Sure, like any big city Miami has its power-player mainstays — it’s hard to imagine Dade County without Kathy Fernandez Rundle and Xavier Suarez, for instance. But it’s also the kind of town where people’s influence can come and go quicker than Justin Bieber’s Ferrari on South Beach. Here’s a look…
It’s no secret that Republicans control Florida’s legislature thanks to big help from gerrymandering, but after the current state Senate districts were invalidated earlier this year the Senate scrambled to draw new districts. Well, in a major ruling today a state judge threw out the Senate’s new map and instead…
Let’s say you’re the Florida Democratic Party, and you notice that while your state’s most populous county has a strong Democratic voter advantage, its highest office, the County Mayor’s seat, has been held by a Republican for over 10 years. So what would you do? Probably try and get an…
Public transit in Miami-Dade already has so many issues when it comes to running in the daytime that discussing the possibility of expanded services during late-night hours seems like wishful thinking. To Miami-Dade Transit’s credit, they do expand certain services into the wee hours of the morning during special events, but…
Wouldn’t it be great to be Tarzan? You’d have great abs and get to hang out with wild monkeys all the time. Maybe more realistically you could, at least, get rid of those love handles and live in a place where you could occasionally see monkeys out in the wild…
With shiny new towers popping up all over the place now, it’s easy to forget that about four years ago the Miami real estate market was in shambles. Of course, the market has more than recovered and prices are now back on par with their previous peak in 2005 and…
It’s not secret that Miami Beach is one of the hottest destinations for New Year’s Eve in the world. You probably couldn’t dream of a better place to spend the holiday. It has some of the best nightclubs and parties in the world for counting down the clock, and the…
Hoverboards were the numbers one gift for children of wealthy parents this holiday season, and a young member of Rep. Carlos Curbelo’s family was no exception. Curbelo’s nephew got a shiny new walking-avoiding-machine for Christmas, but when Uncle Carlos decided to take it for a spin he wound up in…
Miami Dolphins fans going on profane Twitter tirades against the team happens everyday. They can be entertaining, but its usually not news. Unless of course the person behind the Twitter account happens to be married to a Miami Dolphin player. Miko Grimes, wife of cornerback Brent Grimes and well known…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and Friday’s where here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a failed time traveler, a shy butt plug enthusiast, and a woman who just couldn’t take her husband’s flatulence anymore. Man Attempting to Time Travel Crashes Into Building While…
It was exactly one year ago that the US Census Bureau officially declared that Florida became the third most populace state in the union, finally overtaking New York. Well, the US Cense Bureau once again has announced that Florida has broken another milestone just intime for the Holidays. We’ve broken…
A little over two years ago two established old media companies decided they knew exactly what the elusive millennial network wanted: a joint venture between two established old media companies! Univision and The Walt Disney Company, through its subsidiary ABC News, launched the Miami-based Fusion network in 2013, but now…
Soccer superstar Cristian Ronaldo is in Miami to celebrate the holidays. Why? Well look at him. He looks like the kind of guy who should spend his entire life sitting by a South Beach hotel pool. But when he showed up to last night’s Miami Heat game, Miami sports fans…
Looking back, it’s almost ironic that during the 2010 Senate campaign the Marco Rubio campaign and its surrogates attacked then-rival Charlie Crist for being too ambitious. Crist, they argued, was a professional politician of the worst kind who merely saw a Senate seat as a step to even higher ambitions…
This year during Art Basel Miami Beach, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sent correspondent Jesse Watters down to the art fairs to poke fun of attendees. Waters was operating under the assumption that anyone who loves art must be some sort of out of touch hippie liberal. Not only was…
Turns out if you scratch Rick Scott’s back, he’ll scratch yours. The Governor has now appointed failed Miami Commission candidate Teresa Sarnoff to the state’s Transportation Commission. The move comes after Sarnoff and her husband Marc made a surprising endorsement of Scott during his last run for Governor. Though Miami…
The most glaring missing option in Miami’s public transit arsenal: an easy and effective mass public transit system that connects Miami Beach to the mainland. Plans have been discussed for decades with no results. Well, now Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine says his city will take immediate steps towards starting…
During a dispute over payment for a roofing job, roofer Salomon Susi told attorney Rami Shmuely to “pay your fucking bill!” Shmuely, being an attorney and all, decided to sue. He claimed that Susi’s use of the profanity violated a law meant to curb harassment of debtors. Well, a three-person panel of…
Florida Republican Primary voters continue to be fake as hell. They’re letting the men they at one point elected to serve as our Senator and Governor linger in polls of their home state. In the first poll of Florida Republicans taking since this week’s debate, it turns out that our…
Arrests for driving under the influence in Miami Beach have been noticeably down over the past few years. A reorginization of police patrol zones in 2011 meant that police ended up prioritizing their efforts targeting other crimes over catching those who were driving drunk. This despite the fact that Miami…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and on Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a horny male French maid, a nudist colony attack and the world’s most paranoid pot grower. Man in Maid Costume Arrested During Prostitution Sting The story of David…
A Florida mailman who broke several laws by flying a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol this past tax day is now planning a more traditional route back to the building. He’s running for congress. Though, he won’t say exactly where in Florida plans to run, and that depends…
