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FPL's Feud With Former Executive Jeffrey Bartel Costs Him Seat At Mayor's Ball

Did Jeffrey Bartel's vicious public beef with his former employer, Florida Power & Light, cost him a seat on the host committee for the 14th Annual Mayor's Ball this Saturday? Sources tell Banana Republican Bartel was thrown off the illustrious gala's board about a week ago when FPL representatives ... More >>

Stealing kids' identities: Miami-Dade schools sleaze

Miami-Dade Public Schools Have an Identity Theft Problem

​Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a security problem -- and we're not talking bad locks on the local elementary school's front door.Student information has fallen repeatedly into thieving hands, and the latest lapse comes from an especially embarrassing accused perp: Tizrah Ingram-Johnson, da ... More >>

Miami Cop Runs Police Car Up a Pole

​Sure we've already had local police officers driving 120 mph to get to their second jobs and passing out drunk and half-naked in their squad cars. Now we've got a City of Miami officer who somehow managed to drive his police car up a pole this morning. No, literally, up a pole.Update: The officer ... More >>

Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: Miami Gardens Drive Park-And-Ride Lot

This week, Miami New Times is publishing 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 Riptid ... More >>

Florida Nuclear Plant Supervisor Fired (or Not) After Testing Positive for Alcohol

​Update: Here's kind of a creepy correction: FPL spokesperson Robbins emailed us to say, "The NRC report states: 'The employee's access to the plant has been terminated.' It does not say that the employee was fired. As to whether or not the employee was fired, that is a personnel matter that we c ... More >>

Global warming could put Turkey Point nuclear reactors under water

Turkey Point Reactors Vulnerable to Global Warming, Experts Warn

​"We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea level rise," says University of Miami professor Harold Wanless. Sitting in his office, the avuncular geologist paints a bleak picture. Global warming is a fact, and the results are already visible: hurricanes are gett ... More >>

Five reasons Turkey Point could be the next nuclear disaster

Turkey Point: Five Reasons Miami's Nuclear Power Plant Is Apocalyptically Unsafe

​With Japan on the brink of a devastating meltdown, nuclear power is coming under increased scrutiny around the globe. We talked to Jupiter-based Thomas Saporito, a former instrument control technician and safety whistleblower at nuclear power plants in Florida, Arizona, and Texas. Saporito now wo ... More >>

Florida Power & Light "Hid" Document, Settles with Longshoreman over Port of Miami Accident

FPL "hid" a document to avoid liability in a serious accident, according to a Miami-Dade judge​For a company that's in the business of providing light, FPL apparently likes to keep some things in the dark.Last month a jury found Florida Power & Light partly responsible for an accident at the P ... More >>

Online News Startup The Florida Independent Launches

​Print's death rattle has birthed a new online start-up based here in Florida. The Florida Independent launched earlier this week with a focus on original, daily reporting on state and local issues. But what's notable about the start-up is its place in a growing list of news organizations that ar ... More >>

Yuppie Rambo Richard "Kudo" Couto takes on the C-9 Basin, Miami-Dade's most lawless outpost

Northwest Dade's C-9 Basin goes dark after the county cuts the electricity

The C-9 Basin Goes Dark After Cops Discover Rampant Electricity Theft

A (drunk) artist's interpretation of this story.​Since publishing an exposé about illegal slaughterhouses in northwest Miami-Dade's C-9 basin  last year, Riptide has chronicled other strange offenses: killed horses, brazen cockfighting, endangered wood storks used for target practice, illega ... More >>

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 >>

Holy Hustler

Pastor Vincent Spann will save Liberty City's soul one addict at a time — if he can stay out of jail.

End of the Diaz-Balart Dynasty

The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

Spooky Light Show in Midtown During Fay?

Give Money, Get Contracts, Part II

Chávez cut the lights? Conspiracies Abound.

Umoja Village Saga Continues (UPDATED)

Clever Green

Florida is starved for electricity. Some eco-renegades are growing their own.

Booted

These folks want to stay, but soon they'll have no choice

Weed Warriors

Hydroponic marijuana production is growing up

Bad to the Bone

This plains posse shoots straight from the hip

Hypertactile

The Bitch detects tragedy, deflects an army of skanks, and parses FPL-speak

Damnation by Decibel

From hear to eternity, Miami is hell on your aural health

Get Basted

Relish in a Thanksgiving cornucopia

Who Do? You Do!

Down in Flames

Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

FTAA and Me

Looking out for number one, what's in this for Miami?

Return of Three Mile Island?

Exelon plans to build a new nuclear power plant. Ho-hum.

Miracle on 41st Street

Mid-Beach endures a blackout

The Energizer

Forget the bunny. Robin Parker has a battery that might save the world.

Dredge Dirge

Authorities are in a pickle over where to dump the toxic sludge soon to be scraped from the Miami River

Better Lake Than Never?

Officials insist the Lake Belt created by limestone mining in Northwest Miami-Dade will be an eco-panacea. Critics say that's all wet.

The Day Miami Stood Still

January 1, 2000: County officials are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. What about you?

Windfalls

Talking Turkey Point Blues

The feds want to know: Is a proposed airport too close to Turkey Point?

Black in Blue

More than 50 years ago, five daring young men put on police uniforms and began patrolling Miami's "Colored Town." A couple of them are still looking for justice.

Bud Men

Despite the risks, local pot farmers have taken homegrown high-tech

The Street That Time Forgot

Unlucky SW Thirteenth Street is the squeaky wheel that never got greased

Gone with the Wine

Hurricane Andrew and a protracted legal brawl uncorked The Forge's world-class wine list

What Price Safety?

Eleven cents a month doesn't seem like much when you consider that it's helping to keep dogs out of Dade's open manholes

The Buzz About Riverside Center

City bureaucrats move into FPL's posh Miami River digs with only a milligauss or two of apprehension

Watts the Matter?

FPL wants no part of a power struggle between the City of Miami and a Coconut Grove cafe

Dade's Greatest Hits

A requiem for some heavyweights that have tussled with the wrecking ball and lost

Dog's Little Half-Acre

River Rats