This is extremely concerning during an existential pandemic threat: Ladra did not get neither the text message nor the robocall that apparently went out from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Friday urging people to “remain in their homes except for essential activities.” 
I signed up on the county website to get COVID19 alerts. Has Ladra been scrubbed from the database?
I mean, there’s no love lost there, I know. But this is life or death, dude.
Later Friday, Gimenez apologized for the panic he caused — a day after saying the “shelter-in-place” wording was “panic-inducing” — and threw his staff under the bus, as always, blaming the Emergency Operations Center for the faux pas.
“Please don’t panic. That was not the intent of that alert. Apparently, our Emergency Operations Center pushed this through without my direction. This may have caused some confusion,” Gimenez said in his nightly video message to residents.
“During these difficult times, our emergency center is working hard to keep everyone informed. They may have gone a little bit overboard. I have given the EOC clear instructions so this doesn’t happen again,” he said. Ya think?
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“Nevertheless, let me stress that you all should be staying home unless you have essential business to do. Again the message is safer at home.”
Overzealous EOC? Uh-huh. Well, with Emergency Operations Management Director Frank Rollason at the helm, that is not 
entirely unbelievable. But Ladra has another theory, of course.
What if those texts and robocalls were focused on residents or voters who live in congressional district 26, where Gimenez — who is termed out this year but doesn’t know how to not be a politician — is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat freshman Debbie Muarsel-Powell, perhaps the hardest working congress member in our delegation.
Not entirely focused on them. That would be too obvious. But mostly.
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It wouldn’t be the first time Gimenez abuses his public office to campaign. In January, he coordinated with three of his inner 
circle staffers, including Chief of Staff Alex Ferro and Communications Director Myriam Marquez, to provide a well-worded and strategic message response to a Miami Herald inquiry regarding a campaign ad by the Democratic Party.
An ethics complaint was filed by organizer Juan Cuba, the former director of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party,
And his daily videos, sometimes twice a day, and news interviews are welcome earned media on an election year. Gimenez is even using his official mayoral twitter handle to align himself with Donald Trump, like he did when he announced.
“Last week, I wrote to President Donald Trump, asking that flights to and from Cuba be suspended in Miami to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Today, I’m following up with the Federal Aviation Administration to expedite this request,” tweeted Grimenez in English and in Spanish, posting a picture of the letter he wrote the FAA.
So don’t be too sure that Friday’s text alert was a mistake and not a campaign strategy using his office and position.
And Ladra bets it’s not the last one.
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The 2008 real estate Bubble wasn’t the first in the U S, in the last century.There was one in the ’30s, to coincide with the development of real estate in South Florida. The real estate finances are less real than the money of Monopoly. Unsuitable clowns! P. T. Barnum said ” you can fool some people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time ” .
Taxpayers Screwed ,
Great post like all these posts , I myself have made peace with the fact that the majority of voters couldn’t care less and WORSE are the politically apathetic who do not bother voting .
You would think that at least on a local level they would stop reelecting over and over the all talk self serving parasitos who often go from one position to another but even that doesn’t happen .
I personally feel MOST politicians here belong in jail but what other cities consider political corruption is not even unethical in our Miami world ..
” Anyone who votes for Miami/Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez for any other Political job will deserve more taxes coming your way ! Gimenez is a tax and spend Politician for his friends, Family, Lobbyists/Lawyers as well as the establishment Democrats and Republicans!”
Lol that was funny because I’m going to say that roughly 80 percent of people in Miami who complain about the high property taxes WITH zero accountability which go to line the pockets of the Cuban Cosa Nostra politicos due to projects which cost 2x or more here then outside of Miami in the end continue to vote for the same Cosa Nostra .
My experience has been that perhaps the only people who see what goes on here might simply be the people who post in this forum , lol ..
Do not look for any changes .
”We Hispanics flee political corruption only to recreate it ”
Jose
Hundreds of thousands of Persons in South Florida hold college degrees. It’s a function of the politics of Miami-Dade College, the G. I. Bill, and maybe the influx of middle-class persons seeking to establish residence in the U. S. Now,we have an Internet, even sharp grade school students can be inter-face with relevant scientists activity , and not ignore that they are involved in finding the solution to a natural event. Gimenez goes on Medicare soon, or is there already. His job is to be an executive mayor, or administrator. We shouldn’t be seeing ghosts!
Sounds to me like Mr. Mayor is trying to have it both ways. Wants to appear to be independent from the head of his party and thus align himself with voters he’s trying to win over in his blue district. But POTUS doesn’t like it when his minions step out of line and get too big for their shoes. Hence the dilemma. Crazy theory but
I live in District 26 and got the county text message. My spouse did as well.
How about a public record request for the EOC to hand over the selection criteria they used to select the messaging universe, copy of any and all internal communications regarding the text/robocall event, and copy of the list of residents who were sent those text messages and robocalls?
I didn’t get the text nor robocall either, but then again, I live in Congresswoman Shalala’s district. How interesting! Are we children of a lesser text message universe?
Carlos Gimenez is getting like 3-4 pensions. All taxpayer paid. He and his “family and friends” need to go retire somewhere. We have been screwed by lobbyist Ralphie and his many disgraced ex-staffers. His 40 year buddy Frank Rollason is also on his 4-5th pension.
Hmmm,why is Miami/Dade County Mayor ru running for a congressional seat when he could run the Miami/Dade County County Expressway Authority (MDX) .This Gimenez guy is obsessed with power and control. Everytime someone drives through a tollbooth controlled by Miami/Dade County Expressway Authority which is controlled by Gimenez just remember you’re helping his next Political campaign with the establishment people .Mayor Carlos Gimenez has been nickel and dimeing us Miami/Dade County tax payers with many fees/taxes for way too many years .Anyone who votes for Miami/Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez for any other Political job will deserve more taxes coming your way ! Gimenez is a tax and spend Politician for his friends, Family, Lobbyists/Lawyers as well as the establishment Democrats and Republicans!