As expected, Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez made his mayoral dreams official Friday when he announced publicly that he was going for the top county post vacated by his nemesis, the termed-out Carlos Gimenez. “I want to put the resources of this county to work for the residents and taxpayers in a way that is both […]
Miami Commissioner Ken Russell may finally have a serious challenge: Jim Fried, a radio show host for 10 years and the uncle of Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikky Fried, filed paperwork last week to run in District 2. Another candidate, Javier Gonzalez, has been in the race since December. But he’s been running since 2015, when he […]
News this week about soil contamination found by an environmental study at the Melreese golf course near Miami International Airport — which developers want to turn into condos, offices, a hotel, shopping complex, restaurants and, oh yeah, a soccer stadium — was not a complete surprise. In fact, the head environmental official in Miami-Dade says the […]
Miami-Dade firefighter Omar Blanco is not new to politics. The 15 veteran of the department and president of the International Association of Firefighters local union has campaigned both for and against candidates on both sides of the aisle. He has tousled with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and House Speaker Jose Oliva — and won. Now, […]
Residents in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami know Commissioner Willy Gort. who is termed out after serving since 2011, and also from 1993 to 2000. But, with the exclusion of former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, many voters don’t really know the clusterbunch of wannabes in line to replace Gort. So the Allapattah YMCA […]
Last year, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez scolded county commissioners for plans to protect the environment, reduce crime in South Dade, create programs for children and fund fare-free circulators, like the trolleys in many cities, in unincorporated parts of Miami-Dade. We ain’t got the money, honey, the mayor told them. He complained of a five-year budget shortfall […]
A contract extension approved by the Miami-Dade Commission last month for one of the firm’s involved in the bridge collapse at Florida International University will get another look at the next commission meeting. Commissioners last month approved an 18-month extension for Munilla Construction Management — which is five months into a bankruptcy filing after the March 2018 […]
Operators of the Medley landfill want to go 75 feet higher and keep piling on the trash for 10 years longer than currently planned at their facility, which stinks for miles. And the state was poised to grant the “application for significant modification” — until the city of Doral stepped in. Now, citizens have until Aug. 8 […]
Television journalist Maria Elvira Salazar announced Thursday on twitter and YouTube that she wants a rematch with Congresswoman Donna Shalala, who beat her last November to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who retired more than three decades in office. Salazar lost to Shalala by 6 points, 52 to 46%, and apparently thinks she can […]
If Vice President Joe Biden won Tuesday’s Day 2 of the second Democratic presidential debate, as some argue, then Sen. Elizabeth Warren won on Wednesday. Biden was on defense all night — blocking left, dodging right. He was hit on healthcare, on race, on immigration. He stammered and stopped several times, failed to seize opportunities […]