Referenda

Early Voting on Dolphins Stadium Referendum Begins Today, but Election May Still Be Cancelled

Polling sites will open today in Miami-Dade for an election that might not actually come to pass. Yes, you can head to several early-voting sites beginning today to cast your ballot on the contentious Dolphin Stadium renovation referendum, but the election might end up just getting cancelled.

NFL Would Contribute $150 Million to Sun Life Stadium Face-Lift

As the county commission meets today to consider a proposed deal to renovate Sun Life Stadium, news comes that the NFL has decided to chip in $150 million of the estimated $480 million it would cost to Flip This House, leaving the county and the Dolphins with $350 million to cover. The deal als ... More >>

No Movie Review: Chile's Admen Versus Pinochet

Puerto Rican Referendum: 65 Percent of Voters Choose U.S. Statehood UPDATED

While Floridians were busy re-electing Barack Obama, voters in Puerto Rico yesterday participated in a referendum posing a fundamental question to their political status with the United States: statehood or no statehood?The first question on the two-part referendum asked voters if they wanted to cha ... More >>

Casino Groups Could Be Pushing to Put Gambling on 2014 Ballot

After Genting Group's aggressive push to shove gambling down the throat of the Florida legislature this year failed spectacularly, gambling interests have taken a more low key approach to eventually opening the sunshine state to more gaming. They may be looking to put a constitutional amendment on t ... More >>

Miami-Dade's Pit Bull Ban is Heading to the Ballot in August

It's official: the decision about whether or not to overturn Miami-Dade County's controversial 23-year-old ban on pit bulls will be decided by voters in August. County commissioners voted 11-1 to last night to put the referendum on the August 14 ballot.

Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Florida Senate and House

​Miami-area State Sen. Larcenia Bullard has fired up a big ol' blunt of legislative reform this morning, as her proposal to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana was introduced in the Senate. Bullard's bill joins a similar proposal by Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens in the House ... More >>

Miami Beach's reefer revolution

SoBe is ground zero in the battle to decriminalize pot.

Magic City Casino gets a big tax cut

The Humane Society Began Its Battle with Farmers Right Here in Florida

Getting Back at the Orange Bitch

WSVN Anchor Reed Cowan's Documentary on Mormons and Prop 8 Will Get National Distribution

​You may know Reed Cowan from WSVN's weekend night news desk, but the openly gay anchor has been moonlighting as a filmmaker. After debuting at the Sundance Film Festival last month his latest documentary, 8: The Mormon Proposition, has been picked up for theatrical and DVD release.Narrated by Osc ... More >>

Bitter Bugs on the Road

Marco Rubio Supports DeMint's Stance on English-Only Movement and Immigration

Woah boy, that Marco Rubio sure is doing some interesting political gymnastics. Today, on the heels of his Senate endorsement from uber-conservative Senator Jim DeMint, Rubio affirms that he supports making English the official language of the United States. DeMint is a strong supporter of the ... More >>

Everyone Is Power Hungry at City Hall

Elected Officials Reward Their Campaign Contributors

Give money, get contracts.

Give Money, Get Contracts, Part III

Weekly News Wrap - Chavez, Imus, Iran, the CIA and more

Mount Sinai Mired and Sinking

A doctor takes aim at the hospital’s CEO and foundation.

Christmas in Key West

Vote for Barns

A plan to acquire public rural land gets plowed

Double Speak

Talking out of both sides of your mouth is tricky, but Carlos Alvarez is getting the hang of it

Down in Flames

Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

Personal Best

Mario Artecona

Miguel and the Money Man

Norman Braman joins the Diaz de la Portilla mayoral campaign -- despite that unpleasant gay-rights thing

Cashed

Labors to legalize bud in Florida have gone sour as week-old bong water

La Cosa Nuestra

The war on sexual orientation reveals the organization and structure of the Take Back Miami-Dade political family

The Hot Seat

Pepe Cancio faced big trouble on his first day as a county commissioner, but no one likes trouble

A Man in Full Fight

Hear why this crusader wants to save you from the evils of gay rights

Waiting to Inhale

To ban or not to ban, that could be the question on a ballot near you.

Best Gadfly

Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club

Best Lawyer

Benedict "Ben" Kuehne

Mission Impossible

An emphatic mayor. Tons of polling. Heaps of money. But something went wrong with the Penelas campaign that couldn't.

A Day of Reckoning

A Taste for Trouble

When Ed Resnick agreed to help negotiate the Portofino Agreement, he never figured he'd become South Beach's public enemy #1

Gelber Unbound

He managed to leave office without being indicted, which may explain why Miami Beach's former mayor feels free to unload on development, corruption, and the bad boys across the bay

The Bad Boys of Miami Beach

To the delight of its allies and the squirming discomfort of its enemies, the weekly SunPost just won't shut up

Builder Beware

Welcome to the new Miami Beach, where the citizens are angry, commissioners are cowed, and developers are Public Enemy #1

The Strange Bedfellows of Miami Beach

Why would David Dermer accept an endorsement from people who supported Portofino? To get elected, bonehead

The Hale-Bopp Amendment

June 3 will either be doomsday for Miami Beach or just another opportunity for aspiring politicians to make political hay

Letters

A Key Battle

The Conch Coalition and Taras Lyssenko claimed environmentalists were out to destroy the culture and economy of the Keys. Voters listened.

Sic 'Em!

Once again the indefatigable Dan Paul launches an attack on arrogant local officials, and once again he needs your help

Raising Pain

Glenn Terry thinks a salary hike is the answer to Miami's commission woes. Others insist it's money for nothing.

Battle by Proxy

Environmentalist George Barley's untimely death has impoverished the fight to save the Everglades. But look out, Big Sugar! Here comes Mary!

Citizen Cane

American capitalism is corrupt. European Marxism is repressive. For Cuba, there's only one answer: Guarapo.

The Scarlet P

Keep Off the Park

Dan Paul thinks people, not politicians, should decide the fate of county park land

Barricade Feature

Politics and Power