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Mayor Carlos Gimenez Is a Failure

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Carlos Gimenez Has Been a Horrible Miami-Dade Mayor

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses his old campaign foe's sorry job performance.During almost ten months in office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ha ... More >>

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses his old campaign foe's sorry job performance.During almost ten months in office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ha ... More >>

Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell made a promise she hasn't kept

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses his old campaign foe's sorry job performance.During almost ten months in office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ha ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez lies already

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses his old campaign foe's sorry job performance.During almost ten months in office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ha ... More >>

Bigoted NASCAR Track Owner Wonders If the Cuban National Anthem Is Sung in Homestead

​Is anyone all that surprised when someone associated with NASCAR continually spouts racist, ignorant garbage? Not really. Sure, it's an image the league is trying to move past, but Bruton Smith, an owner of several NASCAR tracks, is sure making it hard. The guy is full of more hot air than all th ... More >>

Florida Marlins and NASCAR Own Our New Mayor Carlos Gimenez

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in a bid to become Miami-Dade mayor, says new top man Carlos Gimenez bent over for the Florida Marlins and the ... More >>

The Fast and the Injurious

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in a bid to become Miami-Dade mayor, says new top man Carlos Gimenez bent over for the Florida Marlins and the ... More >>

Controversy Continues for the Fuego Cuban Music Festival

Homestead-Miami Speedway President, Matthew Becherer.​You may recall that on Friday Crossfade reported that the Fuego Cuban Music Festival was canceled a little over a week after it was officially announced. But it seems the matter isn't so simple. The reports circulating indicated that the Homes ... More >>

How Interviewing Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Luther Campbell, and Lil Wayne Got Me Addicted to ESPN

Trick Daddy is partly to blame for Prunk TV's ESPN addiction.​The weekend before last, I went to the NASCAR Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and it was amazing. I used my press pass to get right up on the track and it felt like my teeth were gonna explode. Kind of like the way they felt a ... More >>

Miami's Trending Topics Now Monitored by Twitter

​Maybe it's part of our city's slight inferiority complex, but we kind of felt left out when Twitter rolled out the ability to view trending topics by geographical region earlier this year and didn't include Miami in the trackable cities. Well, that great slight was rectified last week when the mi ... More >>

Contest: Win Tickets to the Ford 400 and Fan Zone Passes

​Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: The annual Ford 400 takes place at the Homestead Miami Speedway. It's the final race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and the NASCAR champion will be crowned following the event. We've got tickets to both the race and passes to the Coke Zero Fan Zone, and they can easily be ... More >>

Vroom, Vroom, Pow

​Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: The annual Ford 400 takes place at the Homestead Miami Speedway. It's the final race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and the NASCAR champion will be crowned following the event. We've got tickets to both the race and passes to the Coke Zero Fan Zone, and they can easily be ... More >>

Attention NASCAR Fans! Homestead-Miami Speedway Announces New BYOB Policy!

via Flickr brianc"Did ya hear that Billy Jo? We can bring in more beer!" ​Denny Hamlin is in the lead for the 2010 Sprint cup with the Ford Championship Week just one race awa....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Whoa, sorry for falling asleep there, but NASCAR is so boring. This happened once before when our da ... More >>

Bruton Smith, NASCAR Owner and Odious Rich Man, Thinks Miami is 'North Cuba'

via NASCAR.comBruton Smith, billionaire, bigot, and Don Rickles impersonator.​NASCAR fans are not, as a whole, noted for their elevated views on race relations, but the richest owner on the circuit is putting even his most sunburned, Busch-swigging fan to shame.Bruton Smith, a billionaire with a s ... More >>

Chase the Green Flag

via NASCAR.comBruton Smith, billionaire, bigot, and Don Rickles impersonator.​NASCAR fans are not, as a whole, noted for their elevated views on race relations, but the richest owner on the circuit is putting even his most sunburned, Busch-swigging fan to shame.Bruton Smith, a billionaire with a s ... More >>

Around Town: Tattoolapalooza, Banksy, USA v. Ghana, Spike Lee, and Kid Sister

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

The Need for Speed

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

The Need for Speed

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

Hot Rod Blacktop

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

Race the Sun

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

Not to Speed Is Not an Option

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

Zoom-a-Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Maluca plays Grand Central on Saturday.​FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami's downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There'll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you're going to get ... More >>

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Take your aggression out on the track in Homestead.

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