​Interim Florida Education Commissioner John L. Wynn’s controversial plan to screw over the students at Miami Edison Senior High and Miami Central Senior High has to be stopped. The state’s top education man is proposing that the schools be closed for a year, converted into charter schools, or turned over…

The Miami Police Department’s crackdown on illegal gambling machines continued today with the arrest of Luis Boris Estrada. Cops busted the 42-year-old Cuban for operating six “maquinitas” at the Rapido Discount he manages at 2742 SW Eighth Street, finding $1,000 in one of the machines. Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito…

Carlos Gimenez is turning to a trusted face to help him run Miami-Dade County government. Banana Republican has confirmed Gimenez is bringing back Genaro “Chip” Iglesias, whom we predicted last week would be part of the new mayor’s team. Iglesias will start in 60 days as chief-of-staff/deputy-mayor at an annual…

​North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa’s days in office might be numbered. Political action committee Citizens for Full Disclosure has collected 414 signatures from village residents for its petition to give the mayor the boot.The group targeted Esquijarosa earlier this year after she was busted for lying on her personal…

Based on what happened at yesterday’s Miami-Dade County Commission meeting, there is no way the taxpayers are getting their money back. Let’s face it, folks: The county is not going to sue or cut off the Marlins at this point, which is why county commissioners approved issuing $42 million in…

More than a month after he was executed outside his North Miami venue, The Literary Cafe and Poetry Lounge, Will “Da Real One” Bell’s murder remains a mystery. Last week, Crimestoppers of Miami put up a $1,000 reward for any information on the suspects. Family and friends of the slain…

Carlos Gimenez won’t get sworn in as mayor until at least Friday, but he is already getting to work. Blogger Elaine de Valle reports Gimenez will be meeting today with County Manager Alina Hudak to start work on the budget which has to be presented to the county commission in…

Today is your last chance to decide which of the least suckiest candidates for county mayor you want to vote for. Yesterday, we told you how Julio Robaina shoved it to the taxpayers.Well, Carlos Gimenez has done his fair share of giving it to us with no Vaseline as well…

You know Miami-Dade politics is a joke when the county mayor’s race comes down to which guy sucks less. If you’re into a Cuban version of Arthur Fonzerelli with his own private shadow bank, you’ll vote for Julio Robaina. If you’re interested in the fire chief version of recently ousted…

In his most recent column, Luther Campbell claims that Homestead City Councilman Jimmie Williams III, who supports Carlos Gimenez for mayor, offered him a $40,000 appearance fee to show up at the elected official’s soon-to-be-opened Snapper’s seafood restaurant at 800 Ives Dairy Road. Williams allegedly made the offer following a…

​More than a decade-and-a-half of being on the lam finally caught up to James “Whitey” Bulger. The F.B.I. announced today that they nabbed the 81-year-old Boston mobster in Santa Monica by focusing on locating his longtime girlfriend, who was arrested with Bulger. His brutal ways were depicted on the silver…

Almost a month after the ignominious conclusion of Memorial Day Weekend on Miami Beach, ignorance is still flowing strong on a Facebook group page calling for an end to the controversial week-long unofficial party.No matter how many times the administrators, who include Miami Beach gay activist Herb Sosa, remind folks to…

A couple of blogs have been barking up a storm about certain real estate developers tied to dubious projects getting cozy with Julio Robaina, but Carlos Gimenez has his fair share as well. The donations reinforce the fact both candidates represent special interests and folks they will have to answer…

No surprise, blogs backing Carlos Gimenez attacked Luther Campbell for going with Julio Robaina in the Miami-Dade mayoral run-off on June 28. Even the Miami Herald, which has also endorsed Gimenez, took issue with Campbell’s shocking unexpected backing of Robaina, whom he dubbed “Hialeah’s overlord” in the pages of this…

Next week, this year’s Best of Miami issue hits the stands. So you know what that means! It’s that time of year we pick a kick-ass politician who’ll end up getting kicked out of office! Getting named Best Politician is like an endorsement from The Miami Herald editorial board: the…

As soon as Luther Campbell made his endorsement of Julio Robaina for mayor official, I received text messages from a couple of Carlos Gimenez supporters asserting Uncle Luke had surely been bought off — the same accusation our columnist hurled at the former Hialeah mayor during the NAACP debate last…

Richard Moss’s tenure as basic training director for Miami-Dade College’s School of Justice is over. A spokesman confirmed earlier this week that the 56-year-old ex-Broward County Sheriff’s deputy will not be returning next year. His contract was not renewed, but school officials declined comment as to what led to Moss’s…

Carmen Lunetta, the central figure in one of the most infamously notorious cases of public corruption in Miami-Dade history, is close to finalizing a deal that would require him to pay the county $50,000 for his delinquent ways.The 80-year-old was once the Port of Miami director, who wielded an iron…