A Real-Life Pretty Lady, Young Don King, and Future Hair

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

I’m Lovin’ You: McWeddings at McDonald’s

Forget Las Vegas; get married at McDonald’s! The world’s largest fast-food burger chain has a lot of, shall we say, interesting items on its menu, such as the McLobster and the McAfrica burger. But three McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong offer something altogether different: weddings and engagement parties.The basic “Warm…

FAMU Is Not Penn State: Hazing Should Not Kill A Storied Program

​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell comes to the defense of Florida’s largest historically African-American university, which has been caught up in a deadly…

Rep. Erik Fresen, Pro-Gambling Lawmaker, Owes Thousands To The IRS

Over the past six months, state Rep. Erik Fresen has established himself as the go-to-politician for the gambling industry tycoons who want to bring gargantuan casino resorts to the Magic City. The lawmaker from Coral Gables is the mastermind behind one of two proposed bills that would allow Malaysian-based Genting…

A Restaurant Kid Tax or Ban? Sounds Good To Me!

There’s been recent buzz over a buffet restaurant in the UK that tacked on a three pound fee because a woman’s baby stroller was taking up space. According to the London Evening Standard, another woman at the same restaurant was also charged a fee for her six month old. Media…

Max Rameau and Umoja Village Invade Art Basel

You can say Max Rameau is a social activist trendsetter. Long before the Occupy Wall Street movement was even an idea, Rameau was leading the charge for the disenfranchised 99 percent with his Take Back The Land organization. Five years ago, Rameau came up with the brilliant idea of organizing…

Reader Mail: People Issue Props

Our second annual Miami People issue, which profiled 30 of the Magic City’s most intriguing characters, drew a number of reactions from readers. Some of the highlights are below. Santería savior: It’s about time you embraced one of Miami’s own with your profile on Santería activist Ernesto Pichardo (“Spirit Guide,”…

Absentee Ballot Fraud Could Derail Obama In 2012

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, he highlights the absentee ballot scam on the electoral process.Rampant absentee ballot fraud is destroying democracy in Miami and…

Mugshots Friday: The Thanksgiving Hangover Edition

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…