Bovo recall mailer on AB fraud heads to District 13 mailboxes

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Voters in the county’s 13th district will soon get an invitation to recall Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “El Bobo” Bovo in relation to his role in the absentee ballot fraud scandal centered around Hialeah and, now, his office — which is splashed all over the TV and newspaper headlines.

“Enough already,” the mailer, which many will begin to receive Monday, reads in Spanish.

“The office of Commissioner Esteban Bovo put our county in danger of absentee ballot fraud, or, more precisely 164 absentee ballots [were found] in his county office, which we pay for,” it reads, with a photo of Bovo, smug smirk on his face.

“Neither the residents of the county, nor the residents of Hialeah deserve that this individual continue to show us disrespect,” it ends. Key word: individual. Trust me, it’s bad in Spanish. Individuo.

“Let Commissioner Bovo know that we are tired of these delincuencies. If you agree with firing Commissioner Esteban Bovo, fill out this cupon and send it to Alex Diaz de la Portilla,” it adds.

Yes, it is that in your face.

The mailer is paid for by a PAC that belongs to Alex Diaz de la Portilla and it is right there in the middle of the page, in bold print and bigger type. President of the Citizens Desiring Accountable Government committee.

“These dirty tricksters just don’t get it,” he told me in a text message because he doesn’t feel like answering the phone or he has no voice, take your pick. “Manipulating the frail and the elderly is just plain wrong. They should be in some government facility but not elected office.”

Some government facility? He is so good for that quote when he wants to be.

But “they?” What do you mean “they” if you re recalling one commissioner?

He may be referring to Bovo’s little grupito, his gang, his band of thieves — which includes State Reps. Eddy Gonzalez and Jose Oliva and Sen. Rene Garcia — all of whom have been implicated in the ballot collection process and all of whom are supporting school administrator Manny Diaz, Jr., in the race for state House seat in 103 against the Dean’s baby brother, Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla.

Dean DLP initiated the recall with a robocall the day after Bovo was publicly implicated in the AB fraud when his former secretary — who resigned under murky circumstances — was caught delivering 164 ballots to the post office. She has apparently decided to cooperate with authorities — telling them already that former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina‘s uncle Sergio Robaina, another known ballot runner, brought her the ballots — and has not been charged. You go, girl!

Bovo has said he did not know a thing, but Ladra — and apparently the Dean agrees — does not believe that for one Milander minute. He is part of the machinery that is beginning to be exposed. That’s why he paid so many people, whole families who ballot together to stay together, for “campaign work” — including his former secretary, Anamary Pedrosa, and known ballot runner Emelina Llanes, who was also caught on video tape collecting ABs during last year’s Hialeah city election.

The mailer, like the recall robocalls, are only collecting information right now on voters who may be interested to oust Bovo, which I imagine is like giving away popcorn at the movie theatre. DLP has to get the language on a petition approved first, either by the clerk or the court, I forget — before he can actually start collecting signatures. Ladra expects that to be by Nov. 6, at which time polls will be staffed with workers with clipboards and pens.

Bovo hasn’t answered any of my calls. I passed by his house across the street from former Mayor Raul Martinez — I know, it’s hilarious — and he wasn’t there. The house looked like it had been abandoned for a couple of days, with a lamp turned on in the living room to make burglars think someone is home.

Curiously, there was no sign for Diaz in the yard. Only State Rep. Jose Oliva — who is also embroiled in this, for sure — and Judge Ana Maria Pando. But Ladra has to wonder if there weren’t more signs there before.