Here’s an age-old question: Is Miami actually more corrupt than other cities, or do Florida’s fantastic public-records laws just let people find out more about their elected officials? We’re still not sure about that one. But 2018 wound up being yet another year in which Magic City politics drove us…
Jerry Falwell Jr., the evangelist son of world-famous Southern Baptist minister Jerry Falwell Sr., runs a hardcore-Christian university and often acts as the public face for the American evangelical movement. That’s why it seemed so hypocritical when he endorsed Donald Trump — a sexually rapacious avatar of American greed, racism…
Hoping to pick up a tiny dead shark in a jar for someone special this Christmas? Or perhaps a baby alligator skull? You better not tarry! City commissioners in Miami Beach last week passed a resolution asking local merchants to stop selling these truly bizarre souvenirs ASAP. This was necessary…
A survey of 1,500 NFL fans conducted by TickTock and provided to the Washington Examiner focuses on how some NFL fans hold athletes to a higher standard than others do. And Dolphins fans pop up in most of the fields as the fan base least likely to be the life of a party or the group you want to invite to Christmas dinner.
Carlos Gimenez has not been a good Miami-Dade County mayor. He will forever be remembered as the leader who agreed to cooperate with Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation police. He also brazenly vetoed the creation of an independent police-oversight board. And he definitely has some ethical issues.Yet…
Republican state Sen. Aaron Bean has a ridiculous idea.
In public spaces across Florida, at least 30 monuments pay tribute to Confederate soldiers. Many of the memorials glorify members of the renegade army that declared war on the United States as “uncrowned heroes” or “a noble band” and celebrating their “dauntless valor.” It would become illegal to remove any of those…
Jordan E. Goodman markets himself as “America’s Money Answers Man.” He appears regularly on Fox News, CNN, CNBC, CBS, and even ABC’s the View. He spent 18 years as a Wall Street columnist for Money magazine. For three years, he was also allegedly telling people to invest in a Ponzi scheme…
Former Miami Marlins president David Samson appeared on Miami ESPN host Dan Le Batard’s radio program this morning. The two men were doing damage control after New Times yesterday published a video of Samson appearing onstage at Le Batard’s 50th birthday party over the weekend. It showed Samson bragging about conning Miami taxpayers…
The Church of Scientology was founded by a science-fiction writer. The group allegedly collects intel on its members and critics to use as blackmail, forces workers into indentured servitude, and maybe-probably has kidnapped people. In addition to attracting Hollywood celebrities, the Clearwater-based church also has a habit of buying tons of expensive real estate, including a new Miami headquarters, which opened in 2017 and received praise from former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado.
They shouldn’t be deregulated.
At this point, every single person who worked for the Miami Marlins when Jeffrey Loria owned the team should be under strict FBI surveillance. Robert Mueller should be stalking these people. They keep revealing themselves to be vampires.
When immigrant detainees enter the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center outside Los Angeles, they are trapped, virtually unable to consult with a lawyer, rights groups say. All calls, including those with counsel, are recorded. Detainees cannot leave voicemails and calls are cut off if humans…
Kevin was home alone after school one day when two Mormon missionaries came to his doorstep. The 16-year-old opened the door and invited them in. The young men handed him some brochures and asked if they could pray for him. In the living room, they kneeled beside him, touched his…
Ricky Williams was the poster child for the National Football League’s long-running Reefer Madness approach to dealing with players who smoke marijuana. Labeled a slacker by sports pundits who were appalled that a star player of his caliber would walk away from the game so he could puff a joint…
DeSantis’ advisory board includes two members of the Florida Citizens’ Alliance, which hates Islam.
South Florida is a dangerous place. Besides hurricanes and the threat of sea-level rise, the area is also home to an array of deadly animals, insanely bad drivers, iguanas that fall from trees when the temperature drops, and snakes — lots and lots of snakes. There are so many snakes, in fact, that Miami-Dade County commissioners are ready to beg Congress and the Florida Legislature for more money to exterminate the creatures.
Ever since the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced plans to build a 15-story affordable-housing complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale, nearby residents have been up in arms. Many locals suggested the development belonged west of I-95 instead of across North Federal Highway from the upscale Rio Vista neighborhood. One person wrote on Next Door: “Dump em in the glades.”
Sequels are notoriously terrible. The Godfather III, Rocky V, and Jaws 3-D come to mind. Oh, and the week after one of the most memorable Dolphins wins of all time came a terrible followup. Seven days after the “Miracle in Miami,” there was no miracle in Minneapolis. Instead of making a stunning comeback, the Dolphins died a sleepy, serene, uneventful death against the Minnesota Vikings.
When 31-year-old Choeun Nuon awoke in the emergency room of Palmetto General Hospital, she remembers hearing the nurses and doctors shouting out her condition: “She’s bleeding! More blood, more blood!”
This was supposed to be the Florida Democrats’ year. The blue wave was cresting. Andrew Gillum was a strong candidate for governor. Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott were grotesque, cretinous candidates and seemingly awful human beings. Everything looked so easy.
With every day that passes, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s 2017 order to hold federal immigration detainees in his county’s jails seems like an even worse move. The Trump administration has offered Miami-Dade virtually nothing in financial incentives after the mayor loudly declared his county was not a “sanctuary” community. Instead,…
