Commissioner Marc Sarnoff has some very vocal enemies among business-owners in the Coconut Grove parcel of his district, thanks in large part to his unwavering support of a 3 a.m. bar curfew there. Public officials — especially those with controversial stances — usually expect to take a smattering of public ridicule as part…
Armando Gutierrez Jr., son of local power player Armando Gutierrez Sr., has dropped his bid to challenge lovably insane Orlanda-area Congressman Alan Grayson. Gutierrez, who was born and raised in Miami, took up residence in Grayson’s congressional district this year with the intent of running as a Republican against the…
Traditional newspaper columnists get to enjoy things such as “taking time to write” and “thinking out ideas before they’re published,” which are practically unheard of here in the media ghetto known as blog world. Yet so many newspaper columns are just horrible, horrible things to read. We don’t know why…
Sometimes Riptide likes to reminisce about our long and circuitous relationship with Michelle Spence-Jones. Like the good ol’ days, last June, when she was still Overtown/Liberty City commissioner and we were trying to track her down for comment about her involvement in the case of since-convicted grand thief Rev. Gaston…
Last week, Quinnipiac delivered the stunning news that Marco Rubio was now leading Gov. Charlie Crist by three points in the Republican Senate Primary. Today’s Rasmussen poll shows the formerly little known Rubio with a mind-blowing 12-point lead over the popular Governor.Forty-nine percent go for Rubio, while only 37 percent…
The last web-only attack ad against Democratic candidate for governor Alex Sink by the Republican Party of Florida sucked big time. This one, however is pretty damn great, even if it takes things seriously out of context…
Most politicians’ pork scandals have little to do with actual pigs, but Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio is fending off accusations made by animal rights activists after he posted a photo of a dead pig on Twitter. According to Naked Politics, Rubio posted the picture Christmas Eve with the caption, “Working…
Ah, ladies’ night. The curious bar and nightclub practice of offering free alcohol to female patrons in the hopes that tons of guys with full pockets show up to get lucky with drunk women. It’s a time-honored tradition in this state, and it’s not likely to change anytime soon.Some folks…
After mentioning it in his State of the Union Address, President Obama traveled to the University of Tampa today to announce that Florida has been awarded funds for a high-speed rail system.The $1.25 billion will be used to build a train system between Tampa and Orlando that could eventually, maybe,…
Sarah Palin doesn’t have a lot to do now but sit by her Facebook machine all day and have some assistant type out notes on whatever topic will get the most “pokes” or “likes” or whatever. So of course she’s weighed in on the Focus on the Family-sponsored Tim Tebow…
Hanna Giles, the FIU student and local girl who was catapulted to conservative fame by posing as a prostitute in those infamous ACORN sting videos, isn’t standing by her “pimp.”James O’Keffe, who posed as the pimp to Giles’ ho, was arrested yesterday for taking part in an plot to mess…
Republican Senate opponents Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio spoke one after another this morning at the Associated Press legislative planning session, and while they avoided a face-to-face meeting, they took swipes at one another. It must have been uncomfortable for the two, considering yesterday’s polling showed Rubio in the lead…
Hot on the heels of his announcement he’d file a lawsuit if any health-care legislation passes in Washington that would force people to buy insurance, Attorney General Bill McCollum finds himself with a ten-point lead in the gubernatorial race.According to a new poll from Quinnipiac, Republican Bill McCollum is up 41 percent to…
Another blow to Florida’s gay adoption ban was served as the third adoption since 2008 by a gay parent was approved by a Miami-Dade judge. The ruling follows a decision by Monroe Circuit Judge David J. Audlin in August 2008 to allow a gay lawyer to adopt a boy he…
FIU student Hannah Giles, who won the praise of conservatives and disdain of liberals when she posed as a hooker trying to solicit business advice from ACORN workers, now finds herself targeted by a lawsuit. Katherine Conway-Russell, a worker in ACORN’s Philadelphia office, claims that Giles and her partner James…
A full service casino resort may someday soon find itself on Miami Beach. Ironic considering the lawmaker baking the new gambling rules, Fort Lauderdale Republican State Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, campaigned on an anti-gambling platform.Bogdanoff, backed by Las Vegas mogul Sheldon Adelson, wants to allow five to seven casino resorts to…
Predictably, Tim Tebow’s Super Bowl ad for the politically divisive, anti-gay, and pro-choice group Focus on the Family is causing controversy.Focus has released few details about the ad, but it will likely feature UF’s Heisman winner and his mother, Pam Tebow. Pam notably carried Tim to term despite doctors’ health…
Tough day for Charlie Crist, ain’t it? First he lost his lead in the Republican Senate primary, and now it’s come to light that he is the Tea Party movement’s number one “Enemy of Liberty.” Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks PAC, which is tighter with the Tea Party movement (coincidentally, an army of…) than peanut butter…
It’s not exactly uncommon to hear someone floating around the political fantasy of South Florida becoming its own state. Not to say it’d ever actually happen, but c’mon, we all know the rest of Florida is holding us back. Well, a new political map that redraws the United States with the…
Tea Bag-approved Marco Rubio leads Gov. Charlie Crist in the Republican Senate primary for the first time, according to a recently released Quinnipiac poll. Forty-seven percent of registered Republicans now prefer Rubio, compared to only 44 percent who are still in the Crist camp. That’s a sea change since October, when…
City commissioners will appoint someone today to fill Michelle Spence-Jones’s empty District 5 seat. But the jockeying to replace the suspended commish was well under way Monday. David Chiverton and Dufirstson Neree, losing candidates in the election, made the rounds at city hall, pitching themselves to commissioners as credible seat-fillers…
These “Web Ads” that both state parties occasionally put up are almost all uniformly horrible, but this new GOP attack ad on Alex Sink seems to be, well, pretty flimsy and stupid. The attack? The Democratic candidate for Governor has, whadaya know, donated to other Democrats before! Washington Democrats! Zut alors! By pointing…
