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Tallahassee

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    It Will Soon Be Legal to Dye Baby Chicks Any Color You Want in Florida

    What the hell happens up in Tallahassee sometimes? Seriously?See, the apparently powerful dog grooming lobby convinced our elected officials to take time out of their busy legislative session to lift an old ban on dying live animals. They were actually successful, but the ban now means that the cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Fathers Are Allowed to Slap Teen Daughters on the Ass, Rules Florida Appeals Court

    ​A three-judge panel from Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal has upheld the right of Florida's fathers to slap their teenage daughters on the ass without fear of facing domestic violence charges. The ruling overturned an earlier judgement from a Tallahassee judge, who granted a domestic violen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Log Cabin Nursery, Miami Beach Haven For Developmentally Disabled, To Close Due to State Cuts

    ​ We knew that Tallahassee's recent $500-million-plus slashing to Medicaid reimbursements would have some pretty dire consequences. Unfortunately, a 35-year-old Miami Beach institution that serves as a second home for dozens of developmentally disabled adults is acting as the canary in the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Floridians Are Still Free to Blast Their Car Stereos However Damn Loud They Please

    ​The right to blast your crappy music through your car stereo at top volume while driving down the road with minimal repercussions is a right that many Miamians hold dear and regularly exercise. But recently some politicians in Tallahassee wanted to strip us of this basic freedom. Thankfully, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Tallahassee Is America's Pot-Smoking Capital, Miami Isn't Even On the List

    ​Tallahassee is not only the political capital of Florida, but also apparently the pot-smoking capital of America. Surprisingly, Miami, most often associated with drugs, doesn't even make the Daily Beast's list of Mary Jane-loving cities. Then again, maybe it's not much of a surprise that college ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2011

    Censored license plates you won't see on the road

    ​Tallahassee is not only the political capital of Florida, but also apparently the pot-smoking capital of America. Surprisingly, Miami, most often associated with drugs, doesn't even make the Daily Beast's list of Mary Jane-loving cities. Then again, maybe it's not much of a surprise that college ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    You Won't Believe What Floridians Have Tried To Put On Their Personalized License Plates

    ​Once every six weeks or so, a small, sober group of bureaucrats and cops gathers in a conference room in Tallahassee. Members of the group synch their iPhones to urbandictionary.com, bone up on the latest texting slang, and then laugh their asses off for an hour or two. They're the License Plate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Alex Sink Picks Up Endorsement From Every Major Newspaper in the State

    In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She's walked away with the support of every major newspaper's editorial board in the state. Th ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Miami fails to make list of top pot-smoking cities

    In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She's walked away with the support of every major newspaper's editorial board in the state. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Wrong: Miami Left Out of Top 40 Pot-Smoking Cities

    Local pride took another hit today. Fresh off that embarrassing #4 party school ranking from Playboy, a Web site run by a white British blonde reports Miami is not one of the country's top 40 pot-smoking cities. ​ Tina Brown's The Daily Beast compiled a list of America's most stoned cities in hon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Florida Tea Baggers: Day Healthcare Reform Passed Was "One of the Darkest Days Since 9/11"

    ​A bunch of tea baggers held a rally on the steps of the Florida capitol up in Tallahassee today, and politicians including Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp came out and spoke to them while standing by a podium made to look like two crates stamped with the word "Tea."Naked Politics reports that one of the s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Free Cheetos!

    ​A bunch of tea baggers held a rally on the steps of the Florida capitol up in Tallahassee today, and politicians including Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp came out and spoke to them while standing by a podium made to look like two crates stamped with the word "Tea."Naked Politics reports that one of the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Do Democrats Finally Have a Florida CFO Candidate?

    ​Considering the chief financial officer job is the only statewide position up for re-election in 2010 that the Democrats currently hold, they should be eager to keep it. But with CFO Alex Sink running for governor, no big-name Dem has stepped forward to run. In fact, the only one who has reg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    FSU Women's Basketball Team: Victim of Horrible Stylist, Possibly Sexism and Homophobia

    ​The FSU Women's Basketball Team's website looks more like a prom scrapbook than a site for a high-ranked athletic program. Unsurprisingly, it's raising some eyebrows.The new campaign, put together by Ron Sachs Communications (which does a lot of business in Tallahassee), features the team posing ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    Can You Smell What Fall is Cooking?

