Tallahassee

Norman Braman Won the Battle, but Stephen Ross Is Going to War

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses Stephen Ross' next move. In the battle of Miami billionaires, Norman Braman beat Stephen Ross thanks to Florida House S ... More >>

Dolphins Stadium Upgrade Bill Passes First State Senate Committee Unanimously

The Miami Dolphins won their first legislative battle in a war to secure taxpayer money to cover half of the planned $400 million upgrades to Sun Life Stadium this morning as the bill passed its first Senate committee unanimously. 

Is Charlie Crist Florida's Next Governor?

Mayan Calendar Predictions vs. Miami Reality

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Blocks Miami Democratic Leader Annette Taddeo-Goldstein's Bid for State Chair

There's a big battle brewing between the Old Guard and the New Guard for the top leadership position of Florida's Democratic Party. Several South Florida Hispanic Democrats are voicing their displeasure with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's move to support Tallahasee's Allison Tant in next m ... More >>

Election 2012: Just Vote No To These Catastrophes

When you head to the polls this week to cast a vote for the prez or to throw your weight behind Mittens, you might be surprised to find one of the longest ballots ever created. You'd never know it from the nightly news, but it turns out you'll have to decide on much more than just the presidential r ... More >>

Wiz Khalifa Announces 2050 North American Tour: Miami, Montreal, Chicago, 33 Other Cities

Remember when Miami New Times columnist, booty bass pioneer, and free speech enthusiast Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell lambasted Pittsburgh weed rapper Wiz Khalifa (AKA "the boy behind the popular hit 'Black & Yellow'") for breaking the hip-hop code and hooking up with another rapper's ex-boo? We ... More >>

Teepee Touring East Coast, Slinging Hugs, Playing Show for Kickstarter Donors

Welcome back, Teepee! Last week, at his first Miami show in two years, Crossfade's favorite banana-fueled noisenik totally El Kabonged the crowd at Churchill's Pub, debuting ferocious songs from his second album, due later this year. And this Saturday, you'll have another chance to check out his n ... More >>

Matt & Kim Announce 2012 Lightning Tour With Fillmore Miami Beach Show on October 14

To quote adorable guy-girl indie poppers Matt & Kim: Oooh-oooh-oooh-woo, oooh-woo, oooh-woo ... Just a few minutes ago, the perpetually psyched tag team ("Matt plays keys! Kim plays drums!") announced their 38-date Lightning Tour via Twitter, expressing an overwhelming level of excitement with ... More >>

A$AP Rocky Announces LongLiveA$AP 2012 Tour With Fillmore Miami Beach Show

See also "Soulja Boy to SpaceGhostPurrp "We Gone Eat Yo Face," Thows Bath Salts on A$AP Beef." Extraordinary swag and a mouthful of gold ... Yeah, we're talking about A$AP Rocky, the preternaturally talented 23-year-old Harlem Mob boss, rapper, and grillz model who's been beefing with SpaceGhostPu ... More >>

Ron Book Has Made $1 Million Lobbying This Year; Lincoln Diaz-Balart Got Rich Off Genting

It's only May, but South Florida super-lobbyist Ron Book is already having one hell of a year in Tallahassee. This week, lobbyists filed their reports for 2012's first quarter and since January, Book has already topped $1 million in fees. Who's paying him all that cash? Along with every other city i ... More >>

Florida Republicans' Dilemma: Should They Ban Poor People From Buying Cupcakes?

​It's always fun to see different strains of a political ideology rub against each other in conflict, and that's exactly what's happening as a Florida House committee ponders whether or not to limit the kinds of foods that can be bought with food stamps. On one hand you have the part of the Republ ... More >>

Deep Dredge Delayed: Port Officials Optimistic, Environmentalists Ready to Go the Distance

The Port of Miami's much-debated "Deep Dredge" will be delayed for months -- possibly years -- as a Tallahassee judge hears arguments for and against the project this August.Port officials tell Riptide that they are optimistic the project will still be completed on time. But a lawyer representing en ... More >>

Jacuzzi Boys Headed to Europe for 26-City Tour

​Admittedly, we were nervous about Jacuzzi Boys' upcoming European tour. But we quickly changed our tone when Hardly Art assured us it'd be a land-based trek. Phew, what a relief. European tours can be a real bummer. Shitty guides recklessly leading you into dangerously shallow waters, shoddy sa ... More >>

Medical Marijuana's Unlikely New Florida Savior Is 64-Year-Old Larcenia Bullard

​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the principal's office. "I would not have possibly imagined th ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez Is No Longer Looking Out For Akerman Senterfitt, Lobbyists Who Funded His Campaign

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has vetoed a controversial lobbying contract that included a law firm that has generously supported his political campaign for the county's top elected position. Citing the county commission's failure to cut the cost of Miami-Dade's lobbying services, Gimenez killed t ... More >>

Influential Conservative Blog: Mike Haridopolos Should Quit Senate Race Because He Has Girly Hair

