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Tomas Regalado

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Braddock, Not MAST, Wins H.S. Culinary Cook-Off. Oops.

    ​Mayor Tomas Regalado handed the first place trophy to Braddock Senior High, not to MAST Academy, at the first annual Blazing Kitchen High School Mystery Basket Culinary Competition as I stated in a post a couple days ago. The cook-off between the schools took place during the second annual M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Mast Academy Wins High School Culinary Cook-Off

    ​​Mayor Tomas Regalado handed the first place trophy to Mast Academy last night at the First Annual Blazing Kitchen High School Mystery Basket Culinary Competition. The cook-off between Mast and Braddock Senior High was one of the Blazing Kitchen events that took place within the second annual M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Pitbull Makes GQ's "Least Influential" List, But Not Ours; Meet Miami's Five Least Influential

    ​​In the December issue of GQ magazine, our hometown boy Pitbull is the only Miamian to make the list of the "25 Least Influential People Alive." Tim Pawlenty claimed the top spot and others on the list with less clout than the Cuban-American rapper include actress Gwenyth Patrow, deposed E ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    Three Miami mayors block Genting casino

    ​​In the December issue of GQ magazine, our hometown boy Pitbull is the only Miamian to make the list of the "25 Least Influential People Alive." Tim Pawlenty claimed the top spot and others on the list with less clout than the Cuban-American rapper include actress Gwenyth Patrow, deposed E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Sleepy Miami Commissioners Pass Budget Deal at 3 a.m., Don't Really Know What's Inside

    ​Faced with a massive $62 million gap in city finances, angry unions and an increasingly hostile commission, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado did what any good leader would do: He kept commissioners up so late they didn't know what they were voting on.It worked! Just after 3:30 this morning, they voted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Mayor Regalado Wants to Make Sure City Gets Cut of Casino Taxes

    With Genting Group ready to plop down billions on a planned new high end casino in downtown Miami after a law-changing stop in Tallahassee, few prominent politicians are opposing it, as much as they are making sure their interests get that tax money. Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado wants to make sure the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Police Union Prepares Lawsuit Over Recall After Overwhelming Vote to Oust Regalado

    ​The morning after the police union overwhelmingly voted to back a recall of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, union lawyers are drafting a lawsuit to force the city to figure out how to make it happen. The problem, according to union chief Armando Aguilar, is that the city charter specifies officials ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Miami Police Union President Wants To Recall Tomas Regalado

    Tomas Regalado is no longer an FOP friend.​The police union president who helped Tomas Regalado become Miami mayor in 2009 is now calling on his brothers and sisters in blue to oust the city's embattled leader. Taking his cue from our recent cover story about the mayor's failures, Armando Aguilar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    County Puts the Brakes on Miami's Bid to Cover Every Vertical Surface With Advertising

    Forty-story billboards are still illegal -- at least for now.​If Marc Sarnoff and Tomás Regalado had their way, pretty much any stationary object within 1,000 feet of a major Miami roadway would be plastered with an LED billboard by next Tuesday. (Surely this has nothing to do with the fact that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Miami Police Bust Luis Boris Estrada For Illegal Gambling Machines

    ​The Miami Police Department's crackdown on illegal gambling machines continued today with the arrest of Luis Boris Estrada. Cops busted the 42-year-old Cuban for operating six "maquinitas" at the Rapido Discount he manages at 2742 SW Eighth Street, finding $1,000 in one of the machines. Miami Pol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Here's A Copy Of The $200,000 Check Made Out To Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito

    ​When a royal brouhaha erupted last week over Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's allegations that city officials offered him a "bribe" to resign, Riptide filed a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy the infamous $200,000 check.Well, the check just landed in our inbox. It shows that Mayo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Exposito: City Officials Offered $400,000 To Resign As Police Chief

    ​A story that started yesterday with blogger Al Crespo posting a mysterious, voided city check for $200,000 ended with more ammo fed into the raging firefight between the Miami Police Department and City Hall when Chief Miguel Exposito admitted the check was part of a huge payout he was offered to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Exposito and Regalado Tussle In Park Over Payout Offer

