As cities around south Florida are ditching controversial red light camera programs, Miami’s elected officials are about to extend its contract with the company that provides the company that operates the video recorders. Ass backwards, you say? Well, it is the Magic City.At today’s city commission meeting, commissioners will vote…
After years of being knee-deep in the grime of Miami’s nightlife and music scene, Cocodrills have become experts on the city’s best music spots, the best places for a meal, and the best summer drinks. Before catching the duo tonight at the Electric Pickle for their monthly Tech-Support party with…
Rupert Murdoch is dangerous
Reader feedback: Judge screwed over Miami Beach’s vigilante cyclist
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 goes to bat for Fox News.Rupert Murdoch is reaping what he sowed. The media magnate’s American-based cable…
Child welfare officials for Florida’s Department of Children & Families failed to stop Jorge and Carmen Barahona from victimizing their adopted children Victor and Nubia, because state investigators don’t treat foster parents with the same level of scrutiny applied to biological parents suspected of abusing their kids, according to the…
When Lynda Bell narrowly won her county commission seat last November, the Homestead politician promised she would reform the way Miami-Dade County government operates. “I want to bring the public sector to reality, face-to-face with what the private sector deals with,” she said. Nine months later, we’re still waiting.In fact,…
Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj fans are kind of the cutest. Certainly, a few of them will leave cruel comments on this post, even if everything written were spectacularly kind. It’s not. Either way, it’s important to mention that they’re adorable before delving into these fashion freakouts from last night’s…
A Miami-Dade Water & Sewer employee who purchased more than $1,700 in tools on the taxpayer’s dime and then took the instruments to his house has cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid any jail time.Last July, after the Miami-Dade Inspector General’s Office found the tools at Donald Richard’s residence,…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
An ex-con man who two years ago wreaked havoc on the price stock of a Miami-based national builder is going back to prison after pleading guilty to one count of securities fraud.During a hearing yesterday morning, Miami federal Judge Patricia Seitz handed Barry Minkow a five-year prison term and also…
Editor’s Note: We originally reported Michael Vick was hired by Fuze, the beverage company. In actuality, Vick was hired by Fuse Science energy and nutrition. We regret the error.Michael Vick is now an equity partner in Double Eagle Holdings, which owns the Fuze beverage company Fuse Science energy and nutrition…
I knew it! Some restaurants, both sit down and fast food are downplaying the amount of calories in their menu items, according to an article at Time.com. Susan Roberts, who directs the Energy Metabolism Laboratory of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University, says that “healthy” menu items…
Even though she has no plans to run against Carlos Gimenez in 2012, county Commissioner Barbara Jordan is definitely cementing her place as the Miami-Dade mayor’s number one adversary. We already know Jordan is peeved Gimenez wants to lay-off 395 county employees that work for the county’s Head Start program…
Carlos Gimenez lies already
Letters from the issue of July 21, 2011
As part of the National Restaurant Association’s Kids Livewell Initiative, 19 chains across the United States have ensured that your bratty kid will never again whine incessantly for another kids meal.These fast food places — among them Burger King, IHOP, Chili’s, and Outback — have pledged to make a full…
A rumored Democratic challenger to scandal plagued U.S. Congressman David Rivera is expected to make it official at a press conference this morning. State Rep. Luis Garcia has invited the local media to join him at Tamiami Park at 10 a.m. for “an important announcement.” We’re betting Garcia, a former…
County Commissioner Barbara Jordan must be feeling really lonely these days. She’s not getting any attention from her fellow commissioners, so she’s resorting to sending them messages via prepared statements to the media.Jordan is upset with a component of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s proposed budget that calls for laying off…
I happened to stop by Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti yesterday for lunch and was blessed to find jill-of-all-trades Barbara Eisenhower there. She prepared a fresh batch of shepherd’s pie. After eating the delectable beef meal ($6), I researched the history of the dish and found that the folks at…
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, who lost in a bid to become Miami-Dade mayor, says new top man Carlos Gimenez bent over…
The Miami-based Christian Family Coalition is standing strong in support of Oakland Park Commissioner Jed Shank, who voted against a proclamation last month to recognize Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride & Equality Month because, he said, it was disrespectful to dads to recognize the gays but not Father’s Day.This…
