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I tasted the chicken livers fried with BBQ rub. Terrible. As a general matter I am the only person in the household who loves chicken livers. Cassius does, too. Cassius is my 90 lb., male Chesapeake Bay retriever. Today we address a timeless question: should you cook food for your dog? The short answer is, there are some things you can't cook for anyone else. Dogs habituated from the wild hoveri...
Eye On Miami - 4:28 a.m. - 9 clicks 
Martha Brannigan is gone from County reporting and is now doing Real Estate. Kathleen McGrory is reporting City of Miami news, previously reported by Chuck Rabin. Chuck has moved to county reporting joining Patricia Mazzei on that beat. It sucks when they move reporters around, they don't have the history we would want. History is important, at least I think so. You are lucky we ...
Eye On Miami - 4:28 a.m. - 8 clicks
Trayvon Martin gets chased down and shot for the crime of walking down the street in a hoodie while black, and authorities don't even see fit to charge the shooter. Previously, in nearby Jacksonville, a black woman, having been attacked by her husband, under threat of death, fired a warning shot that hit nobody. She just got 20 years for aggravated assault . Blacks are 14% of America's popula...
DailyKos (Florida) - Fri 6:30 p.m. - 12 clicks
I requested David Rivera's financial disclosure forms with the State of Florida. I never saw a letter quite like this on ANY financial disclosure by ANYONE. I guess maybe they wanted to remove references to the numerous contracts he said he had funded by the federal government's U.S. Agency for International Development (they never heard of him). Cire Andino Guess who ...
Eye On Miami - Fri 4:47 a.m. - 13 clicks
South Pointe Park Pet pooches in Miami Beach, Aventura and Coconut Grove all have one thing in common WATERFRONT dog parks. Our waterfront land is so precious, why are we limiting its use? Brickell thinks they deserve one too. I am targeting the Miami Beach dog park. The City of Miami Beach has complete trust and confidence in the ability of their dog owners to self police and contr...
Eye On Miami - Fri 12:09 a.m. - 17 clicks
From the Department of Phantom Voter Fraud, Republicans in Florida have made sure that the Florida Division of Elections is hard at work enforcing their new election laws that restrict voters from getting to the polls. Certain voters, that is. Miami Herald : Miami-Dade's Supervisor of Elections Penelope Townsley has sent a letter briefing the county's mayor and commissioner about the new ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Thu 6:44 p.m. - 12 clicks
Worst Democrat in Florida Legislature: Daphne Campbell HIT MAP TO ENLARGE Miami Shores, Biscayne Park, Little Haiti, Upper Eastside, El Portal and Parts of North Miami: Vote out your District 108 State Representative Daphne Campbell. She is on the wrong side of so many issues I don't know where to start. She just sent out a notice to constituents claiming she go...
Eye On Miami - Thu 10:25 a.m. - 12 clicks
I'll admit, I cheered when Rachel Maddow got to the part where she talks about politicians' personal views on marriage equality and the political cowardice that seems to overtake them as soon as they move from "citizen" to "candidate." Joe Sudbay deemed it " political homophobia " when these cowards mouth words of support, but then turn around and do nothing to advance our civil rights because...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 9:47 a.m. - 9 clicks
"A new poll of Florida from Suffolk University [ .pdf link ] shows President Obama with a 1 point lead over likely Republican nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 46 percent to 45 percent, among registered voters [as opposed to likely voters] in the state." The numbers also show what seems to be an enthusiasm gap for Romney as a candidate – when asked "Is your vote more a vote for R...
Florida Politics - Thu 6:42 a.m. - 11 clicks
Puma arrived about 3p.m. on Wednesday at Bicentennial Park, winning leg 6 of the 3,590 nautical mile race. The racing boat was greeted in Miami with rain and hail. Be sure to check out the Volvo Ocean Race Village where you can party and get to see the boats. Miami is the only North American stop-over for the race. Watch a video on it . Here is the schedule if you go down to the racing vi...
Eye On Miami - Wed 7:45 p.m. - 14 clicks
"When the Florida Senate was looking for someone to put its budget data online, it set aside $5.5 million and turned to the business partner of a close friend of the Senate's chief of staff at the time, Steve MacNamara." The developer of the program, Anna Jo Mattson, owns a software company with Tallahassee lawyer and lobbyist Jim Eaton, MacNamara's long-time friend. She also owns Spider Data Ser...
