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Economic Policy

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Miami On the Hook For Millions In New Taxes On Marlins Parking Garages

    ​When we recently counted down the six most absurd lies about the new Marlins Stadium, fib number one was that politicians were working for taxpayers. Even a casual glance over the deal made it clear: This $550 million stadium was a cripplingly expensive gift from struggling taxpayers to the milli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: The Port Tunnel

    ​This week, Miami New Times published a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Riptide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Ryder, Miami-Based Fortune 500 Company, Paid No Federal Income Tax The Past 3 Years

    Ever wonder what's in the back of all those Ryder trucks?Your tax dollars, apparently.According to a new study by Citizens for Tax Justice, the Miami-based Fortune 500 company paid -7.3 percent federal income tax from 2008-10. That's negative 7.3 percent. Kinda makes you want to torch the nearest mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Occupy Miami Protesters Should Take Their Signs Over to U.S. Century Bank's Doral HQ

    ​If Occupy Miami protesters are angry about out-of-control banks taking and mismanaging money from the public coffers, then perhaps they should move their protest to the parking lot of U.S. Century Bank's headquarters out in Doral. The bank received $50.2 million in TARP assets in 2009, but ProPub ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    Rick Ross at King of Diamonds July 1

    ​If Occupy Miami protesters are angry about out-of-control banks taking and mismanaging money from the public coffers, then perhaps they should move their protest to the parking lot of U.S. Century Bank's headquarters out in Doral. The bank received $50.2 million in TARP assets in 2009, but ProPub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    President Obama and Jeb Bush to Make Joint Appearance at Miami High School

    ​Politics and publicity opportunities make strange bedfellows. President Barack Obama and former Gov. Jeb Bush will appear together this Friday at Miami Central High School. Obama will be in town for a Democratic fundraiser but will swing by the school with Bush to address ways to turn around low- ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2011

    Letters from the issue of February 10, 2011

    ​Politics and publicity opportunities make strange bedfellows. President Barack Obama and former Gov. Jeb Bush will appear together this Friday at Miami Central High School. Obama will be in town for a Democratic fundraiser but will swing by the school with Bush to address ways to turn around low- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Peep J Nics's "Road to Riches" Debut Video Off Champion Rizla, Directed by UnkleLuc

    via polarbearmack.comJ Nics lighting it up in the "Road to Riches" vid. ​Straight outta the 305, J Nics has spent the last few years honing his style in semi-private while constantly rising through the MC ranks. Back in September, he dropped his debut slab, The Stimulus Package, one of Crossfade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Cuba To Teach Youngsters About Taxes With World's Most Boring Video Game

    ​There's one hitch in Fidel Castro's plan to lug the Cuban economy closer to capitalism by laying off 500,000 state workers so they can start private businesses: None of these people have ever paid taxes before.So how to teach a new generation of Cubans that government tithes come hand-in-hand wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Rick Scott Ends Twitter Town Hall As Soon As He's Called a "Jackass"

    Our new gov's evening smoke and tweet session ended on a sour note.​Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol' Interwebs and announced his first inaugural "Twitter Town Hall." Surprise, surprise! He's just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just f ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Miami's best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

    Our new gov's evening smoke and tweet session ended on a sour note.​Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol' Interwebs and announced his first inaugural "Twitter Town Hall." Surprise, surprise! He's just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just f ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Five SoFla projects that have snorted our taxes

    Our new gov's evening smoke and tweet session ended on a sour note.​Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol' Interwebs and announced his first inaugural "Twitter Town Hall." Surprise, surprise! He's just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Magic City Casino, Pari-Mutuels Get Millions In Tax Cuts By Lobbying, Union Busting

    ​Today, under the council oak tree, Charlie Crist will powwow with the Seminole Tribe. At their Hollywood casino, the powerful tribe will host the signing ceremony of the Seminole Compact, a gaming deal that is expected to generate billions for the state, and many more for the already flush Semino ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Marco Rubio Launches "Petition" to Repeal Health Care

