Urban Beach Weekend 2012 Has Come and Gone Leaving Business Owners Wondering Where the Money Went Memorial Day Weekend – a weekend looked on with dread by Miami Beach residents. A weekend so hated that locals make sure they leave town come Memorial Day. Last year’s weekend – aka, Urban Beach Weekend – was so [...]
To the Editor: In response to your story on May 17, Your Own Code Officers Are Scared Sh―less!, in spite of the obvious close, personal relationship between Mr. Leo Ostreicher and Mr. Jose Alberto, as documented by Mr. Ostreicher’s acknowledgement that he lunched with Mr. Alberto regularly, I was still surprised (and disappointed) that he [...]
Who Doesn’t Mind See-Through Walls, DecoBiking to Work and Living in a Cardboard Box “It’s quite apparent to me,” said Commissioner Wolfson at the recent city commissioners retreat, “that our next manager is going to have to be way more open-door with us than was Jorge Gonzalez.” “I second that,” Commissioner Tobin chimed in. “We [...]
May 30, 2012 Re: The Future of City of Miami Beach , an Aquatic Ecosystem Dear Distinguished City of Miami Beach City Manager, Mayor and Commissioners, Miami Beach is where my heart has always been. I made it my home, I invested my money, my time and my resources in this City. I got married [...]
Kristen Stewart has a reputation for being a less than charismatic screen presence, a singularly unappealing romantic lead. A stiff, in other words. And time and time again, I rose up to her defense. Look at her nuanced supporting work in films like Adventureland and Into the Wild. Take her out of the Pacific Northwest [...]
May 31 Lecture The Bass That Ate Miami Dave Tompkins, music journalist, historian, and author of “How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop,” leads a discussion on the history of Miami bass and its cultural, political and geological impact on the Magic City. Stay for a party led [...]
The Atlantic Greenway Network Master Plan May Expand Bike-Friendly Programs The City of Miami Beach will be hosting two public summits to discuss the city’s efforts to update the adopted Atlantic Greenway Network (AGN) Master Plan. The summits will focus on obtaining input from Miami Beach residents on the bicycle component of the adopted AGN [...]
An Open Letter to Memorial Day Visitors: Dear Memorial Day Weekend (or Urban Beach Weekend, if that’s what you prefer) Visitors, Welcome to Miami Beach. We invite you to patronize our hotels, our restaurants and cafes, our shops, clubs, boutiques, businesses, and all else. Enjoy our sun, sand, and sea, and our nightlife, too. All [...]
Jonah Out, Deede In The race to fill the Florida House seat vacated by Richard Steinberg took an odd twist last week when one Beach commissioner abruptly withdrew from it and another took his place. Jonah Wolfson is out of the running for it, and now Deede Weithorn wants to be counted in. Steinberg, a [...]
You’d Be Wearing Those Scissors, Frat Boy In the same week that we heard the president proclaim his endorsement of same-sex marriage, we learned of how his prospective general election opponent related to gays back in his formative years: with a pair of scissors. If he should happen to capture the presidency 166 days from [...]
The former Comptroller for the Village of Miami Shores, Carolyn Ann Modeste, was sentenced this morning to 30 months in state prison for stealing in excess of $200,000 from Miami Shores during a 13 month period. Modeste , 46, who lives in North Miami, was charged in 2010 with Grand Theft First Degree; Organized Scheme [...]
Be careful what you ask for, for you may get it and much more. Matti Bower is finding out just how true that is, much to her chagrin. Six months removed from her reelection victory, the gleam from her win has turned to tarnish as Bower’s popularity and stature have plummeted to the deepest depths [...]
