Reader: We Were Too Tough on Commissioner Sally Heyman

Before the New Year, Riptide reported that Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman had by far the worst meeting attendance record of any of her colleagues, missing 26 percent of the county’s 65 legislative sessions. Miami Shores resident Richard Mason writes in to defend his commish:…

A look ahead: predicting 2011 headlines

Any two-bit news rag can tell you what happened yesterday. But it takes a truly great publication — one advertising Asian table massages in its back pages — to predict the future. We donned our swami’s cap and stared long and hard at our 2011 calendar until we started hallucinating…

A Look Ahead: Riptide Predicts 2011’s Biggest Stories

Any two-bit news rag can tell you what happened yesterday. But it takes a truly great publication — one advertising Asian table massages in its back pages — to predict the future. We donned our swami’s cap and stared long and hard at our 2011 calendar until we started hallucinating…

Ynot’s Death: The Police Report

Riptide is the first outlet to get its hands on the Davie Police arrest report of Reynaldo Rodriguez, the driver charged with vehicular homicide in the death of prolific graffiti and tattoo artist Jonathan “Ynot” Corso. The document finally sheds some light on the events of that night, the identities…

Commissioner Sally Heyman is always absent

If the Miami-Dade County Commission was a third grade classroom — and in terms of maturity it often resembles one — Dennis Moss would get a gold star sticker on his sweater. Sally Heyman would flunk. This year, Heyman, who oversees the sprawling northeast corner of Miami-Dade, had by far…

Puppies R Love sells sick canines

Puppies R Love will never be mistaken for a high-class pet shop. An old Buick Regal emblazoned with the slogan T-Cup Puppies $399 is stationed in the parking lot. Inside the large, dingy building at 2160 NW 79th St., pups stacked in small cages along every wall clamor for attention…

Year in review: LeBron rescues Miami

It’s midsummer, and a rainstorm beats against the neon-lit windows of a nearly empty dive bar. Inside, our heroine sits alone. She leaves a smear of red lipstick on the tumbler as she sucks Grand Marnier from the last bits of ice. The bartender — a craggy, slicked-back cat named…

New Times’ Best Quotes of 2010

Here at New Times, people say all sorts of crazy shit to us. Then we hand-pick only the craziest shit and sift it into a giant grinder, which pumps out the little sparkling quote nuggets you find in your newspaper every week. They are designed to make you cry, giggle,…

The Jersey Shore Idiots: Dirty Dozen 2010

Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We’re releasing the names one by one ahead of next week’s issue, which comes with a full-page…

George Alan Rekers: Dirty Dozen 2010

Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We’re releasing the names one by one ahead of next week’s issue, which comes with a full-page…

Miami Heat owner pays no rent for his arena

The LeBron-ified Miami Heat are finally playing like juggernauts. And the team is profiting like one, too, from ticket and paraphernalia sales. In fact, the Micky Arison-owned wunderkinds expect to make more money this season than ever before. Do you think that means they might actually pay rent on their…