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EYE ON MIAMI (10 unread)
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The Lance Loud I Knew - America's First Reality Show Super Star. By Geniusofdespair
Number of comments: 4
It is a slow news day, so time for a story from my past.I got a job for the Rock Magazine "Circus," working under the Publisher Gerry Rothenberg, managing the classified page and doing anything else that no one else would do.It was the mid 70's, "Blondie" and Alice Cooper' [...] -
Art Basel leaves out Miami Artists ... who do they think they are? by gimleteye
Number of comments: 2
That's one of the several mixed-up points in the Herald front page story: "Noses pressed to glass, local artists experience Basel." Yes: "... Greater Miami trails far behind cities that boast older, more sophisticated and better-funded art scenes." This is a city whose public commitment to art is Britto deep.The [...] -
More Than Thirty Cuban Migrants Land at a Nuclear Plant Site. Finally Call Security After 8 Hours! By Geniusofdespair
Number of comments: 11
Thirty people plus from a foreign country come ashore at Turkey Point Nuclear Reactor site and THEY finally had to call security, after having been there approximately 8 hours, never having been detected by a single nuke plant guard. Does that blow you away?This is where they want to put [...] -
Follow the Money. By Youbetcha'
Number of comments: 5
The Human Services Coalition, a group of non-profit agencies in Miami, is rallying their community members to learn more about lobbying. The HSC must have watched the results of lobbying in Miami Dade County and finally came to the same conclusion that the Eye on Miami bloggers have been preaching [...] -
City of Miami CFO Larry Spring: close the door please on your way out ... by gimleteye
Number of comments: 15
I don't know Larry Spring, City of Miami chief financial officer, beyond watching him on local TV during one of the final hearings on the Marlins' stadium boondoggle of the century. It was amazing and dumbfounding to watch Spring stammer under questioning. In the end, it didn't matter that Spring' [...] -
Lennar New Home Sales: Piss-Poor Downpayments. By Geniusofdespair
Number of comments: 5
I looked up a random sample of new home sales for Lennar in Miami Dade County (There were 72 deeds between August 15th and November 15th, out of that 47 were to Carlos E. Martines(z) as Trustee to the Baywinds Land Trust at Lennar's address). So, there were about 25' [...] -
Miami International Airport: American Airlines and Gate D ... by gimleteye
Number of comments: 4
Big Grumbling about the new Gate D from visitors who arrive and end up walking for such a long time that wonder if they are lost. Couple the Gate D problem with epic, long waits to get luggage from American baggage handlers, and you have a recipe for passenger discontent [...] -
60 ... by gimleteye
Number of comments: 2
When I was a kid, sixty was a magic number. It belonged to the home run king, Babe Ruth. Today sixty holds another fascination: the numerical majority signifying control of the US Senate. In recent weeks the nation has experienced how fragile that number is, applied to the Democratic majority. [...] -
Turkey Day.... By Geniusofdespair
Number of comments: 2
What to do? Probably will watch the video from last year of Sarah Palin prattling on... [...] -
Will Willie Gort be coming back? By Geniusofdespair
Number of comments: 5
Remember City of Miami Commissioner Willie Gort? Well, rumor has it he is going to run for Angel Gonzalez's vacated seat. It was decided today at the City of Miami Commission meeting that there will be an election in January to fill the seat. [...]
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