Important post oversees DMV, auto tag offices Hialeah Councilman Bryan Calvo, who is running for Miami-Dade Tax Collector, crashed a press conference given by Mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo Monday morning to announce the endorsement of Dariel Fernandez for the new constitutional position. That’s gotta make for some awkward council meetings. “It’s a personal vendetta,” Calvo […]
It popped up overnight along the Palmetto Expressway in the Miami Lakes area near the Northwest 67th Avenue exit, just north of Hialeah: A billboard comparing former president Donald Trump to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. “No to dictators — no to Trump,” it says in Spanish, with The Donald and the dead oppressive […]
If there was ever something that should go to a referendum for voter approval, it is pensions for our electeds. And Miami city commissioners should go to the ballot if they want to reward their behavior and “hard work” with lucrative lifetime retirement benefits. It’s not too late. The deadline for municipalities to submit a […]
Property appraiser, commission wannabes will also speak at KFHA event Now that all the candidates are set with last week’s final qualifications, the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations will have the first candidate forum this Thursday with at least four of the seven Miami-Dade mayoral candidates on the Aug. 20 ballot. But probably not the […]
It should have been a no-brainer. Coral Gables Commissioners on Tuesday approved giving $42,000 to the Actor’s Playhouse, which leases the historic Miracle Theater from the city, for a new wheelchair ramp that will accommodate newer, bigger wheelchairs for patrons who need to get to the second floor. It was a divided 3-2 vote — […]
In what could seem like a hasty and behind-closed-doors decision, the Miami Lakes Council agreed to pay former Mayor Michael Pizzi — who was arrested in 2013 on federal bribery charges but acquitted a year later — for $1.7 million for the legal fees he incurred in his defense. Wasn’t this supposed to come back […]
The political war in Coral Gables has just gone nuclear. Mayor Vince Lago, who has been spiraling, having public meltdowns and is now under investigation for allegedly assaulting the city manager during a meeting earlier this week, sent his usual email newsletter Thursday — and used it to refute any wrongdoing and lash out at […]
This meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The agenda moves to a special meeting Tuesday. At first blush, it may seem like Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting is a sleeper, especially compared to recent meetings. Nothing on LED billboards. Nothing on redistricting. But a closer look at the agenda reveals a bunch of items […]
Design plans are changed for the multipurpose room A 100-year-old tree near the entrance to Coral Reef Park is safe. For now, anyway. After some backlash to a plan by the Village of Palmetto Bay to remove the giant oak to make way for a planned multipurpose room, and 754 people signed a petition in […]
Alert: Cancelled due to the inclement weather. Two Democrats who want to face Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 this November will be at a forum on Thursday sponsored by the Democrats of South Dade Club. The August 27 primary will pit former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey, an employment attorney, against Miami-Dade School […]