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Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: Miami Gardens Drive Park-And-Ride Lot

This week, Miami New Times is publishing a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Riptid ... More >>

Indian Creek Country Club's Membership, Exposed

Et tu, Julio?​Guess we just woke up this morning in the mood to piss off some rich people. The Indian Creek Country Club is Miami-Dade County's most exclusive, and controversial, private society. Even the millionaires and billionaires of Indian Creek Village, the island just West of Surfside ... More >>

Tico Pasquet Talks Magnum Band of Haiti's 35th Anniversary

via fansofmagnum.comTico Pasquet, drummer.​If you bring your flask out to the party for Big Night in Little Haiti on Friday, June 17, make sure to fill it with Barbancourt, it's the best rum in the world, and the liquor will have you feeling right at home.The festivities include a free concert hea ... More >>

Concert Review: Juliette Lewis at Bardot, August 26

Photo by Jose FloresJuliette Lewis at Bardot.​Juliette LewisThursday, August 26, 2010Bardot, MiamiBetter than: That band called Guns 'N' Roses.As Juliette Lewis was about to take the floor at Bardot, the Village People's "YMCA" was blasting through the packed bar's speakers. I don't know if people ... More >>

Interview: Philippe Chow Gets the 10

Philippe Chow​The battle of the Chows didn't start in Miami Beach, but when Mr. Chow and Philippe by Philippe Chow opened mere footsteps away from each other, down came the machetes. Both gents may share the same last name (and, it seems, some similar recipes--more on this later), but so there's n ... More >>

Florida Renaissance Festival at Virginia Key Beach Park this weekend!

Philippe Chow​The battle of the Chows didn't start in Miami Beach, but when Mr. Chow and Philippe by Philippe Chow opened mere footsteps away from each other, down came the machetes. Both gents may share the same last name (and, it seems, some similar recipes--more on this later), but so there's n ... More >>

Bill McCollum Was Against MLK Day Before He Was for It

Before those two failed Senate runs and his stint as attorney general, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum was a congressman for 20 years. During his freshman term in the House, a young McCollum had a dream. A dream that one day, there would never be a national holiday celebrating the l ... More >>

Y Not MCA?

Before those two failed Senate runs and his stint as attorney general, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum was a congressman for 20 years. During his freshman term in the House, a young McCollum had a dream. A dream that one day, there would never be a national holiday celebrating the l ... More >>

Hit the Disco Ball out of the Park

Before those two failed Senate runs and his stint as attorney general, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum was a congressman for 20 years. During his freshman term in the House, a young McCollum had a dream. A dream that one day, there would never be a national holiday celebrating the l ... More >>

Suspected Coked-Up Tennis Player: Blame Bob Sinclar

via DeadspinThe early rounds of the Sony Ericcson Open coincide with Winter Music Conference, and it was only a matter of time until the two events crossed paths in some sort of scandal. Sure enough, French tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for cocaine while in Miami. And ... More >>

Calling All Angry Pirates

via DeadspinThe early rounds of the Sony Ericcson Open coincide with Winter Music Conference, and it was only a matter of time until the two events crossed paths in some sort of scandal. Sure enough, French tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for cocaine while in Miami. And ... More >>

Odebrecht Is Portuguese for "Big Money Donor"

For the past two days, I've noted all the work Miami-Dade County awards Brazilian engineering and construction firm Odebrecht. Despite a history of completing jobs behind schedule and over budget, the company continues to get the nod to build county-funded projects worth hundreds of millions of dol ... More >>

Welcome to Florida, Can I Interest You in a Shady Hedge Fund?

Riptide is not much of an economist, then again who is these days? But, if I'm following the logic correctly, the reason we have so many tax cuts and loopholes for the über-rich is because theoretically they're supposed to inject their extra money directly back into the economy and create jobs and ... More >>

Last Night: Gloria Estefan at Seminole Hard Rock

Riptide is not much of an economist, then again who is these days? But, if I'm following the logic correctly, the reason we have so many tax cuts and loopholes for the über-rich is because theoretically they're supposed to inject their extra money directly back into the economy and create jobs and ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of July 24, 2008

"If you wanna kick ass in UFC, you can't be scared to squish your genitalia (nice and close) up against another man."

Macho Men

Don’t say they’re back — the Village People never left

The Devil in Mr. Jones

How Tom Jones made sexual innuendo the lingua franca of rock and roll

Code Red

For those left behind after the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Jaime Gough, the emotional lockdown lingers

Wicked, Part 2

Need some advice on a no-show job? Just ask the commish.

Wicked

Melt this commissioner

Y? Because we like you!

Melt this commissioner

It's a Poinciana Party

Melt this commissioner

The Continuing Adventures of Martin Siskind

In which the clever con artist nearly reels in a million-dollar bonanza

Meet Your Neighbors One Year Later

Overtown's Louise and Jeanette hold steady, but Little Haiti's Naomi is barely holding on

Still in the Hood

Can Ray "Benzino" Scott's new hip-hop club survive his reputation?

Civilian Investigative Panel Nominating Committee

City of Miami

Little Ms. Dangerous

She wanted to be like Ali. Wrong sex. Too early.

Whose Casa Is His CASA?

Colombia's immigrant population is finally seeking a political power base in Miami-Dade

That's Rich

Wanna know how county commissioners earn their keep? Don't bother checking financial disclosure forms.

Park Raving Mad

This group of single moms thought it would be easy to revive their minipark. Then they encountered Miami's finest bureaucracy.

Dish

Party Sinker

Chairmen of the Outboard

A 50-year-old Biscayne Bay institution builds a dock to the 21st Century

Kulchur

A 50-year-old Biscayne Bay institution builds a dock to the 21st Century

Letters

A 50-year-old Biscayne Bay institution builds a dock to the 21st Century

First Draft

Her name is Ivonne Lamazares. You've probably never heard of her. Cuban immigrant, good student, dedicated teacher, devoted wife and mother. Oh, and something else. She just might be the world's next big thing in literary fiction.

News of the Weird

Her name is Ivonne Lamazares. You've probably never heard of her. Cuban immigrant, good student, dedicated teacher, devoted wife and mother. Oh, and something else. She just might be the world's next big thing in literary fiction.

You Say Cemetery, Miami Says Deadbeat

The city's surfeit of tax-exempt properties costs tens of millions

The Next Wave

A dedicated group of Latin Americans breaks the sound barrier with rock en espanol

Battling, Bungling Bureaucrats

Miami says the feds are holding up a grant worth millions. The feds say Miami didn't ask for it just right. Miami says up yours. The feds say . . .

Depth Wish

A new breed of scuba diver is testing the limits using experimental gases, advanced technology, and a compulsion to take risks

The Commish

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

Program Notes

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

Program Notes

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

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She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

Program Notes

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

Program Notes

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

Party Crasher

It was one of those magical South Beach nights. Until a car got in the way.

Program Notes

It was one of those magical South Beach nights. Until a car got in the way.

Letters

It was one of those magical South Beach nights. Until a car got in the way.