A dispute over a locked gate prompted Miami attorney John Ruiz, operator of La Ley Sports Complex in Homestead, to call the police on Mayor Steven Bateman this past March 7. According to a recently released investigative report, Ruiz accused Bateman of cutting the lock to the northwest gate of…
The Miami Mayor’s race is still five months away, but a majority of the city’s politically influential power brokers are lining up behind Commissioner Francis Suarez, who is looking to take out popular incumbent Tomas Regalado with more than one million bucks in his campaign war chest. Regalado has his…
Last month, 25-year-old college dropout Chris Delamo set off on a grand trek through our concrete jungle. The political provocateur planned to spend a week without shelter in order to film a documentary about homelessness in Miami. “It’s going to be like Urban Survivor Man,” he told Riptide. We gave…
Say what you wanna say, but the ’90s rocked! Hip-hop was at its prime, koosh balls were all the craze, and grunge was the way to go. Although we’re waaay past the era of the Fresh Prince, Tamagotchi’s, and Game Boys, that didn’t stop us from partying like it was…
I know that “CSA” is the wrong term for what I received on my doorstep the other day. But, for the life of me, I’m not sure what else to call it. Maybe the name of the program — Goodies — says it all. I’ve been on the waiting list…
Did Jeffrey Bartel’s vicious public beef with his former employer, Florida Power & Light, cost him a seat on the host committee for the 14th Annual Mayor’s Ball this Saturday? Sources tell Banana Republican Bartel was thrown off the illustrious gala’s board about a week ago when FPL representatives voiced…
At Pirolo’s Panino pop-up at Macchialina, you can pick from sandwiches that are conventional or playful. Order the Jive Turkey sandwich. Get house-roasted turkey breast, tomato, and Dijonaise thronged by thick bread, which is toasted and smothered in butter. Although the menu listed lettuce as an ingredient, I won’t mutter…
Earlier this week, the Miami-Dade County Commission approved an 8 percent rate increase to water and sewer bills, which means homeowners will begin paying about $4 more a month on their average water bill. The funds are meant to cover the cost of issuing $4.2 billion — yes that’s with…
Did you know that there’s a chocolate factory right here in Miami that specializes in private label productions and premium label sweets? We’ve got our own version of Willy Wonka, and it’s called Tierra Nueva. The local chocolate-makers launched here two years ago, but just recently they’ve introduced a new…
On Memorial Day weekend, Miami Beach did a helluva job making sure African-Americans didn’t feel welcome in the city. For the second straight year, the city’s police department turned South Beach into a militarized zone to handle the 300,000-plus predominantly black visitors. With the help of police, the city installed…
Dennis the Menace Attention fiend: Your profile of Dennis Rodman (“Reinventing Rodman,” Terrence McCoy, May 30) proves that the day people stop noticing him is the same day he blows his own brains out. For now, this big tough-guy baby has garnered world championships, international fame, and — for now…
A Miami-Dade County bureaucrat who evoked Jewish mob king Meyer Lansky’s name to orchestrate shady deals ripped off taxpayers to the tune of $3 million in a decade. During an afternoon press conference yesterday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle unveiled charges of racketeering, fraud, grand-theft, extortion and other white-collar…
Miami, we may argue about a lot of things. But if there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s that the White Hot Heat are gonna win! LeBron, D-Wade, Bosh, and crew have a way of uniting all sorts of people. Even the ones who can’t afford a…
If it wasn’t already official, it is now: North Miami has the sleaziest politics in Dade. Consider the town’s latest tangled web, which involves a finalist for mayor getting secretly recorded talking about her lady parts. In the days leading up to the May 14 city election, candidate Lucie Tondreau…
A month ago Miami’s first ice cream bicycle debuted at Critical Mass. Well in case you missed it,, tonight’s your second chance to witness history. Michael’s Genuine line cook Aleric “A.J” Constanin will meet cyclist and restaurant friends at the Government Center pre-bike ride to show off his pimped ride,…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke is outraged over the treatment of African-Americans in Miami Beach. Once again Miami Beach did a helluva of a…
It’s high time Tiger Woods stops putting up with the blatant racism thrown at him. He needs to stand up to fools like his golfing rival Sergio Garcia, who revealed his racist side during the European Tour Player of the Year Awards on May 21. The Golf Channel’s Steve Sands…
Cream of the Kramer He’s nice: The cover story about South Beach businessman Thomas Kramer (“The Fall of Thomas Kramer,” Lera Gavin, May 23) was great, very compassionate, and kind of sad. I attended a few of Kramer’s parties. He is a nice guy and a gracious host, and I’m…
The company that won a hotly contested contract at Miami International Airport worth tens of millions of dollars a year is already in the doghouse with MIami-Dade County’s Aviation Department. On Tuesday, department director Emilio T. Gonzalez fired off a letter to Radames Villalon, general manager of Safe Wrap of…
Myth has it that when the moon is full, people let go of their inhibitions and go wild. Truth or fiction, people totally let loose at LMNT’s monthly downtown full moon party. “We need to come together as a community and bring body and soul together,” said Tracie Samara, hostess…
Eric Jason Gold would like to wage jihad on the Miami Beach Parking Department. Problem is, it’s too damn expensive. This past January on a Tuesday night, the 47-year-old property manager drove his gray Kia sedan to South Beach to pick up his partner, who was finishing work on Lincoln…
The former head of a Liberty City non-profit agency that assisted veterans will spend 85 days in jail for stealing taxpayer money meant to help vets get back on their feet. Last week, 60-year-old Charles Leon Cutler was sentenced following his conviction in March on two counts of grand theft…
