Jimmy Morales

Sorry Charlie: Alex Sink Actually Democrat's Favorite In 2014 Gov Race, According to Poll

Earlier this week, we brought to your attention to an odd poll that claimed 61 percent of Democratic voters wanted former Republican Charlie Crist to be the Dem's gubernatorial candidate in 2014. The numbers seemed way off, and now a new poll is out showing that actually Alex Sink, who ran for gover ... More >>

Jimmy Morales, Former County Commissioner, Considering Run For Governor Against Rick Scott

With Rick Scott's dismal approval ratings, Democrats from all corners of the state are salivating over the chance to take him on in 2014. Jimmy Morales, the former chairmen of the Miami-Dade County Commission and the man who lost the mayoral race to Carlos Alvarez in 2004, has announced he's mulling ... More >>

Al Lorenzo Wins Elections, but Will His History Hurt the State Attorney's Latest Bid?

Esto solo pasa en Meeyami

Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself. The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting with Joe Arrio ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of June 9 , 2005

Friends of Fidel, Miami Beach beatings, handgun chic

Letters from the Issue of June 2, 2005

Shock jocks, Lincoln Road obstructions, patriots gay and straight

The D Word

Say anything you want, but just don't call them Democrats

Letters from the Issue of May 26, 2005

Best this, best that, and bad newspapers

Acute Democratitis

Jimmy Morales ponders the disease with no known cure

BEST POLITICAL COUP

Carlos Alvarez

BEST LOCAL PHANTASMAGORIA

Who is: Stanley Price?

No News Is Bad News

You knew local TV newscasts were lame, you just didn't know how lame

Trouble at Home

Note to Miami's Kerry boosters: All politics is local

Carlos Alvarez's Sexual Problem

The mayoral candidate's bilingual campaign has a message that doesn't translate

Mortal Kombat, Miami-Style

It's another Rundle vs. Milian showdown for the State Attorney job, getting messier as the finish nears

The Bitch

The Unbearable Lightness

The X Man Returns

Are you sitting down? Ready for this? Try saying it out loud: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Xavier Suarez

Dissent Within the Ranks

Some current and former Miami-Dade cops say Carlos Alvarez should not be mayor

Letters from the Issue of , 2002

The Million-Dollar Question

How did José Cancela manage to spend so much money and get so little in return?

The Bitch

The Bell Tolls For Spree

Letters from the Issue of , 2002

An irrelevant mayor's race and an irrational foreign policy

Tamper Tantrum

MAYOR X

There are good reasons to vote August 31, but the county mayor's race isn't one of them. Here are five reasons why.

Glitter Schooled

Life lessons from Mutiny nights

Democratic Mayor or Republican Mayor?

The county mayor's race is nonpartisan -- on the surface

Letters from the Issue of July 08, 2004

The Gridlock Candidate

The county mayor’s race is bumper-to-bumper with hopefuls, but a former traffic reporter thinks he has a shot.

Chronicle of a CocoWalk Death Foretold

Goings-on in the Grove and the passing of Sheldon's

Who's that Man Behind the Badge?

Good question, but a bad situation for a mayoral candidate

Nowhere Left to Build

It was just another housing development, but its approval marked the beginning of the end

Deeply Digitally Divided

A popular computer clubhouse for Miami's poor is abruptly unplugged

Miguel and the Money Man

Norman Braman joins the Diaz de la Portilla mayoral campaign -- despite that unpleasant gay-rights thing

Lehtinen for Mayor

Unless Manny Diaz tops him, Dexter is the hottest candidate for the 2004 county race

A Prefab Demonstration

Trying to ride the Haitian refugee-issue buzz, Sharpton kept referring to Elian as "Little Efrain"

The Thick Blue Line

Max Rameau switches gears on how to get a civilian investigative panel focused on county cops

The Hot Seat

Pepe Cancio faced big trouble on his first day as a county commissioner, but no one likes trouble

Best Spanish-Language Radio Personality

Matias Farias

That's Rich

Wanna know how county commissioners earn their keep? Don't bother checking financial disclosure forms.

A Fine Mess

Miami-Dade's election workers are overworked, underpaid, and years behind

Mullin

The Marlins Had a Party and You Weren't Invited

Mullin

John Henry, This Is War!

Riptide

Weaving tangled Webs

Port Whine

Miami-Dade County's proposal to privatize public marinas has mariners up in arms

These Numbers Are Up

1998 was a great year for corruption. New Times puts a price tag on the year's malfeasance

The Devil and Mr. Jones

Activist Leroy Jones battled personal demons and has emerged as a radical bent on black empowerment.

How To Save the Neighborhood

Let's say you've got a serious zoning problem. Here's what you do: Show up at county hall with armed with allies and solid arguments. Surely your elected representatives will do the right thing.

Don't Call Me a Lobbyist!

Even though my name is Chris Korge and Alex Penelas is my best buddy and all the commissioners are indebted to me and I guarantee you'll get that fat county contract

Why Can't We All Just Go for the Jugular?

The dogfight over the Independent Review Panel proves that you might unite the community, but you'll never unite the Dade County Commission