While she may have some ultra questionable ethics breaches in her past — steering work to her boyfriend and scoring music 
festival tickets for herself — Miami Assistant City Attorney Veronica “Little Miss Ultra” Diaz should be held to a higher level of honesty at least in her judicial campaign.
She certainly shouldn’t be lying about an endorsement from Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado.
A photo posted to her Instagram account July 9th shows Diaz pally-wally with the mayor at some city event and the headline: “City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado endorses Veronica Diaz for circuit court judge.”
Not so fast.
Regalado told Ladra Sunday that he had not and would not endorse anyone in that race, where Diaz is running against former State Rep. and School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla.
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“I am not participating in that race,” Regalado told me in a telephone interview. “I have not signed any document of support. Officially, I have preferred not to get involved in that race.”
Someone better tell Little Miss Ultra, who was “not taking calls today,” according to a woman who answered her campaign phone Sunday afternoon. Because the candidate’s breathless announcement — which sounded sneakily like a press release, and had 36 likes at last count — did not mince words.
“Veronica Diaz is humbled to receive the endorsement and support of city of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado. Mayor Regalado has been an exemplary public servant and is an example of the transparent and honest leadership Veronica hopes to offer the residents of Miami-Dade County if she is elected. Veronica is proud to have worked alongside Mayor Regalado for seven years as assistant city attorney and hopes to use the knowledge and experience she has gained from Mayor Regalado as circuit court judge.”
Key words: Transparent and honest. Two things which seem to elude Veronica Diaz, candidate for judge.
First, because of the third party work she gave to the lawfirm of her arguably sleazy boyfriend, Ben Alvarez, which has become the focus of a Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics inquiry that finds that, while no law was broken — if only because the ultra conniving couple aren’t married — “the perception of impropriety is strong,” according to the investigator.
Secondly, because of an expanding investigation into the gifting of dozens — perhaps hundreds — of Ultra Music Festival tickets to city officials, including Diaz, who got two $850 VIP tickets this year and two or more tickets last year. She thinks she did nothing wrong because she was going to monitor that the agreement she negotiated with festival promoters — arguably one of the worst ever for the city — was being honored. And, you know, she needed VIP company.
Now, this third strike: A blatant lie about an endorsement.
“No. She takes lots of pictures with me at many events,” Regalado told Ladra. “She works in the city and she has been going to the comedores in the last three or four weeks. I introduced her and she said a few words but, officially, I’m not helping the campaign of either candidate.”
Well, he may not know it yet, but he just helped the campaign of Baby DLP, having exposed yet one more example of unethical behavior by our Little Miss Ultra.
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