Miami Beach commissioners could move Wednesday to put two bad ballot questions — that wold allow developers to have more height and density on their projects — on the November ballot. It’s really unbelievable that this would even be considered. It’s premature at best, giving in to special interest at worst. And it’s not just […]
The Miami Beach City Commission on Wednesday will consider putting a referendum question on the November ballot that would extend the mayoral term from two years to four. Ah, power. The resolution would also ask voters to change term limits from three two-year terms to two four-year terms, giving the position — and incumbent Mayor […]
Former State Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla , now a city of Miami commission candidate, had his second best fund raising month in June, with more than $50,000 in additional contributions. That brings his total to just over a quarter million dollars, according to the latest campaign finance report. This would be The Dean’s fourth […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins has drawn her first challenger this week to her re-election next year: Miguel Soliman, a general contractor who ran for Miami City Commission in 2017. Soliman filed documents Monday indicating he opened a campaign account to run for county commissioner in District 5. You may not have noticed Soliman in the Miami […]
With little more than two months to go before the qualifying deadline, Miami City Commissioners Manolo Reyes and Ken Russell have no real challenge in their respective districts. But each has raised a ton of money. Por si las moscas. Reyes has raised almost a quarter million dollars and Russell has raised more than $350K, […]
Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola finally has not one, but two challengers. After months of flying solo and successfully scaring off one would-be opponent, the only incumbent commissioner seeking re-election has himself a race. Raquel Pacheco, a retired soldier, PTA mom and small business owner, and Jonathan Welsh, a PR and marketing executive at Care […]
Elected officials are set to consider a secret deal, months in the making, that gives public land for development and operation of a Baylink monorail to a partnership between a manufacturer in communist China, a gambling giant pushing for a casino in Miami — and two of the mayor’s best friends/lackeys. No, this is not the plot […]
It’s been rumored for months but Miami Lakes Councilman Nelson Rodriguez will announce Thursday that he will challenge freshman State Rep. Cindy Polo in House District 103 next year. Polo won the seat vacated by Manny Diaz Jr., who ran for Senate, in 2018 against another former Miami Lakes councilman, Frank Mingo. Rodriguez, a Coral […]
We have three new interesting candidates wanting to get on the Miami-Dade School Board. In the District 3 race, we have Dr. Raquel Bild-Libbin challenging 15-year School Board Member Martin Karp. She filed paperwork last month naming political mailer Keith Donner as her treasurer. She is a Miami Beach-based licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of […]
Monica Pérez has big, er, plans. The elementary school teacher is running for Hialeah Council against incumbent Lourdes Lozano, one of the Seguro Que Yes council members who give Mayor Carlos Hernández an iron rule on the city. Pérez could have chosen one of three open seats and not run against an incumbent. But she says that Lozano […]