When we went to sleep last night, it really looked like there was going to be 
President Donald Trump today. Shiver.
But that’s not the only bad news.
We also have a new state senator in sucker-punching homophobe bear hunter Frank Artiles. Sigh.
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a lobbyist with a secret client list and a penchant for lying to get his way, won another two years basically solidifying his congressional seat for the next decade. Gosh darnit.
And we get four more years of the Carlos Gimenez gravy train for his friends and family members and those who gave to his $10-million campaign. Shake my head.
It’s enough to make Ladra wanna cry.
Bet there’s going to be a lot of tears Wednesday. A lot of Monday 
morning quaterbacking, too. But the regrets? They’ll come later. Like when Artiles sponsors a law in the Senate legislating bathroom use. And when the mayor goes back to his key role — giving away pieces of the county to his connected friends and fam.
Everyone knows Ladra supported Raquel Regalado, even before we joined her campaign team. Because everyone knows Ladra lost her love for Tainted Boy Gimenez long ago. But now they will see why. Because with no future election to hold him back, Gimenez now has four years to collect as many contracts as he can for his friends and family before he is forced out by term limits in 2020.
He has no incentive to fulfill any of his promises. There is no reason for him to fix the broken transit system. There is no reason for him to open libraries five days a week. There is no motivation for him to hire more police officers. He certainly won’t think twice before violating process again. Why not? It seems to have worked for him so far. The voters have said they don’t care about those things so he’ll make sure he keeps doing what he’s been doing — giving millions away to friends in high (and low) places.
He has billions in capital improvements for transportation and federally- and state-mandated water and sewer improvements to dole out. Can’t you see all his contributors salivating already?
And then, buoyed by this victory that he will call a “mandate,” and — tapping those same people again for another $10 million investment that they will happily pay to continue feeding on the public trough — he will run for Miami mayor in 2021. Because Brian Goldmeier and Ralph Garcia-Toledo will not have it any other way.
Just watch.
Carlos Gimenez — and the decisions he makes in the next four years — will haunt us for decades to come.
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