Remember Amendment One? It was only about five months ago that we the people of the great state of Florida passed a constitutional amendment, no less, that provides for the funding of long-promised Everglades restoration through the purchase of land with a percentage of document fees. Well, leave it to the Florida legislature to ignore […]
From the timing-is-everything department. Water and Sewer Department Director Bill Johnson, who used to be director of the Port of Miami, has been tapped by Florida Gov. Rick Scott as head of Enterprise Florida, which recruits corporations to relocate to Florida and tries to retain companies that are thinking of moving. It’s a really soft […]
Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi really, really, really wants to be mayor again and is going to court one more time to try to get back into his office at City Hall. You know, the one with that closet he likes so much. Pizzi was suspended by Gov. Rick Scott in […]
Well, it was predicted that in a midterm gubernatorial year, Republican voters would outnumber Democrats. And it is looking true statewide in the Florida governor’s race and in two key state races in Miami-Dade when it comes to the early voting and absentee ballots cast so far. Of course, we don’t know how all these […]
Traffic is going to be Game Day miserable Friday afternoon around SunLife Stadium, but not because of a game — although politics is definitely a sport and could be a game to some. First Lady Michele Obama will be in Miami Gardens for a Charlie Crist rally at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, 3000 […]
An electric fan? Really? That’s what everybody wants to talk about today? It’s not like it was the first time former Gov. Charlie Crist uses what apparently is his travel fan. After Gov. Rick Scott and his campaign complained Wednesday about a portable fan that his predecessor uses regularly and a lot — leading Ladra […]
For weeks, Miami-Dade’s own Annette Taddeo has been crisscrossing the state to campaign as the running mate for former Gov. Charlie Crist, who wants his job back. The former chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party has been talking up voters in person at rallies and in diners. Finally, almost three months after she was named […]
In what is probably the best evidence that the two Florida gubernatorial candidates leave a lot to be desired (read: stink to high heaven), the Libertarian Party is making some major inroads with their candidate. Nobody really thinks that Adrian Wyllie can win, of course. Ladra doesn’t even believe that his people think that. But […]
Women have always been a sought-after voter bloc, even though the 2012 presidential election and the alleged Republican War on Women — that, between us girls, we really shouldn’t buy into — took it all to a whole new level. And, as expected, that trend will continue as Florida females become a hot commodity this […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott brought former Gov. Jeb Bush, one of South Florida’s most popular politicians, to campaign with him last month in Homestead. Friday, former Gov. Charlie Crist — who wants his job back — raised the ante and brought a former U.S. President to the battle for guv. And Bill Clinton can turn any […]