Email Author Jose Luis Jiménez

2000 Stories by Jose Luis Jiménez

• Boxing Banter

  published June 1, 2000

  Just before the dawn of the new millennium, Latin Chamber of Commerce USA (CAMACOL) president and Miami City Hall political heavyweight Luis... More >>

• The Return of Loco Joe

  published May 18, 2000

  As Joe Carollo stiffly marches down the stairs from his city hall office on the evening of April 27, an adoring crowd presses in around him.... More >>

• Pocket the Difference

  published May 4, 2000

  Florida's Sunshine Law encourages citizens to participate in government. Among other things the statute forbids elected officials from privately... More >>

• Elian Made a Tough Guy Cry

  published May 4, 2000

  When 56-year-old Miami Police Chief William O'Brien announced his departure from the force last Friday, about a dozen men and women in blue... More >>

• The Heat's Hot Air

  published April 13, 2000

  Stroll around the new American Airlines Arena, home court of the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat. Admire the round, sweeping design... More >>

• On the Block

  published March 16, 2000

  Fast-forward to Miami 2015. A visitor from Chicago exits I-395 at Biscayne Boulevard and confronts a 23-story steel behemoth known as PIP (Pork... More >>

• Cuba Ordinance 101

  published March 16, 2000

  The government of the country of Cuba continues to maintain a policy of denying common freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and human... More >>

• Creative Nepotism

  published February 24, 2000

  The state of the Magic City's finances is downright dismal. Administrators are so desperate for cash that they are trying to lease open land to... More >>

• Screwing up the Center

  published February 10, 2000

  A thin man with a round, weathered face and a pair of gold, oval, wire-rimmed glasses resting precariously on the tip of his nose prepares to... More >>