Commissioner Marc Sarnoff has some very vocal enemies among business-owners in the Coconut Grove parcel of his district, thanks in large part to his unwavering support of a 3 a.m. bar curfew there. Public officials — especially those with controversial stances — usually expect to take a smattering of public ridicule as part…
Not long ago, New Times ran a story titled “Escape From South Beach,” which makes the case that the epicenter of the gay community is no longer in South Beach. Miami Beach’s gay paper, Wire Magazine, apparently took it personally. This week, editor Thomas Barker dedicated an entire issue to “a rebuttal.”His…
Remember Joe Kapp? The famous Latino quarterback long before the NFL was courting Latino viewers? With the Jets and Mark Sanchez out of the picture, Latinos won’t have much to root for come Super Bowl Sunday. Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez is sidelined with a season-long injury, and Jonathan Casillas,…
An audit criticized the waste of tens of thousands of tax-payer dollars by city of Miami workers on Government credit cards. Some how we got stiffed with the bill for a pink metallic dog collar. [Herald]A stage being built at Sun Life stadium collapsed, injuring four. [CBS4]Jackson Memorial Health Systems lost four…
The picture of Jets coach Rex Ryan’s now-infamous flip-off of a few heckling Miami Dolphins fans quickly made their way around the media and not surprisingly into the front office in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ryan has been fined $50,000. That’s more than the average American makes in a year,…
Armando Gutierrez Jr., son of local power player Armando Gutierrez Sr., has dropped his bid to challenge lovably insane Orlanda-area Congressman Alan Grayson. Gutierrez, who was born and raised in Miami, took up residence in Grayson’s congressional district this year with the intent of running as a Republican against the…
Chad Ochocinco hasn’t yet accecpted New Times’ informal offer to write a 10,000-word odyssey/cover story about wearing Snuggies at McDonald’s and living a double life as Esteban the Most Interesting Footballer in the World. But we’ll consider his effort this afternoon at Sun Life Stadium a trial run. With a massive uniformed…
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”Who Dat Nation” has begun its descent on our fair city in advance of the Super Bowl, where the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts. Fittingly, while the Colts will stay in Fort Lauderdale, the Saints will hang out at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Miami, and…
Traditional newspaper columnists get to enjoy things such as “taking time to write” and “thinking out ideas before they’re published,” which are practically unheard of here in the media ghetto known as blog world. Yet so many newspaper columns are just horrible, horrible things to read. We don’t know why…
Nearly a month after the body of aspiring model Paula Sladewski was found in flames in a dumpster, North Miami Police have finally released a sketch of a man they say witnesses last saw her with.Sladewski was visiting Miami with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym, to catch Lady Gaga’s New Year’s…
A petition to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez fell short by just a few thousand signatures. [CBS4]Murdered tourist Paula Sladewski’s sister is back in town looking for the culprit, and the award for the killer’s arrest has been raised to $15,000. [NBCMiami]Yesterday’s rain and flooding caused all sorts of traffic delays. [CBS4]That being…
Brian Hope, a 36-year-old attorney, moved into a Brickell condo at Quantum on the Bay in October. He signed a one-year lease for unit 3701, which has one bedroom and a sweeping view of Biscayne Bay. He was quite pleased. But then, a couple of days after moving in, he noticed…
Sometimes Riptide likes to reminisce about our long and circuitous relationship with Michelle Spence-Jones. Like the good ol’ days, last June, when she was still Overtown/Liberty City commissioner and we were trying to track her down for comment about her involvement in the case of since-convicted grand thief Rev. Gaston…
Jose Armando Rodrigues really wanted to get back home to Miami, so apparently it was a big bummer when his friend’s car, which he was ridding in, broke down on I-95 near Boynton Beach earlier today. We can understand wanting to get out of Boynton Beach as soon as possible, but…
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Last week, Quinnipiac delivered the stunning news that Marco Rubio was now leading Gov. Charlie Crist by three points in the Republican Senate Primary. Today’s Rasmussen poll shows the formerly little known Rubio with a mind-blowing 12-point lead over the popular Governor.Forty-nine percent go for Rubio, while only 37 percent…
Three players who have suited up in Dolphins Teal and five who are “all about The U,” have been named to the NFL’s All Decade Team. Chosen by the NFL Hall of Fame selection committee, the honors were announced before last night’s Pro Bowl. Much like the Pro Bowl itself,…
Los Van Van landed in Miami like a lit match on an ancient anthill.On Sunday, hundreds of grizzled Cubans came out of the woodwork — Westchester, Little Havana, Hialeah — to protest the popular band’s concert at the James L. Knight Center.They came bearing all the ardor of Tea Party…
When you combine a guy who coaches a team from New Jersey with guys beating the crap out of each other for entertainment, you really shouldn’t expect anything classy. While attending a Strike Force mixed martial arts event at the BankAtlantic Center, the New York Jets’ Rex Ryan ran into some…
When navigating the most elitist nooks of South Beach clubland, it helps to have breasts. Not necessarily on your own body. Just in your presence, nearby — bouncing against your arm if possible — and the chances of getting past the doorman officially quadruple. Blair Russell, a gay 47-year-old, long…
Los Van Van, the Cuban dance band that performed at the Knight Center last night, drew around 400 anti-Castro protesters. [ABCNews]Inner-city neighborhoods such as Liberty City might be in position for an economic renaissance. [Herald]Miami-Dade interim director James Loftus is expected to be permanently named to the gig. [Herald]Despite the fact that…
