Archive for the ‘Eye on Miami’ Category
People frame all this as a debate between political extremes, a mud fight between conservatives and liberals. I submit that it is more than that. I submit that because they are louder, more colorful, crazier, angrier, and thus, more entertaining, the fringe elements of American political thought — right, and, increasingly, left — have made themselves irresistible to the 24-hour cable and
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"The Tea Party has the nation’s attention. Now what?" is the header of a Washington Post article this Sunday. It asks the relevant question. I’ve been asking the same question since the rise of public anger associated with an economic crash of epic proportions– a crash decades in the making but one that rests securely on the foundation of the modern Republican Party, whose mantra about shrinking
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I brought you all back something from Washington, I always think of my readers even when I am on vacation visiting Barack. On Saturday I taped best-selling Author Scott Turow answering a question on capital punishment at the National Book Fair in Washington D.C. Must have been 98 degrees in the tent but I knew you guys would have wanted to hear some of his speech and I picked out the best part
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Christine O’Donnell proves that there is no evolution to a higher purpose in politics as practiced today. Yes she is from Delaware, but we have our own examples in Florida of re-branding to serve the interests of corporate campaign contributors masquerading as libertarians.
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I am visiting, not going to post on an I Phone. Anyone have anything to say on the report in the Miami Herald on how we spent the stimulus funds in Florida?Going to all the monuments, especially F.D.R, punctuates the small-minded political climate we are going through. Can’t we get beyond this? Didn’t we learn anything from our heroes?Speaking of heroes, there is a USA Today cover story on Marc
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Vote YES on these three amendments: 4, 5 and 6. Do you really have to know why, they are all no brainers. Just do it. AARP endorsed 5 and 6 on September 16th. Here is the ballot summary:5: Legislative districts or districting plans may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party. Districts shall not be drawn to deny racial or language minorities the equal opportunity to
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The Herald, on budget hearings in Miami-Dade, in which it is reported that no one– especially not county commissioners– are taking a pay cut during this next leg of the Great Recesssion– is oddly discordant with the latest Republican Pledge to shrink the size of government come what may. I don’t believe that the G.O.P. has an iota of interest in doing anything other than regaining control of
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This sandwich board sign cost a lot to produce because it was one of a kind project. Even done in house, it had to cost a couple of hundred at least and someone had to be paid to deliver it. And, now someone has to be paid to go upright it. Nobody cares if you are fixing a light or upgrading a pump station except you guys and gals on the Miami Dade County Commission. We know you want brownie
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Cutish Rebeca would get voted right back in if she were recalled. The little old ladies love her. What Norman Braman needs to do is repeal the charter. Remember, when we did the recall of Natacha Seijas it did no good. They voted her right back in. If we repeal the charter everyone would be gone…for good. This comment came in response to yesterday’s post about a Braman sponsored recall and I
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