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Rene Garcia

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Union Dues Fight: Miami Republicans Cause Another Defeat for Rick Scott

    ​Just days after news that Gov. Rick Scott's push to eliminate corporate income tax would end in failure, another big item on Scott's agenda now looks it's headed for defeat. Scott and Sen. John Thrasher, the former chair of the state GOP, made it a top priority to pass a bill that would ban publ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    State Legislators Want to Take Away Some of County Commissioners' Powers

    ​With an election set in a week to recall Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas the air of reform is steadily streaming through County Hall, but two state lawmakers don't just want a change in leadership. They want to see the powers of Miami-Dade County Comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Even Republicans are Angry Rick Scott Declined High-Speed Rail Funds

    Even some Elephants prefer to travel by train. ​Rick Scott's decision to decline $2.4 billion in federal funds to build a state-of-the-art high-speed rail system in Florida continues to draw anger, ire and confusion today even from many Republicans. Today, a veto-proof majority of 26 state senator ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Hialeah Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Red Light Cameras in Florida

    ​State Senator Rene Garcia is our new hero. The Hialeah Republican has introduced a bill in the state legislature that would effectively ban the use of red light cameras and has called them a "big-brother initiative." It's probably one of the few times when a Republican from Hialeah and the ACLU c ... More >>

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Grandmasters in Guayaberas

    Little Havana's chess connection vies for the national crown

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

    Where your humble state legislators work hard by day and play hard by night

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Cavity Depravity

    The rotten roots of a sweet HMO deal rip dental health from the mouths of babes

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    FIU, too! All right?

    Why Mitch Maidique and Armando Codina hate Amendment 11

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Bleeding Stierheim

    "Business whiz" Joe Arriola turns and bites the education hand that appointed him

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    An Old-Fashioned Mayor

    Hialeah's Raul Martinez: "I don't need a machine"

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    The Last Pony Show, Part 2

    Hialeah Park loses by a nose in Tallahassee, the nose belonging to Mario Diaz-Balart

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    The Last Pony Show

    Owner John Brunetti is determined to save Hialeah Park, but market pressures may spell doom after 76 years of racing

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Elian Nation

    Scenes from a splintered city

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