Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush isn’t on the ballot for anything this year, and keeps saying aw shucks to suggestions that he run for president. But folks are beginning to wonder if he isn’t already campaigning for a job at the White House from the flurry of public appearances and exposure he’s gotten lately. The […]
What took them so long? The Republican Party of Florida had a very quiet grand opening last weekend for an outreach office on Calle Ocho to help with the many races it’s going to be involved in this year — particularly the governor’s race, where the GOP is hoping to hang on, and the Congressional […]
Providing for what could arguably be the best argument for term limits ever, three incumbents with nearly three decades in office — and half a century, in one case — won re-election Tuesday in Florida City. Mayor Otis Wallace, first elected 30 years ago, won with more than 71% of the vote. And Commissioners Roy […]
When President Barack Obama speaks tonight at the State of the Union Address, he will bring up immigration reform. Again. And the cameras will likely pan to the parade of DREAMers (read: human stage props) invited to the White House as symbols of the struggle. Again. Among them will be Mayra Rubio Limon, a young […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez finally issued the veto Friday that he promised of the 8-5 commission decision to return some money the county has been taking away from employees for five years. That was no surprise. What may have raised some eyebrows is a memo he wrote a day earlier telling Miami-Dade Police Director J. […]
They have plenty of time the rest of the year to fight over the governor’s race and Congressional District 26. But, this month, local Democrat and Republican leaders will join forces on behalf of “one of our community’s most vulnerable populations” — victims of child sex trafficking. Not a sign of Armageddon. “This shows that Democrats […]
Doral’s recent war between the mayor and the city manager — and it’s resulting and multiple criminal investigations — were almost a faint memory when another chapter of political intrigue opened in the small city on the western edge of the county. Councilwoman Sandra Ruiz’s surprise attempt to fire City Attorney John Herin last week failed to get […]
In another sign that it can be done, that the so-called healthcare “emergency” isn’t real, Jackson Health System has reached a possible compromise agreement with the public hospital’s two labor unions to phase out the famous and forced 5% “group healthcare” contribution that has been the cause of so much hand-wringing at County Hall. Watch […]
There has been much misinformation and downright hysteria about the 5% “group health care contribution” that Miami-Dade employees want to stop giving as per their contract. But very little in the way of basic truth. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Not So Golden Boy” Gimenez doesn’t want us to understand the whole picture. That’s why he goes […]
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez was painted as a liar last week at the impasse hearing. And commissioners who are likely to revisit this matter after he vetoes their 8-5 decision last week to restore the employee’s 5 % group healthcare contribution — not a pay raise, as he’s been cynically calling it on Spanish-language […]