Email Author Francisco Alvarado

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 8, 2010

  "Death Row"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 3, 2009

  "On the Level"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published October 15, 2009

  "Work It, Jerry!"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 17, 2009

  "Baby Got Fatback!"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 3, 2009

  "On the Level"

• 2009 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 1, 2008

  "F-School Bomb"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 30, 2008

  "Voter Fraud Ahead"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 22, 2008

  "Burn, Baby, Burn"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Killers in the Can"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 10, 2008

  "Wet Foot, Dusty Foot"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 23, 2008

  "Dead Weight"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 1, 2008

  "The F-School Bomb"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published May 1, 2008

  "The F-School Bomb"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 11, 2008

  "Missing Peace"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published December 11, 2008

  "No Fear"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published August 2, 2007

  "Bad Apple"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 27, 2005

  "Crack Kills"

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2009 Stories by Francisco Alvarado

• A Reformed Brawler Shoots for MMA Glory

  published Sep 01, 2009

  r More than two decades ago, Rene Martinez satisfied his lust for violence by engaging in some serious gangbanging. Throughout his teenage and young adult years, the former leader of the Latin S... More >>

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  $200K Publicly Funded Bureaucrat to Make the County Green

  published Sep 01, 2009

  rFacing a $427 million deficit, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez promised he would thin out the county executive offices by 10 percent in his proposed budget. The Herald has written a fair amount&n... More >>

• Candidate in Court

  published August 27, 2009

  Candidate in Court: Miami Beach City Commission candidate Fredric Karlton gets flak for ex-wife troubles More >>

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  Beach Commission Candidate Fredric Karlton Had Some Lady Troubles

  published Aug 25, 2009

  Fredric Karlton, a first-time candidate for Miami Beach City Commission, is getting a rude introduction to the city's gutter politics. The 49-year-old real estate investor's perceived enemies initiat... More >>

• Carlos Alvarez, Won't You Please Be My Facebook Palr

  published Aug 23, 2009

  Kudos to Miami Herald reporters Matt Haggman and Scott Dolan, who today whacked Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez really good. Turns out our dear alcalde fuerte was doling out raises to his favored emp... More >>

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  Big Bad Daily: Reason 2,987 the Miami Herald FAILS

  published Aug 21, 2009

  The Miami Herald's skullduggery against local blogger and photographer Bill Cooke is getting serious. Miami's only major daily has sicced Ian Ballon, a big-dog intellectual property lawyer based out o... More >>

• Air Force Booted Sean Casey's Therapist For Seducing Female Patients

  published Aug 19, 2009

  Over the past four weeks, I've written a news article and several blog posts about Sean Casey, a 35-year-old Bostonian who was charged with DUI manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of Mary Montgomer... More >>

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  Xavier Suarez's Son Rolling in Campaign Dough

  published Aug 19, 2009

  In this year's City of Miami elections, the theme is "Taking It Back to the Old School," considering Frank Carollo, brother of mercurial ex-Mayor Joe Carollo, is running for Joe Sanchez's seat. And t... More >>

• Sean Casey Denied

  published Aug 18, 2009

  Miami-Dade Criminal Court Judge John Thornton denied Sean Casey's request to unseal transcripts of secretly recorded conversations the convicted hit-and-run driver had with his attorney and therapist... More >>

• Game On

  published August 20, 2009

  Game On: Miami Beach City Hall Brawl More >>

• Ridin' Dirty

  published August 20, 2009

  Ridin' Dirty: Miami-Dade County execs drive expensive cars on the taxpayers' dime More >>

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  County Execs Drive Expen$ive Car$ on the Taxpayers' Dime

  published Aug 17, 2009

  The more Riptide dissects Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez's proposed budget cuts in order to make up a $427 million shortfall, the more we realize el alcalde fuerte is not gonna mess with his execu... More >>

• Most County Executives Safe from Budget Cuts

  published Aug 14, 2009

  UPDATE: Earlier this week, Miami-Dade County spokeswoman Vicki Mallette responded to my earlier report regarding executive salaries. I apologize to my readers for not posting her response sooner.She i... More >>

• Sean Casey's Ex-Therapist Used Dubious Techniques

  published Aug 13, 2009

  Today at 2 p.m., Sean Casey will make his case before Judge John Thornton not to seal secretly recorded conversations the 35-year-old Bostonian had with his former lawyer Milton Hirsch and ex-therapi... More >>

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  Anonymous Blogger Targets County Cop

  published Aug 12, 2009

  What did Jorge Baluja do to elicit so much hatredr An anonymous blogger named the Straw Buyer has been dedicating a serious amount of bandwidth to bash and ridicule the Miami-Dade Polic... More >>

• Sean Casey Gets a Hand from a Top Gun

  published Aug 12, 2009

  High-powered Miami media attorney Thomas Julin is helping Sean Casey's bid to expose another high-powered Miami lawyer. And Julin, a partner at Hunton & Williams, is representing the 35-... More >>

• Big Money on Top at Miami-Dade County Hall

  published August 13, 2009

  Big Money on Top at Miami-Dade County Hall More >>

• Only Three More Days of Fuerza Bruta

  published Aug 06, 2009

  If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some prett... More >>

• Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Misleads Citizens

  published August 6, 2009

  Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Misleads Citizens More >>

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  Sean Casey Responds to New Times Article

  published Aug 04, 2009

  Last week, I reported about Sean Casey, a 35-year-old Boston native who is serving a 12-and-a-half-year prison term for allegedly running down and killing an elderly woman on Harding Avenue in Miami B... More >>

• Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Lies

  published Aug 03, 2009

  The Banana has a friend named Betty, who earlier this year picked up a two-bedroom condo on Brickell Avenue for $109,000. Betty got the unit at a bargain because it was in foreclosure. But you wouldn'... More >>

• The Block is Hot Around New Times

  published Jul 30, 2009

  Things are getting heated around the ole New Times HQ. Last week, an unknown gunman capped 33-year-old Gregory Poux inside one of the wash bays of the Winwood Windwood Car Wash on NE 29th Street and S... More >>

• The Fugitive

  published July 30, 2009

  The Fugitive: South Beach resident Sean Casey killed an elderly woman and fled to Chile; he claims a prominent lawyer urged him to flee More >>

• The Mayor's Little Helper

  published July 30, 2009

  The Mayor's Little Helper: Spanish company Sinapsis Trading hires Mayor Carlos Alvarez's campaign manager to help win MIA bid More >>

• When Joe Arriola Speaks, We Listen... Then Cackle with Incredulity

  published Jul 28, 2009

  r Ah, how I miss Joe Arriola. The boisterous ex-city manager was always good for a laugh. So it was nice to see Arriola, who appears to have shed a few pounds, as a guest on WBPT's community tal... More >>