Looks like Julio Robaina is afraid to face Carlos Gimenez in front of a live audience. The two mayoral candidates left standing after the May 24 vote will face-off in a June 28 runoff and the new debate/forum cycle started Monday with a snub after Robaina decided to skip the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations […]
Their first official meeting is Tuesday, but two new Miami-Dade Commissioners — elected in districts 7 and 13 last month in the recall wake — tried out the dais Monday morning when they were sworn in at county hall before a bevy of elected officials and politicians, almost every single county department head, their extended […]
Former Hialeah councilman Alex Morales, who was director at the Hialeah Housing Authority until he was fired under a political cloud in 2009 and is an avid critic of the former mayor and his administration, did what some close to him expected on Monday: He filed documents as a candidate for the council seat being […]
A mayoral forum for the two candidates in the runoff will be a little one-sided tonight since one of the guys in the June 28 runoff ain’t showing. Guess who? Former county commissioner Carlos Gimenez has confirmed his attendance at the forum presented by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations, which starts at 7 p.m. […]
Hialeah may be in a money mess in the wake of former mayor and county mayoral candidate Julio Robaina‘s mad dash to County Hall. There are some rumors of fiscal mismanagement that have left the city with a budget shortfall. Robaina certainly seemed to be less focused on his job and more on the campaign […]
Former State Rep. Marcelo Llorente, who came in third last month in the special election to replace the recalled county mayor, will announce that he will endorse the number 2 horse, Carlos Gimenez, in the June 28 runoff against Julio Robaina, who came in first. Llorente could not be reached for comment this morning and […]
Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez got the endorsement Thursday from the SAVE Dade political action committee and all Ladra could do was yawn. Like, duh. Gimenez “has a close family member who is lesbian and understands the difficulties that people who are LGBT face on a regular basis,” the SAVE Dade press release says, adding […]
There’s a little controversy brewing in Hialeah over county mayoral candidate Julio Robaina, the City of Progress’s former mayor, and it has nothing do to with loans or real estate or maquinitas. It’s all about a photo of some pre-school kids holding up pro-Julio signs that has made rounds on email and facebook, distributed by […]
A lavish goodbye party for outgoing Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick is being planned by his wife, two current and one former commissioner and a slew of supporters — including a few city employees who are reportedly working on details from City Hall. According to a couple of those planners, Coral Gables City Manager Patrick […]
The Third District Court of Appeal has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the county for violating public notice rights on the District 7 race that one would-be candidate said makes it almost impossible for outsiders to enter the political arena. The three-judge panel does not say why in it’s two page ruling. But, from the […]