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Julio Robaina

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Carlos Gimenez Has Raised Nearly Twice As Much As Challenger Joe Martinez

    Campaign finance reports for January, February, and March are in for the local county races. So who's funneling cash to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his main opponent, County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez?If money is any indicator, Martinez has a long haul ahead of him. For the past three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Carlos Gimenez Collects Half-A-Million Bucks In First Round of Fundraising

    ​Miami-Dade County's new mayor has become quite the rain maker. According to his most recently filed campaign finance report, Carlos Gimenez raised $419,985 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 of last year for his reelection run. His political action committee, Common Sense Now, raked in another $89,750. C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Your Riptide Guide to Today's Elections (With Help From Mickey Rourke)

    ​Hey, it's your favorite morning of the year! The one where you stumble out of bed to realize you spent the night next to a stranger dressed like Muammar Gaddafi (too soon?), scrape the caked zombie makeup off your face and stumble to work through a grade-five hangover. But then on the way, you ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Raul Martinez Is Sorry He Paved The Way For Julio Robaina

    Raul Martinez with his old-protege-turned-enemy Julio Robaina​Last time Raul Martinez ran for elected office, he got handed his only and worst defeat of his political career. He was part of a Democratic tag team that was supposed to topple the Diaz-Balart oligarchy controlling two of Miami's Hispa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Miami Police Bust Luis Boris Estrada For Illegal Gambling Machines

    ​The Miami Police Department's crackdown on illegal gambling machines continued today with the arrest of Luis Boris Estrada. Cops busted the 42-year-old Cuban for operating six "maquinitas" at the Rapido Discount he manages at 2742 SW Eighth Street, finding $1,000 in one of the machines. Miami Pol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Five Times Carlos Gimenez Screwed The Taxpayers

    ​Today is your last chance to decide which of the least suckiest candidates for county mayor you want to vote for. Yesterday, we told you how Julio Robaina shoved it to the taxpayers.Well, Carlos Gimenez has done his fair share of giving it to us with no Vaseline as well. So no matter who you pick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    What Went Down at Snapper's Between Luther Campbell, Carlos Gimenez and Homestead Councilman Jimmie Williams

    Snapper's on Ives Dairy Road: Not your typical "Let's Make A Deal" venue.​In his most recent column, Luther Campbell claims that Homestead City Councilman Jimmie Williams III, who supports Carlos Gimenez for mayor, offered him a $40,000 appearance fee to show up at the elected official's soon-to-b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Developers Bundling Money for Carlos Gimenez Too

    Carlos Gimenez ​A couple of blogs have been barking up a storm about certain real estate developers tied to dubious projects getting cozy with Julio Robaina, but Carlos Gimenez has his fair share as well. The donations reinforce the fact both candidates represent special interests and folks they w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Luther Campbell Explains His Endorsement of Julio Robaina

    Luther Campbell ​No surprise, blogs backing Carlos Gimenez attacked Luther Campbell for going with Julio Robaina in the Miami-Dade mayoral run-off on June 28. Even the Miami Herald, which has also endorsed Gimenez, took issue with Campbell's shocking unexpected backing of Robaina, whom he dubbed " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Neither Gimenez nor Robaina Has Much Nice to Say About Rick Scott

    ​No matter who becomes Miami-Dade's next mayor, don't expect him to have the rosiest of relationships with deeply unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The race is nonpartisan, but both Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina are registered Republicans. However, at a debate this morning, both made it clear ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Voters love Luther Campbell

    ​No matter who becomes Miami-Dade's next mayor, don't expect him to have the rosiest of relationships with deeply unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The race is nonpartisan, but both Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina are registered Republicans. However, at a debate this morning, both made it clear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Luther Campbell Would Like To Thank His Voters

    Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in Tuesday's mayoral election, lets voters explain why they chose him.I raised only $12,000 ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2011

    Julio Robaina squirms and Michael Putney flubs

    Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in Tuesday's mayoral election, lets voters explain why they chose him.I raised only $12,000 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Julio Robaina Spent $900,000 For 60,240 Votes And Other Election Night Numerical Revelations

    Luther Campbell, his wife Kristin, and their son Blake on election day. ​Hey, it sucks to lose, but Luther Campbell has nothing to be ashamed of. With only 45 days to court voters with a $12,000 campaign war chest, the former 2 Live Crew front man and current New Times columnist convinced 20,000 M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Voters Know That Luther Campbell Is Dead Serious

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, with the election still hanging in the balance, Luke reflects on the mayoral campaign he made serious.A few weeks ago, WPLG-Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Five Reasons Carlos Gimenez Is The Wrong Man For The Job

    This guy will make you fall asleep.​Today is the day Miami-Dade voters who did not cast their ballots via absentee or during early voting days get their turn. With that said, we can't have y'all voting for former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, who is playing spoiler to Luther Campbell's chanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Judge Keeps Results Of Commission Race Secret Thanks to Banned Banker Ricardo Corona

    via Mega TVRicardo Corona​Want to know who will replace mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez on the County Commission? Too bad! The results will be secret thanks to a bizarre ruling last night by a judge who wants more time to decide whether candidates had enough time to file for the race. Even strang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Dispatches From the 2011 Special Mayoral Election

    ​12:00 p.m.: Just arrived at Norland Methodist Church in Miami Gardens wearing my Luther Campbell for Mayor tee. Holding my yard sign I start stumping for votes as a pair of elderly African American ladies get out of their car. "Punch 17! Don't let Julio Robaina's $1.2 million buy the election ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Heat-Bulls Game 4/Election-Results Live Blog-a-palooza

    ​Big night in Miami tonight. On one side, the Miami Heat hosting the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. On the other, the Miami-Dade elections. What's a good Miamian to do? Watch the game? Check on the election results?Well, don't fret, good citizen. Just stay with us t ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    How Luther Campbell will win

    ​Big night in Miami tonight. On one side, the Miami Heat hosting the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. On the other, the Miami-Dade elections. What's a good Miamian to do? Watch the game? Check on the election results?Well, don't fret, good citizen. Just stay with us t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Jacksonville Elects First Democratic Mayor in 20 Years: What Does It Mean for Florida Politics?

