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This Week in South Florida Podcast: May 12, 2024
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Podcast: May 12, 2024On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
This Week in South Florida Podcast: May 5, 2024
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Podcast: May 5, 2024On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
This Week in South Florida Podcast: April 28, 2024
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Podcast: April 28, 2024On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
This Week in South Florida Podcast: April 28, 2024
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Podcast: April 28, 2024On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
Quid pro quo allegation made on podcast may explain probe of former Miami commissioner
Read full article: Quid pro quo allegation made on podcast may explain probe of former Miami commissionerA former election opponent’s allegation, lodged on a local podcast in November, that a then-Miami commissioner offered him a lucrative sum in exchange for an endorsement may shed light on why she’s now facing a criminal investigation.
Miami City Commissioners days away from Beckham stadium plan, but critics cry foul
Read full article: Miami City Commissioners days away from Beckham stadium plan, but critics cry foulIs Miami getting a raw deal over a proposed lease for a soccer stadium on valuable land that now is home to a public golf course? Critics think most definitely.
This Week in South Florida Full Episode: April 24, 2022
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Full Episode: April 24, 2022On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg speak with Florida Rep. Randy Fine, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, filmmaker and activist Billy Corben and former Miami Marlins President David Samson.
Miami Beach commissioner’s tweets prompt local Democrats to threaten him with recall effort
Read full article: Miami Beach commissioner’s tweets prompt local Democrats to threaten him with recall effortMIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola, a registered Democrat, was elected in 2015. Steve Simeonidis, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair, said Arriola needs to resign or he will face a recall effort. “This isn’t a policy disagreement,” Simeonidis said, adding it is about the “racist rhetoric” and “dangerous disinformation” coming from Arriola’s social media accounts. — Ricky Arriola (@RickyArriolaMB) January 13, 2021Please try and recall me. — Ricky Arriola (@RickyArriolaMB) January 13, 2021@BillyCorben #billythebitch doesn’t want me seeing what he says about me.
Tiffany Trump shops with Secret Service in Palm Beach while more than 100 agents in COVID isolation
Read full article: Tiffany Trump shops with Secret Service in Palm Beach while more than 100 agents in COVID isolationMiami filmmaker Billy Corben posted the video on Twitter, where he pointed out the isolation orders of 130 Secret Service agents and then those with Trump’s daughter on the luxury shopping strip in Palm Beach. While over 130 Secret Service agents are quarantined due to coronavirus, four were stuck shopping with Tiffany Trump on Worth Ave in Palm Beach yesterday #BecauseFlorida pic.twitter.com/2sGGNICpAm — Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) November 14, 2020It was Tiffany Trump, 27, who was darting in and out of stores with four officers in tow. Tiffany is the only child Trump had with second wife Marla Maples. “While over 130 Secret Service agents are quarantined due to coronavirus, four were stuck shopping with Tiffany Trump on Worth Ave in Palm Beach yesterday.” Billy CorbenThe Washington Post first reported about the Secret Service COVID-19 isolation, citing officials who said that they believe the exposure was partly from Trump’s campaign rallies before Election Day. Trump sometimes would hold rallies in multiple states in one day, where he presided over mostly shoulder-to-shoulder supporters mostly maskless.
Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount
Read full article: Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recountFILE - Director Adam McKay appears during a photo call for the film "Vice" at the 2019 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 11, 2019. It’s also a lively film that resurrects 2000 not just via hanging chads but by following the cultural atmosphere. Alongside interviews with backroom players like Roger Stone, “SNL” sketches make frequent cameos — including some McKay wrote. McKAY: The movie we’re making right now is about a comet that’s going to hit Earth. McKAY: I think it’s the strangest thing I’ve ever experienced in my life.
2 Miami-Dade officers relieved of duty after video emerges showing woman hit in face, tackled
Read full article: 2 Miami-Dade officers relieved of duty after video emerges showing woman hit in face, tackledMIAMI Shocking footage from the body camera of a Miami-Dade police officer has drawn a quick reaction from the department's director. It involves a woman that appears to have been slapped by an officer, actions Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez says he does not condone. The video shows two MDPD officers speaking to a woman at the airport. In the video, which Local 10 News has learned has been seen throughout the department, a woman begins to confront one of the officers. That's when the officer is seen quickly stepping back and punching the woman in the face.