Is Hialeah ex Mayor Raul Martinez‘s name off the front of City Hall yet? It’s been a couple of hours since the city Seguro Que Yes council voted 7-0 Tuesday on three resolutions by Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez that strip the names of his political enemies from three city facilities: Raul L. Martinez Government Center, Roberto […]
Three Democrat Party activists are looking at running for office for the first time in Miami Dade. One of them for circuit court judge this year and two of them forMiami city commissioner in the two years fe 2015 elections. And some people say that Ladra’s obsession with elections later this year is premature. Tony Diaz, the […]
It’s [almost] official. And it is a Hispanic after all. The guv and his campaign team must have seen the writing on the wall. Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera is almost assuredly headed off to Tallahassee to be Gov. Rick Scott‘s No. 2, despite the fact that he wasn’t on the shortlist a month ago, […]
Smile as you go under that yellow traffic light: There are many more red light cameras coming soon to 150 intersections near you. Yes, it appears that red light cameras — which have been limited to municipal streets — are headed to intersections in unincorporated Miami-Dade, after all. Or finally. This has been a long […]
You would think Miami Beach activist and amateur cartoonist Mike Burke would be sitting pretty, happy that the incumbents he railed against lost and glad that newly elected Mayor Philip “Fix-It Phil” Levine was taking over City Hall and everything else. He’s not. Burke is apparently perturbed, er, I mean inspired with the scandal that […]
Elected officials in Miami-Dade seem to habitually harass journalists on a regular basis. It’s like a virus or something. And it’s spreading. From Hialeah’s Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez having me followed by police and throwing me out of public meetings to newly elected Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine deciding who is a journalist and who […]
Ten months out, the heated contest for the Congressional seat in District 26 has already gone into attack mode. And Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall — seen as the least likely of three hopefuls in the Republican primary, mostly because he doesn’t have a z or a vowel at the end of his last name […]
Another Miami Beach city employee, the four or fifth so far by Ladra’s count, has lost his job due to the change in administration. Acting Planning Director Richard Lorber sent an email Thursday afternoon to his friends and contacts informing them that it would be his last day at City Hall. He also clearly implied it […]
Another endorsement has come out in this year’s headliner of a race for the 26th Congressional District: Auto mogul and political meddler extraordinaire Norman Braman has already picked his horse among the three Republican hopefuls lining up to unseat Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia. Braman, left, is backing Cutler Bay Mayor Ed “Mac” MacDougall, right, […]
It’s starting early this year: The parade of political endorsements that precede every election. Sometimes, they seem somewhat counterproductive to me. I mean, who would want the Latin Builders Association’s nod. Doesn’t that just reek of special interest? Or is it just Ladra? Of course, it is good to know who is supported by the […]