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Xavier Suarez

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    No More Mayor Loco

    Xavier Suarez is still a little crazy after all these years, but in Miami politics that can be an advantage

  • News

    September 26, 1990

    The Quiet Riot

    Xavier Suarez is still a little crazy after all these years, but in Miami politics that can be an advantage

  • News

    January 23, 1991

    The Man and the Mouth

    Xavier Suarez is still a little crazy after all these years, but in Miami politics that can be an advantage

  • News

    June 9, 1993

    Program Notes

    Xavier Suarez is still a little crazy after all these years, but in Miami politics that can be an advantage

  • News

    September 8, 1993

    Meet Miami's Next Mayor

    Political gangster or humble servant, Miriam Alonso wins either way

  • News

    January 26, 1994

    Power to the Parish

    Father Jose Luis Menendez of Wynwood takes the church to the people and the people to the streets

  • Shops and Wares

    May 12, 2005

    BEST SHOE-REPAIR SHOP

    Marquez Shoe Repair

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Story Line

    Still feisty after all these years, Carl Hiaasen unloads on Miami politics and corporate journalism

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of , 2002

    Political battles, toppled trees, and downtown denizens

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    The X Man Returns

    Are you sitting down? Ready for this? Try saying it out loud: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Xavier Suarez

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Solid Gold

    A 30-year-old law clerk purchases Miami's precious history for a song

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Riptide

    So that's why it's called copy!

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Commissioner Kojak

    No ideas, no agenda, and a lot of glad-handing. Welcome to J.L. Plummer's re-election campaign.

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Absentee Ethics

    That thoughtful Diaz de la Portilla boy has found a way to help out voters. What a guy!

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Politics and Spirits

    Miami city worker Caridad Rios swears she's never practiced Santera. Try telling that to the many politicians who befriend her -- or fear her.

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    The Don

    Adrift in Miami's fierce political maelstrom, Donald Warshaw is one cool customer

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    If You Indict, They Will Come

    What is Miami's greatest natural resource? Corruption, of course! So let's get out there and sell it!

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Anarchy in Allapattah

    Residents of Allapattah have come to fear the boys who hang at 1024, And they have reason to

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    X Mayor

    Legal experts and insider politicos agree: Voter fraud will soon force Xavier Suarez from office. Then What?

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Roe v. Wade v. Suarez

    Thanks to Miami's mayor, January 22 is now officially pro-life and in your face

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Press Relations the Suarez Way

    Thanks to Miami's mayor, January 22 is now officially pro-life and in your face

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Extra! Extra!

    Miami's foremost weekly newspaper on the verge of advertising coup! Read all about it!

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Style: 10, Substance: 0

    Miami's foremost weekly newspaper on the verge of advertising coup! Read all about it!

  • News

    December 25, 1997

    Very Truly Yours, Xavier Suarez

    Leading a city in crisis is definitely a time-consuming job, but that hasn't kept the mayor from attending to his correspondence

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    It's Lonely at the Top

    In the first weeks of his administration, Xavier Suarez isn't making many new friends, and he's not influencing many people either

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    The Candidate

    Xavier Suarez on the campaign trail: A pair of fifteen-dollar shoes and cures for all Miami's ills

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Taking the Marlins Downtown

    No, we're not talking about McGwire or Griffey. We're talking about a new ballpark.

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    Miami's Undertaker

    No, we're not talking about McGwire or Griffey. We're talking about a new ballpark.

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Letters

    No, we're not talking about McGwire or Griffey. We're talking about a new ballpark.

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    A Tale of Two Mayors

    No, we're not talking about McGwire or Griffey. We're talking about a new ballpark.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Either Argue or Cut Debate

    No, we're not talking about McGwire or Griffey. We're talking about a new ballpark.

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    Ethnic Math: How to Get to 75,000

    No, we're not talking about McGwire or Griffey. We're talking about a new ballpark.

