Apparently, the Miami-Dade County Corrections system isn’t the only lockup that has problems keeping its inmates healthy and alive. The Washington Post is running a four-day series on the hidden world of immigration detention facilities — and how detainees awaiting deportation receive shoddy medical care. The paper found that 83…
In recent months, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and District 3 Commissioner Joe Sanchez have shown increased interest in promoting bicycling in Miami. Last March, Mayor Diaz announced the formation of a new Bicycle Action Committee as part of his Green Commission, which Comm. Sanchez chairs. A month later, Comm. Sanchez…
Rarely has a beauty product line been named so appropriately – LUSH skin care, hair, and beauty products are exactly what you might be dreaming of. Truly excellent, handmade, all-natural, and so fresh most items come with an expiry date, LUSH is what your mom should be using on her…
Babalu Blog writer Claudia4Libertad praises yet somewhat criticizes President Bush for his policy on Cuban during his term: President Bush is frequently criticized for not doing more to advance the cause for Cuban freedom. I tend to feel the same way because nothing has changed in regard to Cuban policy…
Community center to be named for Teele – A community center to be built in Little Haiti Park will be named after former Miami-Dade commissioner Arthur E. Teele Jr. who pushed for the project before his suicide in 2005. Suit against new Florida Marlins ballpark to proceed – A Miami-Dade…
Janine Zeitlin Activists at the Tina Hill Pavilion at Bayfront Park hoping to bring awareness of the injustices at Guantánamo Bay. What’s two times smaller than your first apartment and shorter than Shaq? Stumped? It’s a prison cell at Guantánamo Bay. A true-to-life replica of the roughly 6.5-by-8-foot space arrived…
Every once in a while, someone sends me a question that doesn’t require miles and miles of discussion. The issues are pretty simple, and they usually roll in between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., so at first I assumed that they it was nothing more than drunken…
Cathy Jackson, Director of the Miami-Dade Department of Audit and Management, finally released today her long-awaited audit of the Wackenhut Corp., which holds several major security contracts with the county, including the county’s lucrative contract for posts at Metrorail stations. As reported in the Herald, the audit reveals, to no…
The dilemma of what to do this weekend always gets to people. No worries I always have your back – just follow my advice closely and you’ll be fine. And with a packed weekend of Cedric Gervais, DJ Funk and Bronques, I guarantee you this weekend will be one for…
A woman is giving away her $1.25-million mansion in Ocala. The house, replete with two 50-foot porches, three crystal chandeliers, and a hot tub, sits on two acres lush with oak trees, orange trees, azaleas, and gardenias. She will give it — mortgage-free — to the winner of a “pet…
After a day-long drinking binge on March 30, 1988, Douglas and Dennis Escobar were driving a stolen gray Mazda on Calle Ocho near SW 32nd Avenue when they passed a police cruiser. Miami Police Lt. Victor Estefan, a 49-year-old veteran of the force, turned on his lights and sirens and…
News Blowing Up Does Hialeah have the fattest school in the nation? By Isaiah Thompson Two months ago, Mae Walters Elementary teacher Charlie Filpes went before the Miami-Dade County School Board with a bold claim: An article was about to be published in the Journal of School Health, he said,…
Fabio “Estefano” Salgado drove his midnight blue Aston Martin convertible down Biscayne Boulevard, across the Venetian Causeway, through the tollbooth, and into the driveway of his $7.5-million San Marco Island mansion. He passed the 12-foot-tall aluminum gate and entered the white modern two-story home with a commanding view of downtown…
Hello, Kitty I’ve been kind of dating my high school sweetheart for a few weeks, well, me and 3 other guys – and those are just the ones that I know about. Our issue is that she’s a little younger than me and has never been in a serious relationship…
As reported in the Herald (which is so stingy with its online news that the link will be dead by tomorrow – what’s up with that?), a majority of Miami Beach City Commissioners voted in the city’s neighborhoods committee not to recommend a plan that would put bike lanes on…
This weekend felt like a little bit of a dud. Maybe it’s time to admit that Miami is finally entering its sleepy summer stage. So enjoy the next few weeks because after that the lovely Miami humidity will make us all take shelter in our air-conditioned homes. The curse of…
Tracy Block Lance Bass and friends celebrated the former popstar’s 29th birthday atop the Gansevoort South with plenty of cupcakes, mojitos and SoBe lamesters. Just because you’re a pop idol has-been and a year shy of 30 doesn’t mean you can’t still invite a few hundred of Miami’s top movers…
Finding the perfect pedicure place can be such a frickin’ mission. Trial and error might reduce your one-stop-toenail-shop search to a top-three list, but what if you’re not in your usual neighborhood? What do you do when your toes are tore up in Aventura, or Kendall, or Doral? Wouldn’t it…
Foreclosure Fraud Bill OK’d – The state Legislature approved a bill to protect homeowners going into foreclosure from being scammed by so-called “foreclosure rescue services.” Renters Grasp At Opportunities In Risky Market – With the current state of the housing market, the market has tipped in renters’ favor. Owners looking…
This week, Transit Miami blogger Tony Garcia wrote about the whole urban development boundary debacle. While county commissioners deny any wrongdoing, it does seem that they getting very friendly with developers looking to build in the Everglades. Garcia had this to say about the commissioners decision to allow developers to…
I’m not even that big a GTA fan – I’m the sort who does a few missions, loses interest, and then just drives around the city raising hell and seeing how long I can fend off the police – yet there I was last night, in line in front of…
Hello, Kitty I’m a real estate agent living and working in South Beach, and while my job requires me to dress very conservative by day, when I go out at night I like to wear eyeliner and blush on my cheeks to add a little drama to my look. I’m…
