Francis Suarez, the City of Miami’s Cuban American mayor and walking, talking, 5’6” brown paper bag stuffed with unmarked $100 bills, sauntered to a podium on skinny cartoon legs and grabbed the mic with a four-fingered white gloved hand. “Thank you for coming today,”...
Joe Carollo, the shambling, spittle-flinging City of Miami commissioner and avatar of all Seven Deadly Sins, temporarily postponed a court judgement that would’ve auctioned off his house by declaring his actual place of residence was deep within the bosom of every...
Written in partnership with Transit Alliance Miami “I’m tired of the woke Left mob lampooning me for refusing $320 million in federal funds to improve the state’s public transit!” yelled Jared Perdue, Florida’s Secretary of Transportation, all spit, vinegar, and...
Image taken from Mario Ariza’s Disposable City. He’s a friend. Go read it. There’s a mantra-like phrase I hear at practically every climate conference, happy hour, and networking event I attend in the Magic City: “they should’ve…” As in, “They should’ve changed...
Image taken from Mario Ariza’s Disposable City. He’s a friend. Go read it. Miami faces an immediate existential climate change threat from stronger hurricanes and their associated storm surges. A direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane could cause catastrophic damage...
What is latinidad? Oh boy. You’d think an author whose work, personality, and self-perception are so defined by this concept would have, well, a pretty good definition for it. Unfortunately, the harder I attempt to grapple with commonalities that define all Latinos,...