Florida

By Felipe Pagliery Florida has many politicians and individuals who would easily fall under a grouping titled “ethically challenged” – if it existed. Take the case of Governor Rick…
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Al’s Loupe They’re still playing us for fools By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com Monday I watched most of the special Miami-Dade county commission meeting.…
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Recommendations for Private and Public Sector Leaders Cuba Study Group - Executive Summary In January 2011, the Cuba Study Group and the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION…
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By Marin Cogan From POLITICO It’s not easy policing the image of a member of Congress — especially when your boss is Rep. David Rivera, the Florida Republican freshman beset by so many…
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By Daniel Shoer Roth From The Miami Herald Rick Scott won the governorship with his famous slogan: “Let’s get to work” – a seven-step plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years.…
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By Luther Campbell Taken from Miami New Times Julio Robaina will say just about anything to get elected county mayor. First, Hialeah's main man claims he was against the Marlins…
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By Max J. Castro With the end of the Republican ascendancy, the sunset of the Bush/Cheney era, and the 2008 election of Barack Obama – a politician with as progressive a track record as…
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By Alan Farago (Gimleteye) From Eye on Miami As though Marco Rubio has free will. The New York Times, in a shallow piece on Rubio, wrote this week, "The political advisers working for…
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By Laura Wides-Munoz From The Washington Examiner The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday the cancellation of a South Florida music festival featuring artists from Cuba may…
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By Howard Troxler From the St. Petersburg Times There is no state, no nation, no planet, and no universe where it should be legal to pay off a Legislature directly. There is no…
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