Money is tight everywhere, and really, unless you win the lottery or sue someone, your economic future is looking a bit grim. The schools are no exception. They already benefit from Lotto, so the next logical step to scare up some cash is to sue the pants off of someone, and according to Local10, that is just what Alberto Carvalho, who is experienced in the pants-off department, plans to do. At a meeting this afternoon, he is reportedly going to ask the school board to hire a $400-an-hour lawyer
Murder trials, drug busts, hurricane warnings and robberies may continue to grab the "If It Bleeds, It Leads"-headlines but 2008 was a year of events that will continue to affect us well past the changing of the calendar year. Riptide counts down the biggest new stories of 2008. 10. Murder Free MonthIn October the City of Miami went an entire month without a single murder. How momentous was this occasion? Well, we haven't had one of those since 1966. A sign of a kinder, gentler Magic City o
Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself.
The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting
with Joe Arriola at which time the former city manager informs Sarnoff
that another city commissioner, Michelle Spence-Jones, is shaking down
developers. After the clandestine encounter, Sarnoff jots down the
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The former partners at a major Miami architecture firm are accusing one founder of fraud. [Herald]Wingnuts everywhere rejoice. Miami's ACLU affiliate was forced to cut 20 percent of its staff. [Herald]Authorities rounded up 117 illegal immigrants. Only 30 had previous criminal records. [NBC6]How cold was it last night? It was so cold that when I turned on the shower, I got hail! Ayo! (thanks, dumb joke website)Â [CBS4]An ethics panel shook its head in shame over Miami Beach's handling of the Cl
Former Herald education reporter Tania deLuzuriaga's fall from grace -- involving an alleged affair with then-assistant superintendent Alberto Carvalho and some dirty sexting -- may have only accelerated her to a fate that may await many of her former newspaper colleagues. She's landed a job in public relations.DeLuzuriaga's gig at Colette Phillips Communications in Boston is as a senior account executive. Ah, yes, PR, the graveyard where so many journalism careers go to die. Plus the money is m
LocalMiami commissioners will vote on whether to build a new children's courthouse today. [Herald]And F.D.O.T. is expected to finally make a decision on the Port of Miami tunnel this week. Gee, so many things are coming to a head this week. Once you commit $2.1 billion to help a private enterprise like the Marlins, everything else seems like kids play. [Herald]Thousands of Miami-Dade school employees will have their pay delayed for three days. Ever a one-upper, superintendent Alberto Carvalho wa
Alex Izaguirre​UPDATE: Ceresta Smith has gotten a temporary reprieve. Miami-Dade Public Schools administrators will not be asking the school board to suspend her today. Spokesman John Schuster says the school district is reviewing the matter.Miami-Dade County Public Schools is railroading another good, outspoken teacher. Today the school board will consider suspending Ceresta Smith without pay for 30 days, illustrating how the nation's fourth largest district silences critics.Last year, the Mi
