There Was Food In My Miami Herald This Morning

This morning, there was food in my Miami Herald. Real, actual food.​A “Sweet and Salty Nut” granola bar, to be exact. Inside my newspaper, which was buried underneath a bush, half covered by wet dirt, right next to the poisonous rat traps outside my apartment.To be fair, it’s not like…

City Manager Carlos Migoya Had Ties With Scandal-Plagued Cesar Odio

On Friday, Miami’s best and brightest crowded inside City Hall to watch the city commission confirm Mayor Tomas Regalado’s pick for our new city manager. Carlos Migoya, a career banker and philanthropist, pledged to right Miami’s battered budget — and to do it for free, forgoing his job’s $300,000 annual salary…

Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe Is The Most Interesting Man In the World

To the cynical of Miami who believe there’s nothing worth watching at the Winter Games, we humbly present Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe … The Most Interesting Man in the World.German prince. Mexican Olympian. World-class photographer. Professional musician. Fluent in five languages. Heir to the Fiat fortune. As far as Riptide…

Carlos Migoya, Former Wachovia Exec, To Be Named Interim City Manager, UPDATE

Mayor Tomas Regalado will name Carlos Migoya, a former Wachovia Bank president and Autonation executive, as interim city manager later this afternoon, Riptide’s sources say. Migoya will take over from Pete Hernandez, who handed in his resignation on Friday amidst a widening federal probe into the city’s disastrous finances.  …

Sources Say Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez Has Resigned

Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez has handed in his resignation, two of Riptide’s sources at City Hall have confirmed. Herandez’s ouster is a major victory for Mayor Tomas Regalado, clearing the way for Regalado to bring in an ally to fill the slot. Sources say that Regalado confronted Hernandez yesterday about…

Pablo Guzman, Super Bowl Week Shooting Suspect, Caught in Panama

Pablo Guzman ran away from a Super Bowl week shooting outside a downtown club, evaded an off-duty cop’s barrage of bullets, and successfully made his escape to Cancun, Mexico. But his luck ran out when he tried to catch a flight from Cancun to Panama City over the weekend. Guzman,…