    Jacksonville Mayor-elect Alvin Brown​Conservative Republican Mike Hogan was expected to walk away with the Jacksonville Mayoral race. He comes from a family so entrenched in the area, there's several streets that bare the Hogan name. He ran on a campaign promising no new taxes, smaller government, ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Letters from the issue of May 5, 2011

    Jacksonville Mayor-elect Alvin Brown​Conservative Republican Mike Hogan was expected to walk away with the Jacksonville Mayoral race. He comes from a family so entrenched in the area, there's several streets that bare the Hogan name. He ran on a campaign promising no new taxes, smaller government, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Well-Paid Hialeah Cop Gets Free House From Hialeah Housing Authority

    Hialeah Housing Authority Executive Director Julio Ponce speaks with a volunteer at Julio Robaina campaign HQ.​Raleigh Flowers lives in a three-bedroom condo with brand-new kitchen cabinets and freshly painted walls in a lushly landscaped residential development in west Hialeah. It is certainly a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Mayoral Race: Gimenez's Own Poll Shows He's Losing to Robaina

    ​Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez's campaign has released a pretty flawed poll, and even that show's he's trailing former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. Though, the poll does show that Gimenez is losing ground. The major problem here is that this is an eight-person race, and the survey on ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    Gimenez, Robaina are soft-money whores

    ​Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez's campaign has released a pretty flawed poll, and even that show's he's trailing former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. Though, the poll does show that Gimenez is losing ground. The major problem here is that this is an eight-person race, and the survey on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Of Michael Putney, Uncle Luke, the KKK, and Marco Rubio (Video)

    Jacob KatelLuther Campbell bossin' up​News flash: Old white guy confuses KKK with NAACP.So, is veteran TV reporter Michael Putney uncomfortable with the sight of two black candidates running for Miami-Dade County mayor?A factual error made by the newsman while serving as moderator at a political d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Robaina, Gimenez And Llorente Got Their Soft Money Working Hard

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 24 -- follo ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Letters from the issue of April 14, 2011

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 24 -- follo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Latin Builders Association's Mayoral Debate Snubs Luther Campbell

    Michael McElroyLuther Campbell wants to debate, so why won't the LBA invite him?​With the Miami-Dade County Commission likely to set a special election for a new mayor today, the Latin Builders Association has already made plans to hold the first debate on March 25 with only a select group of cand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Norman Braman Gets Mayoral Candidates To Promise Charter Reform

    photo by Tim ElfrinkBraman issues his marching orders.​When Norman Braman launched his campaign to oust Mayor Carlos Alvarez, he made it clear that charter reform -- including term limits -- was his real goal. Braman inched a step closer to making that happen today as three of the front-runners to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Luther Campbell Calls For Special Election

    Michael McElroy​Mayoral candidate and Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell wants to get it on. At the ballot box. Not the champagne room. Now that voters have shown Carlos Alvarez the exit door, the onetime raunchiest man in hip-hop is calling on the County Commission to set a date for anothe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Doral Mayor J.C. Bermudez Announces He Exists, Will Run For County Mayor

    ​Doral, that place out there to the west with the fancy golf resort, some strip malls, and some other stuff, probably, has a mayor. His name is J.C. Bermudez and he wants to be your next county mayor. Bermudez announced his entrance into the crowded field of contestants jockeying to repl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Ponzi Schemer Who Did Business With Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Pleads Guilty

    Proceeds from a $40 million ponzi scheme were used to buy Lladros just like this one.​Yesterday, Luis Felipe Perez, a Hialeah jeweler who federal prosecutors say swindled $40 million from victims who invested in his Ponzi scheme, agreed to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud and one coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Political Vulture Ralph Arza Hovering Around Perla Tabares Hantman

    ​Even though Ralph Arza recently popped up at one of her fundraisers and at her campaign headquarters in Hialeah, Perla Tabares Hantman insists the disgraced former state representative is not working on her re-election campaign for Miami-Dade School Board. "He has no involvement as ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2009

    Feud between Hialeah mayors set off by councilwoman

    ​Even though Ralph Arza recently popped up at one of her fundraisers and at her campaign headquarters in Hialeah, Perla Tabares Hantman insists the disgraced former state representative is not working on her re-election campaign for Miami-Dade School Board. "He has no involvement as ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Where in the World Is Katharine Cue?

    A Hialeah councilwoman leads a peripatetic life.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    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 Flor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 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 al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    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 ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Presidential Election Could Spur Voter Fraud in Miami-Dade

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

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    Wicked

    Melt this commissioner

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    No Horse Race

    The past, present, and future of horse racing are all in South Florida

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

    Where your humble state legislators work hard by day and play hard by night

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2003

    Talking Dead

    Historic graveyard tells Miami tale

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of June 5 - 11, 2003

    Best Drag Queen, Best Free Publicity, Best Party Pooper

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Saint Pizzi

    Rundle, Milian, or Pizzi as state attorney in '04?

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Public Park As Political Feud

    The paving of Amelia Earhart Park is all about a political vendetta

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