“Marco! Marco! Marco! Marco!” Sen. Marco Rubio was in da house Saturday night. His house. The former West Miami Commissioner, state rep and House Speaker was definitely among friends and fans when he spoke at the Miami-Dade Lincoln Day Dinner as a real contender for president. There were about 20 protesters outside, rallied by the […]
Political Cortadito guest columnist Grant Stern waxes on The Donald. Grab your popcorn, folks! And suspend any logical thought. The words Orville Redenbacher, John Stewart and others have been waiting to hear from Donald Trump for years have arrived: “I am officially running for President of the United States and we are going to make this […]
Six weeks after being returned to office post his acquittal on federal bribery charges, Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi crashed into a tree Monday night and left the scene of the accident. But worse than that, he may have abused his power to get out of a citation — and who knows what else? […]
It took only a few hours for the Jeb Bush campaign to pull the Columba card — with an email fundraising pitch sent at 9 p.m. Monday night, right after his announcement earlier that afternoon. Read related story: What Jeb Bush won’t talk about at big announcement — a lot The message also goes straight […]
Expect former Gov. Jeb Bush to talk about his family at the anticipated announcement this morning that he is running for president. Not just his famous father and brother, who have already served their own stints as the leader of the free world, but his Mexican wife who ultimately is what brought him to Miami […]
After lobbyist Daniel Diaz-Leyva lost his bid to unseat Democrat State Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez in District 112 last November, he pushed hard to become the Miami-Dade School Board appointee to replace Carlos Curbelo, who was elected to congress. He lost again when Gov. Rick Scott appointed Lubby Navarro, a Republican Party activist and Miami-Dade School Board […]
A group of Miami-Dade residents fed up with the county’s inability to follow through on its promise to preserve a rare waterfront lot behind the AmericanAirlines Arena as a public space are basically taking it upon themselves to make it a park. No, literally. They are simply using the space as intended. They have gone […]
Local Libertarians haven’t given up their efforts to get into office in the 305. Well, other than the one seat they have now on the community council in Fisher Island. In the last couple of months, ssince the election in April of new leadership, the Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade Libertarian Party has adopted a new […]
It stands out. Former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo — who lashed out publicly and loudly against alleged and rampant corruption in the city of Doral after he was fired as city manager — is on the payroll for the campaign to re-elect Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Tainted Boy” Gimenez. He’s been paid $6,000 a month for consulting […]
The new, half million Miami Beach PAC funded by vendors and special interests and chaired by the termed-out Commissioner Jonah Wolfson has also had some interesting expenses. My bad for not mentioning before. Ladra got too caught up in the specter of a possible shakedown scenario. And it could be a war chest for Mayor Philip Levine‘s […]