In addition to being Miami Beach’s mayor, Philip Levine is also among the biggest property owners in booming Sunset Harbour. That’s created some sticky situations in the past, like when Levine voted to put millions of city cash into anti-sea level pumps and street adjustments to protect the buildings he owns. …
Roger Stone and Ana Navarro are both Republican political operatives who are now better known for their roles as TV talking heads. Both have ties to candidates in the race, both live in Miami and both are frequently seen giving their opinions on CNN. That’s quite a bit in common…
One of political writer’s favorite games to play to fill out column inches is “Who would ______ pick as their running mate?” Political writers, however, haven’t spent much time thinking about who Donald Trump would pick, mostly because they’re still more focused on whether or not Trump can actually win…
America’s saddest presidential campaign has finally been euthanized by the good voters of South Carolina. No more can voters chuckle woefully at pleas to “Please clap” or at ham handed attempts to explain why Dubya wasn’t wrong to invade Iraq. Jeb! and his random exclamation point have walked slowly into…
It’s a presidential election year in which Americans of all stripes are questioning the health of our democracy, but you don’t start at the presidential level to realize how broken democracy can be at times. Just take the Florida legislature as a prime example. Representatives and Senators up in Tallahassee once…
The political data hounds at FiveThirtyEight have assembled a map of which presidential candidate is most popular on Facebook in every county in America. You’ll see seas of blue for Ben Carson, strongholds of gold for Donald Trump, regions of purple for Bernie Sanders, flecks of red in Texas for…
If you’ve ventured into the comment section of any news article about the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in recent weeks you’ve probably ran into some angry banter about Superdelegates. Well, Rep. Alan Grayson, ever attuned to the internet grassroots, had decided to use the controversy to his Senate…
When the news broke last night that Obama will head to Cuba next month — becoming the first sitting president to visit since 1928 — it swept through Miami like a tropical storm. Pot-banging protesters stormed the streets of Little Havana, molotov cocktails were flung at consulates of nations friendly…
Usually when the NRA and other gun groups say jump, Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature says “How high and how many guns should we carry when we do it?” But there’s a few gun fantasies that are just a bridge too far for even some Floridians. Yesterday, Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla,…
Jeb Bush, who is currently sitting in last place in national polls of all remaining major Republican candidates, just tweeted a picture of what’s assumedly his personal gun (you can tell, because it has his name embossed on it) with the word “America.” It’s a truly bizarre Tweet, that underlies the…
Vancouver has one of the most stunning skylines on earth, a jagged expanse of skyscrapers framed by sparkling waterways and the towering North Shore Mountains. It’s a city fit for any ad campaign. Except that Vancouver is indisputably in Canada. So it’s a poor choice to use Vancouver’s lovely but…
It’s no secret that the Democratic “establishment,” at both the state and national level, would much rather Rep. Alan Grayson stay out of the race to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. They’ve always preferred Rep. Patrick Murphy. He’s got the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a host of…
Are you still tagged in Facebook photos from that time you went to a drunken “Anything But Clothes” party in college? Have a habit of tweeting out your strongly worded controversial political opinions? Maybe your Instagram is literred with a few thirst-trap picture? Sure, we’ve all posted some things on…
U.S. Senate members have a few pretty important responsibilities that are part of the job description. They’re supposed to vote on legislation, of course, and ratify treaties and international agreements. And on the rare occasion that a spot opens up on the Supreme Court, they’re supposed to work with the…
Florida’s Democratic voters just can’t seem to catch much of a break. The State and National Party loves to select milquetoast candidates for state-wide races while discouraging any real primary race, only to see those candidates — Alex Sink, Charlie Crist, et. al. — fail in general elections. Marco Rubio…
Separating fact from fancy in the David Beckham MLS story is about as easy as keeping Zlatan off the score sheet. Even though Beckham has secured MLS approval for a privately built stadium in Overtown, his group still has yet to buy all the land, nail down construction plans or…
Miami Beach Philip Levine, known for his acute attention to quality of life issues in his town and his often cagey relationship with the local press and social media critics, decided to try his hand at crafting his own social media moment yesterday afternoon. Traffic is undoubtedly a major issue…
Just a week ago, the GOP establishment hoped New Hampshire might clean up their muddled primary mess by highlighting a mainstream savior to take down Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. The man most hoped would do so: Miami’s own Marco Rubio, who’d steamrolled to a surprisingly third place finish in…
We’re at the halfway mark of the Florida legislature’s two-month annual session. Like every year, politicians from across the state are filing plenty of bills that are either patently ridiculous or laughably controversial. Many of these pieces of legislation never so much as make it to committee hearing, but thanks…
Last month, county officials reacted with shock and horror at news that the Frost Science Museum — a signature project at the heart of the new Bicentennial Park downtown — had run out of cash before construction could be finished. Taxpayers were already on the hook for $160 million for…
Even though same-sex marriage is now legal in Florida, it’s still completely within the law for an employer to fire someone for being gay or a landlord to deny housing to a transgender tenant in large swaths of the state. For the 10th time, a coalition of bi-partisan lawmakers (yes,…
Throughout much of the state of Florida, it’s still completely legal to fire someone simply for being gay. Sure, several cities and counties in the state have passed local ordinances barring anti-gay discrimination, but those only protect 55 percent of Floridians (and not all of those local laws extend to…
