Joe Carollo’s own chief of staff has prostitution arrest in his past

Joe Carollo’s own chief of staff has prostitution arrest in his past

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 […]

At new South Miami mayor’s first meeting, CRA and county money ends

At new South Miami mayor’s first meeting, CRA and county money ends

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 […]

Todo Hialeah, except Carlos Hernandez, hosts mayoral event for Esteban Bovo

Todo Hialeah, except Carlos Hernandez, hosts mayoral event for Esteban Bovo

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. […]

Miami still has no new manager, but mayor has new advisor: Carlos Curbelo

Miami still has no new manager, but mayor has new advisor: Carlos Curbelo

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 […]

Calusa golf course covenant to be killed for massive Kendall development

Calusa golf course covenant to be killed for massive Kendall development

Well, after years and years and suing and pleading and losing in court and Tallahassee and trying again and coaxing and buying properties and people off and threatening homeowners with frivolous lawsuits, developers who want to turn the Calusa Golf Course into 550-plus homes finally got a 75% vote of the homeowners to break a 99-year […]

Barbara Jordan gets help in blocking Formula 1 at HardRock Stadium

Barbara Jordan gets help in blocking Formula 1 at HardRock Stadium

In the fight to keep Formula 1 racing from her community, Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan is coming back to the commission Wednesday with new and improved legislation to slow down and maybe stop the races from being approved at the HardRock Stadium in Miami Gardens. And now she has the additional support of the Miami-Dade Democratic […]

Commission could cut community councils out for Fisher Island developer

Commission could cut community councils out for Fisher Island developer

Miami-Dade County Commissioners could cut the power to community councils Wednesday and change the rules on how they govern local zoning change requests so that more applications come directly to the commission. And it looks like this amendment to the process, established in 1996 to bring zoning decisions closer to the people and neighborhoods affected, is […]

Vanessa Brito back again to beat the drum for Penelas and Carollo recall

Vanessa Brito back again to beat the drum for Penelas and Carollo recall

Sheeeeeeeee’s baaaaaaack. Like an Asian virus, Gypsy con artist Vanessa Brito is back in Miami-Dade and ready to make trouble — this time, it appears, on behalf of former mayor Alex Penelas, a candidate for the 2020 mayoral election, and/or the Joe Carollo recall effort. Photos on her Facebook page — her personal page, not […]