The 94-second video opens with a still shot of Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman sporting a crisp white dress shirt, bold red tie, and dark pressed slacks. His hands are on his hips and his hair is ...
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When he was a kid, Steve Petersen had a
cameo role alongside Don Johnson in an episode of Miami Vice,
the epic fictional crime series that captured the city's heady
cocaine-fueled era during the 1980s...
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Call
us crazy. But if two people saw Banana Republican approach someone,
sucker punch him or her, and then pin our victim to the ground,
chances are we'd be taking a ride down to Miami-Dade County jai...
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rOver the weekend, Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000 -- the Perrine-based Kimbo Slice protege trying to bring backyard fighting into the mainstream -- invited Riptide to watch a grudge match between ...
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Miami Beach's two towing
companies will attempt to hornswaggle the City Commission this afternoon into
granting them a rate hike. If commissioners and Mayor Matti
Bower cave in, Beach Towing and Tremo...
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A recent New Times article helped convince Miami-Dade commissioners Tuesday to rescind a $3 million grant they
had awarded to the family of shopping center developer Yoram Izhak.At the commission's re...
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Over the weekend, Miami Commissioner
Francis Suarez revealed he is entertaining the idea of eliminating
the city manager's position in favor of the strong mayor form of
government. His proposal, which...
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Are you looking for taxpayer money from
Miami-Dade County for a questionable project, but you've been
convicted of felony tax evasion and a misdemeanor attempt at boarding
an airplane with a loaded gu...
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Khalilah Camacho-Ali remembers
the first time she walked into 5th Street Gym in Miami
Beach was during the summer of 1967. Back then she was known as Belinda,
the 17-year-old second bride of the man w...
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A politically connected Miami Lawyer
who's gained fame dispensing advice to Hispanic folks who are losing
their homes is in his own financial pickle. John H. Ruiz, who hosts
La Ley TV, a popular finan...
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An Opa-locka official booted from
office six years ago won't be prosecuted for the crimes that got him
thrown out in the first place. Banana Republican has learned that the Miami-Dade
State Attorney's...
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Miami City Attorney Julie Bru pulled a
sneaky maneuver to ensure City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff continues to receive free legal
representation from her office. Near the end of last Thursday's city
com...
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A Liberty City tutoring program is
under fire from former employees who say not only has it failed to
pay about $50,000 in wages, but also it employs two children of the
program's chief, Anthony Dawki...
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In the race for the White House, Mitt
Romney and Newt Gingrich don't seem to have a problem taking money
from corporate pirates accused of breaking the law to maximize
their profits. Romney has collec...
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The four firms representing Miami-Dade
County before the state legislature are mired in potential conflicts
of interests and ongoing controversies. Yesterday, county
commissioners awarded $120,000 eac...
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This week, Miami New Times profiled the ten hardest-hitting blogs that make life miserable for public officials in South Florida. At a time when the Miami Herald and other media outlets are shaving ba...
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