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Norman Braman

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Marco Rubio's Wife Might Be Preparing for Role as VP's Wife

    Marco Rubio's wife Jeanette has kept a relatively low profile despite her husbands growing national profile. While he's in Washington, Jeanette Rubio usually stays behind in West Miami raising the couple's four children. Though, she just gave her first extended interview in conjunction with her hubb ... More >>

  • News

    May 17, 2012

    Miami Beach: Corruption Central

    Marco Rubio's wife Jeanette has kept a relatively low profile despite her husbands growing national profile. While he's in Washington, Jeanette Rubio usually stays behind in West Miami raising the couple's four children. Though, she just gave her first extended interview in conjunction with her hubb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Barbara Jordan's Sister Who Defrauded the County Is On Her Campaign Payroll

    For Barbara Jordan, blood is thicker than water. How else can the Miami-Dade County commissioner justify the $5,000 her reelection campaign paid to the company owned by her sister Sandy Walker, a once-powerful lobbyist who five years ago pleaded guilty to defrauding the county?In a recent interview ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Luis Garcia Pulls out of David Rivera Race, and Now Dems Have No Candidate

    Rep. David Rivera is one of the most vulnerable Republican congressman in the entire country. He's under numerous criminal investigations, and his seat in District 25 is quickly seeing its Republican voter advantage fade. It could be a slam dunk for Democrats, assuming, of course, they had anyone to ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2012

    Logan Morrison is the Marlins' tweeter in chief

    Rep. David Rivera is one of the most vulnerable Republican congressman in the entire country. He's under numerous criminal investigations, and his seat in District 25 is quickly seeing its Republican voter advantage fade. It could be a slam dunk for Democrats, assuming, of course, they had anyone to ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2011

    Miami's top news stories of 2011

    Dude, where's my city? Miami wakes up with a pounding headache.

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Vanessa Brito: Status Quo Slayer

    Dude, where's my city? Miami wakes up with a pounding headache.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Police Union Prepares Lawsuit Over Recall After Overwhelming Vote to Oust Regalado

    ​The morning after the police union overwhelmingly voted to back a recall of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, union lawyers are drafting a lawsuit to force the city to figure out how to make it happen. The problem, according to union chief Armando Aguilar, is that the city charter specifies officials ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2011

    Recall Tomas Regalado

    ​The morning after the police union overwhelmingly voted to back a recall of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, union lawyers are drafting a lawsuit to force the city to figure out how to make it happen. The problem, according to union chief Armando Aguilar, is that the city charter specifies officials ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Leonard Abess, Miami's Most Generous Banker, Named Chairman of University of Miami's Board of Trustees

    ​Remember Leonard Abess, the former banker who sold his company and gave $60 million to his own employees? Well, he's just been named the new chairman of the board of trustees at the University of Miami. 

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Ron Book Never Saw a Conflict of Interest Waiver He Didn't Like UPDATED

    Is Ron Book lobbying for your taxpayer interests? Probably not. ​Update: Ron Book tells Banana Republican that it was unfair to characterize his representation of municipal governments and private clients with competing interests as something bad. "I didn't do anything nefarious or unethical," he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Miami Voice Celebrates the End of Natacha

    ​Natacha Seijas was right to worry about her name appearing on the same recall ballot as Carlos Alvarez. She was swept up in the voter tsunami that also took out the now former county mayor. Many local political pundits didn't give Miami Voice, the political action committee that sought Seijas's r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Carlos Alvarez's Extreme Pandering Makeovers

    All illustrations by Pam Shavalier​The election to recall Carlos Alvarez is in five short days, but the County Mayor has done little in the way of mounting much of a public campaign to save himself. But it's not too late, there are still plenty of communities within the county rich with potential ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    State Legislators Want to Take Away Some of County Commissioners' Powers

    ​With an election set in a week to recall Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas the air of reform is steadily streaming through County Hall, but two state lawmakers don't just want a change in leadership. They want to see the powers of Miami-Dade County Comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Carlos Alvarez Loses Lawsuit, Recall Is On Bitches!

    Carlos Alvarez enters the final battle against his recall.​Over the next two weeks, we'll see if County Mayor Carlos Alvarez can muster up the support that propelled him to office in 2004 and 2008, as well as giving him more powers. Earlier today, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Barbara Areces dismissed ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Letters from the issue of January 13, 2011

    Carlos Alvarez enters the final battle against his recall.​Over the next two weeks, we'll see if County Mayor Carlos Alvarez can muster up the support that propelled him to office in 2004 and 2008, as well as giving him more powers. Earlier today, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Barbara Areces dismissed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Recall Election for Alvarez and Seijas Set for March 15

    Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas better beware the Ides of March. Voters will take to the polls on March 15 to decide whether they want to recall the beleaguered politicians, the County Commission decided today. The decision to hold both elections on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    A Look Ahead: Riptide Predicts 2011's Biggest Stories

    ​Any two-bit news rag can tell you what happened yesterday. But it takes a truly great publication -- one advertising Asian table massages in its back pages -- to predict the future. We donned our swami's cap and stared long and hard at our 2011 calendar until we started hallucinating. This is wh ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Year in review: LeBron rescues Miami

