Miami Blogdom As First Lady Fashion Critic

Now that the election is over the local political blogs have to find something else to comment on, and they decided to start with Michelle Obama’s dress designed by Narciso Rodriguez, a Cuban-American designer. Genius of Despair over at Eye on Miami called it a fashion faux pas, and wrote…

Republicans are Bald, Put On Your Whigs

“Madam, my whig has an H in it.” “Well, my wig has a cruise ship in it, so you best step up your game.” During the grueling Democratic primary, the Republican party was more than happy to sit back and watch the Dems tear their own party apart from the…

Looking Forward to 2010

Is it too early to be thinking about this? Jeez, we just endured almost a solid year of heavy election coverage, shouldn’t we get a break? Nope, let the speculation for 2010 begin. Charlie Crist is in a comfortable spot for re-election. Though, Florida’s economy has further tanked during his…

On Second Thought, Let’s Live A Little and Spend A Few Billion

Yesterday, Miami’s civic leaders were the portrait of financial restraint, soberly deferring a multibillion-dollar plan to redevelop acres of downtown real estate in the midst of a national economy melting down like Lou Pinella after the inevitable Cubs collapse in the playoffs. This morning, they remembered that they govern Miami…

Ex-North Miami Mayor Elton Gissendanner Is Back

“He’s a politician?” cracks the construction worker assigned to guarding the flooded road. “Throw him in the creek!” But then he allows the 80-year-old man in the driver’s seat of a turquoise Acura coupe to tool past a barricade and down an unlit road, where dark water laps right up…

The Drudge Retort

Democrats hate him. Journalists scorn him. Most Americans ignore him. Which is fine with Matt Drudge. He’s taking it to the bank.