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    The Ethnic Chopping Block

    To win the most important election in Dade County history, the top mayoral candidates have hacked the voting public to pieces

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    Micky Arison is a greedy corporate pig . . . and other observations about big boys and their expensive toys

    To win the most important election in Dade County history, the top mayoral candidates have hacked the voting public to pieces

  • News

    September 15, 1993

    Meet Miami's Next Mayor

    Part 2: Miriam Alonso knows how to put votes together, but she can't seem to separate dirty tricks from politics

  • News

    April 1, 1992

    Letters

    Part 2: Miriam Alonso knows how to put votes together, but she can't seem to separate dirty tricks from politics

  • News

    March 25, 1992

    Letters

    Part 2: Miriam Alonso knows how to put votes together, but she can't seem to separate dirty tricks from politics

  • News

    March 18, 1992

    The Cubanization of Xavier Suarez

    Part 2: Miriam Alonso knows how to put votes together, but she can't seem to separate dirty tricks from politics

  • News

    February 26, 1992

    Beware of the Dog and Steer Clear of the Buffet Table

    Part 2: Miriam Alonso knows how to put votes together, but she can't seem to separate dirty tricks from politics

  • News

    January 23, 1991

    Alberto Gonzalez -- Wild Man at the Plate

    Part 2: Miriam Alonso knows how to put votes together, but she can't seem to separate dirty tricks from politics

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    News Roundup: Runoff Winners; Heat Losers

    Michael "Drunk Driving Godzilla" Gongora and Jorge Exposito have won the run-off elections for the Miami Beach Commission. [Herald]And Francis Suarez, son of former mayor Xavier Suarez, has won the run-off in Miami. In 5 days, when he's sworn in, the city will have 3 out of 5 commission seats filled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Michelle Spence-Jones and Willy Gort Prevail in Special Elections

    Today's special election to fill two vacant city commission seats resulted with two familiar names returning to City Hall. Voters in District 1 returned Willy Gort to office. He previously held the seat until 2001 when he made an unsuccesful bid at the Mayor's office. He raplces the man who suc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Oh Great, Xavier Suarez and the Other Julio Robaina are Running for County Commission

    Xavier Suarez​Miami-Dade politics is a complicated beast, and the recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has set off a lot of dominoes. Commissioner Carlos Gimenez's decision to resign from his county commission seat to run for mayor means it's now up for grabs. And guess who's running? Former ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Xavier Suarez Raises $100,000 In 15 Days For County Commission Seat

    Xavier Suarez​The man once dubbed "Mayor Loco" and who showed up to a constituent's house in his bathrobe when he was Miami Mayor is still a formidable rainmaker. Xavier Suarez has picked up $109,950 in campaign contributions in his second bid to become a county commissioner.Suarez is running agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Norman Braman Endorses Mayor Loco Xavier Suarez?

    Norman Braman confuses us sometimes.​So multi-billionaire car dealer Norman Braman is all about reforming county government and curtailing the influence of lobbyists. Then why the heck is Braman's mug on a flyer endorsing Xavier Suarez for county commissioner? Voters in district 7 received the cam ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    Xavier Suarez: Don't call him loco

    Norman Braman confuses us sometimes.​So multi-billionaire car dealer Norman Braman is all about reforming county government and curtailing the influence of lobbyists. Then why the heck is Braman's mug on a flyer endorsing Xavier Suarez for county commissioner? Voters in district 7 received the cam ... 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 >>

  • News

    December 22, 2011

    Virginia Key landfill remains a hellish hazard while bureaucrats bicker

    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

    January 4, 2012

    Xavier Suarez Wants to Fire Overpaid Bureaucrats and Sell Off County Buildings

    We've never really bought into Xavier Suarez's hokey, at times egomaniacal, approach to governing. And it's difficult to get past the fact he is forever linked to the 1997 Miami mayoral voter fraud scandal that had dead people casting ballots. That said, the X-Man has devised a bold plan to slash Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Xavier Suarez and Joe Carollo Endorse Newt Gingrich

    ​Turns out Xavier Suarez and Joe Carollo can actually agree on something: they like Newt Gingrich. They've both been announced as members of Gingrich's Florida Steering Committee. Then again, it only makes sense that two guys who saw their political careers take embarrassing stumbles in the '90s w ... More >>

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