Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez apologized profusely for the “past miscalculations” that caused sudden, big increases in taxes for property owners in 234 special taxing districts that pay for extra street lights, security and other neighborhood amenities. And then he admitted that some of the special taxing district property owners have been paying for […]
By ALEX FERNANDEZ and ROBERT WOLFARTH Two weeks ago we stood on the steps of the Supreme Court for one final picture as single men right before our US Representative, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, united us as married Americans. We were full of jubilee and excited — in part out of relief that the justices had […]
Among the $43.3 million in Miami-Dade projects vetoed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott was $5 million in state funds designated for Florida International University’s ambitious expansion plans. And we should give Scott props for that one. Because ity was premature. Because the expansion plans are contingent upon the Dade County Youth Fair organization, which has a […]
NBCUniversal employees may soon be banned from Trump National Doral Miami resort and spa and all his other properties, too, now that the network has cut ties to billionaire clown act and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and will cease to air the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants after The Donald offended Mexicans and all Hispanics in his […]
More than 116,000 Miami-Dade property owners got notices recently that show increases in their special taxing district assessments for the first time in at least four years — some as much as 22 percent. These hikes come because, in part, they’ve not been paying their fair share since at least 2011. But somebody has. Because […]
Anyone subscribed to any of the presidential candidates’ email lists get the pleas for donations, which have been coming furiously in the past few days as we approach Tuesday’s deadline. “Dear Friend,” they usually start before begging for your $5 or a whatever-you-can afford donation because it really, really, really makes a difference, they invariably […]
We keep hearing that the national Republican Party wants to include more Hispanics and appeal to more Latino voters. They keep saying that they respect our values and are better able to represent them. But when one of their own calls a large group of Hispanics in the U.S. drug dealers and rapists, the GOP […]
Whispers of a cover up are getting louder in and around Miami Lakes, where Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi wrapped his car around a tree last week and ran from the scene of the accident, only to return less than an hour later. He left again without so much as a warning, and details that continue to […]
So, it’s not just us in Miami. Apparently, the whole country is looking at this Republican presidential primary coming next year as a showdown between the two real Floridian candidates — Former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio. Although there are 12 — maybe 14? Ladra’s losing count — candidates in this race to the White […]
Monday’s meeting between Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez and one of the investors in the David Beckham Major League Soccer team expansion that they want to bring to Miami was not about the stadium that they’ve been talking about for more than a year now, the mayor’s deputy and his spokesman each said. It was […]