Arthur Teele

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Metro Movers down Marlins in county commissioners' debut

Reel Wrap

Our critics review a sampling from week one of the film fest.

Letters from the Issue of December 22-28, 2005

It's all about your religious beliefs, you agnostic, you!

Bad vs. Worse

It's all about your religious beliefs, you agnostic, you!

Crash Dummy

Unions glom onto the DeFede legacy

Letters from the Issue of August 18, 2005

Dolphins squeaking, nurses freaking, readers shrieking

Letters from the Issue of August 11 , 2005

Evil condo developers, Cuban city builders, and more about Art Teele

In the Aftermath

For public figures and journalists alike, actions have consequences

Letters from the Issue of August 4, 2005

Response to "Tales of Teele," published July 28, 2005

Tales of Teele: Sleaze Stories

Male prostitutes and multiple mistresses, drug money in Gucci shopping bags, bribery and extortion conspiracies. And you thought you'd heard it all about Art Teele.

BEST POLITICAL CONVICTIONS OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS

Jacques Evens Thermilus and Richard Caride

BEST LAWYER

Richard Scruggs

Letters from the Issue of March 24 , 2005

Nightclub shuffle, Overtown hustle, Wynwood bustle

Captured Cop Chat

Nightclub shuffle, Overtown hustle, Wynwood bustle

Just Because You're Paranoid

Doesn't mean they're not out to get you

Letters from the Issue of September 9-15, 2002

MTV's cattle call, Miami's bigotry, free weekly's big dis

When You Strike at a King You Must Kill Him

Miami Commissioner Art Teele survived an attempted coup d'état. Now it's payback time.

Letters from the Issue of February 27, 2003

Cuba after Castro? Don't be left out!

Letters from the Issue of October 10, 2002

Poor Miami is the talk of the town

Teele’s (Or)Deal

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

Mission Man

Miami's Downtown commissioner is still fighting, and still hopeful of big change

Squeeze Play

When an influential developer wants to cram a size-10 project on a size-4 parcel of waterfront land, who can he turn to for help? The ever-accommodating Miami City Commission, of course.

A Fine Mess

Miami-Dade's election workers are overworked, underpaid, and years behind

Pocket the Difference

Miami commissioners use a well-worn strategy to avoid public notice of their sweetheart deals

On the Block

In an act of audacious short-sightedness, Miami is offering its finest bayfront property to the highest bidder

Riptide

Darts and tarts

Mission Impossible

An emphatic mayor. Tons of polling. Heaps of money. But something went wrong with the Penelas campaign that couldn't.

Commissioner Kojak

No ideas, no agenda, and a lot of glad-handing. Welcome to J.L. Plummer's re-election campaign.

Liar, Liar

No ideas, no agenda, and a lot of glad-handing. Welcome to J.L. Plummer's re-election campaign.

Howard Gary Sings

No ideas, no agenda, and a lot of glad-handing. Welcome to J.L. Plummer's re-election campaign.

Teele, Toil, and Trouble

No ideas, no agenda, and a lot of glad-handing. Welcome to J.L. Plummer's re-election campaign.

It's Lonely at the Top

In the first weeks of his administration, Xavier Suarez isn't making many new friends, and he's not influencing many people either

Sudden Wayne Change

Wayne Huizenga drives a hard bargain at Homestead racetrack -- he'll make millions while Dade taxpayers are taken for a ride

A Tale of Two Mayors

Wayne Huizenga drives a hard bargain at Homestead racetrack -- he'll make millions while Dade taxpayers are taken for a ride

Other People's Money

Wayne Huizenga drives a hard bargain at Homestead racetrack -- he'll make millions while Dade taxpayers are taken for a ride

Feel a Whole Lot Debtor

A business relationship is a beautiful thing A until it turns ugly. Just ask County Commissioner Art Teele.

From The Back of the Bus to the Driver's Seat

Miami's black community finally gets an honest shot at the county commission, and the scramble among candidates is on

Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Politician

New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon. Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones She was elected in 2005, and not a moment has passed without ... 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 >>

Letters from the issue of March 11, 2010

​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 >>

Take down slums, not politicians like Michelle Spence-Jones

​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 >>

Miami Art Museum in Bicentennial Park: "It'll never happen"

​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 >>

Letters from the issue of August 19, 2010

​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 >>

Addonis Parker: Earthly Addonis

​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 >>

How Luther Campbell will win

​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 >>

Miami Herald Home Sold: Time for the Kids to Go to College

​The McClatchy Co. announced this morning that it has sold one of Miami's most iconic buildings to a Malaysian resort and gambling company.The company's chairman, Gary Pruitt, said it was no longer the era for a newspaper to be located on the bay. That says something about daily newspapers.The goo ... More >>

The Nonblack Elites Lie Again

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wages war against Miami's elitist secret society.If you are an African American civic leader in Miami, you're better off ... More >>

White and Hispanic elites lie

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wages war against Miami's elitist secret society.If you are an African American civic leader in Miami, you're better off ... More >>