There are several places one can go to watch the numbers tally in Tuesday’s election — watch parties for all shapes and sizes and, well, parties. The Democrats aren’t having one that I know of, though they have a post election party on Wednesday. They call it a campaign “wrap” party and it starts at […]
One of the closest local races to be decided Tuesday is the county commission contest in district 11, vacated by Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez in his failed bid for mayor. And it shouldn’t be this close. Because one of the candidates is a respected and experienced leader on a national level who has served […]
President Barack Obama is not the only one sweating it out these last few days before Tuesday’s big dance. King David “Nine Lives” Rivera is in the fight of his life to keep his throne. The congressman is used to coasting back into office on the backs of his adoring fans. But this year, the […]
Hundreds of voters lined up outside the Miami-Dade Elections Department Sunday to cast their vote via absentee ballots they could request and turn in on the spot. But they almost couldn’t. After about two hours of processing during a four-hour window that was announced suddenly early Sunday, elections officials came outside and announced that the […]
In a rare and unprecedented move, the Miami-Dade Elections Department opened this afternoon and extended the deadline to request absentee ballots — which blew by on Wednesday — for four hours. Until 5 p.m., voters can go to the government office in Doral and request and fill out and turn in an absentee ballot. It’s […]
So what if Miami-Dade Commissioner Mayor Sir Xavier Suarez has backed Jose Javier Rodriguez in the newbie’s bid for state rep in District 112? An act, by the way, that drew the ire of former State Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla in a nasty robocall that calls him “crazy” and tries to steal credibility from his consent (more on that […]
Ladra had breakfast Friday with Attorney General Pam Bondi and The Real House wives of Tallahassee. Not housewives, but House wives. The main hosts for The Republican Party of Miami-Dade County’s fundraiser at 94th Aero Squadron Friday were U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Sen. Anitere Flores (who didn’t show up), State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez (District […]
The debate is over now, but it was over halfway through. What did it? Vice President Joe Biden‘s toothy porcelain veneer grin at all the wrong times. Now we will hear everyone dissect the words that did or didn’t come out the right way from the mouths of Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, running […]
We’re all ready to watch the debate tonight between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican ticket running mate Paul Ryan. But, since both presidential candidates are young enough to last the next four years, what they say is less important than what the two #1s on the ballot say next week. Ladra will watch the […]
The deadline for would-be voters to register in Florida is around the corner and we can’t help but wonder if the projections and goals of all the different get-out-the-vote groups have paid off. And we can’t help but think that they haven’t. Judging by the late start that many groups got — thanks to the […]