Twice a week, John Kondelka, a 96-year-old Air Force veteran, boards a Go-Go Grampa bus in Hollywood and rides an hour or so, all the way to Kendall, to see his 92-year-old lady friend, an also-retired social worker and flight attendant named Genevieve Kennedy. He wears a string tie sometimes. She’s, well,…
During the last year or so, the #MeToo movement has empowered scores of people to come forward with long-buried allegations of sexual assault. Because most states have statutes of limitations for crimes other than murder, though, victims’ attempts to find justice have often been stymied. In Florida, the statute of…
Paul Zelenski saw a group of men in town for a bachelor party checking in with cases of beer.
Jacksonville Democratic Rep. Kimberly Daniels might literally be the craziest person in the Florida Legislature right now. She is a former “exorcist” who called herself the “Demonbuster.” Though she holds multiple theological degrees from a Christian seminary and has written 13 books about Christian spirituality, some of those volumes cover…
Former Miami State Senator Daphne Campbell, one of the most ethically challenged people to ever hold office in the entire state of Florida, has filed to run for office once again. She did so in the most characteristically “Daphne” way possible: by kinda-sorta admitting that she was not living in…
As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was sworn in this week, rumors swirled that Broward Sheriff Scott Israel would soon be removed from office over his agency’s botched response to the Parkland school shooting. One possible replacement for perhaps the most powerful job in Florida’s most Democratic county, according to two…
This past season, the Miami Dolphins pissed away another year of fan loyalty and patience. It was one more 7-9 season littered with the same flaws and downfalls Dolphins fans have endured for the last two decades. So majority owner Stephen Ross embarked on his third remake/rebuild in his less than…
Hector’s Pizza opening delayed.
Florida law prohibits police departments from using drones to surveil citizens. So Miami Beach cops instead got a small blimp. On December 28, MBPD flew a tiny, helium-filled dirigible, or “tethered aerostat,” over an Orange Bowl party called the Capital One Beach Bash. A camera attached to the balloon monitored…
Embattled Broward Sheriff Scott Israel’s second in command, Undersheriff Steve Kinsey, has informed numerous sheriff’s department staff members he is resigning his post, according to three well-placed BSO sources. The decision by Kinsey comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who took office Tuesday, is widely expected to suspend…
Newly elected Sen. Rick Scott is not, it seems, capable of empathy. If there’s one thing Floridians learned about Scott after eight years as their governor, it’s there is no amount of shameless, Rich Uncle Pennybags-style money-grubbing that is beneath him. Well, now he’s bringing his own, special brand of avarice to Washington…
Miami area police wrapped up 2018 by arresting more people for possession of less than twenty grams of marijuana than they did the last two years — despite the fact cops can simply hand out tickets for the offense instead.
Given Florida’s reputation as the National Rifle Association-dominated “Gunshine State,” many political observers were surprised state lawmakers passed a relatively long list of gun-safety restrictions after the February 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. For example, legislators approved a “red-flag” law that lets cops temporarily confiscate guns…
Israel’s numerous political hires need to be swept out.
In October 2017, the Associated Press published an audio recording of what the U.S. government, at the time, claimed was a “sonic attack” launched at American diplomats stationed in Havana, Cuba. The recording included a few seconds of a high-pitched, mechanical-sounding, squealing noise, which American officials stressed was some type of nefarious, secret brain onslaught…
The First Amendment protects Americans from being punished by the state for the things they say. The “state” part here is key: You are not being censored, for example, if you’re fired from your job as a newspaper columnist because you got caught hanging out with a neo-Nazi biker gang…
Florida’s 800-plus miles of beaches are by far the state’s top tourist attraction. They draw more visitors than all U.S. theme parks and national parks combined. More than 40 percent of tourists head to Florida for its beaches, and beach tourism brings in more than $55 billion in sales annually. So…
It’s time for both the fan base and Manny Diaz to accept two important things: 1) Nobody cares how good the Miami Hurricanes used to be, and 2) everyone is fully aware the weather in Florida is pretty nice.
The gender pay gap in the U.S. is slightly narrowing, but a Florida International University says the wage gap has increased in Miami-Dade..
Look: If you’re going to take a bribe, at least take a cool bribe. Don’t end up on a list like this one because you illegally funneled a ton of taxpayer subsidies to a local gumball vending-machine magnate. Don’t, for example, fly to America to receive a boatload of illegal cash…
Just being rich and spending money isn’t enough.
Quite a lot of people in Miami are, sadly, poor. If Miami City Commissioner “Loco Joe” Carollo is to be believed, he is apparently one of those people: According to the City of Miami’s latest commission agenda, Carollo is currently asking the city to transfer $65,000 earmarked for city “anti-poverty”…
