Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knows her audience. The candidate for U.S. Senate, who has challenged Rick Scott, launched a digital ad this week called “Freedom” — just in time to run on platforms streaming the Copa América fútbol tournament that draws hundreds of thousands of Latin American viewers. And Latino voters. “My mother brought me […]
One of the questions asked at the forum for the Miami-Dade sheriff candidates Monday was whether or not our community would be safer if we each went out and bought a gun, obviously getting the training or whatever needed to use one. And, almost like an echo chamber, the candidates said they believed in the […]
Observations from outside the clown car And then there were six. Five? Four? Three? The forum of sheriff candidates hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations Monday may have helped narrow the field some — more by those who don’t know what they’re talking about as by those who seem to. Let’s cross some […]
UPDATE: After the publication of this post, Joe Martinez confirmed that he would also attend. Fourteen of the 15 candidates for Miami-Dade Sheriff have confirmed attending a forum Monday night on Zoom hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations. They will each get an uninterrupted five minutes to talk before having another five minutes […]
Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar wants everyone to know what she’s doing in District 27. She says she is working to reduce the cost of living for families, support small business owners, create new jobs, make affordable housing more accessible and cut unnecessary government expenses. Well, not all unnecessary government expenses. Because the four mailers that […]
Did the money go to help the needy in District 1? About six months before Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla was arrested in September on public corruption charges — for giving away a public park in exchange for more than $245,000 in campaign contributions and thousands more in gifts, meals, drinks and accommodations […]
And, in Miami, the old Sears could become 1,000 homes A massive complex 751 homes and close to 10,000 square feet of retail space just north of Homestead, a project that has been in the pipeline for 18 months, will go to the Miami-Dade County Commission Thursday for a requested change in zoning. The proposed […]
Remember the ghost candidate that ran in the state senate race in 2020 and ruined it for former Democrat Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, rigging the election that unseated him and ushered Republican Ileana Garcia into office? Well, we may have more of those this year. Ladra thinks she may have found a spoiler candidate running […]
Important post oversees DMV, auto tag offices Hialeah Councilman Bryan Calvo, who is running for Miami-Dade Tax Collector, crashed a press conference given by Mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo Monday morning to announce the endorsement of Dariel Fernandez for the new constitutional position. That’s gotta make for some awkward council meetings. “It’s a personal vendetta,” Calvo […]
It popped up overnight along the Palmetto Expressway in the Miami Lakes area near the Northwest 67th Avenue exit, just north of Hialeah: A billboard comparing former president Donald Trump to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. “No to dictators — no to Trump,” it says in Spanish, with The Donald and the dead oppressive […]