Miami New Times made national news this past week when investigators accused Miami Beach Police Ofcr. Gregg Priest of running two brothels. The cops discovered Priest’s alleged sideline, it seems, by calling a number listed in a classified advertisement in this very publication. It read “VERY BUSTY YOUNGEST GIRLS …..
The Ritz is getting an early start as an all-night juke joint in Coconut Grove. After recent rains, hotel builders started working around-the-clock to remove water that gathered in the foundation on SW 27th Avenue near Biscayne Bay. Neighbor David Ralph complained and Ofcr. Tom Braga checked it out. Then,…
You might have seen the story in the Herald a few weeks ago about $2000 in phone calls from Miami city offices to Cuba. Forget about it. That’s pocket change. The city has been vastly overpaying on all its long-distance bills for years — to the tune of about $10,000…
Crazy Joe is back, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the Herald. Carollo has long been a shark among Miami-Dade’s bloodthirsty politicians. Remember when he helped chase Xavier Suarez from office this past March? Or his long-ago intrigue in killing a multimillion-dollar development on Watson Island? Jorge Mas Canosa…
The unsung hero of the Miami Herald’s Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting: Stephanie Lydecker. Sure, you could name deputy city editor Judy Miller. Or maybe reporters Joe Tanfani, Manny Garcia, Andres Viglucci, or Frances Robles. Their performances were superb by any measure. But don’t forget Lydecker, who once worked as…
The latest brouhaha at the Miami Herald: a supposedly offensive photograph of Lipton Tennis Tournament winner Venus Williams that appeared Monday, March 29. The paper’s internal electronic bulletin boards are buzzing with debate about the picture. Seems some people, including black reporters, are incensed that the artsy photo, which ran…
Talk about big names in wet places. After months of horse-trading, a group of Miami political insiders is ready to remake Dinner Key. No, not city hall but the boatyard next door. The state oversight board approved a 40-year lease on March 12. Who’s going to make out in the…
The Miami Circle has become a cyberspace cause celebre. Famous cynic James Randi, a.k.a. the Amazing Randi, has sent out thousands of e-mails allegedly debunking it — though he’s never even visited. Randi questions the authenticity of the downtown site, which archaeologists suggest may be part of a centuries-old culture…
If you missed the picture on page 12a of the February 9 edition of El Nuevo Herald, look again. A bearded fellow sits beside a splintered building. The caption: “A man uses the telephone while seated before the remains of his home in Armenia, [Colombia], which was destroyed by the…
Who got burned in the recent program reshuffling at WLRN-FM (91.3) radio? Try Ed Bell, who once hosted seven hours of jazz shows every week and now produces/hosts just one day per week. Or Juan Carlos Villamil, former Rhythm Box emcee who resigned his part-time slot after the Latin-music show…
