Barbara Jordan

Miami-Dade Commission Gives Support to Dolphins' Stadium Upgrade Proposal in Non-Binding Vote

The Miami-Dade County Commission has now officially put its stamp of approval on the Miami Dolphin's plan to seek tax money to provide upgrades to the aging Sun Life Stadium. Only four of the thirteen commissioners voted against the measure.

Barbara Jordan Doesn't Want Taxpayers to Know How Much Officials Make

Tupac or Biggie? We Need More -- Not Less -- Info About Public Officials

As Riptide reported yesterday, Barbara Jordan believes Miami-Dade public employees' salaries shouldn't be available online. She's even introduced a resolution to strip that info from the web.Maybe it was the county commissioner's commanding Aug. 14 re-election that emboldened her to make such a move ... More >>

Commissioner Barbara Jordan Wants To Take Public Employee Salaries Off County's Website UPDATED

Want to know how much your public servants are making? Hop on the Miami-Dade County website, click "Transparency," and select "Employee Salaries." In just a few seconds, you can get salary information on anyone who works for the county. Say, for instance, Barbara Jordan! As county commissioner, the ... More >>

Health Department Study Finds No Cancer Cluster In Northwest Miami

The Miami-Dade County Health Department has officially released its findings on the cancer scare in northwest Dade: There's no cluster in Broadmoor, they say."We have not found or identified a cluster," says Lillian Rivera, the Health Department's administrator. "Based on the incidence and methodolo ... More >>

Bruno Barreiro Holds Fundraiser In Norman Braman's Neighborhood

A county commissioner targeted for termination by Norman Braman is taking the fight to the billionaire activist's home turf. Tonight, Indian Creek residents Carlos Peralta Quintero and his wife will hold a fundraiser for Bruno Barreiro at their three-acre, 13-bedroom, ten-bathroom waterfro ... More >>

Shady Owners of a Hialeah Recycling Plant Made a Neighborhood Sick, Residents Say

Hialeah Residents Claim Local Recycling Plant Is Causing Increased Rates Of Cancer

Vanessa Shelton knew something was wrong in her neighborhood. All along NW 36th Avenue in Hialeah, people were getting sick. In the last year alone, eight people had died of cancer, and a ninth was expected to pass any day. Asthma had become a major problem. To Shelton and other residents, the most ... More >>

Norman Braman Registers Boat in the Caymans to Avoid U.S. Fees

Norman Braman Dodges Taxes For His Yacht, Kisses

For the past couple of years, Norman Braman has carefully crafted his image as a do-gooder billionaire and civic activist by leading the recall of former Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez and, more recently, financing opponents against four sitting county commissioners because they saddled taxpayers w ... More >>

Incumbent County Commissioners Demolish Norman Braman's Slate UPDATED

Norman Braman was no match for the forces backing Miami-Dade County commissioners Bruno Barreiro, Audrey Edmonson, Barbara Jordan, and Dennis Moss. The billionaire car dealership mogul's slate of Luis Garcia, Alison Austin, Shirley Gibson and Alice Pena produced an epic fail. All four candidates, wh ... More >>

Miami-Dade Election Results Liveblog: Pit Bulls, Primaries, and County Hall

Miami-Dade voters went to the polls today to vote on a long ballot filled with primary battles for both federal and state level legislative races, and the first (and in some cases, possibly final) rounds of the county mayor race, and several county commission seats. Longtime Miami-Dade State Attorne ... More >>

Your Guide To The Mysterious Political Committees Raising Big Bucks For Miami Candidates

Read "Carlos Gimenez Collects Half-A-Million Bucks In First Round of Fundraising" and "Carlos Gimenez Has Raised Nearly Twice As Much As Challenger Joe Martinez."With one day left before the primary, we're going to miss the proliferation of groups with cryptic, yet patriotic, monikers spreading misi ... More >>

Miami Marlins and Dolphins Give Big to Political Action Committees

Elect Joe Martinez for Mayor and Keon Hardemon for Commission

Joe Martinez For Miami-Dade Mayor!

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 makes his picks for Miami-Dade mayor and the county's black county commission seats.With the August 14 primary election approachi ... More >>

Genting Executives Contribute To Incumbent County Commissioners

Read our previous coverage of Genting's political contributions.The Malaysian gambling conglomerate that wants to build a casino resort on the site of the Miami Herald headquarters believes in county commissioners Audrey Edmonson, Bruno Barreiro, Barbara Jordan and Dennis Moss, the quartet of incumb ... More >>

Miami Marlins, Miami Dolphins Give Big To Political Committees

Life on the field has not gone well for Miami's football and baseball franchises. The Marlins sucked ass during the first half of the season playing inside the team's sparkling new ball park, which was financed with half-a-billion dollars in taxpayer funds. Meanwhile, the Dolphins organization has b ... More >>

Shirley Gibson Accepts Anti-Gay Group's Endorsement, Promises to "Review" Gay Rights Ordinance

Despite the Christian Family Coalition's regular habit of hurling hate-fueled messages towards the LGBT community and tirelessly working to strip gays of even the most basic rights, spineless local politicians desperate for any vote continue to legitimize the group by courting its members.Miami Gard ... More >>

Barbara Jordan's Sister Who Defrauded the County Is On Her Campaign Payroll

For Barbara Jordan, blood is thicker than water. How else can the Miami-Dade County commissioner justify the $5,000 her reelection campaign paid to the company owned by her sister Sandy Walker, a once-powerful lobbyist who five years ago pleaded guilty to defrauding the county?In a recent interview ... More >>

Trayvon Martin Rally Planned for Sunday at Bayfront Park

​Thousands are expected to show up at Bayfront Park this weekend for a planned hometown rally to remember slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson is organizing the rally, and Rev. Jesse Jackson and singer Chaka Kahn are scheduled to attend.

