Ron Sachs

Is Charlie Crist Florida's Next Governor?

Lawton Chiles' Son Thinking About Entering Governor's Race

​Are you ready for Governor Lawton Chiles 2.0? Alex Sink sure isn't.Naked Politics reports that Lawton Chiles III is considering making a late entrance into the governor's race as a democrat. Alex Sink, the state's CFO, has been running for nearly a year now and was considered a lock to win the de ... More >>

Paging Spicoli

Forty years later, it's still preps vs. stoners at Norland High.

The Pot Smuggler vs. the Political Flak

Norland Senior High alum Bruce Perlowin has some damn good managerial skills. Back in the '70s, the teenage hippie-cum-drug lord ran what feds called "the West Coast's largest marijuana-smuggling ring," complete with a fleet of 90 ships that hauled 500,000 pounds of pot from Colombia to the San Fran ... More >>

Norland High Debate Prompts Riptide Critic

This morning, Riptide posted a blog about a former pot smuggler's plan to organize a Norland Senior High reunion. It notes Bruce Perlowin -- the west coast's biggest marijuana importer in the seventies -- has been planning a 40-year reunion-festival for the class of 1969. He has gotten some opposit ... More >>

"It'll Never Get Off the Ground"

With nothing to show after four years but bitterness and bickering, the plan to turn Homestead Air Force Base into a commercial airport has gone from national model to national embarrassment

It's the Booze Talking

They say the first step to recovery is admitting your addiction. And now they say it on the radio.