After a conflict with Miami Police, the sex offenders who have been sent by the state to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway are getting some help from the American Civil Liberties Union. Yesterday the Florida branch of the ACLU delivered a letter to Miami Chief of Police John Timoney…
Republican Congressmen Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart seem dead set against voting for Washington Democrat’s proposed $825 billion stimulus plan, even as the popular Republican Governor Charlie Crist is lobbying for the plan. In the first sign that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committe may be looking to try and oust the…
It never fails: just as we finish explaining to our out-of-town friends that Miami’s not really like that, we catch wind of something like this: a Plastic Surgery Fashion Show. Last Thursday night, you could smell the silicone on Bay Harbor Islands. As a mitzvah-trained DJ spun techno music, partygoers…
Ray Sansom was replaced officially and permanently as Speaker of the House. [FCN]Cocodorm can continue its gay cocoporn business. Also, what the hell, this thing is like a block from my apartment? [Herald]Traffic lights at on ramps to 95 will be activated tomorrow. [NBC6]A nice profile of a local women’s…
Fisher Island is the most expensive zip code and has the highest per capita income of any area in the nation. It is home (or second home) to the likes of Oprah, Florida First Lady Carol Rome, Andre Agassi, and Mel Brooks. Oprah, we hear, is doing just fine during the recession,…
Let’s skip through the 2010 Senate rumor mill, shall we? Mel Martinez does not know exactly how he got into this horrible Senate job, and he allegedly wants to leave it as soon as possible. Roll Call reports Martinez is considering bowing out early — and that Charlie Crist is seriously considering running…
The economic downturn is seriously getting apocalyptic, with reports of shuttering, job slashing, and stock drops de rigeur. Today, department store giant Macy’s announced it will cut 7,000 jobs companywide. The bad news locally is that 600 of those jobs will be from the Miami regional headquarters. Earlier reports stated Macy’s might…
If you’re a local, for those four or so weeks in Miami when it is generally sweater weather, the cold can be a bitch, even if the rest of the country is experiencing blizzards and freezing temperatures. But it’s really not that big of a deal to take out a…
The temperature dropped again this weekend, but we our counting our blessings because we aren’t freezing our asses off in the dark like some people in Kentucky. We’ll take post-hurricane humidity over freezing-cold any day.So while we warm up, here is what you missed over the weekend:Estelle and John Legend…
Used to be, even when the football was less than thrilling, the Super Bowl ads would provide some sort of entertainment. Thank God that game was a near classic, because unless you happen to be a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, the whole affair would have been pretty dull. Sorry Madison…
A few miles north of Miami, on the swampy edges of Lake Okeechobee, there are a couple of impoverished little towns called Pahokee and Belle Glade where they churn out gasp-inducing football talent like a cash crop. Without much else to do, the kids chase and skin rabbits and play pigskin in the…
The minute I met Michelle O’Neill and Irene Cuesta, creators of Aromessence body and beauty products, at last year’s Honey Shine Holiday Bazaar, I knew I was on to something special. The ladies were so genuine and their products smelled so heavenly! And the story behind these all-natural aromatherapy-infused products…
The thought in the back of my mind last night while watching the game was “Hmmm, how do I recap this for Riptide tomorrow with some sort of Miami Dolphins peg.” Something of a challenge, considering the Dolphins weren’t playing, if you weren’t aware.When the Cardinals went scoreless for the…
Bill Clinton dropped by Miami on Friday night and helped Kendrick Meek raise $300,000 for his Senate race. [Naked Politics]That thing we posted about the 2014 Governor’s race already having front runners is legit. Boy wonder Republican Congressman Adam Putnam announced he’d give up his legislative seat and run for…
Monster trucks are totally awesome. Sorry haters. I can’t even put it into some sort of snappy, blog acceptable prose why. I just know that deep down inside, something about giant metal machines jumping ramps and crushing junk cars please me. Very much so. Unfortunately, like most pleasure, there’s an…
Your racist uncle thinks Latinos and Asians and other assorted immigrants are only good for Taco’s, General Tso’s Chicken and other assorted food court delicacies. Your racist uncle is, like always, wrong. “Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are a political and economic powerhouse in Florida contributing much more than food, language,…
Here’s everything interesting we know for sure about the Dwyane Wade divorce situation: His soon-to-be ex Siohvaughn claims Wade gave her some sort of STD. Everything else is just hearsay, but my old pals at Deadspin have the ultimate hearsay. Now, before irresponsibly spreading this, it should be noted it…
Lawyers for the Cuban Five, Castro’s group of convicted spies, today filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking the body to throw out their conviction and order a new trial. All five men were convicted in 2001 in a Miami court, though the defense argues that a fair trial…
It’s a sign of just how much dominance Charlie Crist has in Florida politics that both races he could conceivably run in 2010 – Governor or, less likely, Senator – are having a hard time attracting big name candidate, but the next open race in Florida – for Governor all…
Last night, the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission voted 4-0 to send a letter to Miami Beach City officials with a simple message: No shady business behind closed doors in regard to local strip joint Club Madonna. Club Madonna owner Leroy Griffith has a long-simmering feud with Miami Beach over a refusal to grant him a liquor…
Yesterday, Riptide visited Juan Martin, a registered sex offender who lives under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. The compact, bushy-haired thirty year-old lives in state-mandated colony of offenders under the bridge – a story New Times broke in March 2007. Now, he says, Miami Police are threatening to charge them with…
In terms of current political scandals, the one engulfing Florida Speaker of the House Ray Sansom has been pretty dull. He wasn’t a batshit insane narcissist with crazy helmet hair talking about how Senate seats were “fucking valuable” things. He didn’t conspire with the opposition party to install himself as…