    ​Any two-bit news rag can tell you what happened yesterday. But it takes a truly great publication -- one advertising Asian table massages in its back pages -- to predict the future. We donned our swami's cap and stared long and hard at our 2011 calendar until we started hallucinating. This is wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Buju Banton: Dirty Dozen 2010

    ​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2010

    Capri Anderson: Dirty Dozen 2010

    ​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians, unholiest celebrities, and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustration o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2010

    Kat Stacks: Dirty Dozen 2010

    ​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians, unholiest celebrities, and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustration ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Proposed Miami skate park pits skaters against preservationists

    ​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians, unholiest celebrities, and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustration ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn hoard money at CRAs while Overtown and Omni suffer

    ​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians, unholiest celebrities, and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustration ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn II Cash In On Blight

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn II want to take $105,000 meant for Overtown​What do you do if you have $59.2 million in unspent funds from last year's budget earmarked for long-stalled projects at the Overtown and Omni community redevelopment agencies? If you're Miami city commis ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2010

    For Romero Britto, luck and charm trump talent

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn II want to take $105,000 meant for Overtown​What do you do if you have $59.2 million in unspent funds from last year's budget earmarked for long-stalled projects at the Overtown and Omni community redevelopment agencies? If you're Miami city commis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Barf: Nick Saban Statue to be Erected

    via RammaJammaYellaHamma/Wiki Commons by CC2.0​Is that all Nick Saban wanted? A statue? Because, the former Dolphins coach is actually going to get one in Alabama after leading the Crimson Tide to a BCS Championship. We could have erected a statue of you Saban! You didn't have to sneak out of town ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Bold Names Line Up Behind Rubio, a.k.a. "The GOP's Barack Obama"

    Warning to anyone who wants to believe MSNBC reporter Carlos Watson's recent profile of Marco Rubio, in which the former House Speaker is praised as the "GOP's Barack Obama": It's a trap!  Watson, a Miami native, proclaims, "He's young. He's attractive. He easily c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Gay Rights Leader Announced as Chair of McCollum Finance Committee; also includes Huizenga, Braman and Fanjul

    The Buzz has the full list of members on the Bill McCollum for governor finance committee. It is a massive thing full of the state's top Republican business men, lawyers, lobbyists and other assorted movers and shakers. Then again, what do you expect on a finance committee? Though, you might no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    The Big Donors in Miami Mayor's Race

    Illustration by Alex Izaguirre In this week's print edition of Riptide, I wrote that none of the candidates in the Miami mayoral race will crack the $1 million benchmarks set by Manny Diaz in 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless, City Commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez are shoring up support with s ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    No Cash in the Coffers

    Miami's Mayoral frontrunners struggle to raise money in recession.

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    Shear Happiness

    It's spring, and that means the Marlins are back.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Who Hates the Marlins Stadium Deal? Not Just Norman Braman

    Michael Burnstine may be comically underfunded and critically late to the game, but he's not lacking in passion. He hates the $515 million Marlins Stadium deal. And he's not alone."It's horrendous. It's one of the worst deals I've seen in my life," Burnstine tells Riptide. The insurance salesman and ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    Madoff's Man

    South Florida multimillionaire Michael Bienes never cut ties with Bernie Madoff, even after the SEC shut him down.

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    Midtown Slowdown

    Plans to transform a blighted neighborhood have stalled.

  • News

    August 7, 2008

    Val Screen Vies for Commissioner Audrey Edmonson's Seat

    Plans to transform a blighted neighborhood have stalled.

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Letters from the Issue of November 15, 2007

    "He taught me things that some of these robot teachers would never dare"

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    The Art of Investing in Art

    Wall Street gives new meaning to the term "artist portfolio"

  • Culture

    December 2, 2004

    Artquake

    ArtBasel: Where Did It Come From? What Does It Want?

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Powers That Be

    It's nice to have wealthy and influential friends, especially when you need loads of campaign cash

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    The War of Art

    Competing fairs are locked in a battle for collectors

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Submarine Politics

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

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    You Are Cordially Invited

    So you weren't among those lucky few who dined with the king and queen? Consider it a compliment.

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Frank Talk About Free Speech

    Attorney Victor Diaz chats up the ACLU's Howard Simon

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Get Your Filthy Rich Buttinskis Outta Here!

    Indian Creek Village and Surfside engage in some respectful civic discourse

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    The Candidate

    Xavier Suarez on the campaign trail: A pair of fifteen-dollar shoes and cures for all Miami's ills

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    A Tale of Two Mayors

    Xavier Suarez on the campaign trail: A pair of fifteen-dollar shoes and cures for all Miami's ills

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    The Graduate

    After ten years as city manager, Cesar Odio is still catching flak about his college education. Give the guy a break. Better yet, give him a diploma.

  • News

    November 30, 1995

    Dollars to Doughnuts . . .

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

  • News

    July 27, 1995

    Standing Still

    Historic landmarks in preservation limbo

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