Subject: Tomas Regalado

• No Tree Left Behind

  April 23, 2008

• The Bitch

  September 30, 2004

• Miami Mayoral Donnybrook

  Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a former cop, has opened an account to run for city mayor, opening the way to the best political contest in recent memory. Commissioner Tomas Regalado, who announced several months ago, is sure to attack, particularly as we get close to election day. Regalado's ethical lapses are already known...I mean there was the year that city taxpayers footed the gasoline bill for his jeep.  And the guy sometimes gets himself in trouble by talking too much, a qualit

  December 1, 2008

• The Scoop That Might Have Been

  December 2, 1992

• Timoney Loses, Freedom Wins, Taxpayers Pay

  Miami Police Chief John Timoney screwed up, and we taxpayers are just gonna keep paying and paying.Back in November 2003, the City of Miami shut down some protests against a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meeting being held here. The cops beat some protesters and illegally jailed others. Just last May, the city paid $17K to the family of photographer Emily Vogel, whose car was destroyed while she was taking pictures.  And yesterday, the 11th Circut Court of the U.S. District Court o

  February 24, 2009

• Perversion and Justice

  February 19, 2009

• Tomas Regalado Is the $5,000 Man

  And he's doing just fine, thank you.

  July 31, 2008

• Letters from the Issue of March 30, 2006

  March 30, 2006

• Waterfront Access Is for Commies

  September 14, 2006

• FTAA Settlement Reached

  October 4, 2007

• Arriola Resign? Fuhgeddaboutit!

  March 9, 2006

• The Dullness of Being Manny Diaz

  July 14, 2005

• The Bitch

  April 28, 2005

• Pity the Poor Politicos

  January 22, 2004

• BEST SMALL-TOWN PARADE

  May 16, 2002

• Letters from the Issue of January 31, 2002

  January 31, 2002

• The Dissection of Miriam Alonso

  September 13, 2001

• Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

  November 23, 2000

• Best Restaurant For Election Returns

  May 11, 2000

• Pocket the Difference

  May 4, 2000

• On the Block

  March 16, 2000

• Creative Nepotism

  February 24, 2000

• Riptide

  February 17, 2000

• Riptide

  September 30, 1999

• DeFede

  September 23, 1999

• Tickets to Fame

  September 2, 1999

• Sex, Lies, and City Hall

  June 3, 1999

• Riptide

  May 6, 1999

• X Mayor

  January 29, 1998

• Remains of the Day

  September 18, 1997

• A Race About Race

  October 31, 1996

• Dancing with the Pols

  Coming in November, the City of Miami's public access channel will try its hand at some new, innovative programming to get residents amped up about the Magic City's elected officials. It's a variety show based loosely on the popular television series Dancing with the Stars. And the first contestants are commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Joe Sanchez, who is running for mayor against Tomas Regalado.Banana Republican recently received via e-mail a rough cut of the pilot episode. Check it out:Try J

  April 20, 2009

• No Cash in the Coffers

  May 14, 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 some of the city's more illustrious citizens. In Regalado's corner: auto magnate Norman Braman has contributed $7,000 (through his wife and various corporations) to help the Spanish language radio host

  May 15, 2009

• News Roundup

  A former confidant of ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler claims that in the '90s, she accepted kickbacks from developers. [Herald]Tomas Regalado is apparently the "underdog" in the mayoral race, though I'm pretty sure by most measures he's doing just as well as or better than Joe Sanchez. [CBS4]Police are looking for a cargo van driver who dumped a body in Southwest Miami-Dade. [CBS4]Beginning at midnight, police can pull you over simply for not wearing a seatbelt. How cops are g

  June 29, 2009

• Xavier Suarez's Son Rolling in Campaign Dough

  Alex Izaguirre​ In this year's City of Miami elections, the theme is "Taking It Back to the Old School," considering Frank Carollo, brother of mercurial ex-Mayor Joe Carollo, is running for Joe Sanchez's seat. And then there is Francis Xavier Suarez, who  wants to replace Tomas Regalado on the commission dais. Francis is the son of Miami's original mayor loco, Xavier Suarez. He's the guy who showed up at a constituent's house in a bathrobe in the early wee hours because he didn't like wha

  August 19, 2009

• News Roundup

  An appeals court in Miami today will take up Florida's gay adoption ban. [AP]Michael Beasley's stay in rehab was planned; in fact, he had already been in Houston attending therapy for two weeks beforehand. [Herald]After seeing so many wackos storm Democratic congressman with accusations of death panels and socialism, it's nice, if only for balance, to see some liberals rally for the public option, which is what these folks did at Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's office. [Herald]Speaking of R

  August 26, 2009

• News Roundup

  Fight at Miami City Hall. During a budget meeting, Mayor Manny Diaz said Commissioner Tomas Regalado had taken a cheap shot at him. Regalado said the mayor has been living like "the mayor of Beverly Hills." Diaz then reminded the commissioner that his office once spent $25,000 for coffee. Anyway, the city decided to keep the tax rate flat for now. [Herald]Two 15-year-old boys were shot outside a Burger King in North Miami. One died, the other is still at Jackson Memorial. [Herald]A public works

