’Twas the day before Christmas Eve, and all through the Gables, a political action committee was stirring — and not in a “peace on Earth” kind of way. Just as Coral Gables residents were thinking about midnight Mass, Nochebuena prep, and whether the roast would dry out, Coral Gables First, the PAC that Mayor Vince […]
Miami’former frequent flyer mayor — the guy who once turned taxpayer money into his own personal presidential wannabe protection program, with cops in tow across Asia, the the Caribbean, and the campaign trail — has added a new footnote to his abuse of power file. Remember when activists pointed out that while Francis Suarez was […]
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the town, all the people worked hard, to bring us up — or bring us down. The activists spoke, as they were ignored. The electeds just yawned — they are always so bored. The lobbyists conspired, the developers stole. Some government flacks left us all in a […]
The Trump presidential library is back on the fast track in downtown Miami — at least for now. Last week, a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz lifted her two-month injunction blocking Miami Dade College from transferring prime bayfront land that is slated to become the future shrine to Donald J. Trump. Ruiz ruled Thursday that MDC […]
Francis Suarez is finally gone. After 16 years in city government — eight as a commissioner and eight as mayor — Miami’s self-appointed global brand ambassador, crypto whisperer and aspiring Silicon Valley mascot packed his bags one last time and left City Hall. On Thursday, he handed over the keys (hopefully not honorary ones) to […]
A ‘new’ review initiative smells like the old ‘report card’ Gather ‘round, pups, because Miami-Dade County is putting on a big show — and this one stars our ever-growing, ever-hungry nonprofit industrial complex, also known as Community Based Organizations (CBOs). You’ve seen them at County Hall: matching T-shirts, matching talking points, matching publicists… all singing […]
Now comes the hard part Miami loves a moment. And Thursday’s swearing-in of Eileen Higgins — Miami’s first female mayor — was a moment. Standing-room-only at the Wolfson Campus auditorium. A packed house of supporters. The full political cast of characters. Beaming parents front and center. Giddiness spilling out of every photo and video pushed […]
If anyone thought Rolando Escalona would ease into the job, smile for the cameras, and wait politely for the dust to settle, they clearly haven’t been paying attention. Even before Miami’s newest city commissioner was sworn in Wednesday — officially, publicly, and with all the ceremonial trimmings — he had already gone to work. And […]
Just because there’s isn’t a date called yet for the special election in House District 113, the seat vacated by former State Rep. Vicki Lopez — who left when she was appointed to the county commission — doesn’t mean there isn’t any campaign mail. Tony J. Diaz, a small business owner, dropped the first USPS […]
If you’re going to sell off one of Miami’s last big pieces of waterfront land, why not do it at the very last City Commission meeting of the year — and the very last one for Joe Carollo and Mayor Francis Suarez? That’s exactly what happened last week, when the Miami City Commission voted 4–1 […]