​Senate President Mike Haridopolos is the only well-known Republican who's announced his intentions to run against Senator Bill Nelson in 2012, but his campaign isn't off to such a great start. First there was the reminder that he once got $152,00 in taxpayer money to write some crappy book that w ... More >>

Rising Star Andrew Gillum, 31, Enters Race for Florida Democratic Chair

​Florida Democrats desperately need a Marco Rubio of their own, and 31-year-old Andrew Gillum, a commissioner for the City of Tallahassee may be the answer. He's not running for statewide elected office (yet, anyway), but has entered the race to replace Karen Thurman as the chair of the Florida De ... More >>

Florida immigration bill would give white folks a pass

Florida's Arizona-Style Immigration Bill Would Give Canadians, Europeans a Free Pass

Florida's new immigration bill would let guys like this off the hook, papers or not.​Florida state Rep. William Snyder, the slow-drawling ex-Miami-Dade Police officer who has drafted Tallahassee's version of the hotly debated Arizona immigration bill, is adamant that his law would not lead to raci ... More >>

Supreme Court Considers Vaccine-Autism Case While New Times Probe Draws Ire

Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

FSU vs. Miami: The Rivalry Continues (And Uncle Luke Promises Lots of Boobs)

​Few rivalries in all of sports are as heated and historic as that between the Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Seminoles, and it's safe to say that if you don't know what's happening this weekend there's little hope you'll care. It's the biggest friggin' night in athletics in the Sunshine State ... More >>

Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials

Yeasayer in Miami! October 5 at the Fillmore Miami Beach

photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg​Fun news. Miami has finally scored a proper show by part of the holy triumvirate of Establishment-Accepted Brooklyn Art-Pop: Yeasayer! (MGMT and the Dirty Projectors would round out the trio.... One can continue to dream.) The only bummer is that by the time Yeasaye ... More >>

Woman Wins $500,000 From Scratch Off Game, Florida Lottery Says It's a Misprint

Imagine winning half a million dollars from a lottery scratch off game, and then imagine the lottery telling you, "whoops, sorry this is a misprint, too bad." That's what happened to Ann Marie Curcio of Ocala. Her Gold Rush ticket told her she had won $500,000 in 2007. She drove all the way up to ... More >>

Nobody Cares About Saint Patrick's Day in Miami, If Dwarf Performers Have Anything to Say About it

philthepillvia flickr cc​Short Dwarf entertainment company is not the most politically correct agency on the planet. They represent "midget talent" -- their words, not ours -- for performance and party gigs nationally. Owners claim to be "your premiere source for leprechauns, elves, oompa lo ... More >>

With Crist's Announcement Imminent, the Dominos Begin to Fall

With the end of the legislative session in Tallahassee last week, and Charlie Crist widely expected to announce his Senate intention tomorrow the dominoes should quickly fall as down ticket politicos all over the state start positioning themselves for 2010. So far, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who has bee ... More >>

The Slightly More Authentic Version of Gene Loves Jezebel Plays Respectable Street This Friday

True, Gene Loves Jezebel hails from the United Kingdom and hit a peak with moody songs in the Eighties, while wearing spackled-on makeup and plenty of shiny flair. But to label them a "goth" band, per se, would be kind of missing the point. Perhaps they wore black on the outside because black was ho ... More >>

Ex-North Miami Mayor Elton Gissendanner Is Back

A prison stay and bankruptcy can't keep him down.

Pay off Your Loans

Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

Lloyd, Lil Scrappy, Rich Boy, and T-Pain

Something Smells Fishy -- And Like Rectal Leakage, Too

Something Smells Fishy -- And Like Rectal Leakage, Too

Dream On, White Girl

Exene Cervenka reinvents the Original Sinners

Who is: Ralph Arza?

An Army of One

No, Rosa Kasse isn't crazy to do battle with state Rep. Ralph Arza -- it just looks that way

Calling All Cabbies

Battered by a corrupt industry, Miami's independent taxi drivers consider unionizing.

Lessons in Hate

"The Art of Hatred: Images of Intolerance in Florida Culture"

Black Blessings

Blessings of Kwanzaa Celebration

DeFede

Brothers to the Rescue

Riptide

Balls club blues: John Henry, Carroll Williams, and Ingrid Casares

Big Chief Moneybags

Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

Letters

The Old School of Power

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Queen of the Kingmakers

If you're a political candidate with big ideas and little cash, the first call you make is to Irene Secada

The Great Florida Grape Stomp

Prohibition-era legislation forbidding mail-order booze shipments has local wine lovers whining

Burke Besieged

The Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Bar. Maybe the FBI, too. For a man who won automatic re-election, Metro Commissioner James Burke seems to have a lot of explaining to do.

Crossing the Bar

When Dade's Chamber of Commerce considered backing FIU instead of FAMU in the fight for a new state law school, they figured it would be a walk in the park

Yankee Ingenuity

Stonewalled

FIU's first gay-rights group finds disciples of Anita Bryant alive and well on campus