Marco Rubio hasn’t even completed a full term in the Senate, but he’s taking the presidential buzz that surrounds him (or used to, anyway) seriously. He says he’ll decide whether or not to make a bid for the White House in the coming weeks…
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Wonderland strip club, which occupies 7778 Biscayne Blvd., a space that has housed just about every type of adult business under the sun, was raided early this morning after a months-long investigation. Thirteen people were arrested after police say they discovered prostitution, drugs, and the selling of alcohol after-hours at…
Thanks to its well-preserved art deco district, South Beach has a reputation as one of the few bastions in Dade County that takes historic preservation seriously. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t loopholes. Take, for instance, the 1940 Wells Fargo Bank building on the southwest corner of Alton and Lincoln…
When Philip Levine announced last year that he wanted to become mayor of Miami Beach, many people wondered why a multimillionaire would spend a chunk of his fortune in pursuit of a $10,000-per-year position. That question was answered yesterday as Levine held court for more than a half-hour to boast…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest. This week Florida re-elected Rick Scott to serve a second term as governor, because in this era of big-money politics, even the strangest things are possible. But some other weird things…
Judge Jacqueline Schwartz is a white lady who apparently thinks white ladies have a hard time getting elected in Miami-Dade despite having served as an elected county judge for the past 12 years. After defeating Cuban-American challenger Frank Bocanegra, Schwartz was so proud of herself for being a victorious white…
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Dalisia Traella Barnes’ legal problems just got a lot more complicated than her facial aesthetics. The 28-year-old mother was arrested yesterday when police found a gun in her car after she threatened to harm others at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami Gardens…
Want to know why polling indicated Charlie Crist was about to pull off a narrow victory only to end up being defeated by Rick Scott? Well, yes, low turnout in South Florida had something to do with it, but the fact that Scott ended up pouring $13 million into his…
The University of Miami and Florida State University face off for 59th edition of college football’s greatest rivalry next weekend. Oh yeah, I went there. The greatest. There are longer-running rivalries than Miami-FSU, rivalries that include schools geographically closer than Coral Cables and Tallahasse, and rivalries that involve schools that…
On October 20, blogger Al Crespo published a story lambasting SkyRise developer Jeff Berkowitz as “duplicitous” and a “hypocrite” for seeking public funds for the massive and controversial building project, which stalled in the county commission yesterday over a proposed $9 million subsidy. Now, Crespo says the developer is hitting…
Sometimes you don’t get high on your first try. Amendment 2 may have narrowly missed the 60 percent voter threshold needed to pass a constitutional amendment, but main sponsor John Morgan has already announced he’ll place another medical marijuana amendment on the ballot in 2016. This time, there’s an even…
The Miami Dolphins enduring popularity in England remains one of life’s great mysteries. Maybe Dan Marino is one of the few NFL players they can name. Maybe they really like our colors. Maybe Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a huge cult favorite over there. Whatever the case, the Dolphins win…
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For four years, Florida Democrats giggled with glee at every Rick Scott failure. They practically drooled with expectation as Scott’s approval ratings sunk further than a boat in the Bermuda Triangle. They thought there was no way they could lose to this guy again, but last night they did, and…
Last night’s election results didn’t look a lot different from 2010’s election. Rick Scott snuck out a small but definite win over his Democratic opponent, but if you look at the exit poll data you will notice some shifting allegiances in Florida’s electorate even if it didn’t make much of…
In January 2013, here’s how Alex Rodriguez reacted to a Miami New Times exposé that a Coral Gables clinic had been selling him steroids for years: “Alex Rodriguez was not Mr. Bosch’s patient,” he said in a statement, “he was never treated by him and he was never advised by…
Just after 8 p.m, the mood at the Ren a Venue, an event space in the Sunset Strip Plaza in Kendall hosting Carlos Curbelo’s election-night watch party, didn’t feel particularly celebratory. Fifty or so well-dressed supporters milled around, and “Sweet Home Alabama” blared over a loudspeaker, but the room was…
On a beautiful Tuesday evening in North Miami-Dade at the Ives Estates Tennis Center, just off Ives Dairy Road, four men bat a ball around a wire and glass box about the size of a large backyard swimming pool. Using 18-inch paddles that look from afar like mini-tennis rackets, they…
There’s a meme that’s been going strong on Reddit’s Florida page all summer. It shows Rick Scott and Charlie Crist side-by-side with the caption “Giant Douche Versus Turd Sandwich.” That South Park reference seemed to resonate especially in Democrat-rich South Florida. As Riptide noted yesterday, local Facebook feeds and Twitter…
With some races expected to be agonizingly tight, tonight’s election results may get sweaty. So please feel free to keep an electric fan pointed at you at all times. Its not against the rules. As always, we’ll fill in the results of the most notable elections up top as they…
