As prices for beach and bayfront land continue to soar, developers are lining up for their parcel along the Miami River, which is quickly turning from a local hangout to the next Brickell. But not everyone’s in agreement about what the new neighborhood should look like. Plans and renderings were…
Jeb Bush is a man of strong opinions, forged in the intellectual fire of pure reason. Pick any contentious topic of the day, and he’ll be happy to share his thoughts. Say, for instance, the Washington Redskins, a team whose name most Native Americans and a whole lot of other…
The political conversation about sea level rise up in the nation’s capitol is a farce of deniers with their head in the sand. Meanwhile, down here in South Florida where literally starting to slowly drown. That’s been quite evident over the past few days as the high tides brought on…
Remember in August when half of Miami was loosing its mind over the possibility of Tropical Storm Erika coming our way? Yeah, well now Joaquin, which has reached full Hurricane status, is closer to us as a full fledged cyclone than Erika ever was as a mere Tropical Storm. In…
All the attention on Comedy Central late night may be centering on The Daily Show and its new host Trevor Noah this week, but last night on The Nightly Show Larry Wilmore put an epic smackdown on former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for his comments last week implying that African-Americans…
Just two days into an experiment to experience daily life on the minimum wage in Miami, Florida Representative Jose Javier Rodriguez says he failed the test. On Tuesday morning, Rodriguez planned to take the bus from home in Shenandoah to his downtown office. But after waiting for 30 minutes for…
Following an unloading of nearly $12 million worth of drugs just two weeks ago, the US Coast Guard has brought a whopping $41 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized on the high seas to the shores of Miami Beach. Offloaded yesterday, the huge haul included 1,100 kilograms of cocaine and…
For the last month, Jonathan Harrington has been living every practical jokers’ worst nightmare. The University of Miami student faced a felony drug charge and expulsion from school — all because, he insisted, he’d put out lines of powdered sugar as a joke before a dorm inspection. When a police…
Roderick “Rick” Beasley earns more than Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. The burly middle-aged bureaucrat with a penchant for bow ties runs CareerSource South Florida, a county agency that connects thousands of local job seekers and employers. With a $70 million budget fed by state and federal funds, it’s the largest…
Detective Joe Mendez was going through a rough spot in his marriage. A bearded and burly 20-year veteran of the South Miami Police Department, and a second generation officer as the son of a cop, Mendez decided to get his mind off his home life by giving back to the…
Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road has gone under a lot of changes in its relatively short history. Originally envisioned by Carl Fisher as an automobile-friendly “5th Avenue of the South,” the strip was converted into America’s second pedestrian mall in the ’50s under the eye of famed Miami architect Morris Lapidus. The…
2008 Miami was in the worse shape it had been in ages. On top of a global economic meltdown, our local real estate market had collapsed and the foreclosure crisis was at three-alarm status. So it’s really no surprise that we’ve grown so much since then considering we had such…
It hasn’t been the easiest year for the Miami Beach Police Department and its new chief, Dan Oates. Within a few weeks early this year, Oates had to confront video of an MBPD cop punching a handcuffed woman in the face and then a national scandal that erupted when several…
On a rainy Thursday morning in August, Tangela Sears parks her Mitsubishi SUV in front of a small yellow house on a quiet street in Liberty City. Her grandfather bought the home about six decades ago. Sears was raised there. She raised her own son David there, too, and had…
Has there been a stupider political miscalculation in Miami-Dade over the past decade than the spread of red light cameras through out our various municipalities (well, ok, Marlins Park, but besides that)? Local governments thought they’d be a good way to keep streets safe (despite studies suggesting their were better…
Did you all enjoy last night’s super moon eclipse? It was pretty wasn’t it? A real once in generation astrological event? Yeah, well, residents on Miami Beach woke up this morning to find their streets flooded thank to the extreme high tides brought on by a super moon. The tides…
As a child growing up in Florida there are a few things that are drilled into your head that need saving: Save the Everglades! Save the panthers! Save the mangroves! Save the manatees! But as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission controversially grapples with new proposed policy that Florida…
In hindsight, we made the same basic error as thousands of Dolphins fans. Sure, the Fins had underwhelmed in their first two games of the season on the road, but Sunday was the home opener! Finally, after an off-season of big-money buys and huge hype from analysts and coaches, the…
It’s fair to say the vast majority of Miami was not in the finest of moods today. It’s Monday morning, the Dolphins just finished shaming all of South Florida and to top it off, big pieces of the city are expected to flood today thanks to a combination of the…
On April 23, 2013, Kiera Wilmot conducted a volcano experiment in her Polk County high-school hallway. The 16-year-old junior, who was working on the project for her science class, watched as a lid popped off and smoke seeped out. No one was hurt and no property was damaged in the…
Just when you think the Miami Dolphins couldn’t possibly take you to a darker, more regretful place — they go and serve you up an all-time stinker like the one they put on us Sunday afternoon. The Dolphins 41-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills Sunday opened their refurbished home field…
Back when Jeb Bush first ran for Governor of Florida in 1994 he branded himself as a tough talking, red blooded conservative. This lead to a lot of unfortunate gaffs. When asked during that election what he would do for African Americans in Florida, he replied “probably nothing.” Bush of…
