If we needed any proof that Bryan Avila, vice chair of the Miami-Dade Republican Party, was the hand-picked successor to State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez, who is termed out of that office and will seek another office countywide, just drop by the joint fundraiser that Gonzalez will have with Avila and State Rep. Manny Diaz, Jr., […]
Miami Beach activist Mike Burke is the only one who answered Ladra’s call almost a year ago for political cartoons. This watchdog cannot draw to save her life. Once in a while, he sends something that is not too much of an inside joke and can be published. This week was one of those times. […]
The intern did it! Congressman Joe “Wasn’t Me” Garcia deleted on Saturday a tweet posted Friday that promoted the use of the Uber X car sharing service that county officials say is operating illegally in Miami-Dade. At first, Ladra thought that maybe his account had been hacked by mastermind Republicans with a flair for the […]
This is beginning to feel like a recurring nightmare. In his desperate attempt to find a taxpayer bailout for the team he apparently overpaid for, Stephen Ross — one of the richest men in the U.S, according to Forbes — is going on his third try for subsidies from Miami-Dade County. Mayor Carlos Gimenez — […]
Congressman Joe Garcia is gonna hafta say that someone hacked into his twitter account. Either that or it’s going to look like he’s thumbing his nose at the law and endorsing illicit business. That’s because Garcia used the social media platform to tout the new Uber X car ride sharing service that launched Wednesday in […]
Local Republicans said they were all too happy to see Democratic nobodies challenge six state House incumbent Republicans and one apparent successor in the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s “No More Free Rides” campaign — a move that many have characterized as a publicity stunt that may have backfired. “They gave me a gift,” said Miami-Dade Republican […]
The Federated Women’s Republican Club of Miami will host the first debate between the candidates in the highly anticipated Republican primary who are vying this August for a chance to run in the 26th Congressional district against Democrat incumbent Congressman Joe Garcia. So far, four of the five candidates have confirmed they will be at […]
The Miami-Dade Democratic Party said Monday that they had found challengers for every single Republican incumbent in the Florida House — but they had actually missed one. Had they simply forgotten about State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez of District 119 in Doral? Or had they given her a pass because she backed the Miami Dade College […]
One after the other, Miami-Dade Commissioners who voted in favor of a new agreement with the Miami Heat owners for the operation and maintenance of the AmericanAirlines Arena downtown said it was better than the last deal they heard about. It’s become like that other mantra: “It’s better than the Marlins deal.” Nevermind that the […]
Yes, as expected, the keynote speaker at the Miami-Dade Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner in a couple of weeks is a Cuban-American senator. But it’s not that Cuban-American Senator. The big money draw for the June 20 event will be Sen. Ted Cruz from Texas, known as “the other Cuban senator” in these parts. The […]