Study: Florida Is the Tenth Most Corrupt State

Is the news here that Florida is one of the most politically corrupt states in the nation or that there are nine other states that are more corrupt than Florida? We’re still not really sure. A new study conducted by University of Hong Kong and Indiana University found that the…

David Beckham’s Boat Slip Stadium Plan Is Dead

Another plan bites the dust. According to several reports, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and city manager Daniel J. Alfonso have decided against the idea of filling in the FEC boat slip to allow the construction of a stadium for David Beckham’s MLS team. See also: Here’s What Beckham’s New Miami…

The Ten Distinct States That Make Up Florida

Florida has a reputation as America’s weirdest state, but there’s hardly any national appreciation for the fact that Florida has several culturally distinct regions of weirdness to choose from. In fact, sometimes it seems weird that Florida is considered one state at all. It’s high time someone drew a realistic…

305 Photo of the Day: Smoked Out

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Miami Hurricanes to Fans: “Go to Fewer Games!”

Anyone who has tuned in to a non-marquee matchup while the Miami Hurricanes are playing at home is greeted with the sight of a stadium full of large swaths of empty orange seats. The attendance problems at Sun Life Stadium are well known. Oddly, this is the team’s latest marketing…

Miami-Dade County Is Now Impounding Lyft Vehicles

Miami-Dade already has enough of a problem with “businesses” operating outside of or in the gray area of the law that when a venture capitalist-backed tech firm comes into town and tries to do it, they’re just asking for trouble. The county had earlier started fining app-based ride share Lyft’s…

Mugshots Friday: Stop Hating

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Miami Has Seventh Worst Traffic in America

Sky blue. Sun sets. Miami traffic bad. It hardly seems like news, but somehow it’s comforting to be reminded periodically that traffic in Miami really is among the worst in America and we’re not just imagining it. Turns out those TomTom GPS devices do more than help people get from…

305 Photo of the Day: Shades

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