Last year, Homestead City Councilman Rev. Jimmie Williams III wanted to open his own fried fish restaurant. So he turned to a generous land owner who helped him and three other candidates, including current Mayor Steve Bateman, win in 2009. Real estate developer Wayne Rosen — who bankrolled a political…
Reader Mail: Florida Needs to Ban Red-Light Cameras
Norman Braman Is a Phony, and So Are His Candidates
Mike Huckabee, former governor, former presidential candidate, former marathon runner, political pundit, and author of a children’s book, has announced that today, August 1, be proclaimed across this great nation as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, in honor of the company that sparked a shitstorm of controversy after its president and COO, Dan…
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. This week, Luke goes after the County Commission’s biggest enemy.Car magnate, activist, and billionaire Norman Braman has everyone fooled. He’s not…
See also “A$AP Rocky Announces LongLiveA$AP 2012 Tour With Fillmore Miami Beach Show.” It had been 62 days since Miami’s last zombie attack. But now we have to restart the counter. A$AP Rocky and his A$AP Mob just released “Bath Salt,” a dark banger with enough evil swag to make…
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…
See also “Gunplay Quits Cocaine, ‘Now I Just Pop a Molly, Fuck It.'” If you’ve ever considered getting a large swastika tattoo, but decided against some antisemitic ink because it might be seen the wrong way … You probably aren’t Miami rapper Gunplay. He’s not only the untouchable Maybach Music…
Three episodes into The Franchise, shit is already getting all kinds of depressing. After two episodes of ups and downs and HEY LOOK AT OUR NEW STADIUM! wackiness, the Marlins are in a tail spin, out of the playoff hunt, reverting to a closer by committee to cover up Heath Bell’s…
Elect Joe Martinez for Mayor and Keon Hardemon for Commission
Reader Mail: Chris Dahm Is a Good Guy
Read our previous coverage on North Bay Village’s attempts to stop a strip club from opening in the city.All Fane Lozman wants is to make sure elected officials don’t operate in the shadows and to protect everyone’s first amendment right to look at naked boobies. But the civic activist claims North Bay Village…
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. This week, Luke makes his picks for Miami-Dade mayor and the county’s black county commission seats.With the August 14 primary election…
Read our previous coverage of Genting’s political contributions.The Malaysian gambling conglomerate that wants to build a casino resort on the site of the Miami Herald headquarters believes in county commissioners Audrey Edmonson, Bruno Barreiro, Barbara Jordan and Dennis Moss, the quartet of incumbents who have been targeted for elimination by…
When it was announced that Fiat was bringing its little Italian cars back to the U.S. market, I was excited. Fiat’s blend of sexy chic and utilitarian sensibility truly embodies all things Italian. Besides, it costs thousands of dollars less than the Mini Cooper, another cute import.In an attempt to…
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…
Read Miami New Times’ story on ex-Hialeah Gardens police detective Lawrence Perez who helped his drug dealer friends steal pounds of marijuana.Raul Iglesias, a sergeant with an undercover Miami Police Department narcotics unit, is joining ignominious company. He is now the fifth local cop to be criminally charged for being…
Life on the field has not gone well for Miami’s football and baseball franchises. The Marlins sucked ass during the first half of the season playing inside the team’s sparkling new ball park, which was financed with half-a-billion dollars in taxpayer funds. Meanwhile, the Dolphins organization has been busy during…
The Miami Dolphins foray into reality TV is almost upon us as HBO’s Hard Knocks premieres on August 7, and the premium channel released the first footage in the form of a trailer today. It looks … just about like the opening montage of every single television series set in…
Shortly before 9 a.m. this past February 15, Maciel Gonzalez waited for Juana Olga Durand on the steps of the Miami-Dade family court building at 175 NW First Ave. Gonzalez held a yellow manila envelope containing $3,122 in cash to pay off a string of parking tickets, his lawyer, as…
This guest column was written by Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle in response to Luther Campbell’s criticisms.As Miami-Dade state attorney, I have always believed that my work in the fourth largest prosecutor’s office in America has the potential to affect the lives of every one of the county’s 2.5…
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. This week, Luke takes on the Miami-Dade state attorney.Katherine Fernandez Rundle is no Janet Reno. Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor, who is a…
