Read “Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman Allegedly Made Campaign Ad With City Resources.”Based on a complaint dismissed by the Miami-Dade ethics commission yesterday, elected officials can use taxpayer resources to make campaign ads. Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman will not be punished for using snippets of a city-made video that included footage…
About three weeks before Rudy Eugene took off all his clothes and chewed off Ronald Poppo’s face, Miami Police had to subdue another naked man who went crazy in the Upper Eastside. Luckily, Andre Patterson didn’t seriously hurt anyone and didn’t end up dead. The incident occurred on the morning of…
Miami-Dade, Animal Activists Clash Over Whether New Shelter Should Be No-Kill
Maybe it was the headline calling him a “Modern Day Minstrel” or the comparison to Rush Limbaugh that got underneath Skip Bayless’ ripped muscles. Or maybe the sports journalist and host of ESPN’s First Take figured he wasn’t about to let Luther Campbell call him a race baiting huckster on…
It’s the last stop for thousands of stray and abandoned cats and dogs in Miami-Dade: an aging building surrounded by gray warehouses in industrial Medley. On a recent morning, 20 new strays have already come in, including a shih tzu, a schnauzer, and a beagle. They’re just a handful of…
Tallahassee, be very afraid. If all goes according to their plan, not one, not two, but all three Diaz de la Portilla brothers will be members of the state Legislature come November. They’re already one-third of the way there. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla did not draw a challenger for…
You’d think the Florida Department of Education has more important things to worry about like the FCAT debacle. Instead, state education officials are working hard, wasting taxpayer money, to make sure Luther Campbell — former 2 Live Crew front man and current New Times columnist — doesn’t get to coach…
For North Bay Village Police Sgt. Amy Suarez, getting her hair done is more important than patrolling the streets of the city she is sworn to protect. So claims Crime Watch volunteer Amy Lee, who alleges she saw Suarez, in full uniform and on-duty, getting her hair washed and flat-ironed…
On Saturday, Danell Leyva lost the men’s national gymnastics championship by a mere .05 percentage points, but the 20-year-old Cuban American gymnast is pretty much a lock for a spot on the United States Olympic men’s team. Leyva was edged out by John Orozco, a 19-year-old from the Bronx who…
The main event featured a 5’3″ black dude with big ears nicknamed “Mighty Mouse” versus a 5’5″ white dude with a ridiculous hipster mustache nicknamed “Uncle Creepy.” If we didn’t know any better, we would have thought we were going to watch a couple of midget wrestlers at a carnival…
Today, Miami gymnast Danell Leyva begins defense of his national championship title as the country’s best gymnast as he inches closer toward his quest of becoming the first Cuban American member of the USA team at the Summer Olympics in London. This 20-year-old is a beast.He is the reigning 2011…
Yesterday, the Drug Enforcement Agency announced the bust of two rings of airport workers based in Puerto Rico who they say smuggled thousands of kilos up and down the east coast, including into Miami and Orlando. The feds indicted 45 people with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and violations of the…
The counterattack against Norman Braman’s plan to unseat four Miami-Dade County Commissioners begins this afternoon. A group called South Florida Jobs with Justice, a coalition of labor, community, and faith-based organizations, is going to hold a protest at the auto magnate’s luxury car dealership at 2060 Biscayne Boulevard at 4…
So far, the race for Miami-Dade Mayor is gonna be a snooze fest. There is not much separating incumbent Carlos Gimenez and his main challenger, County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez. At a recent candidate’s forum hosted by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the opponents both agreed on streamlining the…
The long-awaited audit of the Miami Heat’s contract with Miami-Dade County for the operation of American Airlines Arena is finally out. Last week, Banana Republican reported that Miami-Dade Inspector General Chris Mazzella’s most critical finding was that the Miami Heat owes the county $3.1 million for budget overruns on improvements…
Even though there were less arrests this past weekend’s Memorial Day celebration on South Beach compared to last year, there was one particular schmuck caught on camera assaulting a woman who deserves some more time in a Miami-Dade County jail.In another video, he identifies himself as “J Charm” and confirms…
Tomas Regalado’s Slot Machine Expert Says Miami Maquinitas Are Gambling Machines
You know those gambling maquinitas in convenience stores around Miami, Hialeah, Opa-locka, and Miami Gardens? Turns out Miguel Exposito was right and then some about the racket. Last year, Miami’s then-police chief fell out of favor with Mayor Tomás Regalado when cops confiscated 105 “video amusement” machines from dozens of…
More than likely, Rudy Eugene was on a bad acid trip, according to Miami police union chief Armando Aguilar. Eugene’s the naked man who was gnawing the face of a half-naked homeless man on the MacArthur Causeway near the Miami Herald headquarters Saturday afternoon. A Miami police officer shot and…
Al Lorenzo Wins Elections, but Will His History Hurt the State Attorney’s Latest Bid?
The Miami Heat owe Miami taxpayers millions in cost overruns to capital improvement projects on the American Airlines Arena. So says Miami-Dade Inspector General Chris Mazzella, in an audit report that hasn’t been publicly released yet but which sources close to the review have confirmed to Riptide.Mazzella has been pouring…
The longtime executive director of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust is retiring after a decade of overseeing local services for the county’s destitute. During his tenure, David Raymond has spearheaded the development of dozens of shelters with over 7,000 beds throughout the county, leading to a sharp decrease in the number of…
