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Jerry Iannelli

Jerry Iannelli is a former staff writer for Miami New Times from 2015 to March 2020. He graduated with honors from Temple University. He then earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Sandy Hook Dad Suing Alex Jones Says South Florida Cop Illegally Accessed His Personal Info

By Jerry IannelliOctober 12, 2018

Leonard Pozner has lived through unimaginable pain. His son Noah was shot to death during the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, in which six adults and 20 children were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut. Then, after that incomprehensible tragedy, conspiracy theorists and gun-rights advocates have continued to harass him. Pozner is suing InfoWars’ Alex Jones for defamation after Jones repeatedly claimed Pozner was a fake “crisis actor.”

Miami-Dade Housing Prices Are Rising Faster Than Wages

By Jerry IannelliOctober 11, 2018

Good news! Wages are finally rising in Miami-Dade County, a major metro area where the median income is a paltry $46,000, which is much lower than that of other cities of comparable size, such as Boston, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Whoops, we forgot to mention one thing, though: Miami-area housing prices are rising way faster than those wages.

Donald Trump Jr. Scheduled to Speak at a South Florida High School Tonight

By Jerry IannelliOctober 10, 2018

Even compared to other college conservative groups, Turning Point USA is a collection of some of the absolute worst pundits in America. Case in point: The group says it’s bringing American-Habsburg crown prince Donald Trump Jr. to a South Florida high school to speak at 6:30 tonight as part of TPUSA’s Campus Clash series, in which group leaders Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens appear at local schools and colleges to make libs mad or whatever it is they do.

DeSantis Wrote Book Excusing Slavery, Complaining About Women’s Rights

By Jerry IannelliOctober 9, 2018

Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis’ 2011 tome, Dreams From Our Founding Fathers, is terrible. It’s a book-long screed from the then-Tea Party candidate, in which DeSantis screams at President Barack Obama for 286 pages, implies he is a closet Marxist, and at one point writes that Obama has “Muslim roots.”…

Miami Will Be Screwed by 2050 Unless We Cut All Carbon Emissions ASAP, UN Warns

By Jerry IannelliOctober 8, 2018

A new United Nations report warns that much of the world will be screwed by the year 2040 unless we basically reduce carbon emissions to zero. And Miami will likely be destroyed by hurricane storm surge. Happy Monday! The latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is, honestly, the sort of thing that should force the world’s citizens out into the streets.

Miami PD Backs Off Plan Letting Cops Use Drugs After New Times Story

By Jerry IannelliOctober 8, 2018

Miami Police officers nearly just won the right to do drugs and get away with it. Last month, New Times obtained a copy of the police department’s new labor contract, and its language would let cops caught doing illegal drugs keep their jobs as long as they entered rehab after failing a drug test. Many critics found the rule hypocritical because one of the police department’s main jobs is to arrest people doing drugs.

Four Times Rick Scott Screwed Over Florida’s Waterways

By Jerry IannelliOctober 7, 2018

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is a bad person. He’s now running for U.S. Senate, and one of his central campaign strategies is to flat-out admit he stole a then-record amount of money from Medicare and Medicaid when he ran a hospital system. He literally made it harder for poor people to go to the hospital.

Carollo Again Filmed Looking for Code Violations Outside Ball & Chain Bar

By Jerry IannelliOctober 4, 2018

You might assume that after getting busted lying to ethics investigators and almost definitely violating city law by directing code employees to go after one of his political enemies, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo would lie low for a bit. But that is not the Carollo way. According to documents first obtained by blogger Al Crespo, Carollo is back to his old tricks — namely, stalking Ball & Chain, the bar co-owned by his political nemesis Bill Fuller. The commissioner was videotaped outside the Little Havana bar once again just two nights ago.

North Miami Beach’s Private Water and Trash Utilities Give Max Donations to Candidates

By Jerry IannelliOctober 3, 2018

North Miami Beach, one of Miami-Dade County’s most corrupt municipalities, recently handed off its public sanitation services and water utility to private companies amid cries of graft and unfair bidding. The FBI even investigated the water deal at one point. But now the two companies that won those private contracts to take over the city’s waste and water — Waste Management and CH2M Hill Engineering…

Trump’s Miami Golf Resort Revenues Have Plummeted Since He Became President

By Jerry IannelliOctober 2, 2018

Lately, business has been good for luxury hotels in Miami. Revenues rose 4 percent in 2017, according to Forbes. But one Miami-area luxury resort hasn’t seen that same revenue jump, and it’s not exactly hard to guess why. According to a major report today from Forbes, hotel revenues at the Trump National Doral, arguably the Donald’s golf flagship…

Miami Porn King From Documentary Accused of Sexually “Exploiting” Women

By Jerry IannelliOctober 1, 2018

When the controversial Netflix documentary Hot Girls Wanted premiered in 2015, some sex workers were upset about the film and argued it was a needlessly negative take on the porn industry. Some porn performers said the that film was demeaning to actors who consensually have sex on camera and that the movie, produced by Rashida Jones, cherry-picked negative stories from porn stars to make the industry look worse than it really is.