Note to Tim Ryan: Maybe just stay home next February.
Ryan, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation chief since 2006, hasn't exactly built a mountain of goodwill with his majority black workforce during his three years in charge of one of the nation's largest prison systems, with a $315 million budget and 7,000 inmates.
One of Ryan's first policies as director, in fact, was to ban 'fros, cornrows, and dreadlocks in the department. The move prompted a wave of complaints that Ryan, who is whit
A few months ago, Riptide reported on Miami-Dade Corrections Chief Tim Ryan's habit of pissing off his black employees. Now the union representing all 2,700 of his workers is calling for Ryan's resignation. In a letter sent to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez this month and obtained by Riptide, the union writes that it "no longer has any confidence in Director Ryan's ability to lead the officers and appropriately guide the Department."John Rivera, head of the Dade County Police Benevolent Associa
