Angel Gonzalez

Florida Man Allegedly Ate a Murdered Man's Brain, Said It Tasted Like "Women's Come"

​Tyree Lincoln Smith, a Florida man, has been arrested in Lynn Haven, Florida, for allegedly beating a Connecticut man to death with an axe and then eating his eyeball and part of his brain in a nearby cemetery.According to warrant application obtained by The Connecticut Post, Smith told his cousi ... More >>

CRA Executive Director is Fluent in Dutch, Which Will Come in Handy in Overtown

Commissioner Marc Sarnoff rewards lackey with $220,000 compensation package.​Today, the Miami city commission has a number of special public hearings to decide the fate of the city's budget and how to spend a whole lot of millions of dollars meant to alleviate slum and blight in Overtown and the O ... More >>

Katherine Fernandez Rundle Mum On Barbara Carey-Shuler's Reversal

​Miami-Dade's top cop is great at putting on a show for the local press corps. Flanked by her public corruption lieutenants and other law enforcers this past November 13, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle stood before a roomful of reporters to announce the arrest of then-Miami c ... More >>

Spence-Jones Won't Be Suspended for at Least Four Days

Photo by Erik MazaMichelle Spence-Jones talks to the press after she was declared the winner with 53 percent of the vote.​Click here to view photos as we followed Michelle Spence-Jones on campaign day.The morning after suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones won a special election and d ... More >>

News Roundup: Manny Headed to Harvard; Voters Head to Polls

It's Election Day! All over again! Voters in Districts 1 and 5 will head to the polls to replace Angel Gonzalez and maybe Michelle Spence-Jones. [CBS4]Former Mayor Manny Diaz is headed to Harvard to be a resident fellow at the JFK School of Government. Guess this means his name is complete ... More >>

Commission candidate claims two city workers stumped on the clock for his opponent

City Workers Stumping For Willy Gort Accused of Shenanigans

An election in Allapattah means accusations of monkey business abound.Provided by District 1 Candidate Michael SuarezCity of Miami employee Angel Gonzalez allegedly strolling the hallways of an apartment complex stumping for Willy Gort while on the taxpayer's dime.​Mike Suarez, one of nine candida ... More >>

Miami's Dirty Dozen 2009

Miami 2009: Seven signs the End Times are nigh

Milton Hirsch removes backers in search of judge's seat

Personal Loans Outpace Campaign Contributions For Miami Special Election Candidates

By Alex Izaguirre​With less than a month to go in Miami's upcoming special election for the two city commission seats left open by the removal Michelle Spence-Jones and Angel Gonzalez, some of the candidates are relying on their own cash rather than hitting up people for campaign contributions.Mig ... More >>

Top Local Stories of the Decade

​It's just about 2010. Here are my choices. What do you think?1. After being snatched by federal authorities, Elian Gonzalez is sent home to his father in Cuba on June 28, 2000.2. Art Basel Miami Beach starts in 2002, an offshoot of the Swiss affair, it changes Miami's cultural life forever. 3. No ... More >>

Supreme Court Approves Crist's Call for Corruption Grand Jury

The Florida Supreme Court today approved Gov. Charlie Crist's request for a grand jury to investigate and deal with corruption in local politics, two days after his initial request was rejected. "The Statewide Grand Jury will add to the great work already being done by Florida's 20 State Attorn ... More >>

New Miami Commissioner Denies Breaking Sunshine Law

Miami City Commissioner Francis SuarezLast night, Banana Republican spoke with a political consultant who worked on Francis Suarez's campaign who insisted the new commissioner did not have private discussions with his new colleagues about who to pick to replace Angel Gonzalez.The city commission -- ... More >>

No Appointment For Angel Gonzalez's Seat?

City Commissioner Francis SuarezNewly elected Miami City Commissioner Francis Suarez may have unwittingly scuttled plans to appoint a replacement for Angel Gonzalez, who last week resigned from the commission as part of his guilty plea deal with prosecutors.Commission Chairman Marc Sarnoff has calle ... More >>

Is suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones a victim of racism?

