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Gomez Barker firm pulls in $230K in Q2 lobbying fees

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Miami-based governmental affairs firm Gomez Barker took in an estimated $230,000 during the second quarter of 2015, according to recently submitted compensation reports. The firm’s three-lobbyist team — composed of Fausto Gomez, Manny Reyes, and William Helmich — represented 29 clients between the months of April and June, all for legislative work. The roster of interests was heavily South Floridian — seven of their eight highest-paying clients were based in the Miami area including Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, which compensated the firm at a rate of some…

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By nearly any measure, sunny South Florida is tops in fraud

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Psssst – Need a phony ID? A fraudulent tax refund? Insurance money from a sham car crash? Florida may have just what you’re looking for. Since the first settlers hacked their way into the mangrove tangles and drained much of the swampland, sunny South Florida has been virtually synonymous with shady deals and scams. Over the past decade or so, the three most populous South Florida counties – Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach – have become less renowned for old-school…

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Former USF star Jason Pierre-Paul injured by fireworks

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Former University of South Florida defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has suffered a “severe” injury to a hand in a fireworks accident, it has been reported. Pierre-Paul, who received a $14.8 million franchise tag from the New York Giants, suffered burns that are not thought to be career threatening. Reports say that the skin of his palm and fingerprints was burned away, but the fingers themselves are intact. Several people on Twitter shared photos of a U-Haul truck filled with fireworks…

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South Florida to get transfer quarterback from UCLA

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Florida has become a second-chance destination for college quarterbacks. Already, FSU had landed former Notre Dame star Everett Golson. Florida had added John O’Grady from Vandy to its quarterback mix. Miami had added former Kansas State passer Jake Heaps, who threw for 1,400 yards, to its roster. Now, it is the turn of the South Florida Bulls, who will welcome Asantii Woulard from UCLA. Woulard, who is from Winter Park, will sit out a year and then have two remaining.…

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Which drivers in Florida suffer through the longest commute?

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Surely it must be the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, where the traffic jams are legendary. Or Orlando, where thousands of often lost and wandering tourists mix with residents to create a glacial sludge of cars. And if not those, it must be the Tampa Bay area, where many commuters contend with bridges and causeways as they go from one side of the water to the other. No, no and no. The longest average commute in Florida is found in the relatively…

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Gators have what it takes to win it all

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To say the Florida Gator baseball team is on a roll just doesn’t seem to fully describe what they are doing to opponents – quality opponents – during the postseason. Their 15-3 mauling of the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday at the College World Series (CWS) in Omaha is just the latest example. To get to baseball’s Elite 8, they twice smacked down arch-rival Florida State in the Super Regional by combined scores of 24-9. During the Gainesville Regional, they won…

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Juice would be spilled: Imagining 2 Floridas, South and North

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Some South Florida politicians say they’ve been ignored long enough by state leaders in North Florida. Now they want their own state. The South Miami City Commission is urging the creation of a new state of “South Florida.” It’s a symbolic resolution, aimed at showing leaders in Florida’s current capital of Tallahassee that they’re not doing enough to address concerns about rising sea levels at the southern end of the Florida peninsula. “Everybody who lives in Florida knows the northern…

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