Scott Keeler/St. Pete Times Lemieux Doing things backwards and upside down today, so I’ll highlight some of the weekend coverage in the afternoon instead of the morn. First, both the Miami Herald and St. Pete Times introduced us to the “Maestro” of the Charlie Crist campaign, George Lemieux. Both stories…
Richard Pachter writes in the Miami Herald of the cold truth in the business of writing books: It is truly a business. This is nothing new, but Pachter, as part of the newspaper’s coverage of the Miami Book Fair, does an excellent job fleshing out the hardships of writers who…
Local PBS politicial show host Helen Ferre has apparently survived a very tough spell. First the Issues maven was found to have been paid propaganda money by the U.S. government for her work on the anti-Fidel Radio Marti. Then it was reported that she was on the short list to…
Jim Scott always has had a blessed political life. And it turns out that one of the worst moments of his career — losing Tuesday to political newcomer Ken Keechl in his reelection bid for the Broward County Commission — may turn out to be a blessing too. Florida governor-elect…
Julie Kay at the Daily Business Review tells us that both St. Petersburg Times reporter William Levesque, who is suffering from cancer, and Orlando attorney David Hendriz are being forced to testify today in a fraud trial today in Miami. In other words, U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez got…
Amidst all the political coverage in the newspapers today, a letter writer to the Sun-Sentinel had the most interesting take on the surprising ouster of political veteran Jim Scott by lawyer Ken Keechl. Fort Lauderdale’s Christopher Engle wrote: “This campaign was another example of the increasingly important vote of the…
Pemble Look, I know. I’m overdoing it on Charlie Crist. But he is the new governor and I had to point out that Crist “girlfriend” Katie Pemble, a 41-year-old divorcee and mother of a seven-year-old daughter, resurfaced today with him. Seems they’re still putting on a show of it. In…
In his Miami Herald column, Channel 10’s Michael Putney nails the obscene nature of Charlie Crist’s ad campaign: ———————————————– “The principal reason for my cynicism is the avalanche of fiendishly clever and monstrously misleading political ads we’ve been subjected to. They poisoned the well of the body politic and the…
I’ve been goofing on the boys and girls who do the St. Petersburg Times Buzz blog the past couple days, but man I’m really starting to get addicted to that thing. It’s definitely the best political blog in the state, easy, and not just because informed reporters are constantly updating…
Where’s Pemble? So the St. Pete Times finally admits it: We don’t know a damn thing about Charlie Crist. The newspaper’s political editor, Adam C. Smith, writes in today’s newspaper that Crist is a “mystery”: “Who is Governor-elect Crist? He’s a national figure without any real identity, a winner with…
Keechl Tee’d Off On Jim Scott So it looks like Tim Mahoney and Ron Klein have seized two long-time Republican bastions — the latter man having sent that ol’ dinosaur Clay Shaw off to the tar pits where he belongs. And you’ll be hearing a lot about those races during…
If you want to get the scoop from the ground on what’s happening in elections across the country today, check out this Washington Monthly site. The venerable publication has gotten a bunch of reporters, including yurs trouly, to post snippets and vignettes from their neck of the woods. It’s gonna…
This help wanted ad for editor of the Boston Phoenix made me feel ill. This is the second-oldest alternative weekly in the country and it wants its leader to emulate the “late night guys” on TV? Say it ain’t so. After the jump: What the Phoenix wants from its editor…
I keed. Vote. It’s important. Ralph De La Cruz has an inspirational column about it in the Sun-Sentinel today, but for some reason it’s not on the newspaper’s web site. So if you don’t have the paper, you’ll just have to take my word for it. But there’s more than…
Polls are all over the place in the governor’s race. The Miami Herald has Charlie Crist with a commanding ten-point lead (with a poll conducted by reputable Zogby International), but SurveyUSA has the race between Crist and Jim Davis in a virtual dead heat (via Taeg0n Goddard’s PoliticWire): “In an…
Dude Was A Football Player This from Armando Salguro’s story in the Miami Herald on the Dolphins’ inspired beat-down on previously undefeated Chicago: “There’s no telling how folks such as former Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg likes Taylor now. After telling the Chicago Tribune that Saban should be impeached and the…
The Face Of The Mixed-Up Mainstream You have to read this blog post by an Orlando Sentinel political columnist named Scott Maxwell to see how sloppy, ill-informed, and muddled the mainstream media can be on the Crist issue. Maxwell begins by writing, insipidly, that he is against outing any politician…
Bruce Carlton Jordan After calling a reporter a horse’s ass yesterday, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush asked a very pertinent question: Why now? Why are allegations that Crist is gay reaching the news now? Bush would have you believe it’s because of evil Democratic operatives, apparently possessed by the spirit of…
CBS-4 The Mayor At Work This one is pretty good. CBS-4 reporter Mike Kirsch follows Cooper City commissioners into bars and gets videotape of them drinking wine and beer before city hall meetings. Miami Herald reporter Breanne Gilpatrick (isn’t that a great name?) follows the Kirsch investigation in the Miami…
It’s heating up. The Davis campaign today released this statement from Jim Davis and Florida Dem Chair Karen Thurman: ————— Davis and Thurman Criticize Personal Attack on Crist TALLAHASSEE – Democratic nominee for governor Jim Davis and Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman issued a statement criticizing any attempt to…
Can He Win? I was just on Barry Epstein’s 10 a.m. radio show on 1470-AM and, after we discussed the Crist coverage, Epstein asked Palm Beach County political consultant Andre Fladell and I who we thought were going to win the major races (Palm Beach Post gossip columnist Jose Lambiet…
I think it’s important that I reprint here Carl Jones’ short in the the Miami New Times this week regarding a fellow reporter: St. Petersburg Times reporter William Levesque has undergone two rounds of chemotherapy and two surgeries. He has been hospitalized three times and takes eight different medications per…
