Every year, they arrive punctually on the same festive stationary, and every year, they’re tossed out faster than stale fruitcake. Well, dear reader, by throwing out your commissioner’s holiday newsletter, you’re trashing your own cash. Each newsletter costs the county 47 cents to produce, typeset, print, post, and mail. With…
Music was still blaring from store fronts. Stray dogs were still lumbering around. Women were still getting their hair done. And Maguet Thimotus turned down the stereo playing outside of his namesake record store on NE Second Avenue to express his frustration at not reaching his loved one. “All of…
After today’s executive order suspending her again, the next big date in the Michelle Spence-Jones saga is Tuesday afternoon. Earlier this week, attorneys asked a Miami-Dade judge for an emergency hearing to prevent Governor Charlie Crist from suspending Michelle Spence-Jones. But the Guv pulled his trigger faster than the judge…
Following Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the Haitian Consulate in Miami has been overwhelmed with phone calls from locals seeking information, advice, and support. But Consul General Ralph Latortue is as much in the dark as they are. He spoke with First Lady Elisabeth Delatour Preval twice Tuesday but has…
Click here to view photos as we followed Michelle Spence-Jones on campaign day.The morning after suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones won a special election and delivered a defiant speech to supporters, her lawyer Dennis Bedard headed to court. He asked a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge for an emergency hearing. Bedard…
At noon today, Michelle Spence-Jones was at her Liberty City headquarters furiously calling supporters to come out and vote for her.Again. The message to her troops regarding today’s hotly contested Miami City Commission election was clear: “I just don’t want nobody sitting around doing nothing around the campaign office.” When…
