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Raul Masvidal

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Xavier Suarez Doesn't Rule Out Running For Mayor Against Old Foe Carlos Gimenez

    ​Eight years ago, Xavier Saurez lost a county commission race to the man who now occupies the mayor's seat on the 29th floor of Miami-Dade County Hall. But defeat has never stopped the X-Man, who last year won Carlos Gimenez's former county commission seat. In the nine months he has been in office ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Reader mail: Micky Arison would move the Heat if Miami made him repay taxpayers

    ​Eight years ago, Xavier Saurez lost a county commission race to the man who now occupies the mayor's seat on the 29th floor of Miami-Dade County Hall. But defeat has never stopped the X-Man, who last year won Carlos Gimenez's former county commission seat. In the nine months he has been in office ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Miami Herald's "House of Lies" exposes a crisis but then moves on

    ​Eight years ago, Xavier Saurez lost a county commission race to the man who now occupies the mayor's seat on the 29th floor of Miami-Dade County Hall. But defeat has never stopped the X-Man, who last year won Carlos Gimenez's former county commission seat. In the nine months he has been in office ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Miami Heat owner pays no rent for his arena

    ​Eight years ago, Xavier Saurez lost a county commission race to the man who now occupies the mayor's seat on the 29th floor of Miami-Dade County Hall. But defeat has never stopped the X-Man, who last year won Carlos Gimenez's former county commission seat. In the nine months he has been in office ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Tricky Micky: Arison's Heat Doesn't Pay Rent For County-Owned Arena

    A very powerful pig.​Even though they lost last night to the Mavs, the LeBron-ified Miami Heat are finally playing like juggernauts. And the team is profiting like one, too, from ticket and paraphernalia sales. In fact, the Micky Arison-owned wunderkinds expect to make more money this season than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Message to Pols: Give Taxpayers Back that Dirty Money

    Alex Izaguirre Because I penned two posts on corrupt businessman Antonio Junior earlier this week, former New Times scribe Kirk Nielsen turned me on to an opinion piece he wrote for Poder magazine last year. My sometime wingman suggested that tainted political campaign contributions be re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    More from the Antonio Junior File

    Alex Izaguirre Antonio Junior, a local businessman who last year admitted to accepting and giving bribes, was full of information the day he debriefed anti-public-corruption law enforcers about his involvement in ripping-off Miami-Dade taxpayers. In addition to dropping a dime on his pal and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Meet Antonio Junior, But Don't Call Him a Bagman

    Alex IzaguirreWell, at least Antonio Junior can take solace in knowing he made a killing as a minority partner in several deals involving Miami-Dade taxpayer money. And even though he ratted out his political godmother -- ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler -- and some of his other poli ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Bill Perry III at the Center of Questionable Deals

    A battle among gentry means somebody got screwed.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    Masvidal et al Get Paid, Again

    A battle among gentry means somebody got screwed.

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Your Tax Dollars at Work

    A battle among gentry means somebody got screwed.

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Axing the Property Tax

    Potamkin’s homestead has a market value of $21 million.... Raul Masvidal owes $33,639 in taxes for his four-bedroom residence.

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Douglas Road Goes Off the (Metro) Rails

    This is not the first time Raul Masvidal has tried to snooker the county into a bad deal

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Changing Times

    For more than 80 years the Miami Times has been the voice of the black community, but fewer and fewer people are listening

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    The Redland Menace

    For more than 80 years the Miami Times has been the voice of the black community, but fewer and fewer people are listening

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    That Old Familiar Face

    When you hear the name Maurice Ferré, what comes to mind? Something positive? Negative? Anything at all?

  • 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

    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

    April 9, 1998

    Whichever Way the Wind Blows

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

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    WAR!

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

  • 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

    November 14, 1996

    Arena Winners and Losers: Alex Shoots, Alex Scores!

    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

    June 20, 1996

    The Monster Mash

    Jorge Mas Canosa answered a journalistic hatchet jobwith a libel lawsuit. But now everyone is getting cut to the bone.

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