But nobody cared that ADLP lived out of the district Earlier this month, a judge ruled that Miami auto parts dealer Miguel Gabela — who moved into a second property after his first home was drawn out of District 1 during redistricting — could remain on the Nov. 7 ballot and that votes for him […]
Mayor uses salary hike to smear commissioners, critics Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is a liar. Last week, on his damage control PR tour, Lago went on the radio and said that Ladra had extorted him for money. He actually said that he had texts to prove I said I would write negative things about […]
Let’s make it an even dozen. Attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez, who started his career with the Miami-Dade Police Department, is the latest and 12th candidate to jump into the 2024 county sheriff’s race. Alvarez was at the county police force for 25 years, retiring as the major of the special victims unit in 2017. During […]
Less than two weeks after Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez drops out of the 2024 county sheriff’s race, a new name is floated that immediately becomes a top contender if not the front runner: Former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a retired Florida Highway Patrol officer. And judging by the email statement he sent over […]
Community activist Damian Pardo, a candidate in Miami’s District 2 commission race, has been endorsed by retired political journalist Michael Putney, who recently left WPLG where he was the longtime host of the most popular Sunday morning political show, This Week In South Florida. “In all my years covering Miami politics, I never endorsed a […]
Meet and greet forum for candidates this Tuesday There’s one thing we can already say about the results of the Miami Beach election Nov. 7: There won’t be any commission runoffs. All three commission seats on the Beach ballot are head-to-head contests. In Group 4, real estate broker Andres Asion and small business owner and […]
That clock that Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago wants to put somewhere downtown was manufactured by a company that held a fundraiser for his BFF Miami Mayor Francis Suarez‘s now-abandoned presidential campaign in June. Lago brought up the Masion F.P. Journe clock again during a discussion in a commission meeting last month, where he sought […]
We already missed one candidate forum in the Nov. 7 Miami elections. Who knew? But there are at least three more scheduled for voters to get to know the people running for office in Districts 1, 2 and 4. One Grove, the group of Coconut Grove residents and stakeholders who organized during the city’s flawed […]
If you’re following the District 2 race in Miami, you’ve likely seen incumbent Commissioner Sabina Covo‘s ads on TV. This week, Downtown Neighbors Alliance President James Torres, who has a much smaller warchest and can’t afford a lot of network time, posted his first video web ad, a fast-paced 30-second spot that calls for new […]
Miami District 2 Commissioner Sabina Covo may have bit off more than she can chew. Many voters have expressed disappointment. It’s one reason why she faces no fewer than seven challengers in the Nov. 7 election, which feels more like a race for an open seat. Covo has been in office since February, when she […]