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February 2, 2012
Dramatic North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre Now in Public Feud With His Kid's Science Teacher
Controversy seems to follow North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre wherever he goes. So, naturally, now he's managed to get himself in a public feud with his kid's science teacher.Laurie Futterman, a science teacher at the David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center, showed up last week at a city council meeting to speak ... More >>
News
December 22, 2011
Virginia Key landfill remains a hellish hazard while bureaucrats bicker
Controversy seems to follow North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre wherever he goes. So, naturally, now he's managed to get himself in a public feud with his kid's science teacher.Laurie Futterman, a science teacher at the David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center, showed up last week at a city council meeting to speak ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Virginia Key Landfill Fix Delayed By Politics: Blood, Sewage, and Chemicals Still Leach into Bay
A blood pump in Virginia Key Landfill, 1976Twisted metal. Bags of blood. Broken needles. Human excrement. Mysterious orange drums full of God-knows-what.Like a giant shit-filled anniversary cake, the Virginia Key landfill has been stuffed full of the nastiest crap Miami has to offer. The dump has be ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Solid Waste Director Fred Hobson's Resumé Fails to Check Out, Again
Like a pair of Tara Reid implants, some things are just too fake to pass. A few weeks ago, Riptide reported on the bizarre hiring of new Solid Waste Director Fred Hobson, handed a $100K job despite the fact that two of his former bosses say they fired him from city posts.Hobson first got the axe ... More >>
News
August 19, 2010
Fred Hobson, City of Miami solid waste official, hired despite sketchy record
Like a pair of Tara Reid implants, some things are just too fake to pass. A few weeks ago, Riptide reported on the bizarre hiring of new Solid Waste Director Fred Hobson, handed a $100K job despite the fact that two of his former bosses say they fired him from city posts.Hobson first got the axe ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Solid Waste Director Fred Hobson Hired Despite Shady Record, City Hides Behind Storage Dispute
If only Miami could recycle everything as faithfully as it does shady employeesWhen Miami's director of solid waste management quit earlier this summer, city officials were sent scrambling for a replacement. They quickly hired Fred Hobson, a former assistant director of solid waste who had retir ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2009
The Scoop That Nobody Wanted: Jose Canseco's Man-Ram Press Conference
Associated PressIt was so quiet you could hear a testicle shrink.Miami native Jose Canseco has made a post-baseball career out of snitching on his former teammates and getting punched in the face. This is not a dignified existence. And yet he insists on respect. Every time evidence emerges that a st ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2009
Harpal Kapoor Is the Funkiest Transit Director In All the Land
We would've thought Miami-Dade transit parties would be dull affairs -- you know, where the administrators get tipsy and see who can recite the Sunday schedule for Route J the quickest. But no, director Harpal Kapoor, an Indian-born sikh, and his merry band of bureacrats go buck-wild after hours. ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2007
Souto, on a Trash Tear
We would've thought Miami-Dade transit parties would be dull affairs -- you know, where the administrators get tipsy and see who can recite the Sunday schedule for Route J the quickest. But no, director Harpal Kapoor, an Indian-born sikh, and his merry band of bureacrats go buck-wild after hours. ... More >>
News
October 26, 2006
Sticky Lingers
"The streets look horrible. Everybody I talk to is like, �You�re right, man; gum is disgusting."
Music
November 10, 2005
Converge
"The streets look horrible. Everybody I talk to is like, �You�re right, man; gum is disgusting."
News
November 15, 2001
Greed Stinks
It smells like political cronyism, laced with a little Penelas and arsenic
News
February 25, 1999
Letters
It smells like political cronyism, laced with a little Penelas and arsenic
News
February 4, 1999
Trash and Cash
Small, independent garbage haulers have always had to battle the big companies, but now they have a new foe: the City of Miami
News
April 23, 1998
Politics Makes for Strange ... Trashmen?
If Joe Carollo gets into bed with old nemesis Wayne Huizenga, two of the mayor's closest advisers will be fluffing the pillows
News
March 27, 1997
Letters
If Joe Carollo gets into bed with old nemesis Wayne Huizenga, two of the mayor's closest advisers will be fluffing the pillows
News
February 6, 1997
Put a Lid on It, Pal
Waste Management is fuming about an entrepreneur's efforts to cut garbage-hauling costs for small businesses
News
August 8, 1996
A Litter Night Music
It's 3:00 a.m. and there's a lot of clanging going on outside your apartment. It's only the garbage man, breaking the law.
News
April 18, 1996
Such a Deal!
The Old South Dade Dump is an open-air museum of pollution history -- and it's all ours
News
May 25, 1994
Throw Away This Newspaper
And you just might face hefty fines, thanks to the countywide crackdown on businesses and landlords that refuse to recycle

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