Ron Book, one of the most powerful lobbyists in Florida, was arrested Sunday for DUI, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office online arrest database. Book is one of the most influential behind-the-scenes political figures in the state. In addition to being the lobbyist for powerful private firms such as the prison giant GEO Group, Book is also the official lobbyist for Miami-Dade County.
Last week, notorious right-wing provocateur and misinformation artist Roger Stone sat in a Washington, D.C. courtroom and stated that a team of Florida-based “volunteers” runs his social-media accounts, handles his cell-phone, and “revolves” in and out of his home. Stone listed three well known members of the Proud Boys extremist…
Throughout Marco Rubio’s push to attack Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, the Florida senator’s defenders have claimed it would be nothing like the military disasters of the past. But Rubio yesterday seriously undermined that argument — by comparing this new conflict to the ’80s Cold War and catastrophic 2011 invasion of Libya.
This past Saturday night, the Heat’s season died. The team’s 119-96 loss to the Detroit Pistons was as ugly as it was sad. It dropped Miami’s record to 26-32, good for the tenth spot in the East.
Historically, the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA), a trade group that represents and lobbies on behalf of payday loan companies, has held its annual conference in California during odd-numbered years. But this year, the organization plans to host its 2019 event at Donald Trump’s golf resort in Doral.
Broward County cannot stop itself from generating problematic rappers who create fantastic music but destroy their careers. First, there was Kodak Black, who shot to fame despite the fact a fan says he brutally raped her. Then there was XXXTentacion, who, before his untimely passing, was accused of sexual abuse and other crimes.
In a case that illustrates America’s bizarre and quasi-colonial relationship with the Bahamas, the U.S. Coast Guard announced today that, while its officers were just buzzing around in Bahamian airspace over Andros Island, about 154 miles from Miami, its officers “smelled” marijuana…
In an absolutely staggering announcement, Jupiter Police today announced that billionaire and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with soliciting prostitution in Palm Beach County. Kraft is one of 25 people who have arrested as part of a huge sex-trafficking sting. The TC Palm yesterday reported that,…
There has definitely been a 66-percent-on-Rotten-Tomatoes sort of feeling about the Marlins’ new look, but on the bright side, the revamped logo and uniforms are a massive improvement from the Circus Circus Las Vegas strip look the team donned prior. Beggers can’t be choosers, we suppose. As it turns out, a new study found Marlins fans weren’t the only people underwhelmed by the team’s new look. People outside Miami had the same feeling.
By now, the havoc wreaked by opioids on communities across the United States — especially in white, rural areas — is well known. But particularly devastated have been Native American tribes, who have suffered the highest death rate from prescription opioid overdoses of any ethnic or racial group. The Miccosukee Tribe, based…
It was a strange case from the start: a prominent Florida State University law professor shot to death in broad daylight at his home in an upscale Tallahassee neighborhood. And over time, the 2014 murder of Dan Markel turned stranger still. Police quickly determined the killing wasn’t a robbery or…
Roger Stone today is sitting in a D.C. federal court begging a judge not to crack down on him for being, well, Roger Stone. The Fort Lauderdale resident was arrested last month as part of Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged ties between the Trump administration and Russian hackers.
As Roger Stone heads to court today to defend an apparent threat he aimed at the judge in his case, it’s a good time to look at his disturbing history of making similar threats of violence, domestic terrorism, and even civil war. Stone, the Fort Lauderdale resident arrested in an FBI raid last month on charges related to Robert Mueller’s investigation…
McClatchy Company CEO Craig Forman announced Wednesday “a bit fewer” than 225 employees had accepted buyout offers and would leave newspapers across the country. Among them are longtime and highly accomplished Miami voices in the gay community, in state politics, and in sports. Also departing is one of the nation’s most important reporters covering international politics.
On March 8, 2016, Jacqueline Quiñones began a job at the Dunkin’ Donuts in Perrine. Less than two months later, after repeated racial discrimination from co-workers, Quiñones was unfairly terminated, she says, sending her into a downward financial spiral that ultimately left her homeless.
In 2018, Miami-Dade County residents passed a ballot initiative that gave a $232 million pay raise to public schoolteachers. That seemed logical since Florida teachers rank among the lowest-paid educators in America. While the ballot’s language clearly stated the raise was supposed to go to public schools only, Florida’s…
Dr. Michael Salzhauer, AKA Dr. Miami, is best known for wacky antics like writing a children’s book about plastic surgery, live-streaming operations on Snapchat, and recording a surprisingly successful dance song called “Flawless.” But now the Bal Harbour plastic surgeon says he’s taking on a new role as…
America’s drug war is still here and still going strong. Today, Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced that her office persuaded a grand-jury to indict two fentanyl dealers for first-degree murder — purely because they sold the opiates to a user who later died. Rundle’s office said two…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said virtually nothing about Matt Gaetz in public. But, given the life experience and political beliefs of the Democratic U.S. representative from New York, she likely finds her Florida Republican colleague cretinous. She’s a former bartender who skyrocketed to fame by making a moral and pragmatic case…
Pitchers and catchers reported for the Miami Marlins last week, which means one thing: It’s almost time to yell at Derek Jeter again. For everything. Just in general. All baseball faults are his. This time last year, Derek Jeter was getting an intense taste of what…
Longtime Miami Beach activist Mitch Novick is best known for ranting and raving about the “carnival-like atmosphere” on Ocean Drive. For the past several years, Novick — the owner of the Sherbrooke Hotel at Collins Avenue and Ninth Street — has been a regular at city commission meetings and in local Facebook groups, where he shares the day-to-day horrors of public twerking and street fights.
In a move that foreign-policy experts say is both unprecedented and dangerous, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart this past weekend showed up in Cúcuta, Colombia, a town on the Venezuelan border, to effectively threaten war against Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.
