Moments after his appointment was announced by Mayor Francis Suarez, new Miami City Manager Art Noriega immediately did what he was hired to do — he brought a broken city commission together with a unanimous confirmation vote. That is, after all, why Noriega was picked in the first place: Because of his relationship with commissioners […]
Everybody knows that South Miami is the solar energy capital of Miami-Dade. The city has made it mandatory for newly constructed homes to have solar panels. Any existing home that gets repairs or renovations to 75% or more of house is also mandated to be fitted with solar panels. The city also makes it easier for people to […]
Even without the big “secret” city manager appointment, the meeting of Miami city commissioners Monday promises to be another battle between Commissioner Joe Carollo and his main target, Mayor Francis Suarez. Carollo is likely to denounce the way Suarez announced his manager selection — he hates being left out — and his hiring of a stand-in […]
It’s the worst kept secret in local politics: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is expected to name Miami Parking Authority Chief Executive Officer Arthur “Art” Noriega as the new city manager Monday — as Ladra first predicted more than a month ago — but probably for an interim period as they launch a national search for a […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is certainly taking advantage of the unfortunate incident that landed the mayor’s spokesman and city’s communication director in jail on charges of transmitting pornography to aminor. But he’s also throwing rocks from a glass house. Boulders. Because while he’s going around saying that the mayor let Rene Pedrosa amend his application […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, the new Joe Carollo show is a must! The Miami commissioner’s new crisis management media tour on Spanish language TV and radio started last week and has been escalating every day a little more. From Pedro Sevcec to Actualidad Radio to Caracol. But Ladra doesn’t know how it can […]
Newly-elected South Miami Mayor Sally Philips held court in her first meeting Tuesday — albeit with a lot of help from City Manager Stephen Alexander and the city clerk — and proceeded to nail the coffin in the city’s CRA, which gets more than half its $3.5 annual budget from Miami-Dade County to provide programs and […]
The invitation is striking because of the number of names on the leadership committee: 23 electeds, members of the Hialeah, Miami Lakes and Hialeah Gardens hierarchy, have invited their friends and favorite lobbyists to a fundraiser Thursday for Miami-Dade Commissioner and mayoral 2020 candidate Esteban Bovo at — where else? — Hialeah Park Racing and Casino. […]
It opens up brilliantly on a pair of caged parakeets, birds that old Cubans love to keep and care for. And over soft music, the grandmotherly Cuban lady’s story sounds sad. It makes you want to cry. The first of several planned Joe Carollo recall ads with voter testimonials came out Thursday night about halfway through […]
From the frying pan and into the fire: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Wednesday that he had hired former congressman, lobbyist and liar Carlos Curbelo to be his advisor for the short term, just to help him during this transition phase. Some people have already commented that Suarez hired an in-house mayor because he can’t […]