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Kill Gus Boulis's Killer?
Paul Brandreth didn't want to murder anybody. Or did he?
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City Hall Stinks
There's a war on Dinner Key, and Marc Sarnoff is a bomb-thrower.
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Mayor of the Nude Beach
So he's naked and in his seventies. He's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
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I Have HIV
But I'm not telling you, babe. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Vamos a Cuba!
Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.
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City Hall Stinks (58)
There's a war on Dinner Key, and Marc Sarnoff is a bomb-thrower.
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Sarnoff Turns His Back on Blacks (20)
Coconut Grove's other half feels left out.
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Sarnoff Shmarnoff (14)
Commissioner Marc's claim to a famous bloodline just might be fiction.
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Jumping the Snapper (5)
Brosia boards the Mediterranean bandwagon, with mixed results.
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Cyclists Court Death Daily (55)
It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.
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Down, Dirty, and Nastie
Witness the glorious return of female wrestling.
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Wear a Cup
Old-school comedians can handle you hecklers.
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Real Life 101
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Global Warming Can Be Glamorous
All this and more at the Yacht and Brokerage Show.
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Re-Heat
The Miami Heat looks to rebuild by moving its biggest piece.
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Spitzer, Hookers and the Miami Connection
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The Hobbit Has Gone North (And Other Crap)
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Over The Weekend - Bikes, Blue Men, Teen Rock Idols and A Film Festival
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R.E.M. Disappoints at Langerado
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Last Night: Ani DiFranco at Langerado
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Blitzen Trapper at Langerado
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Blowing Whistles, and Other Indoor Sports
Mike Jones rips the halo off Ted Haggard
By Dan Renzi
Published: July 5, 2007
Imagine you’re a gay male prostitute. And let’s say one day you have a break from all of your sexing, and you’re flipping channels, and you come across a televangelist preaching the evils of homosexuality with the sin and the Sodom and the Gomorrah and all that. You find out this televangelist is the head of the National Association of Evangelicals, an organization that regularly consults with the White House. The kicker: You recognize this televangelist as one of your regular -- ahem -- clients. Yowza! What do you do? If you’re a hooker named Mike Jones, you suck it up (so to speak), and you write a book called I Had to Say Something: The Art of Ted Haggard’s Fall, all about your three-year relationship with this preacher, detailing the gay sex and drugs and such.
Fans of evangelical hypocrisy can hear excerpts when Books & Books hosts Mr. Jones’s reading tonight at 8:00. Seriously, much of our modern history has unfolded because of the work of whistleblowers -- whether they be heroes (like Enron’s Sharon Watkins) or jerks (for example, Linda Tripp). Say what you want about hookers; Mike Jones has balls. Wait, can we say “balls”?
Thu., July 5, 8 p.m.
