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    July 12, 2001

    The Fall Guy

    Meet Robert Nachlinger, the man Steve Shiver has reason to fear

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    A New Political Complexion

    Come next week, the City of North Miami will be a very different place

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    We Built This City

    Turns out the best possible way to rescue Miami-Dade's remaining rural farmland is to incorporate as a ... city. Huh?

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    A Friend in Need

    Steve Shiver receives a letter of support from an old pal

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Don't Harm the Charm

    Residents of tiny Miami Springs are doing battle over their town's future

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Smooth Operator

    Personal financial embarrassments and allegations of sexual impropriety have done nothing to spoil Derrick Miller's political fortunes in Opa-locka

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Strike Three

    Don't be surprised if you see Steve Shiver's pants on fire -- that's what happens to people like him

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    True Colors

    Alex Penelas gets in touch with the inner Alex Penelas

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    The Manager's Many Friends

    One thing about Steve Shiver's future as the county's chief executive: It'll never be lonely at the top

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    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

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    The Return of Loco Joe

    Miami's mayoral meltdown has a long and nasty history

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    DeFede

    Riding the Tiger

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    DeFede

    A .22-Caliber Mayor with .357-Magnum Ambitions

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Not for Sale ... Exactly

    Mayoral hopeful Marty Shapiro bills himself as the anti-development candidate for Miami Beach. Problem is, he's not.

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Cybersleuth

    How a former FBI agent with a yen for computers became one of the most powerful men in Miami

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    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

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Mission Impossible

    An emphatic mayor. Tons of polling. Heaps of money. But something went wrong with the Penelas campaign that couldn't.

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    Homestead's Dirt

    In South Miami-Dade it's all in the land -- the earth, the profits, and the sweet deals

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Soaring Aspirations

    Joe Celestin might have lost his bid to become mayor of North Miami, but his campaign united South Florida's Haitians like nothing before

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Alex Penelas's Rite of Passage

    Joe Celestin might have lost his bid to become mayor of North Miami, but his campaign united South Florida's Haitians like nothing before

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Free Parking

    Mayor's staff finds a new protocol for corruption

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Small Town, Big Hell

    Election time in Sweetwater is just another pretext for this rancorous city to go nuts

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Public Park As Political Feud

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

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    The Don

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

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Exposing the Color Line

    Once a paragon of tolerance, the city of South Miami has become a hotbed of hate

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Conflict in Clubland

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

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    He Did a Job on the Mob

    During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Whichever Way the Wind Blows

    During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    You Make the Call

    During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    With Friends Like These

    During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    WAR!

    During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    X Mayor

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

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Style: 10, Substance: 0

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

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    It's Lonely at the Top

    In the first weeks of his administration, Xavier Suarez isn't making many new friends, and he's not influencing many people either

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Elector Set

    No doubt about it, Raul Martinez is Hialeah's mayor-for-life. The question is: Can Herman Echevarria's Penelas-driven political machine succeed in killing him?

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    Power Politics

    No doubt about it, Raul Martinez is Hialeah's mayor-for-life. The question is: Can Herman Echevarria's Penelas-driven political machine succeed in killing him?

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    The Hale-Bopp Amendment

    June 3 will either be doomsday for Miami Beach or just another opportunity for aspiring politicians to make political hay

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    The Autocrat

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

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Sudden Wayne Change

    Wayne Huizenga drives a hard bargain at Homestead racetrack -- he'll make millions while Dade taxpayers are taken for a ride

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Extra! Read All About Me!

    An El Nuevo Herald reporter quits and becomes the political story in Hialeah

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    Bounty Manager

    An El Nuevo Herald reporter quits and becomes the political story in Hialeah

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    Sergeant Up in Arms

    The hiring of the mysterious Zohar Lahav at $52,000 per year has critics of Miami Mayor Joe Carollo yelling foul

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Either Argue or Cut Debate

    The hiring of the mysterious Zohar Lahav at $52,000 per year has critics of Miami Mayor Joe Carollo yelling foul

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Summons Like It Hot

    Animosity is all over Sweetwater like a not-so-cheap lawsuit

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    Fume It May Concern

    Hialeah Gardens buys its gasoline from pumps owned by a city councilman. A Hialeah Gardens city councilman.

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Raising Pain

    Glenn Terry thinks a salary hike is the answer to Miami's commission woes. Others insist it's money for nothing.

  • News

    December 21, 1995

    The Kingmaker

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

  • News

    September 21, 1995

    What About Those Stinking Badges?

    Hialeah City Council members take an unprecedented legal step to protect their reputations

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    Busy Signals

    County bureaucrats aren't the only ones who get to have cellular-phone fun

  • News

    July 13, 1994

    A Wayne-Win Situation

    Gaining control of the Miami Arena was the easy part. Now Mr. Blockbuster just has to persuade the Heat to stick around.

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