    ​The FSU Women's Basketball Team's website looks more like a prom scrapbook than a site for a high-ranked athletic program. Unsurprisingly, it's raising some eyebrows.The new campaign, put together by Ron Sachs Communications (which does a lot of business in Tallahassee), features the team posing ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ David Solano

    A house-kicking Colombiano.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Charlie Crist Expected To Announce Senate Bid Tomorrow

    In the past month the idea that Charlie Crist would run for Senate has gone from hot political rumor to almost foregone conclusion, and news broke this weekend that it is indeed fact. Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer told the Pensacola News Journal last night that Crist will annou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    State Senate Unanimously Votes To Raise Cigarette Tax

    Because people in Tallahassee are a collective mass of "dumb," they're still dealing with a giant budget crisis. So, they went the easiest route and started seriously discussing a $1 tax on each and every pack of cigarettes. They'll talk a good game, "Oh, this is to save people's lives, oh, what's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    News Roundup

    LocalWhoops, cutting a deal with the black community sounded look a smooth move for Marlins Stadium supporters, but turns out it is unconstitutional. [Herald]The suitcase trial ended with a four year prison sentence for a Venezuelan businessman. [BBC]Here is a story about Puppies ...that die. It is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    The Week That Was

    The Herald started out its week on various death lists, cut 175 people (including one on her birthday), and left people questioning whether Miami will even have a daily paper anymore. Meanwhile, one of the paper's more infamous famous employees landed a job, because there is no justice in the world. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Yes, Those Are Slaves On The Steps of The Florida Capitol Today

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    State Sen. Frederica Wilson Hopes To Move Her Hat Collection to DC

    Frederica Wilson and her extensive hat collection have pretty much done everything they can in Tallahassee. The Miami democrat has served in both houses of the State legislature, and now she's made it official that she'll be seeking the congressional seat Rep. Kendrick Meek is leaving behind in his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Commissioners to Meet on Sex Offenders

    It has been almost two years since New Times exposed a disturbing, state-mandated colony of sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. Since then, city commissioners have received dozens of angry letters, international news programs have aired footage, and the amount of banished men under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Senate 2010: Kendrick Gets in Quick, Sink Still Has to Think

    Miami boy Kendrick Meek became the first official announced candidate for the 2010 Senate race, sure to be one of the most dramatic in the nation. As expected, he announced it this morning, and used much of the same "This is about Florida" rhetoric we commented about earlier. He's not taking things ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    State Lawmakers Pull an All-Nighter at the BCS

    Things were really weird yesterday (Did you miss me? No? Oh,thanks.), and I ended up briefly at the Opa-locka Executive Airport before heading up to West Palm Beach, only to turn around and drive back to Miami. Anyway, the runway was busy with lots of bigwigs flying in for the BCS game. Bigwigs such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Dems' "Empty Chair Charlie" Strategy Is Empty-Headed

    Florida Dems, let us share a bit of well-known advice that helped your national party unseat a seemingly unbeatable Republican incumbent back in '92: It's the economy, stupid. After re-electing party chairwoman Karen Thurman this weekend, the state Democrats vowed to continue their crusade again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Video: Dead Prez at Rock the Bells 2008

    Florida Dems, let us share a bit of well-known advice that helped your national party unseat a seemingly unbeatable Republican incumbent back in '92: It's the economy, stupid. After re-electing party chairwoman Karen Thurman this weekend, the state Democrats vowed to continue their crusade again ... More >>

  • News

    April 24, 2008

    The Water's Fine!

    Or is it? With the budget ax hovering, we might never know.

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Baby Calendar

    Or is it? With the budget ax hovering, we might never know.

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST LOCAL POLITICIAN

    State Rep. Dan Gelber

  • Dining

    November 4, 2004

    A Tale of Two Menus

    State Rep. Dan Gelber

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of May 6, 2004

    Tallahassee, tips, unsung musicians, and daughterly advice

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of April 29, 2004

    Madcap politicos, hungry crocodiles, and a prescription for the arts

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

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

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    Meet Mr. Arza

    In four short years, state Rep. Ralph Arza has gone from schoolteacher to powerful politician, and now he's about to take control of public education in Miami

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2004

    Flat Pigskin

    Football classic not the same

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Smaller Is Better

    The case for breaking up the grossly dysfunctional Miami-Dade County school district

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Barred for Life

    The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    The Carlos Lacasa File

    Meet the most powerful politician you know nothing about

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    New World, Old Woes

    The battle to restore funding for the New World School of the Arts is under way

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Children's Museum, Inc.

    New Times gives a tour of the Miami Children's Museum and its corporate exhibitisements -- for kids of all ages!

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Political Gamble

    Governor's office sit-in

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Uniforms

    Toll takers

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    The Doctor is Out

    Beset by internecine battles, troubled leadership, and funding cuts, the local office of the Florida Department of Health is in need of intensive care.

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    A Major Bad Hair Day

    Bleached scalps. Chipped nails. Rotten perms. If state officials deregulate the beauty industry, things could get ugly.

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    Dialing Your Dollars

    You say you haven't got a cellular phone? Heck, you own hundreds of 'em! And right now some local bureaucrat is using one to make a hairdressing appointment.

  • News

    February 16, 1995

    No Butts?

    With state lawmakers renewing their threats to ban au naturel sunbathing, local nudists are undressing for battle

  • News

    August 11, 1993

    Jail Bait

    Getting sprung from the slammer has never been easier, and the life of a Miami bail bondsman has never been tougher

  • Music

    August 12, 1992

    Aviary Interesting

    Egged on by a soaring Tallahassee following, Zombie Birdhouse flies in your face with invention

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