A hip-hop icon with a knack for post-skater attire and a Magic City architect have unveiled a very imaginative master plan to transform Overtown into a vibrant urban destination for skateboarders, artists, and fashionistas. But turning that dream into a reality is going to require a monumental effort to convince…
Convicted Cocaine Trafficker Alexander I. Perez Gets Huge Tax Breaks for a Questionable Sugar Company
Juan Pablo Roque is a dashing ex-Cuban Air Force pilot who swam shark-infested waters to reach freedom. Ana Margarita Martinez is a conservative Miami Cuban-American girl raised to hate Fidel Castro. In 1992, they found each other inside a church during Sunday service. Over the next three years, their love…
On July 13, Alexander I. Perez stood underneath a new street sign christening a portion of SE 10th Avenue in front of his Hialeah warehouse as “Banah Sweet Way.” A gaggle of local politicos — including Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, his Hialeah counterpart Carlos Hernandez, and County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa…
Yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama led a rousing preacher-like rally in front of 9,200 supporters at the University of Miami BankUnited Center. Meanwhile, half-a-dozen Mitt Romney lovers on Ponce de Leon Boulevard held up signs screaming, “FIRE OBAMA.”Inside, we tried to crash a taping for The Daily Show and asked…
This afternoon, the President of the United States returns to the University of Miami for the second time in three weeks, one week after Mitt Romney slapped him up in the first televised presidential debate. The last time Barack Obama visited the Coral Gables campus, he was telling Univision anchor…
Florida Republicans’ Ballot Fraud 2012
A county commissioner targeted for termination by Norman Braman is taking the fight to the billionaire activist’s home turf. Tonight, Indian Creek residents Carlos Peralta Quintero and his wife will hold a fundraiser for Bruno Barreiro at their three-acre, 13-bedroom, ten-bathroom waterfront estate.Braman lives about a mile up Indian Creek Road in…
Has President Barack Obama caught the absentee ballot fever that has corrupted Florida’s electoral system? Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Tribune reported Barry’s reelection campaign is launching an “unprecedented program to encourage supporters to vote by absentee ballot right away.” Elections offices across the state mailed out absentee ballot request forms…
With voter registration for the November presidential election closing on October 9, if you haven’t done so already, you may not make the deadline — unless you have a smartphone and happen to be standing next to one of ten Rock the Vote bus bench posters scattered between Morningside and…
Say you’re Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor. On Aug. 14, you easily won reelection to your sixth term. But your campaign was embarrassed by the revelation that one of your trusted campaign consultants may have previously employed a woman criminally charged with absentee ballot fraud. As a result of your possible conflict…
There’s a reason we picked Daphne Campbell as the worst candidate on the August 14 Primary ballot. Even though she got reelected, Campbell can’t escape scandals. The latest involves one of her former employees swindling Haitian American constituents who went to Campbell’s Miami Shores district office seeking assistance. Today, Florida…
A newly released transcript in a federal case against a family of pot growers indicates they were involved in the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old boy. Four months ago, federal prosecutors announced the bust of Gilberto Santiesteban Jr., along with with his brothers Alexander and Derrick, for running a ring…
Mitt Romney Greets Convicted Criminals Fausto and Remedios Diaz-Oliver in Miami
Keon Hardemon Could Carry Liberty City’s Most Notorious Political Family Into County Hall
While the Miami Herald wonders where Ana Alliegro – a key witness in a federal criminal probe of Congressman David Rivera – has disappeared to, The Strawbuyer blogger Mike Hatami has dug up her criminal record. And it appears the self-professed “Republican Political Guru and Conservative Bad Girl” likes to…
For a guy who doesn’t believe in restoring felons’ voting rights, Mitt Romney sure likes to associate with accused criminals when he comes to Miami.Back in August, Romney held a rally at a popular Coral Gables fruit juice stand owned by convicted coke trafficker Reinaldo Bermudez.On Wednesday, when Romney waltzed…
Gov. Rick Scott Paid $5,000 to an Accused Ballot Collector
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been dead serious about cleaning up Florida’s elections. First, he targeted 180,000 suspected ineligible voters to strike from the rolls (though he ended up eliminating only 200 after the Department of Justice stepped in). Then, he severely restricted voter registration and reduced early voting.Yet strangely,…
Forget about absentee ballot brokers stealing elections! Forget about county officials stealing from the public till! Forget about the Miami Marlins ball park boondoggle! Irresponsible dog owners are clearly the greatest menace facing our community.A pair of Miami-Dade County commissioners are pushing legislation that would publicly shame assholes who don’t…
Read “Golden Beach Police: Sexual Assault, Kidnapping And Violence.”When Tammy Valdes tried to expose corruption inside the Golden Beach Police Department, town officials responded by firing the ten-year police veteran. One of the excuses the town used to kick her off the small police force on Nov. 30, 2009? That…
Read “Hialeah Gardens Cop Lawrence Perez Shows How Drugs Can Corrupt Police.”A Hialeah Gardens Police detective who was helping his pals rip off marijuana dealers got 151 months in federal prison yesterday. Miami New Times profiled Lawrence Perez in June after a jury found him guilty of two felony counts…
