It didn’t take long for Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason to answer Ladra’s question of why someone so disinterested in the city and the concerns of its residents would run for a third term as mayor. And, in fact, his response proves my point: He’s running because nobody else did. Or, rather, because someone else […]
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 […]
Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was arrested in 2013 on bribery charges in a federal bogus grant scheme — says his not guilty verdict entitles him to serve the remainder of the four year term he was elected to in 2012. “I don’t care if you think I’m the […]
Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi really, really, really wants to be mayor again and is going to court one more time to try to get back into his office at City Hall. You know, the one with that closet he likes so much. Pizzi was suspended by Gov. Rick Scott in […]
Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jean Monestime and Vice Chair Esteban Bovo will take over the helm of the ship after the official, public installation ceremony and swearing-in Jan. 16 with their families standing proud and loved ones/lobbyists gushing and TV cameras rolling. But they apparently can’t wait or want to start planning their rule in advance. […]
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson called for a “State of Emergency” meeting last week about a spike in recent shootings in her District 3 — at least 18 people shot in 21 drive-bys, including a 14-year-old boy who was killed — and what can be done to stop the violence. About 200 people attended, including […]
While the incumbent’s missus makes up her mind on a run, her hubby has been amassing a PAC fund totaling a quarter million dollars — for someone. A third hopeful has announced plans to run for the Miami Commission seat vacated this year by termed-out Commissioner Marc Sarnoff — and no, it’s still not his […]
The conversation is said to have started over a year ago, after Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) won his first election and became Florida’s first openly-gay state legislator. Several sources close to both he and Senator Gwen Margolis (D-North Miami Beach) — who has been in public office for four decades and is rumored on […]
Everyone knows that Gov. Rick Scott‘s HCA-owned hospitals are increasing turning to the trauma center business and Aventura Hospital could take one step further toward becoming the third trauma center in Miami-Dade on Tuesday, if the city council approves a helipad on the medical center’s campus. One might immediately jump to the conclusion that this […]
Sweetwater Mayor Jose Diaz just won’t have it. He says that a Brothers to the Rescue Memorial Plaza on 109th Avenue just across from FIU will not have to share its name with the Nicaraguan poet hero Ruben Dario. He vetoed last month the commission’s actions to do just that and the veto is expected […]