Charlie Crist won't appoint a replacement for ousted Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones

Charlie Don't Appoint

Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado​Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado's insistence that Gov. Charlie Crist appoint a replacement for suspended commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is getting ugly.Over the weekend, Regalado and Commission Chairman Marc Sarnoff were pressuring Angel Gonzalez -- who resigned yesterday ... More >>

Michelle Spence-Jones Knuckles Up

Michelle Spence-Jones​Michelle Spence-Jones, wearing a red-and-black dress, black stockings and no shoes, stood in the middle of her Liberty City home's wood-floored living room.It was close to 1 p.m. this past Friday the 13th. Fourteen friends and family members gathered around her and listened r ... More >>

News Roundup: Gonzalez Makes a Deal, Timoney Feels Good

Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign Friday as part of an agreement with prosecutors, after setting his daughter up with a no-show job. He'll now face only misdemeanor charges. [CBS4]In his first public comments since resigning, John Timoney says he's pleased and proud with the job he's ... More >>

Michelle Spence-Jones Surrenders to Police a Day After She's Sworn In

Michelle Spence-Jones​A day after being sworn in for her second term on the Miami city commission, Michelle Spence-Jones has surrendered to police and faces grand theft charges. Prosecutors allege Spence-Jones forged letters, at least one in the name of a former county commissioner, and steered $5 ... More >>

Michelle Bonds Out While Angel Skates

​Early this morning, in front of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building at 1351 NW 12th Street, after reading from a prepared statement asserting her innocence, Michelle Spence-Jones grew testy with some of the Miami media horde chronicling her surrender to law enforcement officials.When WPLG's ... More >>

News Roundup: Commissioner Gonzalez Resigning; Blah, Blah, LeBron James

Miami City Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign soon amid an investigation into a job he got his daughter. There's probably a joke in here about his name being Angel while he is clearly not one, but why would we make a joke as horrible as that? That joke would be almost as horrible as the city co ... More >>

Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones Beats Corruption Charges

Black Vs. White - Miami Remains The Same

Alex Izaguirre Just got back from the Spence-Jones Vindication Show in Overtown. The thunderstorms had just subsided outside the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 301 NW 9th Street. But inside Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones' angry voice boomed throughout the cavernous assembly hall. She was ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalA man jumped in front of a Metrorail train in South Miami this morning. He is dead now. [Herald]The homosexuals cannot get married or adopt children, but now they can fly a flag without having to get a permit. Small steps! [NBCMiami]Miami Commissioner Angel Gonzalez was questioned by the State ... More >>

Esto solo pasa en Meeyami

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 Arrio ... More >>

Tomas Regalado Is the $5,000 Man

And he's doing just fine, thank you.

Natacha Seijas Is at It Again

Migrant Song

Los Tigres del Norte sing the tales of those who can't.

Seijas-Friendly PAC Returns the Favor

Yo Quiero In!

Bail bondsman Mike Suarez aims to unseat Angel Gonzalez

John Timoney, America’s Worst Cop

He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

Sign of Sleaze

While commissioners dither, advertisers get away with (visual) murder

What’ll they think of next? Trees with leaves on them?

Waterfront Access Is for Commies

"Miami residents should take development where we can get it. It’s basically our last chance."

Johnny Be Good, Part 2

Clean the chief’s mouth out with soap

Goodwill Melting

The guys who help the disabled are disabled by the storms

RIP for the CIP?

The police watchdog group's right to do its job is challenged

BEST SOUP KITCHEN

Camillus House

The Bitch

Pity the Poor Politicos

Voters gave Miami's city commissioners a huge raise, but that hasn't stopped them from keeping their day jobs

La Cosa Nuestra

The war on sexual orientation reveals the organization and structure of the Take Back Miami-Dade political family

Teele’s (Or)Deal

A nightmarish chapter in the annals of Miami government ends. Or does it?

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Alberto Milian

Various Artists

Corridos y Narcocorridos (Fonovision)

My Dog Ate the Mortgage -- Really!

As Miami tries to collect millions in loans gone bad, the deadbeat debtors trot out their excuses

Say Hello to Your New Commissioner

Miami voters weren't going to let conflicts of interest or a two-bit felony conviction stop them from electing Angel Gonzalez

Should These Three Firemen Go Back to Work?

Plus: Ros-Lehtinen's strange name game

Say "Uncle!"

Ivey Kearson says he was wrongly fired from his City of Miami job -- and he alleges a conspiracy involving Miller Dawkins's nephew