There are two types of people who get food delivered: those who want it immediately and don’t feel like going out, and those who basically don’t have another option for eating.
Last Wednesday, Florida megalawyer and possible gubernatorial candidate John Morgan formally announced a new partnership with onetime Trump adviser and dirty trickster Roger Stone, saying the two were launching a bipartisan effort to push the president toward marijuana reform.
Earlier this summer, natural gas began flowing through a new, 515-mile long pipeline from Alabama to Florida, quashing the hopes of thousands of environmentalists and activists who had fought against it. Then, within weeks, the Sabal Trail pipeline began leaking a smelly odorant up in North Florida. On Tuesday, those…
When a group called Sabal Trail began building a 515-mile natural gas pipeline from Alabama to Florida, protestors rightly worried about the possibility of a leak or explosion. All along, Sabal Trail representatives assured residents who lived by the pipeline that the risk of a gas leak was “minimal.”
Each time a new retailer began accepting Bitcoin as payment a few years ago, Mike Komaransky made a small purchase to signal his confidence in the digital currency.
When you sign up to become a schoolteacher, no one hands you a book of names you shouldn’t call your students. That’s because most educators have good enough sense to know referring to their kids as terrorists is almost certainly a bad idea. Unfortunately, not everyone has good sense. This…
Before Esteban Santiago unpacked a gun from his checked baggage at the Fort Lauderdale airport, filled it with ammo, and then gunned down dozens of innocent people in January, no one from Delta Airlines, the airport, or the Broward Sheriff’s Office found his behavior suspicious enough to stop him. That’s…
The posts began appearing in May. Spotted first on Instagram and later on Facebook, someone set up a handful of social media accounts criticizing the City of Coral Gables for its use of private security guards. In typical Coral Gables fashion, the city was not pleased. So in late May,…
In mid-May, Michigan lawyer Michael Morse was served with a $10 million sexual assault lawsuit from a woman who said he grabbed her breasts during a photo op. Nine days later, another woman came forward with similar accusations. Since then, three others have filed separate lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct.
For four years, Delia Kennedy worked as a grants administrator for the city of Opa-locka, taking home an annual salary of $60,000. Over the course of her tenure with the city, Kennedy helped bring in nearly $60 million in governmental grants. But after city attorney Vincent Brown revealed in a citywide…
When Design District megadeveloper Craig Robins announced plans in 2015 for a huge five-story parking garage, residents in neighboring Buena Vista fell into two camps. Many who’ve lived there for decades see the garage as an intrusion that will usher in full-on gentrification, while others, including several newcomers, believe the…
Internationally known for its historic architecture, sultry beaches, and bumping nightclubs, South Beach has always had another claim to fame: its scandals. From the days of Prohibition to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys to the gruesome murder of Gianni Versace, the city has been plagued by crime and corruption since its earliest years.
Ask 100 Floridians to rattle off Publix’s slogan and guaranteed, 100 of them will be able to answer: “Where shopping is a pleasure.” The state’s most beloved supermarket has a stellar reputation for killer chicken tender Pub subs, free deli meat slices, and employee-friendly policies. But beyond the buffed-to-a-shine aisles…
On an April afternoon back in 2015, a homeless man named Andrew Toombs experienced something so routine that it’s happened to him more than 70 times in the last decade. After approaching some cars underneath the I-95 on-ramp on NE First Avenue, Toombs was stopped by police and arrested for…
Caked in mud, the black Chevy pickup made a careful left turn from the main highway onto a dirt driveway in rural Southwest Florida. Four young men in jeans and scuffed-up cowboy boots hopped out to meet their new business partner, a lanky, middle-aged Hawaiian guy named Curtis Blackledge. After…
More than seven months after Florida voters overwhelmingly supported an amendment legalizing medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott finally signed off on the law late last month. But critics have pounced on the law’s shortcomings. Megalawyer John Morgan, who sponsored the amendment, is now suing the state because it doesn’t allow patients to smoke their medicine.
For years, Miami Beach has operated a homeless outreach office right next to city hall. But advocate Valerie Navarrete says that over the past few months, she heard time and again from homeless people that the office was randomly closed during business hours.
David McCue was off-duty when he got the call that iconic fashion designer Gianni Versace had been shot in cold blood on the steps of his Ocean Drive mansion July 24, 1997. At first, the Miami Beach detective thought it must be a mob hit. But when he learned of the prime suspect, he cringed — he recognized the name.
The idea of jumping on a bike in Miami is so inherently un-Miami that the thought alone is enough to make most people shudder. In addition to dodging construction sites and potholes, there’s the fact that the blistering heat and oppressive humidity might turn you into a puddle, Alex Mack-style.
Last summer, the Broward Sheriff’s deputy who’d killed Jermaine McBean — a computer tech who was carrying an unloaded air rifle — tried something that had never been done before in Florida: He asked for a Stand Your Ground hearing. The bet paid off. In late July, a Broward circuit judge dismissed the manslaughter charge, leading to protests and pushback.
After Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement earlier this month, effectively ignoring the will of the American people, CEOs of the nation’s largest companies, and members of his own party, progressive leaders across the country vowed to battle climate change at the local level.
After 9/11, local governments began tightening security like never before. Surveillance cameras now monitor nearly every inch of municipal buildings, while courthouses have beefed up their entrances with TSA-style checkpoints. In an urgency to protect residents and employees, some architects even began designing government buildings specifically to prevent mass shootings, acts of terror, and other crises.
