In terms of their stated underlying political ideologies Donald Trump and deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez don’t have much in common. For starters, Trump loves capitalism. He happens to think he’s one of the best capitalists of all time. Chávez has such a disdain for capitalism that he once wondered…
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s political headache is getting worse. Calls for an independent investigation into a $25,000 donation made by Donald Trump to Bondi’s PAC continue to grow, and the AG has now been hit with three separate ethics complaints filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics, Florida Elections Commission, and…
The City of Miami Beach Commission unanimously approved an ordinance today that will raise the minimum wage in the city to $13.31 an hour by 2021. Miami Beach will be the first municipality in Florida to hike its minimum wage above the state level, and the new law falls in…
Residents on Miami Beach’s exclusive La Gorce Island have a new neighbor: retired boxing champ Floyd Mayweather. The pugilist recently bought up a newly built home on the island and paid its $7.7 million price tag in cold, hard cash. The modern home makes liberal use of white surfaces, steel and…
The backlash against red light cameras conintues. The Miami-Dade County Commission voted this week to rescind the county’s power to install the cameras in unincorporated areas. That means you’ll never see red light cameras in places like Kendall, Westchester, Brownsville and The Redlands. Back in 2011, the County Commission tentatively…
Last night the Associated Press announced that Hillary Clinton had secured the support of enough delegates (both super and otherwise) to clinch the Democratic nomination for president. Tonight, she’s widely expected to shore up a majority of the popular vote and pledged delegates during the final round of primary contests…
“When I want something I get it,” Trump memorably said of his relationships with career politicians at a rally in Iowa back in January. “When I call, they kiss my ass. It’s true.” Turns out, sometimes Trump doesn’t even have to make the call to get an ass kissing. Florida…
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Miami, is like the Azealia Banks of Congress. She always seems to find herself feuding with some celebrity or another. Beyoncé, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez have all found themselves on the other end of a critical Twitter lashing from Ros-Lehtinen. Though the congresswoman…
Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, a Bahamian-born Mixed Martial Arts Fighter who grew up and achieved internet fame in Miami-Dade, died last night at 42 after being admitted to Broward County hospital. Details of his death are not yet clear, but Ferguson leaves behind a unique legacy telling of the times…
Amongst the many lakes of the appropriately named Lakeland, Florida is Lake Horney. Its name derives from J.T. Horney, a real estate developer who built homes in the area in the 1920s. Though, he’s probably not what teenagers think of when they hear the name “Lake Horney.” Nor any of…
Josh Naylor and Stone Garrett are ranked the Marlin’s 2nd and 4th best minor league prospects respectively. In fact, Naylor was the team’s first draft pick in the 2015 MLB draft. Garrett was the team’s 2015 Minor League Player of the Year. Not only are they teammates with the Marlin’s…
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida’s longest serving member of congress, won’t be getting a guaranteed ride to re-election. Though she had already drawn two Democratic challengers (Thomas Cruz-Wiggins, a “poet obedient to Christ,” and Frank Perez, an Army veteran), she’s drawn a new challenger with backing from the national Democratic party. …
Despite an acknowledged longshot chance at the nomination, Bernie Sanders and his campaign has trudged on. One of their main reasons, as we’re sure a friend or two of yours has explained in an impassioned Facebook status update, is that at that moment Sanders fairs better than Hillary Clinton in national…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. On Friday, we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: Gators strike bike, a naked man stops traffic, and a disgruntled construction worker buries his boss in dirt with a front loader. Gators and Shark Strike Back Late last…
Outside of Washington, D.C., itself, Miami might be ground zero for Republican establishment-types who can’t stand Donald Trump. Both the city and county mayor refuse to endorse him. Local GOP power-players like Ana Navarro deplore him. All three local Republican members of congress want nothing to do with him. (At…
Tons of Miamians start their own businesses. Many maybe dream of running worldwide empires out of corner offices in Brickell office buildings. Turns out few of those would-be empires ever grow to employ more than 5 people. Back in August, The Kauffman Index crowned Miami America’s second hottest metro for…
If you had $455,000 sitting around in 2006 to buy a loft penthouse at Neo Vertika, a Brickell condo building on the banks of the Miami River, you might consider yourself a bit wealthy. Rich even. Perhaps even a “Rich Bitch.” In fact, Neo Vertika’s penthouse unit 19 is owned…
This past October, Florida held its first bear hunting season in more than 20 years. Though the mini-season was scheduled to last a week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission called it off after just two days. Hunters took 302 bears in the short time, just short of the…
Eleazar Gadea thought that all it takes to get your way with Miami-Dade County government is a few discretely handed off $100 bills. He even thought that perhaps the county would look the other way if he wanted to hold a paint party until 4 a.m. despite local zoning laws…
The PGA is pulling its annual event out of the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort according to multiple reports and even Donald Trump himself. The World Golf Championship event may wind up in, of all places, Mexico City instead. Trump, the presumed Republican presidential candidate, actually broke the news…
Sure, sequels are never as good as the original, but enough folks in sports media seem desperate to paint Oklahoma Thunder Forward Kevin Durant’s upcoming free agency as the sequel to LeBron James’ “Decision” saga. Especially giving OKC’s ouster from the playoffs last night at the hands of the Golden…
Financial schemes are so common in Miami that not even one of the area’s most respected research institutes is safe from fraudster’s sticky fingers. The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the University of Miami’s highly regarded Virginia Key-based oceanography school, was embezzled out of $2.3 million over a…
