CNN better not get in my way. West Miami is my home turf. But we can expect national news crews out there on Tuesday night when U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio — a close consideration for VP last year and a name often heard in the same sentence as “first Hispanic U.S. president” — gives the […]
Even before it came out in the Miami Herald today that the state legislators who represent us (at least this time) are not so hot on the Miami Dolphins stadium renovation penny tax request (Well, what do you know? Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo was right) — and while there is a longshot bill in the stack for […]
In the three days after Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez announced — very ceremoniously since it was no surprise to anyone — that he would run for mayor, three candidates filed to run for commission in his place. But the first was the heir apparent: Ralph Rosado, a non-profit director and one-time House candidate who has been patiently waiting for another opening after losing […]
Well, Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo, whose term is up, has not yet filed to run for his own seat, fueling more speculation that he could run for mayor instead. Wouldn’t a three-way be fun? Get your mind out of the gutter! But Ladra is drooling at the idea of a third candidate to route for, since I can’t get […]
Was the recent visit by Attorney General Pam Bondi to Hialeah this week for some bogus national mortgage fraud settlement anything more than a photo op for Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez, who is facing re-election this year and, while has not yet been challenged, is ripe for a fight? Expect photos of Castro with Bondi […]
Poor Joe Garcia. He becomes a congressman, finally, after trying twice unsuccessfully and now seems to be running — against the clock, perhaps? — to get things done. While he is busy earning our public dollars and voters’ confidence, our 26th district’s newly-sworn U.S. Congressman hasn’t even been in office for a month and already names are lining […]
He says that the facebook post by his wife about his near future as U.S. Congressman was a joke. But David Cardenas, son of national GOP big wig Al Cardenas and local young GOPpie, is running for something: Miami Beach Commission. Commissioner Jerry Libbin‘s bid to unseat Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower provided Cardenas — who […]
Some things never change. Ladra was at Hialeah City Hall for all of nine or 10 minutes, summoned there by a media release about a press conference with both Attorney General Pam Bondi and Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez about a national mortgage settlement. But don’t ask me what they said. I was kicked out […]
Only Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez and Council Vice President Luis Gonzalez have filed to run for re-election this year so far, but Ladra is not the only one hoping for someone to challenge the mayor. Councilwoman Vivian “I’ll Notarize That!” Casals-Muñoz, who has been rumored to have eyes on the mayor’s office for more than a […]
The debate was over before it started, but the maquinita issue is not going to go away as easily as it disappeared last week on the dais. Just days after a proposed countywide ban on the proliferating gambling machines was defeated by the Miami-Dade Commission without as much as a why, Commissioner Juan Zapata, co-sponsor of the measure brought […]