    ​At an anti-gun rally in Charles Hadley Park this morning, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and arch enemy/police chief Miguel Exposito blasted one another before TV cameras.The whole thing started like Sharks vs. Jets about 10 a.m. when Regalado was holding forth to a horde of reporters and a couple do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Report: Moody's Downgrades City of Miami Bond Rating to 'Negative'

    ​Concern over a looming budget gap and leadership turmoil has led Moody's, the bond rating agency, to downgrade its outlook on the City of Miami's $226 million in obligations from "stable" to "negative," according to an investor's report obtained by blogger Al Crespo. The agency also down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Tony Crapp Jr. Resigns As Miami City Manager After Six Months on the Job

    ​After six months of doing exactly nothing about a police department in disarray and a looming $40 million budget gap, Miami City Manager Tony Crapp Jr. is packing up his office this afternoon and bailing for a cushy private-sector job in Broward County.Gee, thanks for all the hard work, Tony. Any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Tomas Regalado Got Thousands in Free Tickets To Heat Games, Boxing Event

    courtesy Al CrespoTomas Regalado and Sean Penn in a private box at a Heat game.​In Miami Beach, a storm is brewing over accusations that city officials strong-armed the New World Symphony to give them free tickets to concerts. But Beach leaders aren't the only politicians accepting free seats.Miam ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2011

    Possible gambling video fuels fight between mayor and police chief

    courtesy Al CrespoTomas Regalado and Sean Penn in a private box at a Heat game.​In Miami Beach, a storm is brewing over accusations that city officials strong-armed the New World Symphony to give them free tickets to concerts. But Beach leaders aren't the only politicians accepting free seats.Miam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Video Could Help Arm Miami Police Chief Against Mayor

    Photo by Michael MillerPolice Chief Miguel Exposito​As the saga of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's war with Mayor Tomás Regalado rages on, a new development could fuel the battle between the two estranged friends over illegal gambling in the city's bodegas and cafeterias. New Times has obtai ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Miami police chief Miguel Exposito's violent reality TV promo

    Photo by Michael MillerPolice Chief Miguel Exposito​As the saga of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's war with Mayor Tomás Regalado rages on, a new development could fuel the battle between the two estranged friends over illegal gambling in the city's bodegas and cafeterias. New Times has obtai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Miguel Exposito Blasts Tomas Regalado, Says Police Aren't Following the Mayor

    ​In front of a dozen television cameras and a packed room of reporters, Police Chief Miguel Exposito blasted Mayor Tomas Regalado this afternoon over Regaldo's claims that he was being tailed by police officers. Exposito also defended his department's conduct in the six recent fatal police shootin ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    MPA head Art Noriega "living la vida loca," Regalado says

    ​In front of a dozen television cameras and a packed room of reporters, Police Chief Miguel Exposito blasted Mayor Tomas Regalado this afternoon over Regaldo's claims that he was being tailed by police officers. Exposito also defended his department's conduct in the six recent fatal police shootin ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    Mayoral aide Ada Rojas fights Obama roadblock

    ​In front of a dozen television cameras and a packed room of reporters, Police Chief Miguel Exposito blasted Mayor Tomas Regalado this afternoon over Regaldo's claims that he was being tailed by police officers. Exposito also defended his department's conduct in the six recent fatal police shootin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    A Tomas Regalado Employee Goes to Jail During Obama's Last Visit

    City of Miami​Next time President Barack Obama is in town, Ada Rojas may want to steer clear of his motorcade. Or hope that her boss, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, melts his icy relationship with the city's boys in blue before the next presidential visit.On October 11, Regalado's resident affairs an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Norman Braman's Recall Real Fishy

    Mr. Braman: Recall everybody not just Carlos Alvarez​We've never hidden our disappointment and disgust with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez's administration. Voters handed him immense powers in 2007, but Carlos "El Fuerte" never materialized. And he sandbagged Miami-Dade taxpayers with the Marlins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Miami Commission Looks To Hack Salaries and Pensions Today As Unions Promise A Fight

