Is Miami-Dade trying to sneak stuff by at Tuesday’s mammoth virtual meeting?

Is Miami-Dade trying to sneak stuff by at Tuesday’s mammoth virtual meeting?

There’s something wrong about these virtual government meetings allowed for the COVID19 state of emergency. And, no, it’s not just how our esteemed electeds stumbled with the technology, dropping off and muting themselves and conversations overlapped. The problem is they seem to want to use this excuse to sneak some shenanigans by while the rest of […]

Congressional candidate Omar Blanco sues to get Carlos Gimenez off the ballot

Congressional candidate Omar Blanco sues to get Carlos Gimenez off the ballot

Miami-Dade firefighter and congressional candidate Omar Blanco filed a lawsuit against his opponent this week and the Florida Supervisor of Elections, arguing that Mayor Carlos Gimenez failed to qualify because of a typo on his bank account check. He wants to get Gimenez off the August ballot. It takes some gumption: Gimenez is Blanco’s boss. The campaign […]

Carlos Gimenez qualifies with wrong name check for Congressional bid

Carlos Gimenez qualifies with wrong name check for Congressional bid

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez reportedly qualified for the Republican Congressional primary in District 26 because he filed his paperwork on time, before the deadline at noon on Friday. But could a typo kick him off the ballot? Florida statute 99.061 requires a federal candidate to submit “a properly executed check drawn upon the candidate’s campaign account” for […]

Miami-Dade transit workers finally get COVID19 protection, riders get relief

Miami-Dade transit workers finally get COVID19 protection, riders get relief

Miami-Dade County is finally taking some small steps to control the coronavirus spreading petri dishes that they call buses: providing masks to all employees, limiting the number of passengers allowed on board — signs on the seats will tell riders where they should sit — and suspending low-use routes with overlapping services while adding more […]

Miami-Dade’s Steve Bovo passes Cuba COVID travel ban, ignores Hialeah

Miami-Dade’s Steve Bovo passes Cuba COVID travel ban, ignores Hialeah

Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo got his colleagues on county commissioner to approve urging the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit travel to and from Cuba due to the coronavirus cases on the island. They also urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue an executive order imposing isolation and quarantine on airline travelers to Florida from Cuba. Maybe Bovo […]