If developer Mark Siffin keeps getting his way, Miami’s skyline could soon be bisected by two towering, 40-story digital billboards. Sure, the glowing monstrosities would probably induce regular epileptic seizures on the MacArthur Causeway, but they’re far from the craziest plan ever foisted upon the Magic City. Don’t forget this…
As Miami’s Haitian community has struggled to help their homeland since January’s earthquake, one fear has lingered always in the back of their minds: What if a hurricane blows through while half of Port-au-Prince is still stuck in tent cities?That nightmare could become real by tomorrow morning, when Tropical Storm…
Lost among the noise of a thousand tea baggings at the polls yesterday was the runaway victory of Frederica Wilson, the cowboy-hat rockin’ Democrat who picked up 86 percent of the vote to replace Kendrick Meek in Congress. Wilson has never shied away from a fight — her political career…
Allen West’s fellow Wheels on the Road columnists make an excellent brain trust
Marco Rubio is running for president in 2012. It’s not official, of course, and maybe even Rubio himself hasn’t decided whether to seek the highest office in the land. But at the raucus party tonight at the Biltmore, it sure seemed like Rubio’s next campaign just began.There weren’t 300 media…
In a story sure to outrage the Marco Rubio camp on the eve of the midterms, two Florida firefighters have resigned after an investigation into their tea-bagging while on duty. What kind of upside-down nation are we living in where two public servants can’t express their pol … oh wait…
What better way to celebrate the pending GOP sweep of the House (and just maybe the Senate) than to relive the good ol’ days under Dubya with No. 43 himself? If you’re among the thousands in Dade feeling nostalgic for life under Rummy, Condi and Cheney, you’re in luck!George W…
Allen West could soon become the first sitting U.S. congressman with ties to a white racist biker gang (well, at least since Sen. Dirtbeard Jones [R-Penn] back in ’46). It’s all the more remarkable considering that West — who’s four points ahead of Rep. Ron Klein in his Broward and…
Howard Beale’s got nothing on Dave Lamont. The longtime South Florida broadcaster and sometimes ESPN-analyst went B-A-N-A-N-A-S on air while broadcasting Florida Atlantic University’s last game against Arkansas State, and howdy do is it ever a rant for the ages.Between hollering for the commissioner and shrieking about why a flag…
A political race has obviously gone off the deep end when its attack ads are easily confused with promos for “Sons of Anarchy.” In fairness to Rep. Ron Klein, the Broward Dem in serious trouble of losing his seat to Tea Party fave Allen West, his race went Four Loko…
MPA head Art Noriega “living la vida loca,” Regalado says
Recall Carlos Alvarez
David Rivera may have spent the last eight years filing the shadiest disclosure forms this side of Tom DeLay, but that doesn’t mean Miami-Dade voters shouldn’t have a chance to vote for the guy. So says Judge Jerald Bagley, who just dismissed a lawsuit to remove Rivera from the ballot.Bagley…
In this week’s New Times, we lay out four reasons you should support billionaire Norman Braman’s efforts to recall County Mayor Carlos Alvarez. We’re obviously not alone in believing the measure has merit — Braman announced last night that more than 90,000 folks in Dade County have already signed the…
Next time you pony up for one of those $6 parking meters downtown, consider this: That cash has helped the guy running the Miami Parking Authority avoid his own parking fees for years. It also bankrolled stays at top-end Vegas hotels, ritzy meals, and Heat tickets. Those are some of…
Surfside is one of those three-block hamlets that subsists entirely on the hundred-dollar fines slapped on drivers unlucky enough to crawl through a hair over the limit. Surfside PD doesn’t exactly have a lot of CSI-worthy affairs to spend their time on (although they did fine work tracking that masturbator…
Farid Khavari would like to have a word with you over your radio airwaves. The outsider candidate for governor has bought some ad time to let you know that, while his name may lead the prejudiced and idiotic to believe he’s an Osama-lovin’ al Qaeda operative, he’s really just a…
Florida immigration bill would give white folks a pass
Wackenhut scandal ensnares Coral Gables attorney Mark Vieth
Lady Justice hasn’t exactly been harsh to Adam Tavss, no matter how badly he messes up. When the Miami Beach cop was caught with drugs in his system last year — months after he shot and killed two different men under questionable circumstances in just four days — he was…
One of the most contentious frauds in Miami-Dade history has been spiraling to a scandalous conclusion. In the past month, seven Wackenhut employees — including two high-level execs — have been arrested on criminal charges that they conspired to steal tens of thousands of dollars by faking guard shifts at…
Florida state Rep. William Snyder, the slow-drawling ex-Miami-Dade Police officer who has drafted Tallahassee’s version of the hotly debated Arizona immigration bill, is adamant that his law would not lead to racial profiling.”Race, ethnicity, and national origin cannot be used in making arrests. It’s immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional,” he said…