Florida Politics - Wed 6:54 a.m. - 17 clicks
Republican Rep. Allen West would be worth a chuckle if he weren't so crazy. Yes he said 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist party. But that isn't the first crazy thing he said. How about the 36 Terrorist Training Camps that he swears are operating in the United States. Video on YouTube . Note that this video is about Illegal Immigration. So who is coming in at the Mexican ...
Eye On Miami - Tue 10:10 p.m. - 16 clicks
The New York Times reports that major liberal donors including George Soros are meeting somewhere in Miami this week, for a last hour planning session leading up to the November 2012 election. Security will be tight. Gone are the days when none other than Jeb Bush, who had recently left office, was seen surveilling the Biltmore Hotel to glean what he could from the private meeting there. As EOM...
Eye On Miami - Tue 5:49 a.m. - 13 clicks
Lynda Bell giving Alice Pena an award. I read in Dan Ricker's Watchdog Report that Alice Pena is said to be running for Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis Moss's seat, like she would ever win. I think of Alice fondly as that egg lady (she sells eggs) with the crazy vendetta against environmental regulators. She is from the 8 1/2 Square Mile area and she is always attacking wha...
Eye On Miami - Mon 11:02 p.m. - 3 clicks
Marc Caputo : "Rick Scott’s biggest failure as governor has a name: Steve MacNamara." An at-times ethically challenged Tallahassee insider, MacNamara was hired by the neophyte governor as his chief of staff to avoid the very type of major embarrassment Scott suffered last week. Last Tuesday at a Miami Freedom Tower event, Scott ceremonially signed a law cracking down on firms that do business i...
Florida Politics - Mon 8:04 a.m. - 12 clicks
The last five years have tested the hypothesis that the public doesn't care what government does, so long as its belly is full and cares even less when its belly is empty. The easiest place to take measure of the result is the destruction and elimination of rules and regulations meant to protect Florida's air and water, natural places, and communities from rampant suburban sprawl. The Everglade...
Eye On Miami - Mon 5:51 a.m. - 9 clicks
Say goodbye to regulation, say hello to environmental degradation. The bills that passed roll-back years of progress and you know the Governor will sign them all: Prohibits a county or a municipality from conditioning the processing for a development permit on an applicant obtaining a permit or approval from any other state or federal agency; Authorizes the DEP to issue a coastal constr...
Eye On Miami - Sun 10:42 p.m. - 10 clicks
"Despite six weeks of upbeat television ads and a wholesale image makeover, Republican Gov. Rick Scott continues to draw lousy ratings from Floridians, a position Democrats are eager to exploit in the nation's biggest presidential toss up state." The Republican Party of Florida has paid almost $1 million since March for a TV campaign, promoting the governor's push for $1 billion more for public s...
Florida Politics - Sun 10:06 a.m. - 19 clicks
I could write about the Everglades today and the $890 million the state will reportedly spend (Miami Herald) as a result of litigation brought by Friends of the Everglades-- the organization for which I volunteer time as president of the board-- and which other environmental groups did not want to join when the original litigation was filed years ago, but instead I want to tell you about my ...
Eye On Miami - Sun 4:11 a.m. - 12 clicks
Adam C. Smith : "At a private fundraising reception in Palm Beach recently, Mitt Romney was overheard acknowledging his weakness among Hispanic voters." If it's not turned around, he said, "It spells doom for us." Take a look at the electoral map, and you'll see why. President Barack Obama starts the general election with a sizable electoral vote lead over Romney, looking strong in states tota...
Florida Politics - May 5 - 15 clicks
Daniel Ruth : Florida Gov. Rick Scott' over the course of a few short days may have successfully managed to offend more people than crazy-as-a-loon Gainesville pastor Terry Jones contemplating a match and a Koran." First Gov. Clouseau jetted off to Miami for a publicity stunt to sign a loopy bill that would prohibit state and local governments from hiring companies for contracts worth at least...
Florida Politics - May 4 - 7 clicks
A rash of new polling out today shows more good news for Mitt Romney than bad news. Quinnipiac has a big improvement for the GOP nominee in the key battleground states of Florida and Ohio, with Romney even moving into an incremental advantage in the Sunshine State. Having said that, though, it still remains awfully difficult to see where, given current numbers, Mitt Romney cobbles together...
DailyKos (Florida) - May 3 - 2 clicks
Today's Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll: " May 3, 2012 - Romney Bounces Back In Two Of Three Key States, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Obama Widens Lead In Pennsylvania; Ohio, Florida Tied " "Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney could be headed for a photo finish in Florida this November, a poll released Thursday shows." Forty-four percent of 1,169 Florida voters su...