  September 11, 2009

• The Return of Loco Joe

  Alex Izaguirre​ The tepid race to replace Miami Mayor Manny Diaz could soon get a shot of Sazon if the chatter emanating from city hall is true. A handful of political consultants said earlier today that former Mayor Joe Carollo is seriously considering jumping into the contest. As of now, it looked like Commissioner Tomas Regalado was going to run over colleague Joe Sanchez.Florida International University political science professor and local election prognosticator Dario Moreno says th

  September 11, 2009

• At Last Night's Mayoral Debate, Everyone Lost (Their Heads)

  ​The group that gathered last night for the City of Miami mayoral debate between commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez made Joe Wilson, Kanye West, and Serena Williams look like upstanding examples of manners. Maybe they didn't get the message they're supposed to act civilly for the next week or so, because they freely shouted at the candidates, loudly cheered for their favorite, and argued with anyone in the audience who didn't agree with them. Of course, after the candidates' perfor

  September 17, 2009

• Miami mayoral candidate Tomas Regalado once raised cash for a terrorist

  October 1, 2009

• Letters from the Issue of October 8, 2009

  October 8, 2009

• News Roundup

  Mayoral candidate Tomas Regalado may be accused of not being able to deal with his personal finances (he claims to only be worth $5000 year after year, and once had his wages garnished for not paying taxes), but his campaign manager is doing a good job with his war chest. He's consistently out-raising challenger Joe Sanchez. [Herald]The Bacardi buildings have won historic designation, despite not being technically old enough. No surprise really though. In this town we love our rum and we love ou

  October 7, 2009

• New CIA Files Show Miami's Most Infamous Cuban Terrorist Was a Snitch

  Last week, Riptide was all about Eduardo Arocena, the Miami dockworker convicted in 1985 of setting off 32 bombs in Little Havana and Manhattan. A certain mayoral candidate (ahem, Tomas Regalado, ahem) seems to have flirted with supporting Arocena back in the day, not that he'll admit it.via Wikimedia CommonsCarriles in 1962.​We noted how strange it was for Regalado to run away from the Arocena issue in a town that still harbors noted Cuban terrorists such as Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada

  October 7, 2009

• News Roundup

  Here's how The Herald cleaned up Channing Crowder's "They're undefeated, they're probably smelling themselves, rubbing each other's balls, all that shit..." quote: "They're probably smelling themselves, rubbing each other's [back]." Come on, since when is back a proper substitute for balls? [Herald]The funeral service for slain UConn player Jasper Howard has been set for Monday, and his teammates are scheduled to attend. [AP]Meanwhile, threats of violence are being made online to witnesses of th

  October 23, 2009

• With Only a Week Left in the Mayoral Race, 42 Percent of Voters Are Still Undecided

  ​With a fragile local economy, tumbling real estate prices, a heated debate over a baseball stadium, and bonkers budget issues, the race to replace term-limited Manny Diaz as Miami's mayor should have been a blockbuster.Instead, with just a little more than a week to go till November 3's election, 42 percent of voters are undecided, according to a Florida International poll released this weekend.Maybe many voters came to the same conclusion we did after attending a debate in Septembe

  October 26, 2009

• News Roundup

  Tomas Regalado's vision for Miami for the next four to eight years: basic services and nothing else. [Herald]Miami-Fort Lauderdale has the most foreign-born residents than any other area in the nation, with 36.9 percent. [CBSNews]For once, Alan Grayson apologizes: He's sorry for calling that lady a "K Street whore." [Salon]Barack Obama can't even pronounce Kendrick Meek's name right, and it must hurt poor ol' Kendrick that there are pictures everywhere of Obama hugging Charlie Crist, while Meek

  October 28, 2009

• Regalado Admits Raising Cash for a Terrorist, Offers Explanation: Everyone Was Doing It!

  Almost a month after Riptide broke the story that likely mayor-in-waiting Tomas Regalado once helped lead a fundraiser for Miami's most infamous terrorist, it looks like Regalado has finally admitted his role on the record.via Tomas Regalado for MayorIf the other radio stations jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?​Just don't hold your breath for any real explanation from the candidate.A quick recap: in 1983, a Spanish-language radio station where Regalado worked as program director he

  October 28, 2009

• City of Miami Voters: Yes To Name Recognition And Cash! No to Messages!

  The handful of City of Miami voters who bothered to roll by the polls yesterday sent an age-old but always cringe-inducing message: Cash and name recognition wins elections.via Tomas Regalado for MayorYour next mayor's real campaign slogan: NO!​Actual plans for the city? Meh. Not so important.In the four contested races in the city, voters went nuts over well-funded Tomas Regalado for mayor (71.67 percent) and incumbent Michelle Spence Jones in District 5 (82.75 percent), and gave a nod in Dis

  November 4, 2009

• Politics and Name-Calling: Is the Miami Herald Really "Sucking Up" to Cubans?

  jacco.org via Flickr CCEditors, shmeditors.​On the opinion page of the Miami Herald , Patricia Kawaja's letter begins dramatically. "I am alarmed by Tomas Regalado's election as mayor of Miami," she blasts. "Another Cobwebbed politician...."Only that's not what she actually wrote. When the British-born writer-by-trade sent her letter in earlier this week, it read: "Another Cobwebbed Cuban." Yesterday morning she opened the paper and found the word had been changed. Kawaja now claims her letter

  November 6, 2009