305 Photo of the Day: Dog Tags
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Showing 18789 - 18810 of 31974Ironic Quote of the Week: Library-Closing Carlos Gimenez Says Favorite Book is Fahrenheit 451
Miamians were pissed off yesterday about Carlos Gimenez’s plan to shutter 13 libraries around town. So when we saw him at a groundbreaking ceremony today, we thought we’d ask Gimenez a simple question: what’s his favorite book? His answer: Fahrenheit 451.Yes, that’s right. Our library-closing county mayor’s favorite book is…
North Miami City Clerk Gets Monster Raise for Actually Reading the Laws
Shrewd move, Michael Etienne.The North Miami city clerk revealed at a council meeting Tuesday that, while he was rooting around in the ordinance codes, he found a little section that says the city clerk is supposed to earn as much as the council members, the Miami Herald reports.Which is great…
Five Important People Paid Less Than Carlos Gimenez’s Chief of Staff
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…
Marlins Win Six in a Row, Leave Cubs Closer with ERA of Infinity
It looked like the Fish were going to lose this one. Down 2-0 against the Chicago Cubs going into the ninth at Wrigley Field, there didn’t seem to be much hope. Then Cubs closer Carlos Marmol came in.His first three batters saw a combined 12 balls and one strike. With…
Spanish Bros Allegedly Laundered $26 Million in Drug Money by Being Total Miami Badasses
Cocaine smuggling, personalized leather bomber jackets, $2 million cars, and high-rise penthouses across Miami.No, it’s not 2 Fast 2 Furious — although eerily close — but an indictment unsealed yesterday that charges brothers Álvaro and Artemio López Tardón and three others with international drug money laundering.And for all their allegedly ill-gotten…
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The Miami Heat Continues to Destroy Children at Basketball Camps
In journalism, three is a trend, so we’re declaring it here first: There is now an epidemic of Miami Heat child abuse going on at basketball camps around the country…
305 Photo of the Day: Puff Puff Sass
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Bangkok, Phuket, and the Miami Gym Teacher Who Got 15 Years in Prison for Molesting 70 Boys
After a pedophilia world tour that got him arrested in Thailand in 2006, former Miami gym teacher Charles Todd Stokes has been sentenced in U.S. federal court to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of molesting 70 boys, according to media reports.The Thai town he was arrested in, of…
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Here Are the 13 Libraries Carlos Gimenez Wants to Close
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…
AA Arena to Protect Heat Fans by Not Letting Them Buy Hot Dogs
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…
Marco Rubio and the Grand Old Party Are a “Hot, Sloppy Mess”
The Riptide national politics desk has been working around the clock to bring you this shocking revelation: Some Democrats suspect the Republican Party is crazy.”I think Mitch McConnell, frankly, has lost his mind,” said Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, talking about the ongoing debate surrounding raising the national debt…
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Miami Beach Pot Petition Presented to Commission, But Vote Could Take Awhile
A triumphant group of pot activists presented the Miami Beach Commission yesterday with more than 9,000 signatures in favor of decriminalizing small amounts of weed — but damned if city attorney Jose Smith didn’t do his best to harsh their mellow.Smith, despite admitting he hadn’t actually read the petition, questioned…
Inadequate Miami Dade College Warned It Could Lose Accreditation
The largest U.S. public college has been put on notice: If you want to have 150,000 students, you need to hire some people to teach them.The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools issued the warning to Miami Dade College late last month, according to the Sun-Sentinel, and will revisit the school’s…
County Puts the Brakes on Miami’s Bid to Cover Every Vertical Surface With Advertising
If Marc Sarnoff and Tomás Regalado had their way, pretty much any stationary object within 1,000 feet of a major Miami roadway would be plastered with an LED billboard by next Tuesday. (Surely this has nothing to do with the fact that both guys took thousands in contributions from sign…
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Mayor Gimenez Wants to Close 13 Libraries, Fire 884 People To Cut Taxes
Newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Wednesday proposed cutting last year’s budget by 19 percent and reversing the tax hike ushered in by recalled mayor Carlos Alvarez, The Miami Herald reports.He wants to do it, and close the projected $400-million budget shortfall, by cutting 1,286 positions from the county;…
Is Rick Scott America’s Worst Governor?
Clearly, Rick Scott is America’s least popular governor. His numbers are so low that if he were a baseball player, his manager would have long ago slapped his ass and demoted him to AA. He’s more politically radioactive than Anthony Weiner’s twitter account. The man is loathed. But is he…
Xavier Suarez: Don’t call him loco
Xavier Suarez: Don’t call him loco
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Brickell satellite firm Inmarsat accused of aiding Hamas
Brickell satellite firm Inmarsat accused of aiding Hamas
Brickell parking lot displaces roosters
Brickell parking lot displaces roosters
North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa might get the boot
North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa might get the boot
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Rick Scott’s dirtiest deeds
Rick Scott’s dirtiest deeds