Ed Tobin

Top Cop Accuses Commissioner Tobin of Bending the Rules

Top Miami Beach Cop Says Commissioner Pulled Strings To Try To Get Friends Hired As Officers

It's no secret that Miami Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin is tight with ex-Bal Harbour Police Chief Thomas Hunker. Tobin has known the cop since he was a kid, and in late 2011, the 50-year-old Tobin even enrolled in the Miami Beach Police Academy with Hunker's encouragement.But did that relationship cro ... More >>

Miami Beach Fire Department Is Aflame With Corruption and Abuse

Miami Beach Police GPS Trackers on Hold Over Safety Concerns

GPS Trackers Installed in Miami Beach City Vehicles, But Cops Refuse to Turn Them On

It's a logic problem from hell. If GPS trackers are put on cop cars to make sure officers don't go where they don't belong while on duty, but the technology is never actually turned on, does it really exist?It does if taxpayers have already spent more than a half-million bucks on the program.That's ... More >>

Miami Beach Police Salaries Some of the Highest in the City

Half of Miami Beach's Best-Paid Employees Are Cops, Including Three Suspended Last Year

In 2010, a Miami New Times investigation revealed that more than half the cops in Miami Beach made six figures a year, and some racked up more than $200,000. What's more, some of the highest-paid officers had some of the worst records.See also:- Miami Beach cops are paid up to $225,000 and face laws ... More >>

Miami Beach Commissioners Still Aren't Sure Why They Gave Axed Manager Jorge Gonzalez an Extra Payday

Miami Beach Commissioners Still Unsure Why They Gave Extra Cash To Ousted Manager

June's Miami Beach commission meeting ended with what seemed like a heartfelt bit of humanity. Commissioners agreed to keep axed City Manager Jorge Gonzalez on the books for another nine months while he burned vacation days so his family could keep its health insurance.But this is Miami Beach, the m ... More >>

Miami Beach: Corruption Central

Miami Beach City Manager Jorge Gonzalez Promises Reforms As He Fights For His Job UPDATE

Miami Beach residents are happy, the city is a well-oiled machine and -- despite a string of embarrassments by the police and a mass FBI corruption bust last month -- the majority of city employees do good work. That was City Manager Jorge Gonzalez's upbeat message, at least, to an angry, packed roo ... More >>

South Beach towing companies go to war

Civil War Erupts Between Tremont and Beach Towing on South Beach

photo by Ruben de Rijcke via Wikimedia Commons​Every night, hundreds of unlucky partiers stumble out of South Beach clubs to find their cars gone, hauled to a grim storage lot on Bay Road and held for ransom. Towing is big business for the Beach's only two licensed companies -- Tremont and Beach T ... More >>

Two top Miami Beach bureaucrats brawl in City Hall

Volleyball academy in Miami Beach needs a better place to play

Wake Up, Miami Beach Commissioners! You're All About Volleyball

​Roxana Morales leaps to return a spiked volleyball on the dirty sand court near the ancient band shell on Collins Avenue at 73rd Street. A generator that sputters in the background powers dim lights, so she can barely see. She misses.Even this jury-rigged system won't last long. The generator is ... More >>

Candidate in Court

Sure, Fredric Karlton had tough times with his ex. Who hasn't?

Beach Commission Candidate Fredric Karlton Had Some Lady Troubles

Alex Izaguirre​Fredric Karlton, a first-time candidate for Miami Beach City Commission, is getting a rude introduction to the city's gutter politics. The 49-year-old real estate investor's perceived enemies initiated a Miami-Dade ethics commission inquiry into allegedly improper business dealings ... More >>

Game On

In Miami Beach, "introducing ethics reform" is really a sneaky way to take down your political rival.

Alex Daoud’s Election Day

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