By Brandon Rosado for Political Cortadito Florida House District 120 — which encompasses the southern part of Miami-Dade, all of the Florida Keys and the Everglades — is a major flashpoint of the global climate emergency. The southernmost district is plagued by poor water quality and threatened existentially by sea-level rise while emitting carbon dioxide […]
The four Miami-Dade Commission races provide voters with the first opportunity in decades to redefine the dynamics on the board with at least three newcomers. And, hopefully, not all four. As folks get ready for early voting to start on Monday — filling out absentee ballots over the weekend to take with us — Ladra […]
Even Renier Diaz de la Portilla has realized he’s doomed to lose the race for Miami-Dade Commission in District 5 against incumbent Commissioner Eileen Higgins. That’s why he started drinking already. RDLP burst in late Thursday at the Urban Core Community Coalition virtual forum. He was a little erratic and disheveled with his face puffier […]
As important as the presidential and Miami-Dade mayoral election are — arguably the most important in decades — candidates come and go. Constitutional amendments are forever. There are six amendments of the Florida constitution on the ballot that could change state policy on a minimum wage, voters rights and even how future amendments are brought […]
Sure, there’s the dog fight between Donald Trump and Joe Biden and the cat fight between Miami-Dade Commissioners Daniella Levine Cava and Esteban Bovo for the mayoral seat, but there are also three county charter amendments that need voter approval to become reality. And they all should become reality. The first, county referendum 1, would […]
Why are people hanging on to their ballots? Of the 627,484 Miami-Dade voters who had absentee or vote-by-mail ballots mailed to them as of Wednesday, a little more than 142,000 have mailed them back. That means that more than three times as many — a total of almost half a million — are still sitting […]
For more than four decades, the Dade Heritage Trust — with a mission to protect what little historic resources there is in Miami-Dade — has been housed in a cute little cottage by the bay in the Brickell area that was the 1905 clinic and office of Dr. James Jackson, Miami’s first physician, for which […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales sprung a surprise resignation on the mayor and commissioners Wednesday in phone calls and a letter that said it was time for him to move on and pursue other interests. He also said he missed his political voice during a time when so many critical issues are dividing us […]
When she was a preacher, former State Rep. Kimberly Daniels thanked God for slavery. As a Jacksonville city councilwoman in 2008, she voted against LGBT protections, equating homosexuality with bestiality and necrophilia. And on Monday, she endorsed Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “El Bobo” Bovo for county mayor. We know this because Bobo the bozo celebrated it. […]
Today is the last day for Miami-Dade residents to register to vote if they want to cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 election. It’s not only the most important presidential election of our lives between the devil and former Vice President Joe Biden, it’s also arguably the most important race for Miami-Dade mayor, which […]