In final stretch, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has 3 new TV ads vs Rick Scott

In final stretch, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has 3 new TV ads vs Rick Scott

With a little more than a week before the Nov. 5 election, former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell‘s campaign has launched not one, not two, but three new TV ads against Sen. Rick Scott and his “toxic agenda” in what some call one of the closest watched and most competitive races in the country. It’s part of […]

It was always Debbie Mucarsel-Powell vs Rick Scott in Florida U.S. Senate race

It was always Debbie Mucarsel-Powell vs Rick Scott in Florida U.S. Senate race

Nothing is going to change in the Debbie Mucarsel-Powell campaign. Since Day 1, the former congresswoman, who handily beat three others in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, has concentrated on the real enemy: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott. She’s been hitting him consistently. Press release after press release focus on Scott’s track record. “Debbie Mucarsel-Powell slams Rick Scott […]

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell lobs ‘Freedom’ video ad vs Rick Scott in Copa América

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell lobs ‘Freedom’ video ad vs Rick Scott in Copa América

Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knows her audience. The candidate for U.S. Senate, who has challenged Rick Scott, launched a digital ad this week called “Freedom” — just in time to run on platforms streaming the Copa América fútbol tournament that draws hundreds of thousands of Latin American viewers. And Latino voters. “My mother brought me […]

Legislators let clock run on Everglades — and ignore our vote

Legislators let clock run on Everglades — and ignore our vote

Remember Amendment One? It was only about five months ago that we the people of the great state of Florida passed a constitutional amendment, no less, that provides for the funding of long-promised Everglades restoration through the purchase of land with a percentage of document fees. Well, leave it to the Florida legislature to ignore […]

Bill Johnson leaves county nest just as billions get ready to fly

Bill Johnson leaves county nest just as billions get ready to fly

From the timing-is-everything department. Water and Sewer Department Director Bill Johnson, who used to be director of the Port of Miami, has been tapped by Florida Gov. Rick Scott as head of Enterprise Florida, which recruits corporations to relocate to Florida and tries to retain companies that are thinking of moving. It’s a really soft […]

Michael Pizzi & his legal dream team — at what cost to who?

Michael Pizzi & his legal dream team — at what cost to who?

Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi really, really, really wants to be mayor again and is going to court one more time to try to get back into his office at City Hall. You know, the one with that closet he likes so much. Pizzi was suspended by Gov. Rick Scott in […]

Pollster: GOPs outvote Dems so far in Gov, House races

Pollster: GOPs outvote Dems so far in Gov, House races

Well, it was predicted that in a midterm gubernatorial year, Republican voters would outnumber Democrats. And it is looking true statewide in the Florida governor’s race and in two key state races in Miami-Dade when it comes to the early voting and absentee ballots cast so far. Of course, we don’t know how all these […]

Add First Lady to list of Dem VIPs to stump for Charlie Crist

Add First Lady to list of Dem VIPs to stump for Charlie Crist

Traffic is going to be Game Day miserable Friday afternoon around SunLife Stadium, but not because of a game — although politics is definitely a sport and could be a game to some. First Lady Michele Obama will be in Miami Gardens for a Charlie Crist rally at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, 3000 […]

‘Fangate’ becomes campaign fodder in Crist vs Scott race

‘Fangate’ becomes campaign fodder in Crist vs Scott race

An electric fan? Really? That’s what everybody wants to talk about today? It’s not like it was the first time former Gov. Charlie Crist uses what apparently is his travel fan. After Gov. Rick Scott and his campaign complained Wednesday about a portable fan that his predecessor uses regularly and a lot — leading Ladra […]

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