Barbara Carey-Shuler

More Dirt on Commissioner Spence-Jones

The Bitch

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 >>

Val Screen Vies for Commissioner Audrey Edmonson's Seat

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 >>

City Hall Stinks

There's a war on Dinner Key, and Marc Sarnoff is a bomb-thrower.

The Price of Victory

“All of these injuries could have resulted in death”

BEST POLITICAL CONVICTIONS OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS

Jacques Evens Thermilus and Richard Caride

BEST LAWYER

Richard Scruggs

Racial-Profiling Study Liberated

Richard Scruggs

Who is: Stanley Price?

Richard Scruggs

The Long Silence

How did county police officials respond to a damaging report on racial profiling? They didn't

A Feast of Thieves

Scoundrels allegedly gorged themselves on millions stolen from MIA, and now a prominent politician is implicated in the conspiracy

Commission Quest

Miami-Dade's most coveted political prize is the chairman's Throne of Power. Those who dare to seek it must navigate the Swamp of Secrecy, endure the Guild of the Greased Palm, and avoid exposure by the Orb of Light

Keep 'Em Separated

The Office of the Inspector General and the Commission on Ethics and Public Trust may part ways after an acrimonious year

The Teele Conspiracy

Is the Miami commissioner the target of a wicked plot? Or is he spinning a yarn so complex everyone's now dizzy?

Head Case

No buts about it

Porch Patrol

Brownsville resident Lorenzo Jones is waging a one-man war against the drug dealing across the street

Primate Time

A Chinese-style bash

Neighborhood Bully

Think financing a Marlins ballpark is tricky? Just try finding a place to put it

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.

Is Jilda Unruh Getting Stiffed?

After Channel 10's reporter angered UTD's Pat Tornillo, her education stories stopped appearing

The Snake Pit

The county jail is one of the largest psychiatric facilities in Florida

The Thick Blue Line

Max Rameau switches gears on how to get a civilian investigative panel focused on county cops

A Man in Fool

Free cops for your next event? Dorrin Rolle says yes.

BEST CHUTZPAH

Pat Tornillo

Right On!

Music Fest Miami is a complicated mission, but maybe no one understands Miami like a politician

Not Just a Song

If music be the stuff of controversy, Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler says, “Play on”

Use It or Lose It

The county must spend most of its current $35.2 million community development grant by October 31

News Roundup

A former confidant of ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler claims that in the '90s, she accepted kickbacks from developers. [Herald]Tomas Regalado is apparently the "underdog" in the mayoral race, though I'm pretty sure by most measures he's doing just as well as or better than Joe San ... More >>

Meet Antonio Junior, But Don't Call Him a Bagman

Alex IzaguirreWell, at least Antonio Junior can take solace in knowing he made a killing as a minority partner in several deals involving Miami-Dade taxpayer money. And even though he ratted out his political godmother -- ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler -- and some of his other poli ... More >>

More from the Antonio Junior File

Alex Izaguirre Antonio Junior, a local businessman who last year admitted to accepting and giving bribes, was full of information the day he debriefed anti-public-corruption law enforcers about his involvement in ripping-off Miami-Dade taxpayers. In addition to dropping a dime on his pal and ... 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 >>

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

​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 >>

Letters from the Issue of December 10, 2009

​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 >>

Milton Hirsch removes backers in search of judge's seat

​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 >>

Thank You for Your Paid Support

Recently dismissed ethics complaints against three lobbyists provide a glimpse into how By Alex Izaguirre​developers will pay off so-called community activists to win support for their projects.In finding that zoning lawyers Juan Mayol, Joseph Goldstein, and Richard Perez did in fact register ... More >>

Blemished Miami-Dade schools bureaucrat Ronda Vangates runs for school board

Recently dismissed ethics complaints against three lobbyists provide a glimpse into how By Alex Izaguirre​developers will pay off so-called community activists to win support for their projects.In finding that zoning lawyers Juan Mayol, Joseph Goldstein, and Richard Perez did in fact register ... More >>

Labeling Michelle Spence-Jones a Shameless Crook Is the Easy Way Out

Even before she was arrested and suspended from office this past November 13, MichelleMichelle Spence-Jones does not need to be ashamed because she chooses to fight for her seat and her innocence.​ Spence-Jones let everyone know she would not go out without a fight. No one has forgotten how s ... More >>

After Eviction, Spence-Jones's Liberty City Cafe Is for Rent

​Sometimes Riptide likes to reminisce about our long and circuitous relationship with Michelle Spence-Jones. Like the good ol' days, last June, when she was still Overtown/Liberty City commissioner and we were trying to track her down for comment about her involvement in the case of since-convicte ... More >>

Rebuild Liberty City and Overtown Instead of Tearing Down City Commissioners

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. Up this week, Luke assesses the latest criminal charges against his pal Michelle Spence-Jones and what he would do to fix Overtown and Liber ... More >>

Take down slums, not politicians like Michelle Spence-Jones

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. Up this week, Luke assesses the latest criminal charges against his pal Michelle Spence-Jones and what he would do to fix Overtown and Liber ... More >>

Barbara Carey-Shuler Admits She Ok'd $50,000 For Michelle Spence-Jones

Barbara Carey-Shuler, aka Ms. Oh-I-Guess-I-Did-Write-That-Letter.​Last November, Barbara Carey-Shuler was the reason the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office charged then-Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones with grand theft of $50,000 in county grants that went to a now defunct family busi ... 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 >>

Surprise, Surprise, Michelle Spence-Jones Is Innocent

​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 revisits the ongoing saga of suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.Turns out Michelle Spence-Jones was telli ... More >>

Michelle Spence-Jones is innocent, dummy!

​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 revisits the ongoing saga of suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.Turns out Michelle Spence-Jones was telli ... More >>

Michelle Spence-Jones Trial Begins Today

Michelle Spence-Jones gets her day in court. ​The Michelle Spence-Jones public corruption saga is entering its final act. Her trial on grand theft and bribery charges begins today.Since her initial arrest in November 2009, days following her reelection to the Miami City Commission, Spence-Jones h ... More >>

Armando Codina Is "Disappointed" With Prosecutor Richard Scruggs

Armando Codina​As jury selection continues in the bribery and grand theft trial of suspended Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, the prosecution's main witness, prominent developer Armando Codina, gave new testimony that pokes holes in the state's case. Trial is set to begin next week.I ... More >>

Armando Codina: State Attorney 'Purposely Misled Me' In Spence-Jones Case

Armando Codina​Talk about a hostile witness. Armando Codina, the developer at the heart of a criminal case against ex-Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, criticized prosecutor Richard Scruggs repeatedly on the stand today for "misleading" him. Prosecutors say the $12,500 Codina gave a charity at S ... More >>

Michelle Spence-Jones nails Fred Grimm, Michael Putney

Armando Codina​Talk about a hostile witness. Armando Codina, the developer at the heart of a criminal case against ex-Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, criticized prosecutor Richard Scruggs repeatedly on the stand today for "misleading" him. Prosecutors say the $12,500 Codina gave a charity at S ... More >>