North Bay Village Closer to Giving Mayor Corina Esquijarosa the Boot

​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…

Marlins Get Last $42 Million From Miami-Dade County

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…

No Leads In Will “Da Real One” Bell Homicide

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…

Who Will Be In Carlos Gimenez’s Administration?

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…

Five Times Carlos Gimenez Screwed The Taxpayers

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…

Where In The World Is Hugo Chavez? Watching Porn Perhaps

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still officially recovering from surgery. Although, we think his people would have come up with a better excuse than he needed to have an abscess removed from his pelvic region. Cuz that only makes us wonder where he’s been dipping his stick if you catch…

Five Times Julio Robaina Screwed The Taxpayers

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…

Urban Beach Weekend, Facebook, and the Age of the Ignorati

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…

Developers Bundling Money for Carlos Gimenez Too

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…

Luther Campbell Explains His Endorsement of Julio Robaina

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…

We Sure Know How to Pick The Best Politicians!

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…

Richard Moss Out As Police Academy Director

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…

Did Two Miami Lakes Councilmen Violate The Sunshine Law Via Facebook?

Like any social-media-savvy politician, Miami Lakes Councilman Nelson Hernandez uses Facebook to correspond with his constituents. “This is the 21st Century,” Hernandez says. “Why wouldn’t I use a great communication tool to get my message across?”But a town resident accuses Hernandez and Councilman Richard Pulido of using Facebook as a…

Video: Bryan Hawn Introduces New Times To His Hyena

You gotta admit, buying a hyena and keeping it as your pet in a South Beach apartment is pretty ballsy. It’s even gutsier to turn yourself in to the Florida Wildlife & Game Commission so that your pet hyena can be placed in a proper home. That’s what Bryan Hawn…