Otis T. Wallace

Miami New Times Best Investigations of 2012: A Wrongly Charged Boxer, Corrupt Mayors and Bogus Pot Busts

Here at Riptide we do plenty of joking about mugshots and celebrating the sheer insanity that is life in the Sunshine State. But Miami New Times' staff writers also spend months investigating the kinds of stories that daily newspapers just don't have the time or resources to focus on any more.In 201 ... More >>

Tupac or Biggie? We Need More -- Not Less -- Info About Public Officials

As Riptide reported yesterday, Barbara Jordan believes Miami-Dade public employees' salaries shouldn't be available online. She's even introduced a resolution to strip that info from the web.Maybe it was the county commissioner's commanding Aug. 14 re-election that emboldened her to make such a move ... More >>

Joe Garcia Releases Campaign Video Featuring Otis Wallace, South Florida's Shadiest Mayor

In any sane world, Democratic congressional candidate Joe Garcia would easily defeat Republican Rep. David Rivera this November. Rivera has been called the most corrupt politician in Washington, and is currently at the center of a bizarre FBI investigation involving a fake Democrat and a female camp ... More >>

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 >>

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Otis Wallace's Shady Web: A Guide To This Week's New Times Investigation

​This week's profile of Otis Wallace raises serious questions about corruption in Florida City, from accusations of bribery and secret real estate deals to stolen votes. The article also reveals for the first time FBI and Miami-Dade investigations into the mayor and his administration.To help you ... More >>

Otis Wallace, Florida City's "mayor for life," is corrupt with power

Otis Wallace, Mayor of Florida City, Investigated By FBI and Miami-Dade Public Corruption Unit

​When Otis T. Wallace became mayor of dirt-poor Florida City back in 1984, the desegregation hero was one of the first black politicians elected in the entire state. Nearly 30 years later, however, Wallace is still in office but his leadership has lost its luster.A two-month investigation by the N ... More >>

Marc Elias Jr., North Miami's New Police Chief, Was Canned Over Sexual Harassment Claims

Andre Pierre's got a new police chief.​In this week's New Times, we laid out the case for indicting North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre. Now, Pierre's administration has just named Marc Elias Jr. as acting chief.Yes, the one and same Marc Elias Jr. who was fired as chief in Florida City a couple years ... More >>

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Ags to Riches

Can rural Homestead find deliverance from rampaging developer Steve Shiver?

The Redland Menace

All About the Green

A much ballyhooed petition supporting a commercial airport in Homestead appears to be a sham

Robert Isn't Here

If county bureaucrats have their way, the venerable South Dade farmer's market will be forced to change its evil ways: No more milk shakes!

Big Fish, Little Pond

For more than a decade, Otis Wallace has called the shots in tiny Florida City. That seems to be just fine with the locals.

Going South

Civics and spirituality. Politics and prayer. In the ongoing battle against inertia, Goulds bares the conflicts at its core.

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