Perhaps we should have expected it, but the virtual town hall meeting with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Good to Go” Gimenez on Facebook today was a real publicity coup and lovefest — with himself. It will be fun to watch him do that tap dance in the in-person meetings throughout the month. While Ladra was kind […]
Who would have thunk it? Three Cuban American women on Wednesday held a fundraiser for the only non-Cuban candidate in the congressional Republican primary for District 26. Because to them, and to a number of other Latino voters, Cutler Bay Mayor Ed “Big Mac Daddy” MacDougall is just the best man for the job. The […]
After a decade of delays and hand-wringing over the where and how, Miami-Dade county officials are finally going to have a ground breaking for the new animal shelter they approved in 2004 — four days before the election. This sudden scheduling of an event in the district represented by Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz — who has come under fire […]
Just like last year, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez plans to come out into the community to defend the cuts in his $6.2 billion budget, which calls for the firing of around 250 police officers and the slashing of other services while gifting millions to private developers and companies, especially those in the friends […]
Up until recently, it seemed that Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo was campaigning just against Congressman Joe Garcia, who he hopes to face in November. But he needs to win the Aug. 26 election first and, up until recently, Curbelo wasn’t paying much mind to any of four other candidates sharing space with him on […]
Mayor Luigi “Look at Me” Boria has gotten into the publishing business — with a monthly newsletter he is now sending online. And he’s not even up for re-election this year. Volume One of “The Mayoral Monthly” was sent last week, chock full of pictures and propaganda about the wonderful things that Luigi has done […]
On the first day of early voting, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo — who already has soft, squishy endorsements from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, his political mentor, and Congress members Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart — announced he was also backed by former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. I […]
The new chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party — replacing Annette addeo, who was tapped to be the running mate for former Gov. Charlie Crist in his bid to take back the mansion — is State Sen. Dwight Bullard (D-Cutler Bay). Read related story: Charlie Crist names Annette Taddeo as running mate Bullard is considered […]
After the fiasco seen at polling sites in 2012, a new and improved early voting system will begin this morning with more days — Miami-Dade is one of three counties in the state offering the maximum two weeks — varied hours and four new locations. After long lines and ridiculous waits at Florida voting precincts […]
It came and went without much fanfare — the first anniversary of the arrests of both Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi and Sweetwater Mayor Manny “Maraña” Maroño in separate snags on the same August day last year and in the same FBI sting — bogus economic development grant approvals for kickbacks. Maroño is serving […]