UPDATED: The number of absentee ballots returned so far across Miami-Dade for this Aug. 26 primary is 77,500, far less than the 210,000 ABs that have been requested as of Thursday, according to the Miami-Dade Elections Department. But it is almost four times as many votes as in-person ballots cast by early voters. And many think […]
This congressional primary is one of the most important votes that Republicans in District 26 can make. Because this November is the best chance the GOP has to topple Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, who will have a far less stressful re-election cycle in the 2016 presidential year. Ladra swears she entered this race with […]
You know how they say that everybody has a double? We often like to compare ourselves to our celebrity lookalikes and our loved ones to our silver screen heroes or damsels in distress. Why should politicians be any different? My comparison of Cutler Bay Mayor Ed “Big Mac Daddy” MacDougall to action movie star John […]
It was bound to happen when you realize that at any given time during early voting there has been at least twice as many and as much as dozens as many poll workers as voters. Somebody was going to get on somebody’s nerve. I mean, somebody other than former Congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera, who […]
Homestead absentee ballot man and convicted felon Tim Milton is back in the shady election business with a slate card that looks like an authentic endorsement from an actual group. But it’s all fake and is likely campaign propaganda disguised as “third party validation” vís-a-vís a PAC called People’s Choice for Florida and Milton, who […]
Congressman Joe Garcia wants to hit the ground running after Republican voters in District 26 decide on Tuesday who they are going to pit against him in November. And with less than a week to go, Dems are tracking only two of the five GOP primary candidates: Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo and […]
In his bid for U.S. Congress, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo likes to bring out his GOP establishment endorsements over and over again and parade them in front of us: Jeb Bush, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, Mitt Romney. But he has other endorsements or backers — contributors to his campaign coffers […]
In what has become an increasingly ugly and partisan race for a non-partisan post, Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell — the only incumbent truly facing a stiff challenge — stepped up the heat in recent days, unveiling a TV ad that has none other than Republican Congressoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen endorsing the former mayor of Homestead and […]
“Fuera, fuera, fuera de Miami.” “Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Romney’s got to go.” It may have been all sunshine and cupcakes inside Vicky Bakery in West Kendall Monday, where one-time Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigned with congressional hopeful Carlos Curbelo, a Miami-Dade School Board member, who is desperately trying to cling to his self-proclaimed […]
Alex Ferro, the new chief of staff to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Good to Go” Gimenez, got an 88 percent increase in his salary when he took over last week for former Chief of Staff Lisa Martinez. Son of Ambassador Simon Ferro, a lobbyist and land use attorney, and cousin to former State Rep. Marcelo Llorente, […]