    ​Marco Rubio's stunning gains against Charlie Crist in the Republican Senate primary largely stems from the Tea Party movement, whose main focus over the past year has been to defeat the Democrat's health-care reform efforts. Well, it passed yesterday, so what's a politician like Rubio to do? Well ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Rubio and Crist Trade Barbs While Speaking at Same Event

    ​Republican Senate opponents Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio spoke one after another this morning at the Associated Press legislative planning session, and while they avoided a face-to-face meeting, they took swipes at one another. It must have been uncomfortable for the two, considering yesterday's ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2009

    Doral-based U.S. Century Bank has more outstanding insider loans than any other banking institution in Florida

    ​Republican Senate opponents Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio spoke one after another this morning at the Associated Press legislative planning session, and while they avoided a face-to-face meeting, they took swipes at one another. It must have been uncomfortable for the two, considering yesterday's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    We Love the ‘80s

    ​Republican Senate opponents Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio spoke one after another this morning at the Associated Press legislative planning session, and while they avoided a face-to-face meeting, they took swipes at one another. It must have been uncomfortable for the two, considering yesterday's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    FPL Gets An Obama Stroke Job As Company Sets Out to Destroy National Park

    Alex Izaguirre​Could there have been a more ruthless, diabolical, state utility monopolizer to receive $200 million in federal stimulus money than Florida Power & Light? I'm not the only one questioning the federal government's decision either.President Barack Obama announced FPL's stimulus bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Maurice Ferre Officially Enters Senate Race

    If you asked us a few months ago which Miami mayor would make a Senate run, we would have guessed Manny Diaz. Boy, would we have been wrong. Maurice Ferre, who was mayor from 1973 to 1985, has officially thrown his hat into the ring to challenge Kendrick Meek in the Democratic primary.Ferre promised ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Two-Thirds of Voters Have Negative Opinion of Mayor Alvarez, 46 Percent Support Recall

    Jonathan Postal Miami-Dade Mayor Alvarez and the County Commission have thrown sizable pay raises to staffers like they were life-vests on a sinking ship. They've simultaneously tossed funding to cultural efforts and other social programs overboard. That hasn't proven popular with voters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Rubio Web Ad Takes Crist out of Context

    Hey, look, it's another Marco Rubio web ad. This one starts out well, listing all the problems Florida's economy faces and prepares to point the finger squarely at the governor, who's Goliath to Rubio's David in the Florida Republican Senate primary. But then the Rubio team relies on a bit of dirty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Volusia County GOP Censures Charlie Crist

    ​Some of the county-level Repulican party organizations have been mumbling not-so-nice things about Gov. Charlie Crist, but yesterday the Volusia County GOP passed a motion censuring him. Among Crist's crimes: Appointing Democrats to political positions, appointing so-called liberal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Mike Huckabee Endorses Marco Rubio

      Word that this endorsement might be coming has been in the pipeline for weeks, but now it's official: Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate and current Fox News host Mike Huckabee has endorsed Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for Senate. Huckabee's endorsement is as much a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Miami Man Wins $1 Billion in Imaginary Money from Che and Fidel

    Gustavo Villoldo, an ex-CIA operative who claims to have personally buried Che Guevara, was awarded a settlement today of $1 billion from Guevara and Fidel Castro by Miami-Dade Judge Peter Adrian. Villoldo claims that the pair was personally responsible for his father's suicide. It's the largest civ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Charlie Crist's Lame Attempt To Distance Himself From Obama

    When Charlie Crist stood on stage with President Obama in February I wonder if Crist had any idea that he'd actually be running for Senate. As a popular incumbent running for re-election the political risk would be lessened. Well, the risk of standing with a popular, newly elected pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Obama's First 100 Days and Barely Any Action on HIV/AIDS

    Wednesday will mark the culmination of President Obama's first 100 days in office, and he's done a lot: passed a massive stimulus package, ordered the closure of Gitmo, made a momentous change in travel policy to Cuba, had some pirates shot, and got a dog named Bo. Though, one area where he's moved ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    Roam and Stare for No Charge

