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Public Finance

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Rick Scott's Taxpayer Waste Czar Got $400,00 No-Bid Contract in Taxpayer Money

    Abraham Uccello, the man appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to head a task force to reduce waste in state government, once received a $400,000 no-bid contact from the state to provide "technology consulting." Uccello, by the way, is close friends with Steve MacNamara, Scott's chief of staff.Here's a good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Top Five Fuming Foodies of 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Preposterous

    It's been a hell of a year, folks. We've had a lot of food and food industry-related news this year, and not all of it has been pretty.As a nod to the upcoming year and as a way of reminiscing, I've gone back over my Fuming Foodie archives and amassed a list comprising the five most ridiculous, cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Almost Half of Floridians Think Republicans Are Intentionally Trying to Hurt the Economy

    Some Democrats have accused Republicans of intentionally trying to slow economic recovery for political gain. Republicans have tried to dismiss that theory, but it's not just partisan Dems who believe it. Nearly half of voters in Florida believe "Republicans are intentionally hindering efforts to bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Marco Rubio Says Obama's Jobs Plan Won't Work, Moody's Top Economist Says It Will

    ​Yesterday, President Obama outline a proposed $447 billion jobs bill that would cut payroll taxes, increase spending on infrastructure and public works programs, and extend unemployment benefits.Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, with lightning-fast speed, released a statement and video response last nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    McKeon's Musings: The Marlins Skipper Shares His Thoughts on the Debt Ceiling

    ​Riptide is pleased to announce the hiring of Jack McKeon, the 80-year-old interim manager of the Florida Marlins, as an interim semi-regular columnist. His first topic: the debt ceiling. I was on the bullpen phone with Corny the other day when he said the damndest thing. Apparently, there's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Mayor Carlos Gimenez Shows Commissioner Barbara Jordan His New Shiny Badge

    Barbara Jordan has climbed to the top of Carlos Gimenez's Most Hated List.​Even though she has no plans to run against Carlos Gimenez in 2012, county Commissioner Barbara Jordan is definitely cementing her place as the Miami-Dade mayor's number one adversary. We already know Jordan is peeved Gimen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Time for Miami Tax Evaders to Come Forward, Warns Local Attorney

    The days of hidden offshore accounts are drawing to an end, it seems​Not everyone in Miami is on the up & up. Sure, your neighbor could have bought that brand-new Mercedes-Benz with the Christmas bonus. Or it could have been that narco slush fund in the Cayman Islands. The truth is that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    No, Your $4,000 Tax Refund Was Not Legit

    IRS: the tax man cometh.​Did you pay Tomeka Wimberly at Wizard Tax Services Inc. to fill out your return this year? Did she claim Doritos and Mountain Dew on your work expenses? How about the little known "new underwear credit"?And did you get a nice refund of roughly $4,000?If so, we hope you hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    North Bay Village Closer to Giving Mayor Corina Esquijarosa the Boot

    North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa​North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa's days in office might be numbered. Political action committee Citizens for Full Disclosure has collected 414 signatures from village residents for its petition to give the mayor the boot.The group targeted Esqui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Miami's Red Light Cameras are a Financial Failure that May Lead to Furloughs

    As much as city officials try to talk a good game about installing pesky red light cameras for public safety, most were really swayed by extra money generated by tickets. City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado pretty much admitted as much, and the city hoped red light cameras would bring in $10 million ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Rick Scott Gets Over His Fear of Trains and Approves SunRail

    ​Gov. Rick Scott has seemed to overcome his hesitations about funding Central Florida's SunRail commuter train program and announced his approval of state funding for the program today. Scott's first big decision in office was surprisingly killing a federally funded high-speed train project, a mov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Five Times Julio Robaina Screwed The Taxpayers

    Julio Robaina, sucky mayoral candidate number 1.​You know Miami-Dade politics is a joke when the county mayor's race comes down to which guy sucks less. If you're into a Cuban version of Arthur Fonzerelli with his own private shadow bank, you'll vote for Julio Robaina. If you're interested in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia Owes IRS Nearly $200,000

    Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia.​No wonder Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia made it a point in his campaign to plead for lower taxes. Not only is there a $1,803.41 state tax lien on his company, ZMG Media, which we reported about last week, but on June 8 the IRS filed a $198,672.75 federa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Five Reasons Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Is The Wrong Man For The Job

    Don't let the smile fool you. This man can't be trusted. ​Only in Miami-Dade County can a politician like Julio Robaina be considered a front-runner for the top elected post. With one day left for early voting before election day on May 24, we've compiled five reasons Robaina does not deserve beco ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Allen West, uncut

    A candid conversation with South Florida's rising Tea Party star.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    North Bay Village Mayor Faces Lien For Unpaid Property Taxes

    ​The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser's Office is looking to collect $3,109 from North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa. That is how much she owes in unpaid property taxes on a downtown Miami condo she claimed was her homestead. Following our report that Esquijarosa was getting a tax break on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Rick Scott to Abolish Office of Drug Control as Pill Mill Fight Faces Uphill Battle

    ​Cracking down on pill mills was supposed to be one of the state government's biggest triumphs of the year. New legislation taking aim at regulating "pain management" clinics that wantonly prescribe addictive pain medications went into effect in October, but the government has blown several deadli ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues

    ​Cracking down on pill mills was supposed to be one of the state government's biggest triumphs of the year. New legislation taking aim at regulating "pain management" clinics that wantonly prescribe addictive pain medications went into effect in October, but the government has blown several deadli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Mayor Alvarez Successfully Stalls Recall Attempt

