Subject: Julio Robaina

• C'mon People, We Live in a Democracy Here

  November 20, 2007

• From Losing to Jojo to Replacing Bovo: The Katherine Cue Story

  Hialeah, a city that voted strongly for John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin, looks like it's going to get a vastly inexperienced ex-beauty queen politician after all. Last Tuesday, the city council unanimously voted to appoint 21-year-old Katherine Cue to a seat vacated by Steve Bovo, who is headed to the state legislature. Just who is Cue? Well, she is a former staffer for Mayor Julio Robaina, and daughter of the city's communications director. The Miami Herald and teevee stations co

  November 24, 2008

• What Blagojevich Teaches Us About Political Appointments

  Welcome to biggest blatant political scandal in years starring Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich. Basically the dude tried to leverage his power to be able to select the successor to Obama's Senate seat for money (note to wingnuts: There's no evidence that the Obama camp is involved in this at all). Oh, political appointments. That seems to be a topic Riptide has been harping on for a while. To recap: The Hialeah City Council appoints Katherine Cue, a 21 y/o ex-beauty queen and aid to Mayor

  December 9, 2008

• News Roundup

  Local Carlos Alvarez recommends that the county add 13 hybrid buses to its fleet. [SFBJ] The final words of the music teacher who killed his wife and two daughters: "I love you," spoken to the 16-year-old son he shot at but missed. [AP] Some British guy was having a marvelous time over here in Florida opening one fraudulent business after another until the feds indicted him today. [SFBJ] After a shutdown at Turkey Point, FPL demanded nuclear reactors be brought back online in 12 hours. The top

  March 12, 2009

• News Roundup

  LocalsThis was a depressing weekend full of sad news and pure evil. Like this guy who killed his estranged wife and three others at a party, and then himself. [Herald]Donte Stallworth, an NFL player, hit and killed a construction worker on 195. [AP] Got an exotic pet laying around you don't need anymore. Call for our free kit, then mail the animal back to us in our special envelope. We'll send you a check for cash in days. Er....wait, just give it to the Metrozoo. They'll take it no questions as

  March 16, 2009

• "Treasure Island" Update: Florida Mutual Files Its Defense

  On Wednesday, New Times published "Treasure Island", the story of serious civil and criminal fraud allegations involving the Grandview Palace condo association in North Bay Village, the building's father-and-son developers, and an insurance provider accused of being a shell corporation. That same day, the attorneys representing the insurance company and the developers -- Dr. Charles C. Edwards, a famed Baltimore spine surgeon; and his son James -- in the civil case filed their official defense

  April 3, 2009

• Treasure Island

  In legendary outlaw haven North Bay Village, a prominent physician's reputation is on the line.

  April 2, 2009

• Presidential Election Could Spur Voter Fraud in Miami-Dade

  If you believe Nilo Juri, the eye of Hurricane Ballot Cheat, it could get ugly.

  October 30, 2008

• Shock Jocks Enrique and Joe Return

  They crank-called Fidel Castro and got busted. Now they're back on the air.

  March 20, 2008

• Fidel's Gone. Yawn.

  The day el dictador quit was a bizarre one at Versailles, in Hialeah, and on Miami streets.

  February 21, 2008

• Dog Day Afternoon

  June 17, 2004

• Miami: Screwed Again

  July 26, 2007

• Wicked

  December 14, 2006

• Sig File

  April 20, 2006

• No Horse Race

  November 17, 2005

• Miami Gun Rhapsody

  May 5, 2005

• Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

  April 22, 2004

• Talking Dead

  November 13, 2003

• Thug Meets Pug, Part 3

  October 30, 2003

• Letters from the Issue of June 5 - 11, 2003

  June 5, 2003

• Saint Pizzi

  April 24, 2003

• Best New Law

  May 17, 2001

• Friendly Fire

  October 26, 2000

• Public Park As Political Feud

  February 18, 1999

• Exposing the Color Line

  June 4, 1998

• The Old School of Power

  September 19, 1996

• Dining Out with Hialeah Mayor Robaina and a Top 11

  Jackie Sayet Taberna owners Ignacio and Laura are the bread in this mayor sandwich The "City of Progress" will finally live up to its moniker if Julio Robaina has anything to do with it.  But don't expect him to go behind the line if it involves more than a photo op!  Trust us; we tried to cajole him into an apron ourselves last week at Taberna de Ignacio on West 68th Street, his favorite Hialeah restaurant for a business lunch.

  June 29, 2009

• It's Official: No Charges Against "Treasure Island" Players

  Vice Mayor Reinaldo Trujillo and Grandview Palace board president Sophia Lima claim Dr. Charles C. Edwards masterminded a scheme to "unlawfully take" $233,730.In April, we brought you "Treasure Island", the story of big-time spine surgeon and developer Charles C. Edwards being accused of defrauding a North Bay Village condo building out of $233,000 that was supposed to go towards insuring the place.In three sentences: in 2004, Charles and son James Edwards were two-thirds of the Grandview Palace

  June 30, 2009

• Where in the World Does Katharine Cue Live?

  Alex Izaguirre​Hialeah has long been known for voting shenanigans.First, in 1993, a judge ordered a new election after determining camps for both Mayor Raul Martinez and challenger Nilo Juri had participated in absentee ballot tampering. Twelve years later, federal HUD officials investigated then-Hialeah Housing Authority director Alex Morales for forcing housing employees to campaign during working hours and instructing building managers to hand-deliver ballots with instructions on whom to vo

  September 15, 2009

• Where in the World Is Katharine Cue?

  September 17, 2009

• Feud between Hialeah mayors set off by councilwoman

  October 1, 2009

• Hialeah Hanky-Panky

  Alex Izaguirre​Did something improper go on in Hialeah's budget office? Did budget director Alex Vega and senior internal auditor Ana Maria Gomez do more than just crunch numbers on city time? Well, whatever they were up to, it didn't sit well with Vega's wife Tania. This past April 6 around 12:30 p.m., Vega and Gomez were leaving the office to have lunch together. They walked out to the city hall parking lot and got in his car. But before Vega could back out, Tania pulled up. According to a

  October 6, 2009

• Hanky-panky in Hialeah's budget office?

  October 8, 2009

• Julio Ponce and Hialeah Housing Authority high jinks

  October 22, 2009