Critics: Why have a development boundary at all? Kelly Tractor finally got their nine. After months of delays, a mayoral veto, repeated deferrals and enough parliamentary maneuvering to make your head spin, Miami-Dade commissioners on Tuesday approved the controversial Kelly Tractor headquarters outside the Urban Development Boundary on a 9-3 vote. Nine. The magic […]
Turnabout, meet The Florida Bar. Palmetto Bay Councilman Steve Cody, who Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier publicly demanded resign last year over an admittedly awful Facebook post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has now filed a Florida Bar complaint against Uthmeier over his role in the Hope Florida $10 million money shuffle. […]
Ay, qué esperanza. The Hope Florida scandal that has been simmering in Tallahassee for more than a year suddenly got a whole lot hotter last week, when Floridians learned that a state grand jury had concluded Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money as part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political […]
Incumbent’s campaign says it’s not gonna happen Eliott Rodriguez had barely finished celebrating his Democratic primary victory before he turned around and told Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, who he faces in November, that he wants to go cara a cara on a live TV screen near you. Not once. Not twice. Three times. Rodriguez, the […]
Byron Donalds finally has a running mate. And surprise, surprise: He found him in Hialeah. One week after winning the Republican primary for governor — and with just 70 days until the November election — Donalds came to Miami Tuesday to announce that State Sen. Bryan Ávila would join him on the GOP ticket as […]
Mayor Vince Lago says public testimony doesn’t matter Coral Gables residents have spent years fighting the proposed Crystal Residences development at 110 Phoenetia Avenue — a nine-story luxury residential project that would replace the beloved Garden of Our Lord and incorporate a new home for Crystal Academy, the school serving children with autism. They’ve fought […]
Apparently, the text messages weren’t enough. Neither were the protests at City Hall. Or the activists confronting Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins at public events. Or the dozens of speakers who packed a commission meeting in June demanding that the city get out of its controversial 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So now […]
Oh, what a difference a couple of years — and a different commission majority — can make. Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, who once practically wrapped himself in the flag of process, transparency and a national search when his political enemies abruptly installed a city manager without one, now wants the commission to appoint his […]
They came at Oliver Gilbert with money. Lots and lots of money. They came at him with attack ads, a crypto-funded super PAC, questions about his campaign contributions, Kendrick Meek Jr.‘s famous political surname and, toward the end, polls suggesting former State Sen. Shevrin Jones might beat him. And Gilbert won anyway. Not by much. […]
Former newsman beats Robin Peguero by seven points For nearly 50 years, Eliott Rodriguez delivered the news to South Florida. Now he’s making some. Rodriguez, the longtime CBS Miami anchor who traded the television studio for the campaign trail earlier this year, defeated former homicide prosecutor Robin Peguero in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Congressional District […]