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Miami City Commission

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    The Ten Biggest Miami Losers of 2011

    ​Two thousand eleven is almost over, and some of us had better years than others. For most, this year seemed like a downer. But, hey, at least you didn't accidentally spend almost $20K at a strip club, get recalled from office, or embarrass yourself on national television. It really could have bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Walmart's Midtown Miami Plan Sparks Anger, Confusion -- and Surprise Support

    via IMDB.comEvil empire or jobs creator? Depends whom you ask.​There's nothing quite like the impending invasion of Arkansas's finest low-rent retailer to inspire fiery emotions in an up-and-coming neighborhood. (How many other chains have sparked angry documentaries and legions of dissenting grou ... 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 >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Commissioner Marc Sarnoff's ethics questioned over Mercy condo project

    ​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 >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Take down slums, not politicians like Michelle Spence-Jones

    ​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

    March 16, 2010

    Rebuild Liberty City and Overtown Instead of Tearing Down City Commissioners

    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. Up this week, Luke assesses the latest criminal charges against his pal Michelle Spence-Jones and what he would do to fix Overtown and Liber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Commissioner Richard Dunn: Natty Dresser, Colorful Orator, Almost Felon

    ​Three weeks on the Miami City Commission, and already the Rev. Richard Dunn has figured out Miami politics. Contacted Tuesday to comment on a story about his driving record, the newly appointed replacement for Michelle Spence-Jones went on the offensive, attacking District 2's Marc Sarn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    In Spence-Jones Soap Opera, a One-Month Commercial Break

    ​It's now two strikes for pugnacious Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones. A Miami-Dade County judge today dismissed her temporary injunction against Charlie Crist's suspension, setting February 12 as the day when she'll actually decide if the Governor's action is constitutional. A half hour later o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    ACLU Jumps Into Michelle Spence-Jones vs. Charlie Crist Fight

    ​The American Civil Liberties Union has jumped into the ongoing Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones saga on behalf of five voters in her district. Just days after being re-elected in November, Spence-Jones turned herself in on charges of grand theft after accusations she stole money from t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Spence-Jones to Miami Herald: I Did Not Compare Myself to MLK

    Michelle Spence-Jones is not taking her latest suspension from the Miami City Commission quietly.The District 5 commissioner has taken aim at her two biggest adversaries -- Gov. Charlie Crist, who suspended her again yesterday, and the Miami Herald, which has oft criticized her attempts to keep her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Charlie Don't Appoint

    Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado​Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado's insistence that Gov. Charlie Crist appoint a replacement for suspended commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is getting ugly.Over the weekend, Regalado and Commission Chairman Marc Sarnoff were pressuring Angel Gonzalez -- who resigned yesterday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Michelle Spence-Jones Knuckles Up

    Michelle Spence-Jones​Michelle Spence-Jones, wearing a red-and-black dress, black stockings and no shoes, stood in the middle of her Liberty City home's wood-floored living room.It was close to 1 p.m. this past Friday the 13th. Fourteen friends and family members gathered around her and listened r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Marlins Deal Kaput?

    The Florida Marlins are in desperate need of a great closer. Someone who can seal the deal with the Miami City Commission and the Miami-Dade County Commission over the team's sweetheart $630 million stadium deal. Right now the Marlins dreams of a new domed home on the former Orange Bowl site appear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    MiMo M.Y.O.B.

    At yesterday's Miami City Commission meeting, a small group of neighborhood preservationists came prepared to do in Eric Silverman, owner of the Vagabond Motel on Biscayne Boulevard in the Upper Eastside. Members of the MiMo Biscayne Association and residents railed against Silverman's use of his pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2006

    Framing the Fire Fee

    At yesterday's Miami City Commission meeting, a small group of neighborhood preservationists came prepared to do in Eric Silverman, owner of the Vagabond Motel on Biscayne Boulevard in the Upper Eastside. Members of the MiMo Biscayne Association and residents railed against Silverman's use of his pr ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of August 4, 2005

    Response to "Tales of Teele," published July 28, 2005

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    The Ultimate Nasty Neighbor

    A 600-foot-tall monster stomps into your neighborhood. What can you do about it? In the City of Miami, absolutely nothing

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    The Bitch

    Mars Rover

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Between Something and Nothing

    Cocaine case no-actioned; pigeons are rats with wings

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Headbangers Ball

    Claims that police didn't aim at FTAA protesters' upper bodies get a black eye

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of June 13, 2002

    People don't go sifting through your luggage in Oregon!

  • Diversions

    May 16, 2002

    BEST AM RADIO PERSONALITY

    Alberto Milian

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Parking to the People!

    A charming fable in which the little guys win one

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of April 26, 2001

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Mullin

    If they concern Bicentennial Park, your presence is requested this weekend

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

    How a citizens advisory board created to investigate illegal billboards became an industry support group

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2000

    Fem Park

    Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Women's History Gallery

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Children's Museum, Inc.

    New Times gives a tour of the Miami Children's Museum and its corporate exhibitisements -- for kids of all ages!

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of May 18, 2000

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    On the Block

    In an act of audacious short-sightedness, Miami is offering its finest bayfront property to the highest bidder

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Portrait of an Upset

    Johnny Winton used anti-incumbent backlash, new district boundaries, and plenty of cash to knock off J.L. Plummer

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Mullin

    The Wizard of Odd

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Letters

    The Wizard of Odd

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Letters

    The Wizard of Odd

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Absentee Ethics

    That thoughtful Diaz de la Portilla boy has found a way to help out voters. What a guy!

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    Letters

    That thoughtful Diaz de la Portilla boy has found a way to help out voters. What a guy!

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    A Merciful Court of Public Opinion

    If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    Black in Blue

    More than 50 years ago, five daring young men put on police uniforms and began patrolling Miami's "Colored Town." A couple of them are still looking for justice.

  • 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

    October 31, 1996

    A Race About Race

    If Humberto Hernandez has it his way, Miami's only black commissioner, Rev. Richard Dunn, will be history

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Rough Diamond

    A Cuban embezzler built it, anti-Batista guerrillas trained in it, Nicaraguan refugees lived in it, and Frank Robinson played baseball in it. Now somebody has to step to the plate and save Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium.

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    The Buzz About Riverside Center

    City bureaucrats move into FPL's posh Miami River digs with only a milligauss or two of apprehension

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    Micky Arison is a greedy corporate pig . . . and other observations about big boys and their expensive toys

    City bureaucrats move into FPL's posh Miami River digs with only a milligauss or two of apprehension

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Wasted Space

    This waterfront plot in Coconut Grove isn't park land,it's a factory. A lawsuit factory.

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Young and the Restless

    An allegedly hotheaded cop sparks resentment in an Overtown neighborhood

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    One Million for You Group, One Million for My Group

    Conflict-of-interest allegations force a recount in the divvying-up of federal AIDS funding

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    Build a Park, Turn a Profit

    Conflict-of-interest allegations force a recount in the divvying-up of federal AIDS funding

  • News

    April 6, 1994

    Miami: Stick It in Your Ear

    Just what this city needs -- an official song

  • News

    January 26, 1994

    Power to the Parish

    Father Jose Luis Menendez of Wynwood takes the church to the people and the people to the streets

  • News

    October 27, 1993

    Weiner Takes All

    Want to make a little easy money? Whatever you do, don't go into business hawking hot dogs on the street. It's a jungle out there.

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