Doral Councilwoman Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera might trade in the drama of her city for the dysfunction of the county: A 
live push poll last week asked voters if they would vote for her in a race against Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz.
The caller also asked voters if they would be more likely or less likely to vote for Diaz after knowing he voted in favor of the Marlins Park deal, higher taxes and commission raises.
Reached Saturday, Rodriguez-Aguilera said that people had been encouraging her to run for the commission seat for months. She’s considering it and said she would likely make up her mind by Monday or Tuesday, when qualifying begins.
“I really have to think about it. I love Doral,” she said.
And she’ll likely be
re-elected there without much problem. She was elected last year to fill a vacant seat, so she’s up again.
Is a bird in the hand better than two in the bush?
If Roriguez-Aguilera decides to jump in, she’s going to have to race to catch up financially. Diaz has already amassed close to $186,000 and there is a PAC working for all the incumbents so he can tap into more. But she would also get a lot of help from people who say that Diaz only represents himself and from the friends and family of former Mayor Manny “Maraña” Maroño crowd in Sweetwater who say the commissioner abandoned his friend when Maroño — serving a three year sentence — was arrested on federal bribery charges last August.
Oh, and don’t forget all the people who watch for UFOs. Rodriguez-Aguilera has said she was abducted by aliens. Ladra can see the Pepe Diaz mailers now with little green men telling Bettina to run.
Bettina might be the second choice for the Pet’s Trust people, who had approached JC Bermudez months ago to see if he would run against Diaz. No word from them about whether or not they were responsible for the poll.
Poll pits Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera vs. Jose “Pepe” Diaz added by Ladra on
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I was really hoping that Bettina would run against Pepe Diaz so that we could see her fall flat on her face and be embarrased by la paliza that Pepe Diaz would reign on her!
The audacity to believe that Bettina could defeat Pepe Diaz is something only a Martian would believe!
Can I mail in my AB from Mars?
The Pet’s Trust people commissioned a push poll? Please. These folks raised about $72K for their referendum in 2012. Since then, they’ve been holding fundraisers at the Biltmore where they clear about $4K after expenses for each event. They have no money. They have no army. I thought there was talk that they were priming Vanessa Brito to run against Pepe, even though she lives in Palmetto Bay. And the funny thing about this is that Pepe voted to put their referendum on the ballot. If they go through with this, Michael Rosenberg and Rita Schwartz can kiss any goodwill they had left with the rest of the Commission goodbye. (Remember, these were the rodeo clowns that wanted to do a recall of Lynda Bell, but couldn’t get the petition right.)
Lets get the facts right, Steve Cody!
We were told by campaign experts it would take
$2 million dollars to win the Pets’ Trust election..We did it for $60,000- seems like that deserves congratulations not condemnation!
You came to the Pets Trust in late 2013 saying you would lobby on our behalf and expected to be paid like Ron Book. When we found out your license to practice law was suspended, which you never told us, we could no longer trust you.
Thank goodness for our “army” of supporters that brought to our attention your one year suspension.
YIPPIE KI-YAY