Wikipedia is a living, breathing virtual Internet encyclopedia. The authors are all of us. Sure the folks at Wikipedia.org pumped a ton of public domain information into the website but over the years it is people like you and me who have contributed and more importantly corrected and edited the articles.
There is of course great [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Wikipedia—-what you see is what you get!
June 30, 2008
Set ‘em Kathy!
June 28, 2008
On Friday, June 27th is Kathy Fernandez-Rundle’s “Thank you celebration” in honor of her re-election at Heathrow Lounge: 681 Washington Avenue.
Tonight: JUNE 27, 2008
6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
HEATHROW LOUNGE
681 WASHINGTON AVENUE
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
KATHERINE FERNANDEZ RUNDLE, MIAMI-DADE STATE ATTORNEY, INVITES MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO A “THANK YOU CELEBRATION” FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT TO [...]
If a tree fell…….would anyone hear?
June 24, 2008
Adriana Niebla said she heard a “swoosh” and then a big bang. She could not see out of he front of her house, pitch black, and then she walked out her backdoor, the front door was pinned shut by a giant oak tree that had collapsed on her front lawn. Under the crashed ancient tree [...]
Grow your own!
June 18, 2008
My job was to produce a story on how to buy direct from South Miami-Dade farmers. Many of the folks down that way to sell fruits and vegtables to the general public and in season you can find some bargains that excel in quality and are competitive price wise. I love these stories because it gets me [...]
School Board Side Show-Buy OUT CREW?
June 13, 2008
I do not often get to the School Board. Not part of my usual beat. I read and watch as they squabble over budgets, policy, and politics. It is kind of a circus. As the Miami-Dade School district struggles the board meetings are an experience in their own right. Just when things could not get [...]
Match Box tells of Cuba Woes….
June 9, 2008
It is a small match box. On the top a picture of “Jardines de La Tropical” on the flip side “Parque Metropolitano de La Habana.” The match brand is “Chispa” which translates: “spark.” The company that makes the matches is listed as, “Emp.Nacional de Fosforos.” The box said it contained 70 matches. WTVJ photographer John Lang [...]
Michael Moore on the hotseat! “Shooting Michael Moore!”
June 6, 2008
Kevin Leffler knows Michael Moore. They went to high school together. We are talking “the Michael Moore.” The guy at that a gave us “Sicko,” “Roger and Me,” and “Fahrenheit9/11,” is “lunched” by Leffler who is a college professor and CPA from the Flint, Michigan area. Leffler spent $150,00 dollars of his own funds to [...]
Old Miami Arena now fenced!
June 2, 2008
I drive by the old Miami Arena on the way to work. For the last year I have noticed how it is falling more and more into disrepair. The homeless population had invaded the nooks and crannies of the building. Trash was filling the areas near the box office. The landscaping was neglected, palm frawns [...]
