Subject: Joe V. Sanchez

• Miami 21 Marathon

  June 28, 2007

• It's not Easy Being a Tree in Miami

  July 18, 2007

• Politicians Get Peek-a-Boo from Bicyclists

  February 13, 2008

• Sarnoff's Agenda Hyjacked

  February 14, 2008

• We Like Bike!

  April 16, 2008

• Convert Coral Way for Bikes

  May 9, 2008

• Bike Blog - Mayors Determine Bikes Rock

  July 1, 2008

• Miami Mayoral Donnybrook

  Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a former cop, has opened an account to run for city mayor, opening the way to the best political contest in recent memory. Commissioner Tomas Regalado, who announced several months ago, is sure to attack, particularly as we get close to election day. Regalado's ethical lapses are already known...I mean there was the year that city taxpayers footed the gasoline bill for his jeep.  And the guy sometimes gets himself in trouble by talking too much, a qualit

  December 1, 2008

• Peel the Vote '09: Not That Carollo, But Still a Carollo

  Alex Izaguirre In the crowded race to for the city commission seat being vacated by Joe Sanchez, perennial candidate Frank Carollo has amassed $95,275 in campaign . The guy's run before.Vitals: A 39-year-old certified public accountant with a perfectly symmetrical pompadour. Qualifications: Ran three times for the state House of Representatives -- and lost every time. Influence Meter: Apparently, even though he is on an O-fer-election streak, Carollo knows how to impress some pretty import

  June 3, 2009

• News Roundup

  Dan Gelber is officially in the Senate race. Will his Miami Beach values play in other parts of Florida? Probably not, and the democrats will end up nominating Hugh Rodham again, anyway. [CBS4]Commissioner Joe Sanchez is expected to formally announce he's running for mayor of City of Miami. [JustNews]House Speaker Ray Sansom is going to be investigated by a Grand Jury. [Herald]It could get into the 40s by the weekend. [Herald]Madoff's Florida home got TP'ed. [NBC6]Some of the dirtiest hotels in

  January 27, 2009

• Timoney Loses, Freedom Wins, Taxpayers Pay

  Miami Police Chief John Timoney screwed up, and we taxpayers are just gonna keep paying and paying.Back in November 2003, the City of Miami shut down some protests against a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meeting being held here. The cops beat some protesters and illegally jailed others. Just last May, the city paid $17K to the family of photographer Emily Vogel, whose car was destroyed while she was taking pictures.  And yesterday, the 11th Circut Court of the U.S. District Court o

  February 24, 2009

• The Ultimate Nasty Neighbor

  March 31, 2005

• Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

  April 22, 2004

• Pity the Poor Politicos

  January 22, 2004

• Crime and Water Balloons

  November 6, 2003

• Teele’s (Or)Deal

  August 15, 2002

• BEST SMALL-TOWN PARADE

  May 16, 2002

• What Art Thou, Little Havana?

  September 27, 2001

• Enough Billboards Already!

  April 12, 2001

• Spoiled Island

  September 21, 2000

• Pocket the Difference

  May 4, 2000

• A River Runs Near It

  January 20, 2000

• DeFede

  September 23, 1999

• Chairmen of the Outboard

  June 17, 1999

• Letters

  February 25, 1999

• Trash and Cash

  February 4, 1999

• What's the Principal?

  August 20, 1998

• Letters

  July 2, 1998

• Dinner Key's Raw Meat

  June 25, 1998

• Dancing with the Pols

  Coming in November, the City of Miami's public access channel will try its hand at some new, innovative programming to get residents amped up about the Magic City's elected officials. It's a variety show based loosely on the popular television series Dancing with the Stars. And the first contestants are commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Joe Sanchez, who is running for mayor against Tomas Regalado.Banana Republican recently received via e-mail a rough cut of the pilot episode. Check it out:Try J

  April 20, 2009

• Miami According to Brooklyn

  April 30, 2009

• No Cash in the Coffers

  May 14, 2009

• The Big Donors in Miami Mayor's Race

  Illustration by Alex Izaguirre In this week's print edition of Riptide, I wrote that none of the candidates in the Miami mayoral race will crack the $1 million benchmarks set by Manny Diaz in 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless, City Commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez are shoring up support with some of the city's more illustrious citizens. In Regalado's corner: auto magnate Norman Braman has contributed $7,000 (through his wife and various corporations) to help the Spanish language radio host

