An increase in positive COVID19 cases and hospitalizations in Miami-Dade has caused some concern and Mayor Carlos Gimenez — blaming the police abuse protests in the wake of the George Floyd murder because he has to deflect his own responsibility — has issued a warning for businesses: Follow the “new normal” safety rules or police will shut […]
The third or fourth mailer from Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava landed in an otherwise lonely East Kendall mailbox last week. Because none of the other county mayoral candidates had sent a mailer to the three voters at this address until Wednesday, when we got our first piece from Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo. So, a little […]
It’s about time. It took the murder of yet another black man at the hands of police, this time it was George Floyd in Minneapolis, to come to this. It took the tear gassing of peaceful protesters exercising their right to denounce the brutal killing. It took the arrest of passionate student demonstrators, sitting on […]
It’s not enough to drop charges. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office should investigate abuses and violations of civil and human rights by police officers during the protests that have come in the wake of abuse and human rights violations exposed by the death of a black man in Minneapolis at the hands of police last […]
Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Pedro García almost got re-elected without any opposition this year — until a surprise candidate came out of nowhere and qualified on Monday. Her name is Marisol Zenteno and she works for the county property appraiser’s office. In other words, García is her boss. Awwwkwaaaard. Zenteno, who makes $77,000 a year as […]
There are a whopping 25 candidates running for one of seven Miami-Dade County commission seats. That’s more people than you can have at a summer camp this year. With five termed-out posts, this election is a potential sea change that could alter the whole culture at County Hall. Maybe. Because most of the presumed frontrunners […]
The rules for the reopening of the economy in Miami-Dade require restaurants and other businesses to maintain social distancing standards, which limits the number of tables they can use. But Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo believes that the county can help by temporarily closing some streets to traffic so that they can be used by these […]
The momentum of the #thankyouhealthcareheroes movement — appreciation shown to healthcare professionals during the COVID19 pandemic — has manifested itself in window messages on skyscrapers, emergency vehicle parades with full lights and sirens and clapping and/or banging cazuelas on Brickell balconies, in Tik Tok and Instagram video homages and Facebook support pages. Doctors, nurses and healthcare […]
A special election to replace Miami-Dade District 8 Commissioner Daniella Levine-Cava will cost county taxpayers almost $1 million — unless the commission decides to appoint someone to fill out the rest of the term. Many observers and some of the candidates who hope to replace Levine-Cava thought the commissioner’s resignation last month would allow for the […]
There doesn’t have to be a looming election for another mystery mailer to turn up in mailboxes in Miami Beach. This one, that landed last week, targets Mayor Dan Gelber and calls him a dictator for closing beaches and businesses for too long in response to the COVID19 pandemic. There’s even an image of Gelber […]