Unholy alliance could be just for awkward show

Unholy alliance could be just for awkward show

Ladra is still having a hard time with the fact that her Golden Boy Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has crossed over to the dark side and has yet to call her or make any effort to denounce the violation of freedom of press that occurred when Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez barred me from the […]

Congressional stars ‘pass’ HML GOP domino night

Congressional stars ‘pass’ HML GOP domino night

A decent crowd of more than two dozen people showed up to the Hialeah Miami Lakes Republican Club Guayabera & Domino Night social fundraiser Saturday to darle agua a las fichas and rub elbows with the Miami-Dade Republican Congressional Three Amigos: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart and King David “Nine Lives” Rivera. Except none of the […]

ABs start climbing: 5,270 returned in first week

ABs start climbing: 5,270 returned in first week

Absentee ballots for the August primary in Miami-Dade started to trickle in the very day they went out and the county has already mailed almost 143,000 of them to voters — indicating that we will very likely beat the 157,000 ABs requested this time two years ago. But it could be even more by November, […]

Hialeah’s political payback will be exposed

Hialeah’s political payback will be exposed

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez told me Friday night at the Biltmore Hotel right before the LABA debate that he had no idea Ladra had been barred from the joyful endorsement celebration in Hialeah earlier that day. Yeah, riiiiight. I know Ladra is jaded, but, while I never said it was his idea, there is no […]

Hernandez critics barred from Gimenez endorsement

Hernandez critics barred from Gimenez endorsement

Ladra would like to tell you what it was like at the big brouhaha in Hialeah where Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez and his crew endorsed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez in his bid for re-election in front of friends and the media. Well, most of the media. Ladra would love to tell you what it was […]

Hialeah establishment backs Gimenez for mayor

Hialeah establishment backs Gimenez for mayor

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez stood between Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez and former city councilman Herman Echevarria — who las malas lenguas say is really running City Hall and who admitted to El Nuevo Herald that he sorta orchestrated the endorsement announced Thursday evening — and posed for a photo after they gave the news to […]

Carlos Hernandez to back Mayor Gimenez Friday

Carlos Hernandez to back Mayor Gimenez Friday

As has been rumored for weeks, Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez is expected to give Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez his endorsement tomorrow. At the Hialeah La Carreta. At high noon. Can you hear Ennio Morricone’s famous cowboy western showdown whistling song from “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?” Yeah, me too. Looks like politics […]

Sasha Tirador takes on two state reps — for what?

Sasha Tirador takes on two state reps — for what?

There are no city elections in Hialeah and there are no politicians there up for any county seats, but state seats and the Absentee Ballot Queen of Hialeah’s involvement in the Miami-Dade mayoral race have once again made the City of Progress the center of the political universe right now — at least in the […]

Mayor’s race is as over already as the no-show debate

Mayor’s race is as over already as the no-show debate

The first real Miami-Dade mayor’s race debate, hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Association Monday night, was sooooo booooring, that the real story is not about who was there – which is almost nobody – but about who was not there. Most notably: Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, a mayoral candidate who now represents the […]

Of Carlos Gimenez, Julio Robaina and Hialeah

Of Carlos Gimenez, Julio Robaina and Hialeah

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is not ready to give up Hialeah quite yet — and may have had a date with the devil to make a dent there. There is a general sentiment that Commission Chairman Joe Martinez has an edge in the City of Progress because his campaign manager, Absentee Ballot Queen Sasha Tirador, […]