Jose Garcia-Pedrosa

Fear and Loathing in la Escuela

President Eduardo Padron has instituted an impressive program of intimidation at Miami-Dade Community College

New Face, Old Connections

Miami mayoral candidate Manny Diaz may look like an outsider, but his political history places him squarely on the inside

Paradise Lost, Again

As Miami Beach prepares for life in wartime, it's on its own

What Art Thou, Little Havana?

Viernes Culturales is transforming Calle Ocho -- but into what remains a big question

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 8, 2000

The Team's Dreams

The attorneys who represented Elian's Miami relatives may have a political future

The Return of Loco Joe

Miami's mayoral meltdown has a long and nasty history

DeFede

Riding the Tiger

A Family Portrait

Meet Luis and José Cid, Elian Gonzalez's Miami cousins, just a couple of good old-fashioned American criminals

DeFede

The Insider

Kulchur

Will the Afro-Cuban All Stars play Miami?

A Taste for Trouble

When Ed Resnick agreed to help negotiate the Portofino Agreement, he never figured he'd become South Beach's public enemy #1

Gelber Unbound

He managed to leave office without being indicted, which may explain why Miami Beach's former mayor feels free to unload on development, corruption, and the bad boys across the bay

The Don

Adrift in Miami's fierce political maelstrom, Donald Warshaw is one cool customer

Manny Alonso-Poch Finally Abandons Ship

How one man's financial sinkhole became the area's newest artificial reef

Conflict in Clubland

Streets lined with rowdies, fistfights, gunshots, cops in ski masks. Is this what an entertainment district is supposed to look like?

Taking a Name for Herself

Antonia Gerstaker didn't get paid for her paintings on behalf of Brickell Village, but what she did get may be far more valuable

X Mayor

Legal experts and insider politicos agree: Voter fraud will soon force Xavier Suarez from office. Then What?

When the Flak Flies, the Flack Flees

How's the search for a new Miami Beach police public information officer going? No comment!

Everybody's a Critic (Nobody's an Accountant)

Whatever happened to all that money earmarked for Miami Beach's Art in Public Places?

Letters

Letters

The Autocrat

Some say Miami Beach's Jose Garca-Pedrosa is a strong city manager. Others tend to employ more colorful language.

South Beach Goes Palm Beach

Are shindigs like the recent Carnival Miami too dclass for Ocean Drive's new posh self-image? @

Everybody's a Critic

In Miami Beach, experts are enlisted to commission artworks for public spaces. Too bad city officials refuse to listen to them.

Music to Die For

Tempest in a Teacup

We Dare You to Sing

In Miami Beach, the First Amendment and a few thousand dollars will get you some "free" speech

Mistaken Identity

In her quest for a seat on the Miami Beach Commission, Matti Bower doesn't want to be labeled "the Hispanic candidate." She just wants to win.

Sorry About That Chief

As Miami Beach officials attempt to appoint a permanent top cop, anonymous critics try to stir up the selection process

Pay to Play

Dade Divided

One person won the job of county chief executive. But in the end, everybody lost.

The public was shocked. Country Walk parents demanded action. An election was near. Janet Reno was going to send someone to jail. No matter what.

Reno Consideration ( Part A) If she is confirmed as U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno's ability to maintain discipline and impartiality among a vast bureaucracy of prosecutors will be tested like never before. The notorious cases examined here, drawn from

Janet Reno's Greatest Hits