Considering our new governor loves Arizona’s controversial immigration law so much he wants to create a similar one in Florida, we think Rick Scott should also consider the Grand Canyon state’s acceptance of medical marijuana. By a slim margin, voters said yes to Proposition 203 on November 2, making Arizona…
Oh you fancy huh? For people gawkers and celeb stalkers, Tuesday nights at the Delano’s Blue Door restaurant has been the spot for the past four years. Longtime South Beach promoters Tommy Pooch and Alan Roth have been serving up a blend of Miami’s sultriest people and their Hollywood friends…
When Lazaro Morera’s father passed away October 29, the unemployed Cuban-American thought he had the funeral covered. He was wrong. Despite having paid $2,540 to Funeraria Latina Nacional at 151 NW 37th Ave. for his dad’s prearranged burial six years ago, the funeral home’s owner, Rafaiy Alkhalifa, would not honor…
Proposed Miami skate park pits skaters against preservationists
Peter England: Palmetto Bay mayoral candidate accused of wrongdoing at Camillus House
Reggae star Buju Banton, who faces a February retrial on a criminal charge of conspiring to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer, could soon be released from Tampa jail. He has been locked up for the past 11 months. On November 4, Federal Judge James S. Moody Jr. denied…
The Village of Palmetto Bay’s new mayor might have been at the center of one of the biggest scandals to rock Miami’s most recognizable homeless charity, Camillus House. Peter England, who faces Shelley Stanczyk in a November 16 runoff, was Camillus’s government relations director in 2004 when a former employee…
We’ve always dreamed of county commission meeting days when we wouldn’t have to hear another “can I get a skinny minute” from Dorrin Rolle. We’ve been waiting for the Ghetto Governor to get kicked out of County Hall since we profiled him in 2006. As we do the electric slide…
Watching last night’s election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2010 election was a complete buzz kill.While votes…
On Monday night, the South Miami city commission took a giant leap forward in the pro-marijuana debate. Commissioners voted 3-1 to push the Florida Legislature and the federal government to authorize the medicinal use of marijuana making South Miami the first city in the state to realize the healing power…
Looks like four of Miami Beach’s boys in blue didn’t get to eat any doughnuts this past October 27. The cops, probably ornery from their lack of sugary dough treat intake, took out their frustrations on a volunteer collecting signatures for the petition to decriminalize possession of small amounts of…
Watching Cody Ross rip through Major League Baseball’s postseason got us wondering about former Florida Marlins who have tasted sweet success during the Fall Classic since the team won the World Series in 2003.Watching these cats succeed only convinces us more that the Marlins gave up on a dynasty in…
We won’t lie. We absolutely love that multimillionaire playboy real estate developer Thomas Kramer is such a big social media whore.Here’s a guy who narrowly escapes criminal charges and a civil judgment for allegedly fondling a teenage boy’s bits and supposedly groping a woman’s bosom, respectively, yet he has no…
As the 2010 election cycle winds down in the next six days, Banana Republican would like to congratulate lobbyist and campaign consultant Steve Marin for pulling in the big bucks. And if any of his candidates still vying for an elected seat win On November 2, we can only imagine…
Mayoral aide Ada Rojas fights Obama roadblock
Turns out Papa Dios doesn’t take prayers from Hank Adorno. The South Florida Business Journal reports that the Florida Supreme Court has suspended the prominent Miami attorney from practicing law. And he has 30 days to prove to the court why he shouldn’t be barred permanently. The decision stems from…
Next time President Barack Obama is in town, Ada Rojas may want to steer clear of his motorcade. Or hope that her boss, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, melts his icy relationship with the city’s boys in blue before the next presidential visit.On October 11, Regalado’s resident affairs and special events…
As expected, Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell and WQAM talk show host Sid Rosenberg put on a delightfully entertaining debate yesterday regarding the state of the University of Miami football program. Campbell went on Rosenberg’s show yesterday afternoon after the two controversial personalities exchanged barbs on Twitter and over…
Attention big palookas dreaming of being the next Brock Lesnar! The Action Fight League wants to see if you have what it takes to enter the octagon at the Hard Rock Live. The AFL is hosting an MMA audition this Saturday at its North Miami Beach gym for aspiring mixed…
Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell has launched a twitter war against WQAM sports talk personality Sid Rosenberg, whose controversial on-the-air antics put him on an even playing field against the nastiest rapper to ever get his own column. The two men could square off later today. Campbell has been…
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is coming to bat for his homeboy, former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, this Friday. The pair will lay out their reasons for supporting amendments 5 and 6 on the November ballot at an 11 a.m. press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami.The…
Daphne Campbell: Big debts, shady dealings
