Commission chair installation could draw political big wigs

Commission chair installation could draw political big wigs

The historic installation Friday of Miami-Dade Commissioner Jean Monestime, the first Haitian American to hold the chairman’s position, is likely to draw a lot more local politicians than these ceremonies normally do anyway. Miami Herald reporter Doug Hanks tweeted late Thursday that even Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio might be in attendance. I […]

Mayor Carlos Gimenez again misses opportunity to lead

Mayor Carlos Gimenez again misses opportunity to lead

The takeaway from Wednesday’s Miami-Dade School Board meeting is not that members gave their attorney 20 days to present options on taking legal action against the county mayor or the state or whoever it is that is responsible for the backlog at the Value Adjustment Board that has caused annual budget shortfalls in the hundreds […]

Ethics commission: Eddy Gonzalez didn’t lie, just misled

Ethics commission: Eddy Gonzalez didn’t lie, just misled

The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust found Wednesday that there was no probable cause to a complaint against former State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez for violating the Mandatory Fair Campaign Practices Ordinance when he ran for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser last year. Filed by then-candidate Pedro Garcia, who won the election Nov. 4, the complaint […]

Duh! Hialeah’s Carlos Hernandez charged with lying re loan

Duh! Hialeah’s Carlos Hernandez charged with lying re loan

Maybe he got immunity from criminal prosecution when Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez testified in the federal tax evasion case that the U.S. government ultimately lost against former Mayor Julio Robaina. But he’s not getting off totally scot-free. In the very first case where the the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust has enforced the […]

Courthouse clean bill of health begs questions, investigation

Courthouse clean bill of health begs questions, investigation

Well, well, well. It appears that there is no huge, life-endangering emergency at the downtown Miami-Dade Civil Courthouse after all. You know… the health and safety hazards like mold and crumbling columns that lawyers and judges told us were killing them slowly day by day or quickly any day now. They lied. The county’s assessment […]

Mrs. Sarnoff makes the move for her hubby’s hand-me-downs

Mrs. Sarnoff makes the move for her hubby’s hand-me-downs

She’s in. Taking a cue from Hillary Clinton at the national level, Teresa Sarnoff officially filed paperwork Tuesday designating a bank account for her bid for Miami city commissioner in the seat to be vacated by her termed-out husband, Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. It’s been rumored and expected for months. Maybe the recent rash of candidates […]

Miami Lakes will defend mayor against Michael Pizzi

Miami Lakes will defend mayor against Michael Pizzi

It’s on! Mano a mano. Or shall we say mayor a mayor? The Miami Lakes Town Council voted unanimously Friday to hire an attorney to defend the town and Mayor Wayne Slaton from the litigation filed by former, suspended, acquitted mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi, who says the seat is rightfully his and is suing to […]

Email urges Miami Lakes residents to ‘stop’ Wayne Slaton

Email urges Miami Lakes residents to ‘stop’ Wayne Slaton

In the escalating war between the two men who think they are each mayor of Miami Lakes, today’s meeting promises to be fun, if nothing else. “Urgent citizen action required to stop Slaton,” reads an email sent out Thursday to who knows how many addresses and by New Era Communications Corporations. But everyone knows that […]