Subject: Victor Diaz

• The Politics of Clubbing

  Nightlife task force meetings in Miami Beach might be the only place you'll find dudes with forearm tattoos and sideways baseball hats sitting at a conference table with a city commissioner and diplomatically discussing city policy. On Friday, the owners and managers of some of the Beach's most popular entertainment venues -- Crobar, Mango's, Finnegan's- told commissioner Victor Diaz the city over-regulates bars and clubs. Steve Blisar of NITE (Nightlife Industry Task Force Committee) opined th

  January 26, 2009

• New to the Aria

  February 9, 1995

• Causeway and Defect

  August 25, 1995

• Mistaken Identity

  October 26, 1995

• Pastor Targets Corruption

  Simon Graves wants to dunk crooked pols.

  January 3, 2008

• Mount Sinai Mired and Sinking

  December 6, 2007

• Best Disappearing Act

  May 17, 2001

• You Are Cordially Invited

  April 19, 2001

• Power Play

  January 4, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  August 17, 2000

• What Makes Alvaro Run?

  August 10, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  June 15, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  June 1, 2000

• Frank Talk About Free Speech

  May 25, 2000

• Letters

  May 21, 1998

• The Vultures Are Circling

  February 12, 1998

• The Body Politic Hits the Beach

  August 14, 1997

• Letters

  May 8, 1997

• The Autocrat

  May 1, 1997

• New Year's Revolution

  January 2, 1997

• Letters

  November 2, 1995

• Gay Pride Parade Attracts Copious Happy People, One Homophobe

  There were a thousand little reasons to cheer -- or laugh or cry -- at the first Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade this past Saturday. To name a few: A sweet-faced elderly couple carried a sign that read "George and Peter. Together 65 years." Then there was the tight-bodied pack of beautiful women in bikinis gyrating to house music on a giant papier-mâché cheeseburger float. Not to mention the appearance from Miami Beach City Commissioner Victor Diaz, who openly snuggled with a windswept blond fe

  April 20, 2009

• Metro Dade Firefighters Battle For Their Jobs

  Adrien Cegora stood outside Miami Beach City Hall yesterday with a crease in his brow. The fit firefighter wore a red Metro-Dade T-shirt, along with about 50 of his co-workers. They hoped to send city commissioners a message: Indian Creek and Surfside? That's our territory. "Miami Beach is trying to take over our turf," Cegora says. "For us, it's gonna mean layoffs." Commissioner Victor Diaz lead the city commission discussion. The question: Should Surfside and Indian Creek be allowed to contr

  May 14, 2009

• Game On

  August 20, 2009

• Miami Beach Will Improve Its Gay Rights Ordinance

  ​When it comes to gay rights in Florida, the Miami Beach is an island of awesomeness. It's almost like discovering a San Francisco in a sea of Alabama. In 1992, city commissioners were among the first to advocate protecting LGBT folks from workplace discrimination. This past Wednesday, the commission unanimously passed a first reading to improve the ordinance. Sponsored by Miami Beach Commissioner Victor Diaz, the improvements will sharpen the ordinance's existing language. It will clarify de

  October 16, 2009