Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado tried to sound a reassuring note this morning while introducing Miami’s third city manager in six months. The hiring of Johnny Martinez, previously assistant city manager, should reassure investors that Miami is on sound footing, Regalado said. “We have a functional government,” he said. “We have…
President Obama’s foreign policy perhaps deserves a closer look than the media is giving it. However, it might not have been the best idea for the Miami Herald’s TV critic and occasional libertarian columnist Glenn Garvin to open his column today about Obama’s “four wars” with a weird joke about the president’s…
Gov. Rick Scott’s first months running Florida have yielded plenty of gems that would be comedy gold if we didn’t actually have to live with them in real life. Drug testing every state employee? To benefit a medical company he co-founded? Didn’t we see that one in Naked Gun 4?A…
Florida’s Rick Scott is the most unpopular governor in the nation, and while his administration is sticking to a Bush-like refrain that poll numbers don’t matter, it sure seems that deep down he realizes that his basement-level approval ratings spell trouble. So in an effort to turn public perception around,…
In a dramatic, albeit not totally surprising development, a poll conducted by the Miami Herald shows that former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez leads former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina in the county mayoral race by a healthy 11 points. Kudos to the Herald for printing a quote from a 21-year-old voter explaining his reasoning…
Considering Rep. David Rivera is under numerous investigations for scandals that, in the grand scheme of things, are far more serious than sending pictures of your junk to ladies on Twitter, it was a given that the Democrats would run a serious campaign against him in 2012. Now it appears…
Florida senator Marco Rubio is supposed to be the Republican party’s great Latino hope, but an upstart Latino Republican group, Somos Republicans, has just dubbed Rubio “unfriendly to Latinos.” The group claims that because of Rubio’s Cuban-American “privilege” he fails to appreciate the important immigration issues facing the Latino community…
To Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Florida’s serious unemployment level is apparently a laughing matter. While talking to potential voters during a stop in Tampa today, Romney was listening to Floridians discuss the trouble of finding work. With a laugh, Romney said he too was unemployed. Romney’s net worth is…
It was a leftist elitists worst nightmare: Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney surrounded by the artwork of leading hack artist Romero Britto. Yes, the scene on Lincoln Road as Ol’ Mittens made a surprise fundraising stop at Britto’s gallery space must have been something. Luckily for Romney though he…
Are you a faithful member of the Tea Party? Are you worried that your kids, little Ronnie and Reagan, aren’t fully committed to your political cause? Well, why not have them stay with a relative in Tampa for a week to attend a Tea Party summer camp where they can…
No wonder Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia made it a point in his campaign to plead for lower taxes. Not only is there a $1,803.41 state tax lien on his company, ZMG Media, which we reported about last week, but on June 8 the IRS filed a $198,672.75 federal tax…
Tea Party favorite Palm Beach-area Rep. Allen West will not have his good name tarnished by any gay nonsense, no sir. The social conservative and staunch opponent of gay rights fired an intern after the poor kid retweeted a pro-gay message by the Scissor Sisters…
Gov. Rick Scott’s leadership hasn’t given Floridians much to celebrate. He’s the most unpopular governor in America, and his poll numbers don’t appear to be getting any better. But Democrats see a silver lining in the dark cloud. Scott’s deep unpopularity gives them renewed electoral hope. In fact, there’s already talk…
South Florida is a favorite piggy bank of politicians of both parties, and it’s no surprise that Barack Obama is making yet another fundraising trip to Miami today as he sets the groundwork for his re-election campaign. The president will make multiple stops in Miami before spending the night and…
You know things are getting bad for Anthony Weiner when even Mark Foley thinks he should step down. Foley gave his first national television interview to Fox News’ Sean Hannity last night, and though it was scheduled long before Weinergate, obviously the issue popped up…
Former Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Luther Campbell has endorsed Julio Robaina for the June 28 runoff election.Robaina’s campaign called a press conference in Liberty City for 12:30 today. After arriving an hour and a half late, Campbell said he had spoken with both Robaina and opponent Carlos Gimenez and chose to…
Update 2:54 p.m.: Rick Scott spokesman Lane Wright said there’s no day of prayer and no Florida event planned, and that Scott has not committed either way to the Texas event.Update 7:22 p.m.: Welp, Wright was wrong. He called back and said the governor actually issued a proclamation last month…
Well, it’s only been about seven years since Saturday Night Live first unveiled Rachel Dratch’s Debbie Downer character, and Republicans are finally getting around to using it to spoof DNC chair and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. …
Here’s a disturbing contrast in the way the U.S. media approaches political scandals: One congressman accidentally tweets a picture of his boxer-brief-clad boner, and a week’s worth of wall-to-wall media coverage ends in teary and bizarre press coverage and leaders of his own party calling for an investigation. Another congressman…
No matter who becomes Miami-Dade’s next mayor, don’t expect him to have the rosiest of relationships with deeply unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The race is nonpartisan, but both Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina are registered Republicans. However, at a debate this morning, both made it clear they aren’t exactly…
Whether or not Rep. Anthony Weiner manages to hold onto his congressional seat by either surviving ethics investigations that could force him to resign or the possibility of a primary challenge come next fall, something seemingly far more important to Weiner than the chance to serve his constituents New York’s…
Less than a week after New Times reported that Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia was in foreclosure and has failed to pay both property and business taxes, prosecutors are eying his campaign finances.Joe Centorino, the Miami-Dade assistant state attorney in charge of public corruption, confirmed that the matter is under…