    ​Like a blackjack fiend down to his last, filthy dollar bill at 3 a.m., the City of Miami has gone through most of the stages of grief over its budget disaster. First came denial (illegally shuffling money around to hide the problems), then anger (electing firebrand Tomas Regalado), desperate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Election Day Races to Keep an Eye On

    Will Bill McCollum and Kendrick Meek hold back the two millionaire candidates? Will Miami ​Mayor Tomas Regalado's blossoming political machine get his daughter a seat on the Miami-Dade School Board? Will Dorrin Rolle survive his scandalous year to win another term to the county commission? Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    With No Experience and Lots of Cash, Miami Mayor's Daughter Raquel Regalado Runs For School Board

    Raquel RegaladoTomas Regalado and daughter, Raquel, at a school board campaign event​School board candidates are typically a veritable who's that of local gadabouts or gray-haired teachers with little recognition outside home room. In District 6, which covers parts of Coral Gables and South Miami, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Video: Activist Lays Into Mayor and Police Chief About Cop's Fatal Overtown Shooting

    ​If you don't understand the raw anger and grief coursing through Overtown this week over Monday's police shooting of an unarmed man at a traffic stop, check out this video.The emotion is palpable inside Overtown's St. John's Baptist Church, where almost 200 gathered last night to demand answers f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Is the City of Miami About to Go Bankrupt? Marc Sarnoff Seems to Like the Idea

    ​Since Mayor Tomás Regalado's election, the City of Miami's dismal budget crisis hasn't improved much. The city coffers are still being strained by high salaries for city employees and large pension payouts. Now Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, the second most powerful elected official in the city afte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    News Roundup: Lil Wayne Gets Eight Root Canals

    Lil Wayne had his sentencing delayed so he could return to Miami for oral surgery. Well, TMZ said he underwent a marathon session yesterday and got eight -- yes, eight! -- root canals. You'd think that would be punishment enough for his weapon charges, but he'll still likely spend eight months to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Sources Say Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez Has Resigned

    via City of Miami Pete Hernandez has handed in his resignation.​Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez has handed in his resignation, two of Riptide's sources at City Hall have confirmed. Herandez's ouster is a major victory for Mayor Tomas Regalado, clearing the way for Regalado to bring in an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    New Miami Commissioner Denies Breaking Sunshine Law

    Miami City Commissioner Francis SuarezLast night, Banana Republican spoke with a political consultant who worked on Francis Suarez's campaign who insisted the new commissioner did not have private discussions with his new colleagues about who to pick to replace Angel Gonzalez.The city commission -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    News Roundup: Mayor Diaz's Last Day; Heat Off to Hot Start

    As of noon today Manny Diaz will no longer be Mayor of Miami. The Herald paints him as a "a sober, patient reformist up to his elbows in the minutiae of turning around a troubled city" who enacted "an agenda of a scope unmatched by any other Miami mayor in decades." One likely, for better or wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    The Timoney Boot Party Countdown, Day 2

    Whitney Roux​ The morning breeze whips John Timoney's rosy cheeks as he settles into his rowboat moored at the Miami Beach Rowing Club. He pushes off the dock and begins paddling up Indian Creek, soaking in the dry, mild November weather, pondering where his next gig will be.Maybe he'll roll throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 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] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 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-raisi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 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 San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    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 ethica ... More >>

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    FTAA Settlement Reached

    A New Times exclusive: The door's about to close on John Timoney's most infamous chapter

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    The Bitch

    A New Times exclusive: The door's about to close on John Timoney's most infamous chapter

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    The Dissection of Miriam Alonso

    Corruption investigators are delving into the county commissioner's every financial nook and political cranny

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

    How a citizens advisory board created to investigate illegal billboards became an industry support group

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    May 11, 2000

    Best Restaurant For Election Returns

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    September 23, 1999

    DeFede

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    September 18, 1997

    Remains of the Day

    The Cuban American Defense League wanted a little official recognition. They got it.

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    December 2, 1992

    The Scoop That Might Have Been

    Weeks before the controversial tale of a Cuban double agent set Miami abuzz, the Miami Herald and Channel 51 engaged in a little intrigue of their own

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