Times are tough in Miami-Dade. But before Mayor Carlos Gimenez proposed closing 13 libraries to cut costs, he hired Genaro “Chip” Iglesias to be his chief of staff and “deputy mayor,” at the price tag of $225,000 per year. And blogger Elaine de Valle reports there could be more deputy…
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez yesterday proposed cutting the county’s operating budget by $350 million. That includes whacking the library system’s $50 million budget to $24.5 million.It seems 13 libraries will be shut down.Riptide contributor Theo Karantsalis obtained the list of threatened libraries Thursday morning…
Don’t worry. If the upcoming NBA season actually happens, the Heat want to protect you from homicidal arepa dealers.City commissioners are scheduled to vote tonight on an ordinance that would prohibit hot dog vendors from selling food in the area surrounding American Airlines Arena, because the arena and whiny area restaurants…
The condition that the Florida Marlins change their name to the Miami Marlins as part of the deal for their new stadium has been well known locally for years. But the baseball-loving world at large (which we assume does not care much about the Marlins otherwise) apparently learned of the news last…
Jose Canseco isn’t sorry he published his ex-girlfriend’s telephone number on Twitter Friday night. He told us he’d do it again.We spoke with his ex, Leila Shennib, a fitness model. She said she’s been getting so many calls and texts offering to trade drugs for sex that Verizon has called to…
Update: The funding campaign seems to have been suspended by Kickstarter’s staff.Wanna get high? There’s not an iPhone app for that yet, but thanks to the ingenuity of Miamians there is now an iPhone case for that. A couple of local guys, according to their Kickstarter page, are trying to…
Lawyer Jose Baez didn’t start his professional career defending capital murder cases. Before he successfully got Casey Anthony off the hook for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, he was just another guy who couldn’t get admitted to the Florida Bar because he was a deadbeat dad — the Orlando Sentinal reported Baez had a…
Not all shoppers in Miami-Dade are feeling the heat of the area’s crappy economy. The Village of Merrick Park, the poshest shopping mall south of Bal Harbour, lately has been doing gangbusters. Sales are up 10 percent from last year, with figures rising over the past 11 months. Good to know…
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.Psalm 96:10-13Last Friday the Herald wrote a fawning article about Notre Dame…
With the player lockout putting the 2011-2012 NBA season into question, it’s only a matter of time before the league’s poor, mistreated multi-millionaires are forced to pick up second jobs for rent money, car payments and general “make it rain all over the poor people” supplies.But, without marketable skills that…
Here’s just another bit of info to pile on to illustrate the obvious: Miami’s Real Estate market is totally fucked. Excuse the profanity, but honestly is there any better way to describe? It is fucked. That’s what it is.Anyway, Business Insider compiled a not-so-cheery listicle, and determined that Miami will…
Governor Rick Scott wants to make Florida the best state to business in in the county, but a report by CNBC suggests he has a long way to go. In its annual rankings of business friendly states Florida came in at a respectable but not stupendous 18th place tie with…
Good news, Miami! LeBron James has not fled the country, nor does he appear to be too depressed for a few photos with some fellow squagillionaires. Apparently inspired by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s release of pictures to prove he’s not too dead, LeBron’s business manager Maverick Carter tweeted several pictures…
He’s a jerk. Filmmakers don’t want him in their LeBron-themed movies. He somehow pissed off Taiwan. The Decision, The Decision, The Decision. LeBron James, as Riptide has reported countless times, is the most hated man in sports.But damn, can the guy sell a shoe…
Surprisingly, Marlins interim manager Jack McKeon and 23-year-old outfielder Logan Morrison don’t see eye-to-eye when it comes to Twitter.On Saturday, the same day McKeon benched Morrison after a 4-for-33 batting slump, the Miami Herald quoted the 80-year-old McKeon telling him that he needs “to start spending more time on baseball…
Ever wonder how much you’re making in comparison to the rest of the workforce in Miami-Dade. Well, if you’re pulling in less than $57,034-a-year you’re below average, according to statistics compiled by The Business Journals. That makes Miami-Dade the fourth best compensated county on average in Florida, and the 116th…
Charlie Crist is still married to an actual lady, and even though he failed to make Carole Rome a D.C. power wife she just sold her apartment on fancy Fisher Island so she can live with Crist in St. Petersburg full time. Rome sold the apartment for $3 million according…
People started freaking out on Twitter Wednesday night over an “article” indicating that BET host Rocsi Diaz was arrested in Miami for “attempting to steal over two hundred dollars in undergarments and high heels.” Except the article exists only as a screen cap and was written by someone who seems to have…
Perhaps the solution to Miami’s economic problems is the same as your abuela’s solution to boredom: telenovelas! Telemundo plans to shoot about 1,100 hours of telenovelas in Miami-Dade this year. That represents an investment of about $35 million and 550 new jobs…
Apple might be one of the most powerful companies in the world, but it’s no match for the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board.Apple already has quaint little digs at 720 Lincoln Rd. but plans to move farther up the pedestrian mall to a location currently occupied only by the Gap…
Update 5:20 p.m.: McKeon is officially the team’s interim manager — he answered questions about his age at a press conference Monday and said he thought the Marlins had a shot to play in October even though he’s “not hip with the Twitter or Facebook or something like that,” according…
The unemployment rate in Florida has fallen for the fifth straight month in May, mirroring a national trend. Unfortunately, there isn’t much to celebrate in Miami-Dade. The local unemployment rate rose once again by 0.5 percent and is now the second highest unemployment rate of any county in Florida…
