Fred Grimm Florida’s offshore oil-drilling buffer zone under attack in Congress Oil spewing from a rupture near an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf left a sheen that stretched 13 miles longLeak from rig just 97 miles off the Louisiana shoreline demonstrated the value of Florida’s 125 mile no-drill buffer zoneOil interests and their political allies are pushing hard for Florida to shrink the buffer zone to just 50 miles
Fred Grimm Beware, beer drinkers: Craft labels are not as they seem Faced with declining market share, big beer conglomerates have been hawking faux craft labels and buying up local microbreweries
Fred Grimm Tiger Bay Club offers forum to Trump’s vile and incendiary former butler The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a political forum based in Palm Beach County, offers a speaking invitation to unhinged racist
Fred Grimm Weed could bring heaps of new jobs, taxes and tourists to Florida Florida should emulate Colorado, Oregon and Washington State, where legalized pot has generated job and tax windfalls.
Fred Grimm Floridians prefer spewing clouds of chemicals to genetically modified bugs Florida Keys residents are more worried about genetically engineered mosquitoes than the looming Zika threat.
Fred Grimm Dubious credentials no problem for Broward’s new tourism czar Stacy Ritter’s lack of expertise and her controversial record weren’t enough to keep her from landing Broward’s top hospitality job.
Fred Grimm Farm to table? More like fraud to table A newspaper investigation in the Tampa Bay area found that farm-to-table restaurant marketing was often fraudulent.
Fred Grimm Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill caught up in a feral cat fight Ron Magill, Zoo Miami’s beloved champion of wildlife conservation, has been recast as a villain in the latest squabble over feral cats.
Fred Grimm Greedy crooks running Opa-locka turned bribery into a lousy investment Bribe-seeking city powerbrokers in Opa-locka and their rampant greed finally attracted a federal investigation.
Fred Grimm Barry U tees off on Donald Trump, pulls golf team from Doral Barry University, citing guiding principles, announced that its golf team would no longer practice on the famous links of the Trump Doral.
Fred Grimm Cussing judge Wacky Jacky reminded again about Florida’s judicial standards Miami-Dade County Judge Jacqueline Schwartz once against faces punishment for unseemly public behavior
Fred Grimm Florida lawmakers use preemption laws to stomp out urban initiatives Florida’s right-wing legislators use preemption laws to keep cities and counties from passing progressive laws on guns, environment, wages, smoking and health.
Fred Grimm No room in the upper stories of the Miami skyline for a sucker without a tax haven Panama Papers reveal the ignominious source of the money behind Miami’s condo boom
Fred Grimm Florida’s ‘jobs governor’ wastes chance to exploit bigotry The corporate backlash against North Carolina’s nasty transgender bathroom law offers Florida Gov. Rick Scott a job-generating opportunity.
Fred Grimm In Miami, just like in rural America, life expectancy depends on your home address Miami inner cities and Appalachian coal communities share a shortened life expectancy.
Fred Grimm Travis McGee and his Busted Flush evicted from Fort Lauderdale marina The plaque commemorating the slip where the fictitious character Travis McGee moored his houseboat has been relegated to a marina office.
Fred Grimm The magic word that caused the Rick Scott Starbucks harangue video to go viral The video of Rick Scott being harangued by a Lake Worth woman went viral after she employed a particular vulgarity.
Fred Grimm Florida’s solar amendment designed to mislead voters The Florida Supreme Court approved an ‘energy choice’ constitutional amendment masked as pro-solar and sure to confuse voters.
Fred Grimm Florida governor wants Yale, but we’ll take the kid quarterback Florida Gov. Rick Scott attempted to lure Yale University to Florida to avoid taxes in Connecticut.
Fred Grimm Massive fish kill makes Florida water emergency difficult to ignore A massive fish kill along the Indian River estuary signals another water emergency along the Florida coast.
