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Homeless cabbies at Miami International Airport

Sure Sign of the Apocalypse: Homeless Cabbies at Miami International Airport

miami-airport.comGoodnight jumbo jet. Goodnight watchtower. Goodnight gas fumes.​Could 2010 get any worse for taxi drivers in Miami? This summer, one cabbie was nearly killed in a deadly shooting while at least seven others were robbed at gunpoint. And in a move to protect taxi drivers, the County ... More >>

Deadly Miami cabs

miami-airport.comGoodnight jumbo jet. Goodnight watchtower. Goodnight gas fumes.​Could 2010 get any worse for taxi drivers in Miami? This summer, one cabbie was nearly killed in a deadly shooting while at least seven others were robbed at gunpoint. And in a move to protect taxi drivers, the County ... More >>

Limo driver Emilio Izquierdo fights Dade County for his piece of the American pie

miami-airport.comGoodnight jumbo jet. Goodnight watchtower. Goodnight gas fumes.​Could 2010 get any worse for taxi drivers in Miami? This summer, one cabbie was nearly killed in a deadly shooting while at least seven others were robbed at gunpoint. And in a move to protect taxi drivers, the County ... More >>

Shakira Chauffeur Emilio Izquierdo Fights Miami-Dade's Limousine "Mafia"

Michael E. Miller"I'm a safe driver!" Emilio Izquierdo has permits out the wazoo, but not the one he needs to work in Miami-Dade.​Fascists. Communists. Cartels. For Emilio Izquierdo, there is no linguistic limit to the depravity of Miami-Dade's limousine industry and the public officials who are s ... More >>

Holiday Haz

Be very afraid, revelers.

Prosti-dude Polygraph

Be very afraid, revelers.

Rage Against the Machines

Like a modern version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, well-meaning people battle corrupt mechanisms only to discover that the true enemies of democracy are human.

A Cabbie's Crusade

Javier Peña is a maverick cabbie on a mission to turn the notorious Miami taxi industry into a respectable profession. So far he's been threatened, shot at, fined, and fired. In other words, he's making progress.

Fare Trade

Ziggy Zilber built a lean, mean, ground-transportation empire, making money and enemies, and working the politicians like a well-oiled machine