September 12 Music Il Volo The Flight or Il Volo is a trio of Italian operatic pop teenage tenors: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble. 7:30pm. Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater, 1700 Washington Ave; Miami Beach. For info: livenation.com September 12 Festival Business to Business Expo Ready to learn about amazing businesses, [...]
When Violations Go Unpunished By David Arthur Walters Chapter 489 of the Florida Statues governing contracting in the state provides that, “The registration or certification number of each contractor shall appear in each offer of services, business proposal, bid, contract, or advertisement, regardless of medium, as defined by board rule, used by that contractor or [...]
Miami Beach City Attorneys Versus Special Masters By David Arthur Walters There was showdown at high noon last Wednesday between the City Attorney’s officers and the Special Masters. The feuding parties dueled before the legal oversight committee in the City Manager’s meeting room. It was a steamy day, the only relief inside, besides the air [...]
August 30 Social Guava Rugelach Festival Don’t miss this fun preview evening of The Guava Rugelach Festival which kicks off Saturday night, September 1 at 9pm with the premiere of “Of Essence & Time/De la esencia & El tiempo” a collaborative performance by Sephardic singerSusana Behar, Flamenco guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez and Nu Flamenco dancer [...]
MIAMI BEACH Beautiful images of Miami Beach are no stranger to publications and video screens worldwide. Be a part of this visual wave by submitting and showcasing your favorite Miami Beach photos in the Like2Love Miami Beach Photo Contest on September 1, 2012. The contest kicks off Miami Beach’s new civic pride campaign, Like2Love Miami [...]
By Howard Kaufman Congratulations on the nomination. I want to start off by saying I didn’t do much scholarly research or any deep stuff about you for this letter. But I do read the Economist and I watch CSPAN and some news channels, even a little Fox news. Fox I watch just to see how [...]
By Alejandro Arce The so persistent talk about the “Convention Center” is using valuable time in many meetings and reunions and the solution to such irregular problem is far from being resolved. At the last meeting of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club the temporary City Manager answered several questions regarding the Convention Center. Not one [...]
By Daniel Ricker With the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Andrew fast approaching Friday anyone that was here in South Florida on that Aug. 24 evening will never forget the terror of the night and the sound of a freight train next to your pillow, if you had one. As trees snapped as if tooth picks [...]
Luis Garcia, Jr., Florida House representative and former Miami Beach commissioner, qualified for a Nov. 6 runoff with incumbent District 5 County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro. He issued this statement to the SunPost on Wednesday: I am humbled by the support of the voters in District 5 and thankful for the diligence of the Miami-Dade Elections [...]
Getting Ahead of the Job Con at the Special Master’s Court By David Arthur Walters Our investigation into the public records of renegade contractor Jihad Doujeiji dba Sharron Lewis Design Central et al in conjunction with our series Getting Ahead of The Job Con led us to an old code violation citation that was disposed [...]
August 16 Music Flo Rida Live Head to Club Bamboo for the “Hey Jasmin” experience featuring songs from Flo Rida new Album “Wild Ones. Also DJ Mr. Maurcio and an appearance by JRand. Bamboo, 550 Washington Ave; Miami Beach. For info: lnrmiami.com or 305-695-4771. August 16 Film Niagara Marilyn stars in her first big role [...]
We chose a different way of selecting our candidates for recommendations this year. Instead of calling in the candidates one-by-one, for a cozy chat in our offices, we decided to go the route that most voters do, when choosing who to vote for. We did research. We read articles, watched video, scoured candidate websites for [...]
