FlickrRon Klein’s campaign is feeling good about his chances of being sworn in again in 2011.We’ve been waiting for one of the two campaigns in the 22nd Congressional District to release the findings of an internal poll — typically, candidates withhold those findings until they’ve got good news to report…
Photo: Robert Kunst for CongressKunst wants to defeat Wasserman Schultz, then impeach Obama, then protest Wasserman Schultz and Obama policies.Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a tough customer — so tough that even a hardened combat vet-turned-politician like Allen West didn’t dare run against her, even though he lives in her 20th…
During her time as the director of the Community Redevelopment Agency, director Lisa Bright basked in the good graces of the Boynton Beach commissioners, who serve as the CRA board. Even after Bright made an enemy of Mayor Jose Rodriguez, a majority of those commissioners wanted to believe that Bright…
Followers of the Allen West congressional campaign have heard plenty about his career in the U.S. Army. But in building his personal narrative, the Republican candidate tends to skip over the job he took immediately after that career ended: as a history teacher at Deerfield Beach High.It must have been…
Andrea HuerfanoThis weekend dozens of undocumented immigrants took to the sands of Miami Beach to tell Congress to pass the DREAM Act this week. About 50 people formed human billboards spelling out the words “Dream Act Now” and “Call [Sen. George] Lemieux Now.”Activists in South Florida — a front in…
It’s true — and strange — that Gov. Charlie Crist was good friends with the man behind the most colossal fraud in Broward County history, Scott Rothstein. But Fort Lauderdale author E.J. Bellew (a nom de plume) imagines a scenario in which a character based on Crist is haunted by…
They say that in every crisis, there’s an opportunity. So it is with the Republican Party of Florida, scandalized by the sybaritic ways of its former chairman, Jim Greer, who’s now facing charges of money laundering and fraud, a case that prompted a forensic audit of the party’s books. And…
Rick Scott might be the GOP nominee to become Florida’s next governor, but you won’t hear much from him. He has skipped out on scheduled debates, rarely gives interviews, and has taken the very unusual move of refusing to sit down with newspaper editorial boards.Luckily, there are plenty of videos…
Considering all the national story lines in the Ron Klein-Allen West showdown for Congress, it’s surprising that no one has revisited the most bizarre episodes of the pair’s 2008 clash. I’m referring to the moment in July 2008 when West, who was then an obscure candidate, phoned the FBI to…
As Election Day approaches, the three-way U.S. Senate race between Independent Charlie Crist, Republican Marco Rubio, and Democrat Kendrick Meek gets stranger by the minute. In today’s installment, Crist and Meek both canceled a scheduled talk at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, because neither wanted to cross a…
I’m ill-informed and undecided, but I’m absolutely determined to vote on November 2. My name is Tom, and I’m a swing voter.I want to vote for Amendment 4, which would require developers in Florida to get voters’ blessing for projects that deviate from a city’s growth management plans. I greatly…
After Andrew Breitbart accused Shirley Sherrod of racism, based on a cleverly edited speech, there were many on the left who hurled that accusation right back at the conservative blogger and pundit.But I’m here to say, “Stand down, lefties!” Because Breitbart has boldly declared support of a black president. Just…
Like all Americans, the Levinson family of Coral Springs is surely happy to hear of the release by Iranian authorities of Sarah Shourd, who was among three American hikers taken prisoner on espionage charges more than a year ago after they allegedly wandered into Iran.But as the Washington Post points…
FlickrCareful using the word plantation around Allen West supporters.Congressional candidate Allen West lives in Plantation. West is a registered Republican. And so earlier today, when Sun-Sentinel political columnist Anthony Man called West a “Plantation Republican,” the statement had some objective truth to it. Clearly, the phrase had nothing to do…
FlickrBreitbart wishes there were more microphones in the world.The man famous for calling Shirley Sherrod a racist is now trying to destroy the reputation of another prominent African-American, U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek. Andrew Breitbart, who passes for a hero among many in the tea party movement, didn’t call Meek…
Nova Southeastern University in Davie will no longer do business with Primate Products, the controversial animal research facility in Doral, according to the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida.After the release of several disturbing photos depicting monkeys with serious injuries, local activists approached university officials about Nova’s relationship with Primate Products. An…
Congressman Kendrick Meek has failed to galvanize the Democratic base, he failed to properly trounce wacky billionaire Jeff Greene, and now he may be abandoned by even the most die-hard Democrats, who may be leery of throwing him their votes when those same votes could help keep right-winger Marco Rubio…
The forensic auditor hired by Deerfield Beach to scrutinize payments by the city to festival performers and organizers has hit a dead end in the city’s finance department, according to an email acquired this week through a public records request.It appears the city’s finance department has no records of having…
Photo: WMPDCan Perez hold on to his job as police chief?Richard Perez apparently thinks offensive racial stereotypes are hi-larious, but he’s not laughing as hard lately since the South Florida Times revealed a series of racially offensive emails that were circulated by the Wilton Manors Police Chief. Now it looks…
State Rep. Jennifer Carroll had a pretty radical idea during the Legislature’s last session: What if Florida just ignored federal laws that don’t come attached with funding? The idea is widely supported among tea party types. So the Jacksonville Republican put it on paper, submitting H0679 — a resolution that…
Jones in 1969Maybe there’s a course at Cape Girardeau Central High School that teaches students how to get famous using hateful, destructive ideas. Because it just so happens that Florida’s two most notorious bloviators, Rush Limbaugh and Qu’ran-burning pastor Terry Jones graduated from Cape Central High in 1969…
It seems former Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good can’t even file for office without triggering at least a mini-scandal. A city activist claims that Good missed Wednesday’s noon deadline by a few minutes but that the Cooper City Clerk allowed Good to be an exception to the rule.Gladys Wilson,…
