MiamiHerald.com: Carl Hiaasen

Dream candidate? Only for Democrats

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:40 EST

If you’re a Democrat, here’s what you’re thinking two days before the Florida’s Republican primary:

Those big snakes are here to stay

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:24 EST

Now that federal regulators have outlawed the importation of humongous, gator-eating pythons, all Floridians can breathe a grateful sigh of relief. Finally we are saved from this insidious reptilian plague!

Haiti: Not trendy, not chic, just real news

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:29 EST

The news of the day is burning with big questions:

Mitt wins … unless he blows it

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:26 EST

Florida is being overrun by pundits and pollsters in advance of the upcoming Republican presidential primary.

Why some lawmakers are in panic

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:21 EST

An absolutely true news item: Having passed a law allowing gun owners to bring their weapons inside the state Capitol building, the Florida Senate has hastily installed panic buttons on the office phone of every senator and staff member.

Only in Miami: Indicted, but on the payroll

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:59 EST

More proof that Miami is the worst-run city in America:

Taxpayers harpooned on stadium

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:47 EST

The new Miami Marlins stadium is rising to completion in Little Havana, and rising with it is the blood pressure of taxpayers who are learning how much the new ballpark will really cost.

In casino fight, all bets are off

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:54 EST

An international resort company wants to build a huge casino on the shore of Biscayne Bay, where this newspaper now stands.

Stadium plan a 'bifurcated rip-off'

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:29 EST

The Dolphins will seek a new state law that could increase bed taxes in both Miami-Dade and Broward, and would allow Broward officials to send its revenues across the county line to help renovate the football stadium. This is what you call a bifurcated rip-off.

We should all have an ex like this one

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:01 EDT

Every divorced guy would love an ex-wife like Barbara Gomez. As the chief of Miami's public housing agency, she helped funnel more than $1 million in city contracts to companies employing one of her former husbands.