Billy Corben

So that's how it started.

And this is how it's going this week.

So now prosecutors in Leon County in Tallahassee have taken it before a secret criminal grand jury to see if any laws were violated.

So progress, I suppose.

Well, unless there's an obstacle.

You mean like truth, justice, the American way?

That's the American way?

Like what happened to poor Alex Diaz-Laportilla, the Nelson Mandela of Miami?

Don't you dare do that again.

How dare you, sir?

Oh, boy.

To leave you today, our Miami moment is actually the intro from that legendary Steve Croft 60 Minutes story, Welcome to Miami, from back in 1998.

And sometimes it's comforting to see that some things never change.

Cocaine's.

It's safe to say that all American cities have some level of political corruption, but few display it with the verve or panache of Miami.

In fact, it's difficult to imagine a city with more scandals running simultaneously than Miami has running right now.

This week, a Florida judge is expected to decide whether or not to throw out the results of the last mayoral election because of fraud.

I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.

Can you guys get me Nick Turturro or the Kid Mero or somebody from New York over the course of this show so that I could just make fun of the Yankees and celebrate it all day?

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