Capital Bank Corporation

Alex Daoud’s Election Day

Forget the runoff between Matti and Simon. Mayor Alex is the man.

Awash in a Sea of Money

Billions in cash generated by the cocaine trade fueled Miami's economy

Chairman of the Board

Folks don't know much about school board chairman Solomon Stinson, but they do know this: Don't cross him

Loads of Dirty Laundry

Bounced checks, phony documents, multiple bankruptcies, countless lawsuits, burned business partners, and an army of avenging attorneys might discourage most entrepreneurs. But as far as Mohamed Ibrahim is concerned, it all just comes out in the wash.

Stool Pigeon Serenade

The Haunting of Alex Daoud, Part 2

The disgraced former Miami Beach mayor comes out swinging at his former friends and associates

The Kingmaker

In the soap opera that is Hialeah politics, Herman Echevarria might be poised to supplant Raul Martinez as leading man.

Setting a Fine Example

Two members of For Squirrels die on the eve of the band's major-label debut

Swelter 2

Winning Wasn't Everything

Jim Dougherty exposed insurance fraud for Lloyd's of London -- until they concluded the Miami Beach lawyer had overbilled them by millions. Now the U.S. attorney is involved and things have turned very ugly, indeed.

Hot Properties

The condo kings at Crescent Heights say they're changing the face of Miami Beach. They certainly are.

Swelter

Bye Bye Birdie

Alex Daoud, Miami Beach's own Icarus, finally lands in the hoosegow

Design of the Times

Daud Descending

With prison just around the corner, Miami Beach's former golden boy looks back at the gravity of his corruption and broods on the sorrow of his fate

Leas on Life

Leas Campbell, the man who ruled Miami's rock scene throughout the Seventies, is bringing it all back home in the Nineties

Dirty Money