged to screw things up, as third candidates…
John Paul Alvarez lives for the look in a student’s eye that shows he or she gets it. At Stirling Elementary School in Hollywood, the baby-faced teacher is known for working well with troubled third-graders. Perhaps it’s because he recognizes himself in them. Alvarez grew up in Miami, just south…
Rick Scott attended the fundraiser held in his honor by GEO Group CEO George Zoley on Monday evening, but not before being met by a bevy of protesters. People from Florida for All, the Dream Defenders and Dreamers Moms, as well as other protesters unaffiliated with the group, gathered outside…
Update: See also: Rick Scott Met by Protesters at GEO Group Fundraiser (Video) Original post: Rick Scott is in Boca all day Monday, kicking off something called Jobs for the Next Generation tour. And while he’s in town talking jobs and tax cuts, he’ll also be attending a big-money gala…
Back in January, Gov. Rick Scott named Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera as his lieutenant governor and eventual reelection running mate. This was seen as a good move at the time to lock down the Hispanic vote. But on Thursday, Charlie Crist has doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down by announcing…
For the some 70,000 people each year, it was already too late. But thanks to the push from some concerned citizens — including a lot of South Floridians — bike riders, pedestrians, and motorists struck by hit and run drivers will now have a little justice. And to mark the…
We’re no scientist. But you know who is? Scientists. And a group of them has written Gov. Rick Scott about his noncommittal stance on man-made climate change. Scott has been wishy-washy on the issue, and whenever he’s been pressed about it, he has inexplicably decided to go the Marco Rubio…
A Florida judge took the GOP and their redrawn congregational district maps from 2012 to the proverbial woodshed on Thursday, when he ruled that the maps were drawn up illegally. Second Judicial Circuit judge Terry P. Lewis called the maps a mockery to the rules of transparency when he ruled…
So it’s come down to this. For now is the hour of desperation. While the world waits (still!!) for LeBron James to make his decision on where he’ll sign, and the Internet is being scoured for clues like a Dan Brown novel, South Florida sports talk radio station 104.3 FM…
On Tuesday, members of the Broward College Board of Trustees met to discuss typical things like budgets and other college affairs. But they also took on a bigger subject: Why they, along with other college administrations around America, continue to redistribute wealth and power to a small class of business…
From voting on a former governor who jumped parties or a governor with a low approval rating to legalizing medical marijuana, Florida has some interesting things to vote for come election time. But one election of real significance could be that of attorney general. Pam Bondi has already filed for…
In 2008, the ban of same-sex marriage was voted into the Florida constitution, the end of a process that was kick-started two years prior, when then-Gov. Charlie Crist signed a petition to get that prohibition approved. Six years later, the LGBT advocacy group Equality Florida is taking the state to…
For months now, polls have been showing Charilie Crist leading Rick Scott in the race for governor. In March, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Crist up by 16 points. Before that, in October, Public Policy Polling showed Crist leading by 12. Now all that seems to have changed, as a…
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott signed the DREAM Act bill into law, which will allow in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants in Florida. According to the bill, undocumented immigrants must meet a certain number of conditions to qualify that include attending a secondary school for at least three…
John Thrasher, a Florida Senator and now the lone candidate for president of Florida State University, doesn’t deserve the job. Thrasher, a Republican lawyer, was reprimanded on the House floor back ithe 1990s after appearing as a lobbyist for his longtime employers, the Florida Medical Association. A year after leaving…
Over the years, we have come to expect weirdness from Rick Scott, just as we expect an egg from a chicken. And, just like the chicken, Scott always delivers, pulling things out of his ass that make us scratch our heads. But even we are a little confused by some…
Irene Secada sat in the back of the campaign headquarters doing mental math. About 80 people were crammed and sweating inside of a Weston shopping mall suite to see Nan Rich, the 72-year-old former state senator and lifelong Democrat, open her gubernatorial campaign headquarters. Although the majority of the Nan…
Food and shelter are basic human essentials that are often taken for granted. But not everyone is fortunate enough to afford a safe place. In hurricane-prone South Florida, the area is fraught with roof damage. And the cost of repairs leave some living in shoddy conditions — with a leaky…
Floridians who go out and purchase hurricane supplies can expect not to pay any sales tax, thanks to Rick Scott signing the hurricane tax-holiday bill, HB 5601, on Monday. The tax holiday means that things like batteries, generators, radios, tarps, and first-aid kits will be sales-tax-free during hurricane season, which…
It was only a matter of time, really. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government meetings are allowed to open with prayer — even though currently in this country, the vast majority of such prayers are geared toward Christianity. The case was prompted in Greece, New York, where…
Rick Scott officially kicked off his tour of Florida car dealerships reelection campaign yesterday at a Volkswagen dealership in Jacksonville. He and some Republican supporters chanted his campaign slogan, “Let’s keep working!” Today at noon, when Scott comes to an AutoNation dealership in Greenacres, a grassroots group called Florida for…
