AltWeeklies Wire
Miami Mayor Cleans Things Upnew
Miami used to be a punch line, but now the joke is on bored reporters.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
07-18-2005 |
Politics
Miami Party Leader Deals With Acute Democratitisnew
Jimmy Morales, the new chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, describes just how tough it is being a red-state Democrat these days.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
05-25-2005 |
Politics
The Camelot Legacy Endures in Miaminew
Anthony Kennedy Shriver, who has called Miami Beach home since 1992, is increasingly looking like the Democrats' best chance for taking Florida's gubernatorial seat from the term-limited Jeb Bush in 2006.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
01-25-2005 |
Politics
Mayoral Candidate Supports Gay Rights, but Only in Englishnew
Miami mayoral hopeful Carlos Alvarez has mastered the fine art of speaking out of both sides of his mouth, delivering one message to Hispanic voters and the polar opposite to Anglos and African Americans.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
11-01-2004 |
Politics
Tags: gay marriage, gay rights ordinance
Your Next President: 'I Will Tax the Rich by 100 Percent'new
Five third-party presidential hopefuls will be on Florida voters' ballots on Nov. 2. As each seeks to woo the state's undecided, they'll be accused of being spoilers, of being political naifs, or perhaps of being just plain nuts.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-20-2004 |
Politics
Count All Votes -- Except Those for Nadernew
Harvard University constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe argued before the Florida Supreme Court that keeping Ralph Nader's name on the state's ballot would be not only "chaotic," but "worse than the butterfly ballot, you'll need a centipede ballot."
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-13-2004 |
Politics
Nixon Rewound: RNC Brings to Mind Miami Beach, 1972new
Florida delegates headed to New York for the Republican National Convention don't know what might await them on the streets. But the group is a bit more diverse than the effete martini-sippers New York's anarchists apparently envision.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
08-23-2004 |
Politics
