Property owners would have to make it up with increased taxes For weeks, critics of the Miami Beach referendum to rollback alcohol sales from a last call of 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. have said that it would cost at least $40 million in lost tax revenue. But now we have an actual study from […]
Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo is gone, but his shadow is still hanging out in City Hall. Acevedo was fired Thursday after a 5-hour hearing in front of the city commission who tried real hard, with the help of the city manager, to make it look like it was because of eight specific job issues, […]
Hearing sets city up for lawsuit on police chief’s wrongful termination Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was officially fired Thursday, by unanimous vote, after a five-hour kangaroo hearing in which he chose to remain silent and his lawyer refused to make a case. Why a kangaroo hearing? Oh, so many reasons. Attorney John Byrne said […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is one her way home, arriving Thursday evening — after a brief layover at JFK Airport in Queens — from a weeklong jaunt to Italy. It is her first international trade mission as mayor. La Alcaldesa left last Thursday with Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz to promote bilateral trade, economic development, […]
Business owners, politicians, community leaders, hospitality workers, waitresses, bartenders, drag queens, seniors and the families of hundreds of service workers have come out against a Miami Beach ballot question that could rollback the last call for alcohol sales from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. Opponents say there is no indication crime is worse in those […]
When Miami Mayor Francis Suarez finally spoke Tuesday about the firing of Police Chief Art Acevedo — who he personally brought from Houston in April — he wasn’t using his own words. Suarez was reading from talking points provided to him by Miami spokeswoman Soledad Cedro. Suarez’s little speech, in its entirety, was emailed by […]
After a long and conspicuous absence throughout the battle between city commissioners and Police Chief Art Acevedo, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez finally spoke Tuesday about his hand-picked top cop — and he supported the city manager’s decision to fire him. “While it is clear that Chief Acevedo has the qualifications and the experience to be an […]
He’s out! Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was booted Monday from the job he’s had for only six months, in the wake of serious accusations he made against three commissioners and resistance to reform measures he tried to initiate within the police department. This was expected and has been in the works for weeks. Noriega […]
Miami Beach voters have a familiar straw ballot question to answer before Nov. 2: Do they want to ban alcohol sales in South Beach after 2 AM? It’s the same question voters solidly rejected in 2017, by a very comfortable 65% of the vote. Sort of a mandate. So why’s it coming back? That’s a […]
Former Miami Police Commander Nerly Papier, fired recently for the cover-up of an accident April 2 in her city-issued SUV, didn’t only hit the curb and blow both right side tires, causing some other damage. She also almost hit two pedestrians while speeding. Where’s a cop when you need one? A video of the incident, […]