Florida Politics - May 3 - 2 clicks
In anticipation of the RNC, which will be held in Tampa, Florida August 27-30, Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn sent a letter Tuesday to Florida governor Rick Scott, requesting that he issue an executive order banning people from carrying guns in downtown areas where people would gather for the convention. Apparently Florida's gun laws, among the most liberal in the nation, do not allow local gove...
DailyKos (Florida) - May 2
The Republican Party has a bigger problem with Super Soakers than with firearms. I'm not joking around when I say that. In the streets of Tampa, Florida during the Republican National Convention, which are likely to be filled with various groups of protesters and hundreds upon hundreds of police officers, owners of firearms with concealed-carry permits will be allowed to carry their handguns...
DailyKos (Florida) - May 2 - 2 clicks
Only in the mixed up logic of Republicans is water dangerous and bullets are a right. So if you are going to the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida, feel free to carry a concealed weapon, but don’t you dare bring a water pistol. Someone might get wet. Although Tampa Mayor Bob Buckthorn requested that handguns be banned downtown during the convention, Gov. Rick Scott insisted t...
DailyKos (Florida) - May 2 - 2 clicks
"Scott began Tuesday morning as the darling of Miami’s Cuban exile community, but by day’s end he was being vilified for the way he handled a bill cracking down on companies that do business with Cuba and Syria." Shortly after praising their fellow Republican for signing the law at the historic Freedom Tower, Cuban-American lawmakers at the event learned Scott issued a letter that essentially dec...
Florida Politics - May 2 - 2 clicks
One of the more prominent black conservatives in Florida is O'Neal Dozier, pastor of Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach. Dozier is a classic Christofascist. Indeed, according to a piece Mother Jones did on him back in February , he openly admits that he drew inspiration from D. James Kennedy, whose former church is based just down the road from him in Fort Lauderdale. ...;
DailyKos (Florida) - May 1
Fred Grimm: "The Bond Buyer is normally not a publication that grabs my interest. But there’s something particularly disturbing about seeing the risk facing Florida’s universities assessed in the dry and dispassionate language of the financial markets." Nothing about the faltering aspirations of college students or the moral obligation to provide young Floridians a path to a university degree. No...
Florida Politics - Apr 29
"The Florida Supreme Court gave its final blessing to the state’s redistricting maps on Friday, giving the Republican-led Legislature a major victory and hitting the political reset button on political boundaries for the next decade." In a unanimous decision, the court validated the redrawn 40-member Senate map and rejected opponents’ claims that it violates the new constitutional ban on politic...
Florida Politics - Apr 28
More and more lately it seems that accountability is only for public school teachers. The Jacksonville charter school was at the bottom of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores last year also. Taxpayer money is involved. From the Florida Times Union: Duval may approve KIPP's second charter after first school received an 'F' Nationally known charter school netwo...
DailyKos (Florida) - Apr 27
"Floridians can expect to receive $149 million in health-insurance rebates this year from more than a dozen insurance companies, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation released Thursday." The rebates come from health insurers that spent more on administrative expenses and profits than allowed under health-care overhaul laws that took effect last year. Ricky and the Teabaggers ar...
Florida Politics - Apr 27
As denoted by the New York Post story " NBC Miami Reporter Fired Over Misleading --" it states the following; MIAMI -- A reporter at NBC's WTVJ was fired after a 911 call made by Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, was edited in a way that made his comments appear racist, similar to the misleading clip shown on NBC's flagship "Today" show. ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Apr 27
Welfare applicants aren't the only people the courts have forced the state of Florida to stop drug testing . A federal court ruled on Thursday that Gov. Rick Scott also doesn't get to randomly drug test 80,000 state workers. Judge Ungaro said Mr. Scott had overreached in his executive order because there was no evidence of a large-scale problem and no reason to mandate drug tests. The gov...
DailyKos (Florida) - Apr 26
The Miami Herald editorial board: "The i’s aren’t dotted and the t’s aren’t crossed but Sen. Marco Rubio is offering his Republican Party a version of the Dream Act that would provide relief for young adults brought to the United States illegally as children by their immigrant parents." The GOP should embrace this ermeging plan. It’s a stop-gap, to be sure, but it would lift hundreds of thousan...
Florida Politics - Apr 26
Due to severe budget cuts imposed by the state legislature, University of Florida has decided to essentially get rid of their computer science program, fire all the teaching assistants, force 50% of the faculty to abandone their research (effectively forcing them to resign), and move the other 50% of their computer science programs into other unrelated engineering programs. ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Apr 24
