Miriam Alonso

Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners and Miami's Changing Market

The Five Best Coffee Ventanillas in Miami

Photo by Miamism The coffee ventanilla is as quintessentially Miami as traffic and humidity. It's our Starbucks, political town hall, and fast food counter rolled into one. But not every window is created equal. The perfect ventanilla, like a precisely measured cafecito, requires the right rat ... More >>

Inspect no commissioners or the mayor

This past March 4, the Miami-Dade County Inspector General's Office announced it had nailed a county vendor falsifying his insurance paperwork in order to get a county contract. Thanks to the inspector general's investigation, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office was able to charge Eddy Joe Allen ... More >>

Lincoln-Douglas It Wasn’t

"As the chair, you had the power to say something, and you didn’t"

Megamedia Mangler

A fired Herald columnist chatters anew

Miami: Blink and You'll Miss It

That's how quickly things change here, which can be invigorating for cities as well as editors

Letters from the Issue of August 4, 2005

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

The Gridlock Candidate

The county mayor’s race is bumper-to-bumper with hopefuls, but a former traffic reporter thinks he has a shot.

Chris Korge Rides Again

Doing the phone card shuffle at MIA

Inside the Country Club Community Council

"Gus" Exposito played hardball in unincorporated Miami-Dade for as long as he could

A Man in Fool

Free cops for your next event? Dorrin Rolle says yes.

Letters from the Issue of April 25, 2002

The Everglades, dead fish, and dictators

Letters from the Issue of January 3, 2002

Nut Case #5: And thanks for reminding me why I left Miami

Best Disappearing Act

Judge Federico Moreno "disappears" the Cuba ordinance

Collision Course

On one side are politicians and influential business interests. On the other are environmentalists and some very wealthy private citizens. In the middle is Homestead Air Force Base. Dead ahead: An explosive confrontation.

Fem Park

Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Women's History Gallery

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

Elian Nation

Scenes from a splintered city

Mullin

The Burden of a Violent History

DeFede

Brothers to the Rescue

Mullin

The Wizard of Odd

Moreno Madness

Who has a word for every occasion? FIU professor and quotemeister Dario Moreno, of course.

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

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The Junket Queen

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Dinner Key's Raw Meat

He's young. He's politically naive. He's Miami's newest commissioner, Joe Sanchez.

Prestige Politics

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?

Sitting Petty

Capital Punishment

Citing a flood of red ink, officials drew a bead on Dade's only public gun range. Now shooting enthusiasts hope to overturn the death sentence.

The Grim Keeper

The sexton's post at the Miami City Cemetery is a burial ground for troublesome municipal employees. But Clyde Cates wasn't about to just roll over and die.

Micky Arison Is a Greedy Corporate Pig . . . and Other Observations About Backroom Politics and Big-Time Sports

One Hot Idea

Bob Sherman blazes down the info highway in an endless search for towering infernos

Letters

Dollars to Doughnuts . . .

And auto repair, and the occasional nephew. . . An edifying look at Miami City Commission candidates' financial statements

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Secrets and Sunshine

One thing is clear: Some county commissioners broke the law last December. Another thing isn't so clear: Will they ever be punished?

Musical Mayors

First he was Miami's mayor, then Metro's, then Miami's. Now he's thinking about running for county mayor again. Why can't Steve Clark make up his mind?

Barbed War

If good fences made good neighbors, Lazaro Albo would be the most popular resident of the Roads

When Egos Collide

Miami: Stick It in Your Ear

And the winner by a landslide is...

Follow the Bouncing Ball

When the Miami Heat's greedhead ownership takes on the city's nervous leaders, the taxpayers are bound to lose. And it doesn't look too good for the fans, either.

Where's Joey?

The Collector

What do Armando Valladares, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Miriam Alonso, Xavier Suarez, Alex Penelas, Steve Clark, and the Miami Herald editorial board have in common? They're just a few of the big names enlisted by accused embezzler Roberto Polo in his fight to a

Sunday in the Park With AT&T

The corporate giant's sponsorship of Bayfront Amphitheater is great A if you're the type that likes a little brand name with your band name

The Man and the Mouth

Alberto Gonzalez -- Wild Man at the Plate

Janet Reno's Greatest Hits