  May 15, 2009

• Black Vs. White - Miami Remains The Same

  Alex Izaguirre Just got back from the Spence-Jones Vindication Show in Overtown. The thunderstorms had just subsided outside the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 301 NW 9th Street. But inside Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones' angry voice boomed throughout the cavernous assembly hall. She was flanked by 30 to 40 supporters."It's been almost two years of headaches and heartaches for me and my family," Spence-Jones intoned, "all based on innuendos and false allegations to divert attention fr

  May 27, 2009

• Burn Notice Will Stay in Miami

  The city commission today voted to delay its plans of demolishing the Expo Center in Coconut Grove in order to accommodate Burn Notice. According to Coconut Grove Grapevine, the city will allow the show to remain based at the building until 2010, with a possible option of extending the agreement for a year. Commissioner Joe Sanchez noted that it didn't make sense to risk losing the show and all the money, jobs and publicity it brings into town during this little eco

  May 28, 2009

• News Roundup

  A former confidant of ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler claims that in the '90s, she accepted kickbacks from developers. [Herald]Tomas Regalado is apparently the "underdog" in the mayoral race, though I'm pretty sure by most measures he's doing just as well as or better than Joe Sanchez. [CBS4]Police are looking for a cargo van driver who dumped a body in Southwest Miami-Dade. [CBS4]Beginning at midnight, police can pull you over simply for not wearing a seatbelt. How cops are g

  June 29, 2009

• Peel the Vote '09: Shock Jock for Commish

  Alex Izaguirre He didn't win the mayor's seat in 2005, but Spanish-language radio host Enrique Santos is considering a second run at public office.The popular shock jock, who mans the morning show for La Kalle 98.3, is looking to join the already crowded race to take over Miami City Commissioner Joe Sanchez's seat. It has been a major topic of discussion on his show for the past four days, and he's set up a Facebook page seeking supporters. The 34-year-old former North Miami cop became a ho

  July 8, 2009

• Miami City Commission Urges Obama To Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell

  via Jilly McJillerson's FlickrIn an unanimous vote yesterday, the City of Miami Comission passed a resolution condemning the military's anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Introduced by Joe Sanchez, the resolution cited the dismissal of translators, inability to meet recruiting levels, and the blatant discrimination. The measure even went as far as to call some of the effects of D.A.D.T. "insidious." If signed by Mayor Manny Diaz, which is pretty likely, a letter will be

  July 24, 2009

• When Is It OK to Hire the Mayor's Campaign Manager?

  So let's say you run a foreign company that wants to win a lucrative multi-million dollar contract at Miami International Airport. As you prepare for your entry into the American market, you realize you need an accountant to help you figure out how to pay taxes to Uncle Sam. And then you hire one who just happens to be best buds with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez. What a coincidence, right? The Spanish firm Sinapsis Trading did absolutely nothing wrong this past May when it retained Coral Ga

  July 27, 2009

• The Mayor's Little Helper

  July 30, 2009

• News Roundup

  The Miami 21 zoning plan surprisingly was defeated last night, probably because Joe Sanchez wants to send a message he is not Manny Diaz's mini-me. [Herald]The suspect in the Sean Taylor murder case had previously pleaded guilty, but he's expected to try to withdraw that plea. [AP]Pictures have surfaced of children playing in the sex offender camp under the bridge. [CBS4]While we're on that subject, here's another rundown of why the sex offender camp is the stupidest thing ever. [Jezeb

  August 7, 2009

• Xavier Suarez's Son Rolling in Campaign Dough

  Alex Izaguirre​ In this year's City of Miami elections, the theme is "Taking It Back to the Old School," considering Frank Carollo, brother of mercurial ex-Mayor Joe Carollo, is running for Joe Sanchez's seat. And then there is Francis Xavier Suarez, who  wants to replace Tomas Regalado on the commission dais. Francis is the son of Miami's original mayor loco, Xavier Suarez. He's the guy who showed up at a constituent's house in a bathrobe in the early wee hours because he didn't like wha

