Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro has had enough of the quiet quid pro quo culture that seems to linger like cologne after a ribbon cutting. So she’s bringing a little disinfectant to the dais. Castro plans to introduce an ordinance that would make it crystal clear that no elected official in the City Beautiful can […]
manaPart of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates If you listen to Emilio T. González long enough, you might start to believe Miami’s former city manager really is the retired Army colonel who’s going to march into City Hall, root out the corruption — and straighten everyone’s ties while he’s at it. […]
But the math ain’t mathing on $94.5 million in bloated budget Leave it to Tallahassee to come to Miami and tell us we’re spending too much cafecito money. Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia — the same Republican pit bull who used to run the state GOP and branded himself with the slogan “Government Gone […]
While everyone’s gossiping about which of Miami’s 13 mayoral hopefuls will make it to the runoff — and whether Joe Carollo will start yelling before or after Election Day — voters might miss the fine print on the four ballot referendums that could quietly reshape City Hall. Because the devil isn’t always in the candidates […]
It’s become a tradition in Miami to establish a new residency so you can run for office. And District 3 Commission candidate Rolando Escalona admitted to Ladra that he had moved to a small apartment in East Little Havana after his home, a duplex in West Little Havana, was drawn out of the district and […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Let’s go back to the metaphor of Miami as telenovela, where City Commissioner Joe Carollo is the loud, unruly uncle who gets to the wedding late and gets into a fight. Former City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who is also running […]
With “Crossing gates” and crossed fingers After years of promises, delays, and more ribbon-cutting photo ops than actual buses, the so-called Bus Rapid Transit system — now rebranded as the MetroExpress — is finally set to open later this month. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who inherited the project from former mayor Carlos Gimenez, now a […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates If Miami politics were a telenovela, City Commissioner Joe Carollo would be the uncle who shows up late at the wedding, throws a chair, sparks three lawsuits — and then somehow gets two standing ovations. Now, Carollo is formally in the mayoral scrum — […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins wants to make history as the city of Miami’s first female mayor. And she just might have got the money, the mailing lists, and the establishment muscle to do it. The District 5 commissioner has spent six years mastering the […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Former Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell wants Miami voters to give him another go — this time in the mayor’s chair. The same Ken Russell who once stood out for his clean-cut idealism and YouTube-friendly optimism when he joined the commission in 2015, now […]