Coral Gables election choice is a Vince Lago yes vote or an independent voice

Coral Gables election choice is a Vince Lago yes vote or an independent voice

The Coral Gables election is almost over with early voting this weekend for the runoff coming Tuesday. The choice is between two attorneys: Richard Lara, general counsel for Spanish Broadcasting Systems, and the handpicked candidate, groomed by Mayor Vince Lago — who was just solidly re-elected — and Tom Wells, a member of the city’s […]

Video blasts U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez for silence on ending TPS, deportations

Video blasts U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez for silence on ending TPS, deportations

“¡Cobarde! ¡Mudo!” Coward! Voiceless! These are the names the narrator calls Congressman Carlos Gimenez in a video released Thursday that shames the former Miami-Dade mayor for his silence and complicity on Donald Trump’s immigration policies, including the rollback of protected status for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, many of whom live in his community. “Where […]

Alex Diaz de la Portilla’s PAC raises nada, spends $108K on Miami campaign

Alex Diaz de la Portilla’s PAC raises nada, spends $108K on Miami campaign

Former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who has repeatedly said he is running for Miami mayor and has reportedly been campaigning, hasn’t filed any paperwork yet with the city clerk’s office indicating that he’s going to run. But his political action committee, Proven Leadership for Miami-Dade County, spent almost $108,000 in the past […]

David Richardson seeks to replace Eileen Higgins on county commission

David Richardson seeks to replace Eileen Higgins on county commission

Former State House Rep. and Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson, a Democrat who lost last year’s tax collector race, filed paperwork on Wednesday to run for Miami-Dade Commission in District 5, where Eileen Higgins sits now. Higgins announced earlier this month that she was going to run for Miami mayor. Richardson, who did not make […]

‘Rene Garcia for Hialeah Mayor’ could be a decoy for someone else to run

‘Rene Garcia for Hialeah Mayor’ could be a decoy for someone else to run

Miami-Dade Commissioner Rene Garcia filed paperwork earlier this month to run for mayor in Hialeah, after Esteban “Steve” Bovo announced that he was leaving for a Washington, D.C., lobbying gig. But is Garcia really running? He didn’t have a press conference to announce his candidacy. There is no announcement post on any of his social media. Garcia […]

Miami-Dade’s Kevin Cabrera leaves for Panama, county gets set to appoint

Miami-Dade’s Kevin Cabrera leaves for Panama, county gets set to appoint

Miami-Dade Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera officially resigned his county seat Monday and was then sworn in as the U.S.’s new ambassador to Panama in a packed commission chambers. The next day, Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez announced the creation of a web portal for residents of District 6 to express intros and submit the necessary documentation to […]

Downtown Miami protest planned Saturday vs Donald Trump policies

Downtown Miami protest planned Saturday vs Donald Trump policies

It’s not just about immigration and national security. It’s not just about veteran’s rights and climate change. It’s not just about education and the raiding of treasury records and the tariff wars that are going to raise consumer prices and the manipulation of the stock market and the tanking the global economy for personal gain […]

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