AltWeeklies Wire
Obama Wins, and So Does South Floridanew
It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Staff |
11-11-2008 |
Politics
Obama's Florida Gamble Pays Offnew
McCain was too late. The new prez spent heavily in Florida and eked out victory here.
Miami New Times |
Tristam Korten |
11-10-2008 |
Politics
One Florida City's War on Sinnew
Winter Park doesn't just have a booby bar in its sights; tattoo parlors and other supposedly ill-reputed businesses have also been targeted next.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
11-06-2008 |
Business & Labor
Florida Green Party Candidates Were GOP Moles, Suit Claimsnew
Five Green Party candidates ran similarly mysterious campaigns this year in hotly contested races around Florida. All five indicated on financial disclosure forms that they loaned themselves money, even though most of them were broke. Few of them were willing to speak to the press or to representatives of their own party.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Barton |
11-04-2008 |
Politics
Presidential Election Could Spur Voter Fraud in Miami-Dade Countynew
If you believe Nilo Juri, the eye of Hurricane Ballot Cheat, it could get ugly.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
11-03-2008 |
Politics
Happytown's Endorsementsnew
You may not have heard, but there's an election coming up Nov. 4. Suddenly you're asking yourself, "Who and what would my dear friends at Happytown vote for?" Wonder no longer. It's endorsement time.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
My Great Schlep to Florida Was More Surreal than Politicalnew
My Granny has decided on Obama without my help. She admits she was wary of Obama because she heard he was Muslim, but her friends convinced her he's Christian. Her friends also told her John McCain is just like George Bush, and when the stock market crashed, that decided things for her.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Becca Trabin |
10-27-2008 |
Commentary
Election '08: Who Judges the Judges?new
You know nothing about local judges, but you still elect them.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Going Inside Both Presidential Campaigns in Floridanew
I spent a week volunteering for both campaigns to get a perspective most reporters must speculate about from the outside. And because I wanted unvarnished access, not a public relations tour, I engaged in the ethically murky but necessary practice of concealing my role as a reporter.
Orlando Weekly |
Adriana Ruiz |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Attorney Lawson Lamar Finally Has a Challengernew
Mercedes Leon, a 45-year-old Republican, is running against him. But she faces long odds.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-17-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: Meet the Also-Ransnew
Third-party candidates often languish in obscurity and find it hard to raise money or even gain a place on the ballot in many states. In Florida, however, ballot access is easy. So that means come Nov. 4, you'll have a lot of choices –-- 13, to be exact, plus one write-in.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Roller Jam: Every Night is '80s Night at South Florida Roller Rinksnew
There used to be about a dozen rinks down here filled with skaters every day of the week; I know because I used to be one of those skaters. Only a handful of rinks remains. Likewise, only a fraction of us who used to roll in this uniquely South Florida fashion, to tunes recorded here, still hit the rinks.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-15-2008 |
Recreation
One Schlepper Talks About Visiting Her Grandma in Floridanew
Across the country, young Jews are heeding comedian Sarah Silverman's call to have a political pep-talk with their grandparents in Florida. The message is: Don't let bubbe and zaideh vote McCain. Becky Gluskin, a 26-year-old PhD candidate from Manhattan, tells us how her weekend visit to 80-something-year-old grandma Helen swayed one more vote to Obama.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
The Inside Story of the Great Schlepnew
Chances are, by now you've heard about the Great Schlep, the Sarah Silverman–endorsed political/social experiment to send Jewish grandkids to Florida to get out the yenta vote. But did you know, smarty pants, that the movement originated in Cambridge?
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-09-2008 |
Politics
Is the GOP Trying to Keep New Voters from the Polls?new
In the midst of a crush of new voter applicants, there's a new issue that progressives fear the GOP could use to disenfranchise voters across Florida: the Republican secretary of state's recent decision to enforce the state's three-year-old "no match, no vote" law.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
10-07-2008 |
Civil Liberties
