Joe Garcia endorses illegal UBER ride share service

Joe Garcia endorses illegal UBER ride share service

Congressman Joe Garcia is gonna hafta say that someone hacked into his twitter account. Either that or it’s going to look like he’s thumbing his nose at the law and endorsing illicit business. That’s because Garcia used the social media platform to tout the new Uber X car ride sharing service that launched Wednesday in […]

GOP welcomes Dems to House races with glee, phone banks

GOP welcomes Dems to House races with glee, phone banks

Local Republicans said they were all too happy to see Democratic nobodies challenge six state House incumbent Republicans and one apparent successor in the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s “No More Free Rides” campaign — a move that many have characterized as a publicity stunt that may have backfired. “They gave me a gift,” said Miami-Dade Republican […]

1st Congressional primary debate missing one: David Rivera

1st Congressional primary debate missing one: David Rivera

The Federated Women’s Republican Club of Miami will host the first debate between the candidates in the highly anticipated Republican primary who are vying this August for a chance to run in the 26th Congressional district against Democrat incumbent Congressman Joe Garcia. So far, four of the five candidates have confirmed they will be at […]

Oooops! Dems add Jeanette Nuñez to incumbent challenge

Oooops! Dems add Jeanette Nuñez to incumbent challenge

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party said Monday that they had found challengers for every single Republican incumbent in the Florida House — but they had actually missed one. Had they simply forgotten about State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez of District 119 in Doral? Or had they given her a pass because she backed the Miami Dade College […]

Mayor, Miami Heat bait and switch to ‘better deal’ for who?

Mayor, Miami Heat bait and switch to ‘better deal’ for who?

One after the other, Miami-Dade Commissioners who voted in favor of a new agreement with the Miami Heat owners for the operation and maintenance of the AmericanAirlines Arena downtown said it was better than the last deal they heard about. It’s become like that other mantra: “It’s better than the Marlins deal.” Nevermind that the […]

Ted Cruz stars in big GOP Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser

Ted Cruz stars in big GOP Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser

Yes, as expected, the keynote speaker at the Miami-Dade Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner in a couple of weeks is a Cuban-American senator. But it’s not that Cuban-American Senator. The big money draw for the June 20 event will be Sen. Ted Cruz from Texas, known as “the other Cuban senator” in these parts. The […]

3 ‘clean house’ fired Sweetwater employees get jobs back

3 ‘clean house’ fired Sweetwater employees get jobs back

Three of the six city employees let go by Sweetwater Mayor Jose Diaz last month in what he called a “clean sweep” were re-instated by the commission on Monday. Former Human Resources Director Joanna Rubio was the only department head to be rehired by the minimum required 5-2 margin. But I hope she doesn’t get […]

Miami-Dade Dems wage full House battle with 6 challengers

Miami-Dade Dems wage full House battle with 6 challengers

Thank goodness for the Miami-Dade Democratic Party! Our loyal, local blues turned what could have been a ho-hum year of mid-term elections with very few challenges at the state level into a full House partisan battle. Que fun! Now it’s a party. Dade Dems Chairwoman Annette Taddeo-Goldstein will publicly announce Tuesday, after a press release […]