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Neo-Nazi National Guardsman Busted in Florida Keys Had “Radioactive Material,” Bombs

By Tim ElfrinkMay 23, 2017

For the past year, Brandon Russell has saluted the flag and worn the uniform of the Florida National Guard while serving his country as a private first class. But in his suburban Tampa apartment, Russell and his three roommates pledged allegiance to a whole different ideal. Russell’s bedroom was decorated with neo-Nazi and white supremacist propaganda and a framed photo of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. His garage was full of guns, ammo, and high-powered materials for bomb-making.

After Voting to Gut Obamacare, Curbelo Praises Japan’s Universal Health-Care System

By Jerry IannelliMay 23, 2017

A note to U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo’s staff: Just stop letting him talk about health care. Earlier this month, the Miami Republican was one of the final swing votes that ensured the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which cripples Obamacare, passed on to the Senate. After his constituents excoriated him for trying to rip away their health care, he wrote a condescending, insulting, and lie-ridden op-ed in the Miami Herald calling his critics leftists and crybabies for asking for basic access to health insurance. That did not go over well.

Miami’s City Attorneys Need a Reefer Education

By Luther CampbellMay 22, 2017

The City of Miami might want to consider testing Barnaby Min for drugs. The deputy city attorney must have been high when he compared legalizing medical marijuana to legalizing pedophilia during a Miami Planning Board session last week. He was arguing against dispensaries in the city. In the tape of that meeting, Min comes off like that college stoner kid who takes massive bong rips before giving a speech in class.

Five Stories That Show How Incompetent Florida Democrats Are

By Jerry IannelliMay 21, 2017

Where the Florida Republican Party is hell-bent on making life worse for every poor person in the state and turning the Everglades into the Rick Scott Memorial River of Oil, the Florida Democrats are simply an incompetent group of corporate boot-lickers who have no idea how to actually win elections…

You Can Get Drunk With Roger Stone at an Irish Pub in Coral Gables Monday

By Jerry IannelliMay 19, 2017

Roger Stone, the political consigliere, accused defamer, and alleged Russia go-between for Donald Trump, is difficult to predict. After spending decades smearing political candidates as an admitted backroom political operative, Stone had seemingly hit a lull in his career over the past decade. Remember when he was handling the campaign of a stoner comedian running for Miami Beach mayor?

Miami Beach Police Now Have a Military Armored Truck

By Jerry IannelliMay 18, 2017

The Coral Gables Police Department, which patrols one of the safest, richest parts of Miami-Dade County, inexplicably has two military-grade, tank-like armored trucks called Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected trucks (MRAPS). The department got the truck from the U.S. Department of Defense, which outfits local cops with military-grade equipment for free, so long…

Overtown Is Skeptical of David Beckham’s New Soccer Stadium Plan

By Tim ElfrinkMay 18, 2017

David Beckham’s crew said just about everything right last night. They’d pay for their new stadium entirely with their own money. Minority and locally owned contractors would have first dibs on the construction, and then the team would create at least 50 full-time jobs. They’d offset a lack of parking with new public transit options. It all sounded great.

Recent College Grads Can Afford Only 2 Percent of Miami’s Rental Market

By Jerry IannelliMay 17, 2017

There comes a point in life when you grow tired of living in six-person apartments, swatting flies from the leftover pastelitos your roommate left congealing on the table, and cleaning up after the feral cats your other housemate insists on bringing into your tiny space. For a huge number of people, that desire comes right after college ends.

Five Reasons Heat Fans Should Root for LeBron James

By Ryan YousefiMay 17, 2017

It’s been nearly three years since LeBron James left the Miami Heat for his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. To be precise, it’s been 1,041 days, of which 715 were work days, not that we’re counting or anything. For Miami, it was supertough to see the greatest athlete on the planet leave our favorite team, but as time has passed, the pain has subsided.

Miami Beach Wants Ultrastrict Medical Pot Rules: “Odor Management,” 21-and-Up Patients, and Visitor Logs

By Brittany ShammasMay 17, 2017

Miami Beach’s moratorium on medical marijuana is officially coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be a whole lot easier to open a dispensary in the city. A little more than a week after state legislators gave up on passing rules for medical marijuana, city commissioners are set to consider regulations of their own — and they’re among the strictest rules debated anywhere in the state.

Aerial Naled Mosquito Spraying Returns to South Dade Tonight (but Not for Zika)

By Jerry IannelliMay 16, 2017

Mosquito season in Miami begins every year when the so-called black salt marsh mosquitoes, a buzzing cloud of bugs not known to carry the Zika virus or other tropical diseases, descends upon the area. The insects arrived a few weeks early this year — so, after sundown tonight, Miami-Dade County will send airplanes to blast naled, the controversial mosquito-killing pesticide, over wide portions of Homestead, the Redland, Florida City, Cutler Bay, and South Miami-Dade.