Gitmo prisoners: why not jail them in the US? … Miami,Florida

Isn’t it wrong to refuse incarcerating prisoners/terrorists in our own jails on our own territory? I understand it is not popular to have terrorists or enemy combatants on US soil. Is it a security concern? When was the last time a prisoner broke out of a maximum security facility? I just Read More

Gov. Crist: you must veto these two stinker bills: SB 360 and SB 2080

Budget woes tied to the collapse of the housing bubble sucked the oxygen from press accounts of the Florida legislature that preoccupied itself with irrelevancies and more monuments to failed economic policies. It is no surprise that the perpetrators in the Legislature used the crisis– the Read More

Steve Shiver In North Carolina. Miami,Florida

Do you miss the former County Manager Shiver? See Steve Shiver on the video begging for money for his theme park! He said he is facing death threats. Could North Carolina be more dangerous for him than Miami?

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Pepe Diaz’ Key Largo bungalow … Miami,Florida

A month ago, The Miami Herald’s Jack Dolan broke the story of Miami-Dade county commissioners using sergeant-at-arms as private chauffeurs, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars including massive overtime charges. County Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz was ferried “at Read More

1BOG: cool solar energy business to reduce what you pay FPL … Miami,Florida

Love this idea! 1BOG ( One Block Off the Grid ) organizes big groups of people together who want to get solar energy, and gets them a huge discount. Homeowners looking to buy solar panels face a few problems: The website says: “It’s expensive It’s complicated They don’t know which installer Read More

As lobbyist, Carrie Meek needs to clear up an ethical conflict of interest … Miami,Florida

Former Congresswoman and lobbyist Carrie Meek sees no conflict in riding two horses. Meek represents both the County or Wackenhut, the security firm charged with systematically bilking taxpayers. In The Miami Herald, Robert Myers, of the M-D Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, says, Read More

Compare: Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post on legislature … Miami,Florida

I’ll say straight out: it’s not exactly fair to compare a news report with a newspaper editorial column. But I have been trying to make a point about the parochial and spotty coverage by The Miami Herald of the worst tendencies of the Florida legislature: dominated as it is by Miami Read More

Crazy Pat Buchanan: Republicans need to run against global warming … Miami,Florida

Now there’s a good idea: revive the Republican party by running against global warming. That little tidbit is incorporated within an editorial carried by The Miami Herald this morning. Why not just try campaigning against the setting sun: “We Republicans had light all day when we were Read More