Katy Sorenson

Miami Heat owner pays no rent for his arena

Tricky Micky: Arison's Heat Doesn't Pay Rent For County-Owned Arena

A very powerful pig.​Even though they lost last night to the Mavs, the LeBron-ified Miami Heat are finally playing like juggernauts. And the team is profiting like one, too, from ticket and paraphernalia sales. In fact, the Micky Arison-owned wunderkinds expect to make more money this season than ... More >>

Magic City Casino gets a big tax cut

A very powerful pig.​Even though they lost last night to the Mavs, the LeBron-ified Miami Heat are finally playing like juggernauts. And the team is profiting like one, too, from ticket and paraphernalia sales. In fact, the Micky Arison-owned wunderkinds expect to make more money this season than ... More >>

Annette Taddeo To Run For Katy Sorenson's Seat

During the 2008 presidential election, Annette Taddeo set her sights on a big target: Annette Taddeo joins a crowded field to represent South Dade.​Congresswoman Ilena Ros-Lehtinen. The Colombian-American businesswoman, who loaned her campaign $350,000, lost, but she established herself as a ... More >>

Mayor Carlos Alvarez Introduces 'Redland Raised' Brand, Gives His Publix Some Love

Photo by Paula NiñoThe Redland Raised logo.​Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez loves his Publix. And its store manager, John Navarro, too. "Johnny...I'm giving you a plug, your bosses are here. Best manager Publix has," Alvarez said of Navarro addressing media, Publix employees, and producer ... More >>

Glenn Straub: Too little too late

Hey Glenn Straub. I WANT to watch baseball downtown,. I WANT to TAKE the Metromover to games,But I wish you would just shut up.Straub penned a letter to the public (which you can find on the jump) defending his idea for a downtown stadium. But we've moved too far with the Little Havana stadium and I ... More >>

Kendall's Fire Station 9 closed due to mold; freakin' pussies, says resident

If there's one thing Riptide likes better than a juicy news tip, it's quotably irate citizenry. So today, Christmas came early: Sabal Chase resident Mike Grant gave us both. Construction foreman Grant has noticed his local firehouse, Miami-Dade Station 9, one of the busiest in the county, has had it ... More >>

Dennis the Moderate

Come January, expect to see a new dynamic take shape on the Miami-Dade County Commission when Dennis Moss becomes chairman. For one, Natacha Seijas will no longer have influence over the selection of committee chairs and assignments. Each of the last three commission chairs, from Barbara Carey-Shul ... More >>

Bay of Pigs Museum (Kinda) Moves Forward

Come January, expect to see a new dynamic take shape on the Miami-Dade County Commission when Dennis Moss becomes chairman. For one, Natacha Seijas will no longer have influence over the selection of committee chairs and assignments. Each of the last three commission chairs, from Barbara Carey-Shul ... More >>

Saving the Save Darfur Rally

Come January, expect to see a new dynamic take shape on the Miami-Dade County Commission when Dennis Moss becomes chairman. For one, Natacha Seijas will no longer have influence over the selection of committee chairs and assignments. Each of the last three commission chairs, from Barbara Carey-Shul ... More >>

A Cool $20 Million

A former security guard says fraudulent time sheets cost you big

Already Home (?)

Immigration rally in Homestead small but sincere

If Signs are Outlawed…

…Then Only Outlaws Will Have Signs

Politically Tone Deaf

George Burgess, the county manager, hits a sour note

Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

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

Talking Dead

Historic graveyard tells Miami tale

Lehtinen for Mayor

Unless Manny Diaz tops him, Dexter is the hottest candidate for the 2004 county race

Letters from the Issue of April 24, 2003

Unless Manny Diaz tops him, Dexter is the hottest candidate for the 2004 county race

Submarine Politics

Alex Penelas learned his lesson in 1999; this year's transit-tax campaign is all below the surface

Letters from the Issue of August 8, 2002

Can one man fix the nation's fourth-largest school system?

Letters from the Issue of June 20, 2002

What, is everybody's brother gay?

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of September 13, 2000

Digital Intrigue

Did Miami-Dade County Manager Steve Shiver deceive commissioners in an effort to steer a lucrative software contract to a friend? The friend says no. Shiver isn't talking.

The Carlos Lacasa File

Meet the most powerful politician you know nothing about

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of June 28, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of May 31, 2001

Enough's Enough

Will the county risk Homestead's future on a no-win lawsuit? Find out on Tuesday.

A Friend in Need

Steve Shiver receives a letter of support from an old pal

DeFede: Deconstructing Alex

He billed himself as a reformer, but a close look at Alex Penelas's record reveals a politician more in tune with ambition than innovation

The Great Divide

Correspondence from our readers

Mullin

The Marlins Had a Party and You Weren't Invited

Ms. Miami-Dade.com

Born and raised in poverty, Internet trailblazer-cum-civic activist Eve Smith is making headlines and big moves into new domains

Homey Rollers

Tired of battling expanding suburbs, Debra Flynn wants to pick up her 79-year-old house and move it

Riptide

Weaving tangled Webs

Speak Your Mind, Lose Your Job

Weaving tangled Webs

Circle Jerks

Weaving tangled Webs

Letters

Weaving tangled Webs

Port Whine

Miami-Dade County's proposal to privatize public marinas has mariners up in arms

Letters

Miami-Dade County's proposal to privatize public marinas has mariners up in arms

Don't Call Me a Lobbyist!

Even though my name is Chris Korge and Alex Penelas is my best buddy and all the commissioners are indebted to me and I guarantee you'll get that fat county contract

Air Base Confidential

Even though my name is Chris Korge and Alex Penelas is my best buddy and all the commissioners are indebted to me and I guarantee you'll get that fat county contract

Power Politics

Even though my name is Chris Korge and Alex Penelas is my best buddy and all the commissioners are indebted to me and I guarantee you'll get that fat county contract

Letters

Even though my name is Chris Korge and Alex Penelas is my best buddy and all the commissioners are indebted to me and I guarantee you'll get that fat county contract

"It'll Never Get Off the Ground"

With nothing to show after four years but bitterness and bickering, the plan to turn Homestead Air Force Base into a commercial airport has gone from national model to national embarrassment

Open House

Habitat for Humanity should be celebrating. Homes should be for sale to poor families in South Dade. New construction should be advancing. All stories should have happy endings.

Arena Winners and Losers: Alex Shoots, Alex Scores!

Habitat for Humanity should be celebrating. Homes should be for sale to poor families in South Dade. New construction should be advancing. All stories should have happy endings.

Letters

Habitat for Humanity should be celebrating. Homes should be for sale to poor families in South Dade. New construction should be advancing. All stories should have happy endings.

Flying Blind

Homestead Air Force Base: Hundreds of millions of dollars. An arrogant developer. Nine compliant politicians. A vote taken so late at night you never knew what hit you.

Cyan Aura

Homestead Air Force Base: Hundreds of millions of dollars. An arrogant developer. Nine compliant politicians. A vote taken so late at night you never knew what hit you.

Dade Divided

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