Former State Rep. and Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who is running for county commission in District 5 against incumbent Eileen Higgins, is not the best looking of the three DLP brothers (that award goes to Miguel). But the 2.0 version on his campaign website is a total babe. Diaz de la […]
One after the other, Miami-Dade County commissioners expressed very big concerns Tuesday with an exclusive, $2.5 billion proposal — complete with a memorandum of understanding — to build a five-stop rail along existing tracks for a new Virgin Trains (aka Brightline) route along the Northeast corridor, It’s too much money, they said. Tri-rail protested and […]
Seniors are getting meals delivered at home. Food bank drive-throughs, turning political, have become regular and frequent in the face of the COVID19 pandemic that has caused many people to lose work and/or pay. But what about pets? Dog food can get expensive. To help provide relief for Miami-Dade’s pet owners, the county Animal Services […]
A coalition of Puerto Rican organizations across Florida have come together to denounce the murder of George Floyd and demand justice, drawing a connection between the systemic racism in U.S. law enforcement and the justice system to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria — during which 2,975 people on the island died and the president literally tossed […]
The Miami-Dade County Commission could hit the rewind button on the Miami Beach monorail project, aka Baylink, because of details that have come out about secretive meetings Mayor Carlos Gimenez had with Genting two years ago during his China trip. Those business meetings — which just happened to be left off the itinerary given to […]
The United Teachers of Dade, which represents more than 30,000 Miami-Dade County teachers and education professionals, will launch a series of daily “one-on-one conversations” with each of the county mayoral candidates beginning Friday afternoon (that’s today). “The effort seeks to increase civic engagement among all education professionals and secure more pro public education leadership for […]
Everyone’s internal polls have them winning the Miami-Dade mayoral election this year, and Commissioner Xavier Suarez is no different. He told Ladra that he was leading the other six candidates in a poll done earlier this month of 503 likely voters countywide. The survey by John Zogby Strategies found that Suarez had 21% of the vote. […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is one of the most popular politicians in Florida right now. He may have been on the ropes just a few months ago, but due to his response to the COVID19 pandemic — and, no doubt, darling media role as Patient Zero — his approval ratings are through the roof, according […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and other top county officials used burner cell phones — yes, the kind used by drug dealers and money launderers — during their 2018 China trip so we wouldn’t know they met with representatives from Genting, which later became part of a group with an “unsolicited proposal” to build a monorail to […]
A longtime activist, and president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowners, has filed to run for county commission in District 7, to replace the termed-out Xavier Suarez, who is running for county mayor. Michael Rosenberg, best known as co-founder of the Pets’ Trust, filed paperwork for the race on Wednesday. He joins an already crowded and […]