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Conventional wisdom has taught serious candidates that to win a countywide election for mayor, they need at least a half-million bucks and a first name like Julio or Carlos....
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Sally Heyman is a matronly Miami-Dade commissioner who represents North Miami. This past March, during a grueling discussion about reform, she spoke up against using the...
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After North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre's wife caught unhinged activist David Leven on camera calling her the politically incorrect words for — excuse our French —...
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North Bay Village's mayor has some homestead issues. While claiming to reside in the island city, Corina Esquijarosa has been receiving a $25,000 homestead exemption on an...
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The door to the kitchen of Mount Sinai Medical Center's Founders Dining Room swings open. A tall, buxom, middle-aged woman with smooth, dark-cocoa skin saunters across the...
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As the tax season draws to a close this week, some of our more recognizable citizens are probably wondering if Uncle Sam will catch them cheating on their taxes again. Take...
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A muscular, scowling man sits at a dining room table. As he fiddles with a folding knife and puts bullets into a magazine clip, we hear his ominous voice: "Narcotics run...
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No wonder the City of Miami's finances are in the crapper. The man in charge of its purse strings, Chief Financial Officer Larry Spring, lost his mother's house in a...
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About 30 freshman cadets run up and down the worn, expansive bleachers of Traz Powell Stadium. It's just past 6 o'clock on a chilly December morning, and despite the cold, the...
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Natacha Seijas, along with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, is one week closer to her political reckoning on March 15, which means she will get only more viciously...
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At first glance, the name of a theme party causes New Times to do a double take. All White All Night reads the flyer for a February 4 party held at Belen Jesuit Preparatory...
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Pablo Marquez pumps his fists toward the rafters of Coral Springs Gymnasium. Sweat races off his forehead, dripping onto the soft cotton fabric of his royal blue leotard. His...
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Luther Campbell wants to be Miami-Dade County's new mayor. The Miami New Times columnist and former 2 Live Crew frontman is looking ahead to the March 15 vote on recalling...
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In 1993, long before Julio Robaina dreamed about creating a more ethical and accountable county government, state business regulators sanctioned the Hialeah mayor for...
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James Cason marched past the hostile glares of Cuba's minister of interior and a handful of generals gathered inside the air control tower at Havana's José Martí...
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As the saga of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's war with Mayor Tomás Regalado rages on, a new development could fuel the battle between the two estranged friends...
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Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff is starting the new year in new office digs. As reported by New Times previously, the Coconut Grove politician's law firm was operating...
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On a dreary afternoon this past September 29, dozens of Hialeah firefighters, police officers, and city employees marched near the entrance to city hall at 501 Palm Ave. Some...
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Marijuana production is at an all-time high in Florida, and so are grow-house busts. Law enforcement weed eradication programs have seen a 50 percent spike in these grow labs...
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This past December 3, in the early evening, a man in an unkempt, dirt-stained Santa Claus suit with a ratty fake white beard twirled a placard that read: KB's Christmas trees....
