Archive for May, 2009
Why did Florida Democrats, the party that portrays itself as speaking for the poor and working families suffering in a recession, hold its annual gala Saturday at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach — one of the swankiest places around?
Because it's also one of the only South Florida hotels largely run on union labor.
The hotel created some interesting contrasts. When Kendrick Meek held a presser, he stood in front of a group of ordinary residents supporting him who wore blue jeans, flip flops and hand-scrawled signs. Meanwhile, Meek stood underneath a massive crystal chandelier as he spoke in the lobby over the din of music from the bar where svelte women sipped cockails and a young child played chess.
The Jefferson-Jackson dinner raised about $625,000 for the Democrats.
Democrats gathered at the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner talked and ate while many elected officials spoke, but the room grew quiet when state sen. Dan Gelber said "I have an announcement to make.''
Many have been expecting Gelber to officially drop out of the U.S. Senate race, leaving Kendrick Meek as the frontrunner. Instead, Gelber cracked a joke by announcing that the owner of a silver Chrysler left his car lights on.
Later in his speech, Gelber said that he is ''stepping back'' from his campaign to consider other possibilities — which isn't much different than what he had previously said. Some party activists are hoping he will run for attorney general instead.
That is a pretty accurate description. Take some time to read Marco Rubio takes a swipe at Sonia Sotomayor. New Times said in their byline: “Wing-Nut Cuban American (Marco Rubio) Criticizes first Hispanic Justice” and they add that Rubio is probably the first Hispanic to take a swipe at her. He is also the scary candidate running for U.S. Senator. Glad to see his aspirations are so high,
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Last night the Florida Democratic Party held its annual Jefferson Jackson dinner at the Fountainbleau on Miami Beach. Thumbs up, for the billion dollar renovation. In an anticipated development, State Senator Dan Gelber announced he will step aside (click ‘read more’)– possibly to run for Attorney General– to help clear Congressman Kendrick Meek through the primary to the general election for
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The image of Miami Hurricane reliever Rene Guerra’s glove getting knocked off of his hand by a crushed line-drive à la Charlie Brown perfectly summarized the Florida Gators’ crushing vict
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"If we can send someone to the moon, we can figure out how to get rid of these snakes." Florida Wildlife Commissioner Ron Bergeron. (‘Open Season on Glades Python’, St. Pete Times, May 28, 2009)I like the idea of a bounty for snake hunters to extract Burmese python from the Everglades. Here’s an idea that even Ron Bergeron could embrace: include the bounty as part of the licensing fee for
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From a Press Release:Environment Florida delivered the concerns of 10,000 South Floridians to the Board of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., regarding the major home improvement retailer’s proposal to build a Superstore in protected wetlands near the Florida Everglades. As the shareholder representative of Green Century Equity Funds, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, Environment Florida Advocate
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In the first 4 months of this year we have had 25,577 foreclosures in Miami Dade County. That is almost as many as we had the entire year in 2007 (26,391) and more than 3 times as many as we had the entire year in 2005 (7,829). During the same 4 months in 2008 we had 16,248 foreclosures, and ended 2008 with 56,656 total. If we keep up with the current trend, we will close 2009 with more than
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In the state of Florida, in the first quarter, there were more than 374,000 homes in various stages of foreclosure. Foreclosures are rising quickly, and yet permits have been granted in Florida for more than 630,000 new residential units and 480 million square feet of nonresidential space. In the entire nation, total housing starts have plunged from the 2.3 million seasonally adjusted annual rate
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The literal treatment of a music video strewn with metaphor. Now can we do this with the rest of the Eighties videos, please?
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