MiamiHerald.com: Michael Putney

More wasted money in Liberty City

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42 EST

I’m sure you’ll be as relieved as I was to learn that four — count ’em four — small businesses in Liberty City will soon get their facades spruced up thanks to $428,545 of taxpayers’ money. It’s small change compared to the millions, nay hundreds of millions, poured into Liberty City since the 1980 McDuffie riots, but still worth our attention.

Newt and Mitt, down to the wire

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:01 EST

We in the media make an inviting target, and Newt Gingrich is locked and loaded. Talk about your Second Amendment remedies. Just ask Juan Williams and Chris Wallace of Fox News and CNN’s John King.

Commission goes wobbly when going gets tough

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:45 EST

There they go again. The Miami-Dade Commission, after months of surprisingly adult behavior and reasonable decisions, reverted to form the other day. They went all wobbly and reneged on their most important promise: To balance the budget.

Don’t like the name of new art museum? Move on

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:29 EST

Welcome to the intersection of art, ego, philanthropy and jealousy. It’s where you’ll find the Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County.

Memories of Book Fairs past

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:15 EST

And now a few words in praise of books and the Miami Book Fair International. It didn’t exactly put Miami on the big league culture map — Edward Villella, Michael Tilson Thomas, Jan van der Marck, Judy Drucker and Arquitectonica, among others, did that years ago. But the Book Fair has gone a long way toward cementing our reputation as a destination for more than beautiful beaches, exciting night life and fruity rum drinks with little umbrellas. All of which authors who come to the Book Fair enjoy, along with us locals.