Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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, Luke addresses Gov. Rick Scott’s alienation from African Americans. Last week, good ole Gov. Ricky tried to explain…
Valentine’s Day has just passed, and a single tear rolls down Claudine Magloire’s perfect left cheek. She balls up tight, knees to chin, on a fluffy beige couch then gazes across her Pompano Beach townhouse at a framed watercolor. Two teddy bears, two swallows, and two plump red hearts deliver…
Looking to avoid getting accosted by reporters like she was a few weeks ago during a Hialeah clinic opening, Natacha Seijas brought in some heavy muscle to her court hearing yesterday. The county commissioner, who is seeking to block a recall vote against her, showed up at Judge Amy Steele…
Real Housewives of Miami premiers tonight, but Basketball Wives, that other Miami-set show about bickering bimbos, may have just stolen its local shine with news that they’ve snagged a lady connected to one of the Miami Heat’s big three for their next season. TMZ reports that Allison Mathis, Chris Bosh’s…
Veldora Arthur, a $184,336-a-year Miami assistant fire chief, is facing federal criminal charges for her alleged involvement in a $10 million mortgage fraud scam. Arthur, along with two other people, was recruited by a man named Neil Fagan to act as straw buyers who purchased six separate units in an…
When Alex de Gasperi resigned last month as board director of Imperial House, a luxury Miami Beach tower, he didn’t leave quietly. Instead, he circulated a four-page letter lambasting another high-profile resident: Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer.De Gasperi says Glazer damaged a door by kicking it and later intimidated the…
The Michelle Spence-Jones public corruption saga is entering its final act. Her trial on grand theft and bribery charges begins today.Since her initial arrest in November 2009, days following her reelection to the Miami City Commission, Spence-Jones has maintained she will be exonerated. By the end of the week, we’ll…
Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff sure knows how to alienate people. We’ve made our case before why this guy should get recalled. The man is unfit for public office. He is absolutely clueless when it comes to dealing with the poor and the disenfranchised.On February 18, Sarnoff provided more reason…
David Anderson and his family have been serving breakfast and lunch to migrant workers and farmers from a tin-roof shack for more than half a century. But Miami-Dade County’s bureaucratic environmental red tape is threatening to shut down his Redland Grocery at 26400 SW 187th Ave., Anderson says. “We’ve been…
The latest incarnation of Bravo’s signature shit show, Real Housewives of Miami, hasn’t even begun airing yet, but one cast member and her self-proclaimed “witch” of a mother have already stirred up the show’s first scandal for getting matching mother-daughter DUIs. Marysol Patton, a cast member and prominent local PR…
Any reporter who ever covered cops in Miami knew Angel Calzadilla. And most of us liked the guy. A lot. Now he’s gone…after a long illness. The hombre had patience. New Times called his boss, former Chief John Timoney, “America’s Worst Cop.” Then there was the indictment of former police…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken in Miami-Dade County in the previous week. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain-out look more badass than we ever will . This is the italicized intro to that…
Bad enough The Miami Herald poaches New Times stories without giving us credit, but now they want to co-opt our mayoral candidate. Yesterday, the city’s only major daily newspaper published a column by local African American blogger Joy-Ann Reid essentially endorsing Luther Campbell for county mayor. The 726-word opinion piece…
Cavity Wounded EP (No! Records) myspace.com/cavitysludge I remember Dan Gorostiaga tracking me down amid the many thoroughfares of Florida International University back in 1998 and giving me a copy of this seven-inch. Like all Cavity releases, it featured great cover art and even better music within its grooves. But like…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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, Luke addresses Gov. Rick Scott’s alienation from African Americans.Last week, Good Ole Gov. Ricky tried to explain to…
Fresh off his media tour addressing his desire to run for Miami-Dade County mayor, Luther Campbell is dropping his knowledge about the music industry and professional sports at Nova Southeastern University on Saturday.The school’s Shepard Broad Law Center enlisted Uncle Luke to give the keynote address at its sports and…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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, Luke describes Pitbull’s early struggles in the rap game. When Jennifer Lopez debuted her new single “On the…
Booked for Shamelessness Live to tell: Your cover story about Andrés López, the Colombian cocaine king turned informant, is a tale of sin, harm, and regrettable neglect, not romance (“Florecita’s Cartel,” Tim Elfrink, February 10). I hope López survives to relate the tragedies, misguidance, and destruction he and others unfortunately…
Fourteen years after New Times chronicled her free fall out of public office and into the slammer, Vicki Lukis has won her redemption. On Monday, federal Judge John Steele of the U.S. District Court in Lee County vacated her 1997 conviction on honest services fraud. Her case was a fascinating…
More than anything, local fans of groovy global sounds probably know Toto Gonzalez (AKA Mr. Pauer) for his behind-the-scenes activities. After founding the Fabrikalink newsletter and promotions arm more than a decade ago, he’s served as a curator for all kinds of multilingual and interesting happening in Miami. And as…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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, Luke describes Pitbull’s early struggles in the rap game.When Jennifer Lopez debuted her new single “On the Floor,”…
There are food blogs aplenty in this land, and lots of niches have been covered. Locally, locavores can dig Mango & Lime, carnivores congregate at The Burger Beast, and French Fry Fairy appeals to fairies — or maybe to those who like fried potatoes. I never have been able to…
