Joseph Mitrani was given the job of overseeing construction of a new training facility for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. Mitrani was instrumental in making sure the project was completed on time and under budget, according to department spokeswoman Elizabeth Calzadilla-Fiallo. Score one for government efficiency, right? Err, not really.Fire…
Chef Cooks Your Meal At Fleming’s: A Limited Time Offer! As reported by Short Order yesterday, Ricardo Wilson, the new chef/partner at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar in Coral Gables, is a vegetarian who thinks that “most chefs are fat and lazy”. Some may be disturbed by a steakhouse…
Longtime Slip-N-Slide signee Duece Poppi has been around the multi-platinum label through all of its phases, from the Trick and Trina golden days, all the way up to its current roster of diverse artists. Bouncing back from Miami and Atlanta, Duece Poppi has established himself as an industry heavyweight. Even…
Claudia Davant claims her estranged husband and state Sen. Alex Diax de la Portilla has repeatedly stalked her since she filed for divorce five months ago. And the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating some of her complaints.Tallahassee Circuit Judge Dawn Caloca-Johnson granted Davant’s request for a temporary restraining…
When interwebs sensation Die Antwoord first exploded, we noticed an odd thing on their MySpace page: FriendsWithYou was one of their top friends. Well, in the days of Facebook, Twitter, tumbr, etc. these connections mean very little, but it piqued our interest. A few tweets later by FriendsWithYou further fueled…
Adam Tavss, a former Miami Beach Police Department officer under investigation for gunning down two men in four days last summer, was arrested last night after police found a “fully operational” marijuana grow lab in his house with dozens of plants.Acting on a tip, Miami Dade police raided Tavss’ house…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke takes on Miami City Commissioner Richard Dunn’s demands that city police enforce the county’s curfew for those…
For those of you who have been in hiding these past months for fear that you’d contract some sort of horrible disease that would turn your skin an off putting shade of orange, poof your hair, and make your fist uncontrollably pump to the sounds of bad techno music, you…
Pastels. Girls in bikinis. Expensive cars. Drug lords. Sweet, sweet synths. So few cities can be boiled down to such few words like Miami. Take that and put into music video form and you’ve got Junkie XL’s new video “Made For Each Other,” featuring Jan Hammer, AKA the man behind…
The co-owner of Hanif Rajput Catering Service was arrested last week in connection with the NYC Times Square bomb case. What tipped authorities off were the Death To America Goat Kebabs on the menu.Good luck to chef Allen Susser at his newly launched Gastropub venture in Delray Beach, although I’ve…
Last November, we wrote about Dewayne Pinacle, one of the 77 juveniles in Florida serving a life term in prison for a crime other than murder. His crimes, we wrote, “make the case that some young defendants deserve a life behind bars.” So what happens to Pinacle now that the…
Discovering the Kill Miss Pretty booth at last weekend’s Exxxotica Expo was very weird. It was like wandering half-drunk into Goldrush and getting a mid-afternoon lapdance from a feature dancer who turns out to be your cousin. But once the initial confusion wore off, there were questions: What exactly were…
This was the week Miami spent looking very hard at balls. First tar balls started showing up on our shores, sending scientists scrambling to determine whether we will soon be engulfed by a black goop monster courtesy of British Petroleum. The short answer: yes. Then, at a rate of 22 times an…
It’s time for North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre to tell his former law partner Marc Douthit and his ex-campaign manager Willis Howard to come up with a better deal.The two insiders and their partners are buying the mortgage note on the foreclosed Biscayne Landing site, which they intend to convert…
Arsenal 88 is one of these bands I’ve been seeing on flyers a lot lately, and I’m pleased to share this MP3 with you, our valued readers. Looking over their factsheet I’m impressed by the local pedigree the members bring. Andres Aguero, vocalist, sang for Foolproof; pianist / guitarist /…
This past Tuesday was declared I Love Reese’s Day by Hershey’s — the makers of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (which reminds me: more news forthcoming soon on Short Order’s I Love Short Order Day). The groups Global Exchange, Green America Today, Oasis USA, and The International Labor Rights Forum didn’t…
Yuppie Rambo Attack Kudos to Kudo: After reading “District C-9” (Francisco Alvarado and Gus Garcia-Roberts, May 13), I think this guy Kudo went through all the proper channels and brought his info to all the right county and state agencies. Then they slammed the door in his face. The people…
Steve Irwin’s heart was impaled by a sting ray. Princess Diana died while avoiding the paparazzi. Filmmaker Michael Findlay was decapitated by a helicopter blade. And according to Jenna — a 23-year-old with long, straight brown hair and a pair of pink Chuck All-Stars — her icon, David Bowie, will…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains Miami Beach’s plans to price-gouge African-Americans and put them in jail during Memorial Day weekend. Miami…
Next week, Pitbull will embark on his Mr. Worldwide Carnaval Tour, which is set to make 20-plus stops around the U.S. It’s one fewer than was originally planned — in protest of the Arizona Immigration Bill, he’s just canceled a date originally set for May 31 in Phoenix. (Read more…
In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.This week, Radio-Active Records’ assistant manager Paul Poletz fills in admirably while Ramirez explores the wild expanses of New York City and…
Stephen Jaffe, a publicist hired by author Gerald Posner, responded to El Jefe’s recent comment about lawyer and author Mark Lane. The comment, which was reported across the country, referred to Lane as an “83-year-old Jonestown survivor.” Obviously, he is much more than that., We stand corrected. Mark Lane’s request…