    Miami-Dade Carlos Alvarez has successfully, if only temporarily, bought himself some time to breath. Billionaire Norman Braman's recall effort collected about 112,000 signature and seemed to be heading to a ballot, but Alvarez's lawyers are fighting the effort on a procedural technicality. The two s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    That Red Balloon Over Collins on the Weekend? Part of a DARPA Contest

    via djuggler's FlickrAn example of one of the balloons. ​That giant red weather balloon hovering over Collins Avenue this past weekend wasn't some sort of Art Basel-related installation. It was part of a U.S. Defense Department Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest. DARPA set& ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    News Roundup

    Today is sentencing for five members of the Liberty City Six. Each could face up to 70 years in prison. [CBS4]Miami 21 got its first stamp of approval from the city commission Friday night. But there's still plenty of hoops the plan has to jump through before becoming official. [SFBJ]Say h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Time: Miami-Dade County Commission is "a Feckless, Corruption-Tainted Body"

    via MiamiDade.gov​The sun still shines. The beaches are still some of the best in the world. The weather, unfortunate for this time of year, is still the same as it ever was. All of those stereotypical things that draw people to call Florida home have gone more or less unchanged, so what's to blam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Kendrick Meek Opposes Using Federal Funds to Pay for Abortions

    Rep. Kendrick Meek has joined a small group of house Democrats asking that any health-care reforms not lead to federal funding of abortion, according to the Washington Post. The possibility of taxpayer money being used to pay for abortions is becoming a hot-button issue in the health-care reform ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Helio Castroneves Strikes Back

    After a year of dodging tax charges, Miami's fastest driver takes the Indy 500.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Castroneves Acquitted

    Two days after everyone paid taxes, and thousands protested this basic fact, one guy got off free on charges of evading his taxes. Indianapolis 500 and Dancing With The Stars champion Helio Castroneves was acquitted on tax evasion charges. Castroneves was charged last October with failing to report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    State Stem Cell Funding Ban Upheld

    Last month President Obama repealed the ban on federal funding on stem cell research, but that doesn't necessarily open the door to state funding. Yesterday, the state house voted to keep language in a bill that would bar universities from using state money for embryonic stem cell research 68-46. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Florida Probably Doesn't Want New Hampshire's Leftovers

    Considering most runners in the 2010 Senate race haven't held a position higher than congressman, it might behoove anyone with a stronger resumé to think about entering the fray, and what better job to have in your past when seeking a Senate seat than senator? Reportedly, former New Hampshire Sen. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Floridians Favor Some Sort of Legal Recognition for Gay Couples, Despite Banning Marriage in the Constitution

    It was pretty evident to anyone with basic reading comprehension skills that the part of Amendment 2 that read, "no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized," would ban civil unions in the Florida Constitution. Florida voters pa ... More >>

  • News

    October 9, 2008

    Lobbyist Ron Book Tries to Tackle the Housing Crisis

    Maybe he can rent us a room in his $2.2 million pad in Plantation.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Banana Republican - Transit Follies

    Maybe he can rent us a room in his $2.2 million pad in Plantation.

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Pretty in the City – Blow Your Tax Rebate Out With a Bang

    Maybe he can rent us a room in his $2.2 million pad in Plantation.

  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    Beenie Man

    Maybe he can rent us a room in his $2.2 million pad in Plantation.

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Alex Daoud’s Election Day

    Forget the runoff between Matti and Simon. Mayor Alex is the man.

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2007

    Are Newspapers Pocketing Illegal Taxes?

    Forget the runoff between Matti and Simon. Mayor Alex is the man.

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    To IRS With Love

    The restaurateur and candidate for county mayor has had major money problems

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

    A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Will Adams Embargo

    The sad saga of how the feds hounded a senior citizen over, what else, Cuba

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Politician Convicted In The Past Twelve Months

    Alberto Gutman

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    The Deep Blue Greed

    The Arison clan built Carnival into a money machine by cleverly avoiding tax laws

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    He Made Dade

    Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    If El Exilio Doesn't Get You, Uncle Sam Will

    Cuban salsero Issac Delgado played Miami without incident. Then the government accused him of breaking the law.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    First the Homeless, Now the Jobless

    A funding crisis forces Camillus House to issue seventeen pink slips

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    All Herald BrandsMart

    A funding crisis forces Camillus House to issue seventeen pink slips

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Clinical Depression

    Hounded by budget crises, unflattering audits, and general gripes about management, the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center circles the wagons

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    As Nasty as They Can Possibly Be

    Hounded by budget crises, unflattering audits, and general gripes about management, the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center circles the wagons

  • News

    June 26, 1996

    Won Way

    Hounded by budget crises, unflattering audits, and general gripes about management, the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center circles the wagons

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    You Say Cemetery, Miami Says Deadbeat

    The city's surfeit of tax-exempt properties costs tens of millions

  • News

    September 21, 1995

    It's Only Money

    Owing to bureaucratic bad judgment, Miami Beach taxpayers will have to pay (and pay, and pay) for the city's vaunted new parking garage

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    In the Dead of the Night

    While you were sound asleep, the Dade County Commission spent hundreds of millions of your dollars. Aren't you glad they didn't bother to wake you?

  • Culture

    February 23, 1995

    Money for Something

    While you were sound asleep, the Dade County Commission spent hundreds of millions of your dollars. Aren't you glad they didn't bother to wake you?

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