  August 19, 2009

• South Florida According to Brooklyn: I'm Still Not Down With Animal Cruelty

  ​A few months ago I wrote about the new anti-tether law that Joe Sanchez got approved in Miami-Dade County this past March. That was a step in the right direction to protect who can't speak for themselves. That was real progress. Which is why I'm even more pissed off, in contrast, at the return of Michael Vick.Can someone please explain to me how a man convicted of over 15 deaths of harmless animals is free so soon? And how and the hell is he playing in the NFL again? The board of directors fo

  August 20, 2009

• The Return of Loco Joe

  Alex Izaguirre​ The tepid race to replace Miami Mayor Manny Diaz could soon get a shot of Sazon if the chatter emanating from city hall is true. A handful of political consultants said earlier today that former Mayor Joe Carollo is seriously considering jumping into the contest. As of now, it looked like Commissioner Tomas Regalado was going to run over colleague Joe Sanchez.Florida International University political science professor and local election prognosticator Dario Moreno says th

  September 11, 2009

• At Last Night's Mayoral Debate, Everyone Lost (Their Heads)

  ​The group that gathered last night for the City of Miami mayoral debate between commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez made Joe Wilson, Kanye West, and Serena Williams look like upstanding examples of manners. Maybe they didn't get the message they're supposed to act civilly for the next week or so, because they freely shouted at the candidates, loudly cheered for their favorite, and argued with anyone in the audience who didn't agree with them. Of course, after the candidates' perfor

  September 17, 2009

• News Roundup

  Mayoral candidate Tomas Regalado may be accused of not being able to deal with his personal finances (he claims to only be worth $5000 year after year, and once had his wages garnished for not paying taxes), but his campaign manager is doing a good job with his war chest. He's consistently out-raising challenger Joe Sanchez. [Herald]The Bacardi buildings have won historic designation, despite not being technically old enough. No surprise really though. In this town we love our rum and we love ou

  October 7, 2009

• With Only a Week Left in the Mayoral Race, 42 Percent of Voters Are Still Undecided

  ​With a fragile local economy, tumbling real estate prices, a heated debate over a baseball stadium, and bonkers budget issues, the race to replace term-limited Manny Diaz as Miami's mayor should have been a blockbuster.Instead, with just a little more than a week to go till November 3's election, 42 percent of voters are undecided, according to a Florida International poll released this weekend.Maybe many voters came to the same conclusion we did after attending a debate in Septembe

  October 26, 2009

• News Roundup

  The President of the United States was in town last night, here's what he did:Was greeted by both protesters and supporters... [SoFlTimes]...Including Kendrick Meek, Dan Gelber, Alex Sink and Manny Diaz. [NakedPolitics]Rallied the democratic base at a fundraiser. [Herald]And raised nearly $1.5 million. [FoxNews]The Delano hotel will not give you much of a discount, because they are training you, the hotel consumer, not to expect to pay less even when the economy is good. [Herald]Everyone hates M

  October 27, 2009

• Miami Election Results: Regalado Landslide

  Tomas Regalado will be Miami's next mayor, winning with about 72% of the vote. Joe Sanchez, his competitor and fellow City Commissioner, netted a disappointing 28%. We'll do more thinking about this tomorrow, I'm sure, but for now the results. Miami Mayor: Tomas RegaladoMiami Commissioner - District 3: Frank CarolloMiami Commissioner - District 4: Francis Suarez (44%) heads to a runoff with Manolo Reyes (40%)Miami Commissioner - District 5: Michelle Spence-Jones

  November 3, 2009

• City of Miami Voters: Yes To Name Recognition And Cash! No to Messages!

  The handful of City of Miami voters who bothered to roll by the polls yesterday sent an age-old but always cringe-inducing message: Cash and name recognition wins elections.via Tomas Regalado for MayorYour next mayor's real campaign slogan: NO!​Actual plans for the city? Meh. Not so important.In the four contested races in the city, voters went nuts over well-funded Tomas Regalado for mayor (71.67 percent) and incumbent Michelle Spence Jones in District 5 (82.75 percent), and gave a nod in Dis

  November 4, 2009