Julio Martinez

The Quiet Riot

Hialeah Does Not Believe in Volunteers

Well, at least the mayor doesn't. Just ask Carmen Caldwell, jobless Crime Watch specialist.

It Ain't Knot's Landing, It's Hialeah

Morales is a pervert! Caldwell is a slut! Penelas is a pansy! Welcome to politics in the City of Progress!

Farewell Hialeah

Morales is a pervert! Caldwell is a slut! Penelas is a pansy! Welcome to politics in the City of Progress!

Arrested...Convicted...Elected?

Raul Martinez is facing ten years in prison for public corruption. Hialeah voters want him to be their mayor anyway. What a town!

Dade Divided

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

Carmen (Among Others) vs. Carmen (Among Others)

Hialeah residents Omar and Carmen Corzo sue Councilwoman Carmen Caldwell (among others) for violating their civil rights

Total the Recall

Commish Natacha Seijas is still around. For now anyway.

Riptide über alles

How Manny Diaz got to be Mayor of Miami

If the Suits Fit

The mayor of Hialeah Gardens has a taste for vulgarity, revenge -- and for costing the city big bucks in legal fees

Iron John

In five years PBA boss John Rivera has transformed his police union into a major political force

Calendar for the week

In five years PBA boss John Rivera has transformed his police union into a major political force

Freedom Fighters

Boxing is the quintessential individual sport. Unless you're a Cuban champ who has defected to turn pro in Miami, in which case it's a team effort.

The Kingmaker

In the soap opera that is Hialeah politics, Herman Echevarria might be poised to supplant Raul Martinez as leading man.

Labor of Gloves

No one thinks much of the Mexican boxers who fight out of Homestead. But that's nothing new to Johnny Torres. When he was a fighter, no one thought much of him, either.

The Collector

What do Armando Valladares, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Miriam Alonso, Xavier Suarez, Alex Penelas, Steve Clark, and the Miami Herald editorial board have in common? They're just a few of the big names enlisted by accused embezzler Roberto Polo in his fight to a