Otis Wallace's Shady Web: A Guide To This Week's New Times Investigation

​This week's profile of Otis Wallace raises serious questions about corruption in Florida City, from accusations of bribery and secret real estate deals to stolen votes. The article also reveals for the first time FBI and Miami-Dade investigations into the mayor and his administration.To help you ... More >>

Miami-Dade commissioners take thousands from developers they help

Bruno Barreiro and Barbara Jordan Collect Thousands From Developers Who Benefit From Their Votes

It's an election year so you know what that means. People doing business with the Miami-Dade County are making sure they grease up the political campaigns of their favorite incumbents. That's how a quid pro quo works at County Hall. Commissioners vote in favor of their generous pals, even if it mean ... More >>

Miami-Dade firefighter claims to be a victim of a hate crime

Firefighter Miguel Rodriguez Claims to be a Victim of a Hate Crime

​This past August 28, shortly after firefighter Miguel Rodriguez arrived for work at the Miami International Airport station, he found an unsigned note in his locker. In big, bold block type, it read, "Hey you fucking black Dominican monkey do not come back to C shift nigger lover like you do not ... More >>

Mayor Carlos Gimenez Shows Commissioner Barbara Jordan His New Shiny Badge

Barbara Jordan has climbed to the top of Carlos Gimenez's Most Hated List.​Even though she has no plans to run against Carlos Gimenez in 2012, county Commissioner Barbara Jordan is definitely cementing her place as the Miami-Dade mayor's number one adversary. We already know Jordan is peeved Gimen ... More >>

County Commissioner Barbara Jordan Is All Alone On An Iceberg

​County Commissioner Barbara Jordan must be feeling really lonely these days. She's not getting any attention from her fellow commissioners, so she's resorting to sending them messages via prepared statements to the media.Jordan is upset with a component of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez's propos ... More >>

Black-Owned Businesses Getting Screwed in County Contracting

​Though 15 percent of businesses in Miami-Dade County are owned by African Americans, only $260 million -- 2 percent -- of the county's $13 billion contracts were awarded to black-owned businesses between 2006 and 2010, according to a press release from County Commissioner Barbara Jordan."There is ... More >>

Miami-Dade PD could spy with gunshot detection system

"Gunshot Detection System" On Its Way to Miami-Dade, Raising Privacy Concerns

shotspotter.comA gunshot detection system like this would require sensors -- even cameras -- all over Miami neighborhoods​The gunman squeezes the trigger on his Glock. His victim slumps to the ground. And without a cop in sight, the murderer thinks he's in the clear. But the light poles are liste ... More >>

BBC Documentary Spurs Investigation into Conditions at "Miami Mega Jail"

In the documentary, this inmate admits to extorting and stabbing fellow cellmates.​Extortion. Beatings. Stabbings.When Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail first aired on May 22, the BBC documentary made it look like inmates -- not guards -- were really in charge of the Miami-Dade Pre-Trial Detention Ce ... More >>

The Music Making Industry Is Harder Than County Politics

Alex IzaguirreUncle 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. In this special edition, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- explains how running a music record business is to ... More >>

Commission Passes Food Truck Ordinance, What Happens Now?

Laine Doss Dim Ssäm à GoGo and Sakaya Kitchen's Richard Hales spoke on behalf of food trucks at today's commission meeting.​Earlier today, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners passed a new food truck ordinance by a vote of 7-1. It will affect about half the truck gatherings, inclu ... More >>

Miami's black commissioners must go

Miami-Dade commissioners are rich!

Miami-Dade's Black Commissioners Have Failed the People

Alex Izaguirre​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 -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 2 ... More >>

When It Comes to Feeding the Elderly, Political Connections Help

Miami-Dade Commissioner Natacha Siejas​​Today, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas will wave her nefarious wand to help a longtime county vendor hold on to a multimillion dollar contract to feed the handicapped and the elderly for at least another month. The county commission is set to ... More >>

Commissioner Carlos Gimenez Purposely Delayed Recall Meeting

Carlos Gimenez​Today the Miami-Dade County Commission was supposed to meet to set a date for the election to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Problem was only six commissioners showed up, because Commissioners apparently find it OK to act like school skipping children. Which means the commission fell ... More >>

Effort to Recall Five County Commissioners Launched

Comm. Natacha Seijas is one of five being targeted​Billionaire Norman Braman's quest to have Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez recalled was officially approved by the Clerk of Courts yesterday. Today, and effort to recall five county commissioners was launched by a political action commi ... More >>

Odebrecht Is Portuguese for "Big Money Donor"

For the past two days, I've noted all the work Miami-Dade County awards Brazilian engineering and construction firm Odebrecht. Despite a history of completing jobs behind schedule and over budget, the company continues to get the nod to build county-funded projects worth hundreds of millions of dol ... More >>

Dennis Moss Picks Committee Chairs

Dennis Moss is done putting together the new make-up of the county commission's committees and I'm impressed with most of his selections. In case you don't know, the commissioners use the committee system to hammer out decisions that ultimately impact our tax dollars, from formulating new ways to ta ... More >>

Helen Williams Probably Won't Be Our Next Mayor

Elected Officials Reward Their Campaign Contributors

Give money, get contracts.

Give Money, Get Contracts, Part III

Give Money, Get Contracts

Banana Republican - Transit Follies

Payday Mayday

While its owner lives the high life, a county contractor stiffs its employees.

Mo' Ammo

"Basketball-size holes? Certainly."

Racial-Profiling Study Liberated