Miami-Dade Mayor Recalled – Who’s Next?

By: tomtflorida (Diary)  |  March 16th at 11:22 AM  | 

By Tom Tillison Florida Political Press In what is the largest recall of a local politician in U.S. history, voters swept Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez out of office by a humiliating margin Tuesday. According to the Miami Herald, the spectacular fall from power comes after two years of missteps, ranging from granting top staffers big pay hikes to construction of a publicly funded stadium for | Read More »

The Tea Party And The Coming Revolution

By: tomtflorida (Diary)  |  March 11th at 12:27 PM  | 

By Tom Tillison Earlier this week, while most tea party groups were in Tallahassee ushering in Florida’s 2011 Legislative Session, unions and the far left gathered around the state in various cities and towns to protest the coming budgetary cuts from the state Legislature. In some of these locations, tea party members were also present in smaller numbers in an attempt to counter the message | Read More »