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What do you get when you cross a former governor with financial interests in the education industry, a current governor who consistently works with teabaggers in the legislature to make public education so unpalatable and so underfunded that it’s buckling at the knees, and Florida’s school kids who spend much of their year prepping for a test in which they drop over 50 points in ONE year? &n...
DailyKos (Florida) - 10:47 a.m. - 10 clicks 
Yesterday, the county environmental regulatory agency, DERM, was folded deep into a managerial reorganization recommended by Mayor Carlos Gimenez and approved by the county commission. The Miami Herald lamented, "Don't abandon the environment", on its editorial page. The agency "already is a shadow of its former self". DERM was created to protect Miami-Dade's unique natural resources, including pr...
Eye On Miami - 6:10 a.m. - 11 clicks
I suspect kickbacks are in the works for someone in Government or is this just a very bad deal? The property appraiser estimated the worth of this property in 2010 as $601,440. Florida City paid $3,000,000 for it 10/2010. It sold for $3,000,000 in August 2005 to Geo Group (they manage correctional facilities) -- that is the TOP of the market. So why did Florida City pay so...
Eye On Miami - Tue 12:48 p.m. - 12 clicks
The news that the federal government is in intensive settlement discussions with Miami-Dade County over a sewage system prone to multi-million gallon leaks is no surprise to the bloggers at Eyeonmiami. We've been tracking the smell of politics ruined by sewage for years and years. Where to begin? How about with discredited former county commissioner Natacha Seijas and the propensity of cou...
Eye On Miami - Tue 6:28 a.m. - 11 clicks
It should come as no surprise that I am disappointed at the power struggle going on in Palmetto Bay. There are mean-spirited people living in Palmetto Bay trashing out the government. They are making Homestead look good lately...and that is not easy. Names that have surfaced: Fiore, England, David, DuBois (there are others). Gossipy men, pretty embarrassing. Just stop already. Palmetto Bay ...
Eye On Miami - Mon 4:28 a.m. - 14 clicks
Cassius does have flaws. (Cassius is a 90 lb. male Chesapeake Bay retriever.) One of them is an overactive salivary gland. Let's deal with the drool question head-on. No one likes to be drooled upon. Cassius's flaw is connected to an exceptional sense of smell. Although he may not have seen one of my sons' friends for years -- if he smelled them as a puppy he never forgets. (It is possible Prous...
Eye On Miami - Sun 9:09 a.m. - 2 clicks
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 - Sat 4:28 a.m. - 17 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 - Sat 4:28 a.m. - 16 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. - 13 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. - 14 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. - 22 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. - 14 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. - 13 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
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
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
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
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
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