    Wednesday will mark the culmination of President Obama's first 100 days in office, and he's done a lot: passed a massive stimulus package, ordered the closure of Gitmo, made a momentous change in travel policy to Cuba, had some pirates shot, and got a dog named Bo. Though, one area where he's moved ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Say No to the Stadium

    Today the Miami-Dade County Commission will vote to build the Florida Marlins a new stadium. Or not. I hope they don't. This deal is such a stinker I don't know how Mayor Carlos Alvarez, the stadium's chief cheerleader, doesn't walk around wearing a gas mask every time he is out promoting it. So he ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    New Tax Might Kill Miami's Cigar Rollers

    Today the Miami-Dade County Commission will vote to build the Florida Marlins a new stadium. Or not. I hope they don't. This deal is such a stinker I don't know how Mayor Carlos Alvarez, the stadium's chief cheerleader, doesn't walk around wearing a gas mask every time he is out promoting it. So he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    News Roundup

    LocalThree years later, Belkis Gonzalez, the owner of an abortion clinic who put a live baby in a bag after a botched abortion, is arrested. [NBC6] The original building that housed Miami Senior High has been repurposed as a community center. [Herald]The half-penny tax for transit will now be allow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Every Wingnut Hates Crist

    Charlie Crist, our new official Republican Boyfriend, was on Meet The Press this weekend carrying on his love affair with the stimulus package. Meanwhile, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, also known as 1/3 of Ronald Reagan's soul-equivalent (Reagan, as most historians agrees, was indeed soulless) re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    This Time Around LULAC Puts No Locals On Their Commerce Wish List

    Last time President Obama had a surprise opening for Commerce Secretary The League of United Latin American Citizens sent a him a list of ten possible candidates including Mayor Manny Diaz. Well, here we are again with another opening for Commerce, and LULAC again sent their list. Missing this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Newt Gingrich Makes First Florida Stop in His 2012 Presidential Campaign?

    Remember this Newt Gingrich fellow? I know he's been pretty much irrelevant for the past ten years, but he used to be speaker of the house until he ran his public image into the ground by getting caught up in a few games of ethical limbo and becoming a polarizing figure in the public eye. Now he has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2009

    Manny Being Manny: Our Frequent-Flying Mayor Schmoozes in D.C.

    Okay, so being mayor of any city is pretty much being a professional schmoozer: attend a few balls, galas and fundraisers a week, bequeath a few keys to the city, glut yourself on cubed cheese and champagne, get re-elected, repeat. Riptide's resigned to that- but it sort of rubs us the wrong way wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    Reach Out and Touch

    Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Martinez v Diaz-Balart CBS 4 Debate Back On, Maybe, Who Knows

    Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Bail Out Agreement Reached, McCain's Stunt Crashes

    Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    What's Going On? Oh, McCain is Just Being A Dick

    Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Florida Supreme Court Takes Three Amendments Off the Ballot

    Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Kilo: Cocaine Made Miami, Part 1

    Introduction

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

    A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Will Adams Embargo

    The sad saga of how the feds hounded a senior citizen over, what else, Cuba

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Hurricane Van Van

    Promoter Debbie Ohanian stared down the City of Miami and won a victory in the area's latest absurdo

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Passport to Paradox

    The Cuban embargo is supposed to be getting tougher on travelers, but it's just getting weirder

  • News

    December 28, 1995

    Land of Opportunity

    Dade's property tax assessment appeals system features sloppy record-keeping, a lack of oversight -- and a whole lot of money for those who know how to ask for it

  • News

    December 21, 1995

    Cuba Bound, Part 2

    Sailboat captain Dave Shaw runs afoul of U.S. Customs and finds himself up a creek without his canoe

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    Call While You Can

    Much to AT&T's dismay, foreign companies have found a way around the restrictions on calling Cu ba from the U.S. -- for now, at least

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