This Land Is Their Mine Filed under: News Get ready for some major, and maybe environmentally lethal, limestone excavation near the Everglades. To the dismay of homeowner and eco-activists, five rock mining companies have filed for permits with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to extract limestone from more than…
One secretary attended school and had skin treatments on the taxpayers’ dime. Another employee was let out of work for jury duty … on most Fridays between January 2005 and June 2006. And a third person — also paid by you and me — possibly used publicly funded help to…
As was reported in New Times last week, Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is being investigated by the State Attorney for a laundry list of transgressions. One of those things — whether she was paid for voting in favor of a Related Group condo project — is the subject of…
How Alex Daoud Got His Groove Back Filed under: Politics This past Sunday night, former Miami Beach Mayor Alex Daoud proved he could still draw a crowd — and wow them with his wit and personality. About 100 people stopped by Books & Books in Coral Gables to listen to…
Check out a slideshow of a fetish event with Nelson Suarez. Nelson Suarez stands in a desolate warehouse off Florida’s Turnpike. He’s in the middle of a small room painted the color of blood and illuminated by an oversize candelabra with nine flickering red candles. Shirtless, Nelson wears black boots,…
Stuck on the Palmetto, one of South Florida’s most popular blogs, (it was named Best Blog by New Times in 2006), has called it quits. Rick, one of the two authors, cites last week’s debate over his identity, as reason for his departure. This all stems from a discussion on…
Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Jean Lenard declared a mistrial after the 12 person jury failed to reach a verdict on six of the seven defendants. Only 32 year old defendant Lyglenson Lemorin was acquitted. The federal government will likely retry the other six defendants including ringleader Narseal Batiste. Thing…
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Andrea Bocelli’s concert at the Hard Rock Live Wednesday night. I knew he had sung a duet at one point with Celine Dion, and I was worried that the entire concert would be in that vein: cheesy, easy listening pop. I was pleasantly…
It’s not exactly a glossy, coffee-table tome of Art Deco or Miami’s Beaches, but for the social justice lover in your life, The Umoja Village Photo Book may be just the gift this holiday season. The book chronicles the beginning of the Shantytown, which was located on NE 62nd Street,…
On Monday, November 26, Miami city Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones stood before a few hundred constituents in the auditorium of Booker T. Washington High School in Overtown. Before she spoke, a slick video touted her successful first year in office, the school’s marching band played a gospel number, and staffers handed…
And the Band Played On Filed under: News On a recent Thursday, a tricked-out maroon car with chrome rims revved by a clutch of gatherers outside the boxy beige North Miami building that houses U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek’s office. “That’s not Rucy,” said Diane Lawrence, the group’s leader, laughing. Soon,…
The city of Miami is poised to fork over $200K in a wrongful termination suit. Mary Conway had worked for the city as the director of Capital Improvement Projects since 2003 — and was instrumental in a city investigation that led to the arrests of 14 city workers in her…
Many Americans — at least the ones who don’t live in Miami — assume that Cuba is a tropical paradise, a place where smiling, happy people salsa dance and drink rum all day, while the dutiful Socialist government educates and cares for its citizens like a benevolent papa. After my…
Erol Josue, the singer-dancer-actor-vodou priest featured in the New Times in September, was recently the subject of a long piece on NBC6. Check it out here. -Tamara Lush…
Maybe you have heard about today’s planned protest of Burger King. If you haven’t, here are the details: the Coalition of Immokalee Workers — a farmworkers’ rights group based in Southwest Florida — is holding yet another rally in an attempt to urge the fast food giant to pay higher…
I made the mistake of eating breakfast while opening an e-mail from a Riptide reader recently. It stated: “Hey good folks at The Miami New Times…here’s something worth checking out.” That nice greeting ensured that I would read on: “There’s an under current of activity here in Miami-Dade with the…
Ah, the holidays. Today is a great day to kick back, enjoy the South Florida weather and eat a nice leftover turkey sandwich. But not for some losers, who interrupted their Thanksgiving night to stand in line for several hours at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Brandsmart so they could get…
Another Bad Week for Timoney Filed under: News It’s been a bad week for Police Chief John Timoney. On Thursday the county’s ethics commission found he should have disclosed his free use of a Lexus SUV as a gift. The same day, the AFL-CIO union and the Alliance of Retired…
Note to registered voters in Miami Beach and Hialeah: go to the polls today. Please. On the beach, there’s a runoff election for Mayor and for a city commission seat. In Hialeah, there’s a runoff for a city council slot. But here’s the thing: as low as voter turnout was…
A recently released Congresisonal Quarterly Press analysis of crime stats lists Miami-Dade County as the 10th most dangerous metro area in the nation. We’re behind Detroit (number one), Las Vegas (number three) and Little Rock (number nine). Locally, Miami Gardens is the most dangerous city in South Florida, coming in…
The Miami Herald is reporting that the county’s ethics commission public advocate has found “probable cause” that Police Chief John Timoney failed to disclose the Lexus that he “borrowed” from a dealer earlier this year. (Timoney later bought the car, but only after Channel 4 and the police union outed…
High Rollers on the High Seas Filed under: Flotsam From Miami Beach, the 228-foot Aquasino looks like a towering hotel with bright navy blue walls jutting from the water as if built onto a humongous concrete pylon. The gambling boat has embarked every night since August. I was supposed to…
