It’s that time of year again when the top county official will tell his constituency and the leaders of his realm how the municipality that is Miami-Dade is standing, what great things he’s done this past year and where he’s going if they’ll let him. Expect a lot of the same words and tired phrases […]
There was the typical crowd at Gwen Cherry Park where First Lady Michelle Obama visited this afternoon to promote her healthy eating initiatives for children. But one atypical attendee stood out: The recently blue former red State Rep. Ana Rivas Logan, who very ceremoniously changed parties two weeks ago. Old time blue-hards like Miami-Dade Democratic […]
In his bid to become the Republican candidate for Congressional district 26, former Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez has turned to an odd guru: Sun Tzu, a legendary — if possibly mythical — Chinese military leader who wrote the Art of War as a sort of meditation on the rules of combat about 2,500 years […]
As everyone expected, former Gov. Jeb Bush formally endorsed Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo in his bid for Congress. Bush sent out the “news” on twitter Monday morning. “Proud to endorse @carloslcurbelo for Congress. He’s shown a strong commitment to #edreform &limited gov #FL26,” he chirped. Moments later, Curbelo and his supporters were retweeting […]
It took 12 years but thousands of Cuban Americans celebrated the inauguration of the permanent Cuban Memorial on Coral Way that honors the thousands of men and women who have died fighting or escaping the repressive regime in Cuba since 1959. And no other Cuban American celebrated it more than former Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe […]
The uber cool South Beach Food and Wine Festival in Miami Beach competed over the weekend with a couple of Freedom rallies — events that are always a big political draw in the 305. As some electeds joined both the Venezuelan and the Cuban communities to draw attention to the abuses in both dictatorships, others […]
The newest member of Congressman Joe Garcia’s campaign team has ties to one of the oldest members of his campaign team. John Hennelly — a campaign consultant who responded to media questions last week about Garcia’s friendship and ties to former Congressman Bill Delahunt, an apologist and friend of the dictatorial Venezuelan regime — once […]
A $4 million damage repair job at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center, done with county funds, was awarded to a Fort Lauderdale-based construction company without competitive bidding, without negotiations, without any public input — pretty much under the radar. And it went to the company that employs Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s son. No, not […]
Add another potential name to the already crowded Republican primary ballot in Congressional District 26. A push poll over the weekend put Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro in the mix and, while some people might think that is laughable, Barreiro has set his eyes on Congress before. “Would you vote for Bruno Barreiro if you knew […]
As I watched the Miami-Dade Commission meeting Wednesday, it sort of struck Ladra that while “we haven’t recovered completely” from the economic downturn, as Mayor Carlos Gimenez and our commissioners love to say, our county is certainly doing its part to help by being a great and avid consumer. County commissioners spent more than $60 […]