This space is brought to you by Javier Manjarres, author of the Shark Tank blog, who wrote about Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his victory (and gave Ladra a very nice and welcome plug at the end). He talks about how Julio Robaina did not really do that well in the primary, considering how much he […]
Mayor Carlos Gimenez didn’t look very different when he stepped on the stage at the Doubletree Hotel by Miami International Airport as Miami-Dade mayor Tuesday night to thank his family and supporters for the long road that took him to the county’s top public job. Because he has been looking and acting like the mayor […]
Carlos Gimenez already has a 51 percent lead over Julio Robaina in the bid to become our next county mayor. Well, almost 52 percent. While Robaina got a tiny head start on absentee ballots (38,420 votes to 39,749), Gimenez got a larger lead in early voting (22,321 to 17,283). The total votes cast are 62,125 […]
The absentee ballot count in the Miami-Dade mayoral race is in and the split is almost 50/50 — which bodes very well for former county commissioner Carlos Gimenez. Ladra is going to predict now that Mayor Gimenez wins by more than five points. Former Hialeah mayor Julio Robaina, and his expensive absenteel ballot machinery, had […]
The biggest problem in the Carlos Gimenez mayoral campaign came right before noon today: rain. The wet weather is expected to affect the small “rush” of voters who typically go to their Election Day precincts to vote. And turnout has never been more important in a race than it is today. Of course it’s desireable […]
People wanted to know why it is that I have come to support former commissioner Carlos Gimenez and voted for him to become our next county mayor last week during early voting. I can sum up the most motivating factors in a Top Ten list, ala David Letterman. Reason Number 10 to vote for Carlos […]
Univision Radio is going to have to eat some cuervo on Election Day. And front-running candidate Carlos Gimenez couldn’t buy better advertising. After being accused of having a slant for Julio Robaina, the station will have to admit that two of it’s veteran talkers, Oscar Haza and Roberto Rodriguez-Tejera, basically lied live on their programs […]
The campaign finance reports were finally posted online by the elections department late Monday afternoon and it shows that at least another cool million was raised between both candidates in the heated Miami-Dade mayoral race. Julio Robaina is up to $1.7 million, raising $400,000 in the last three weeks. Former county commissioner Carlos Gimenez is […]
When the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office questions Luther Campbell about his endorement-for-a-favor , they should ask him what he knows about Julio Robaina‘s absentee ballot operation. Uncle Luke, who came in fourth in the May 24 primary and later endorsed Robaina because Carlos Gimenez would not give his friend a job, went on twitter today […]
We still don’t know, with one day left to choose, how much really has been invested in the frentic and expensive bid to become the recall replacement mayor of Miami-Dade for the next 16 months. Together, and as of the last report filed earlier this month, both candidates had more than $3.5 million to put […]