Ladra is not a big Star Wars fan, but doesn’t Luke Skywalker betray the force in one of those movies to join Darth Vader in his evil plans? Well, looks like it happened again. Former rapper and mayoral candidate Luther Campbell, known as Luke Skywalker in the rap world, backed out of an endorsement for […]
While Ladra is concentrating on the very important county mayoral race and other distractions, we thank our lucky stars that Al Crespo and the writers at Investigation Miami are out there keeping tabs on the antics at the city of Miami. Crespo was first to report the pending resignation of City Manager Tony Crapp (Hey, […]
There was one word that mayoral candidate Julio Robaina kept bringing up in the debate Wednesday night by The Miami Foundation at the University of Miami that caused Ladra’s ears to perk up every time: “We.” Robaina keeps referring to himself in plural. Is he planning to clone himself or suffering from a multiple personality […]
Carlos Gimenez was left standing at the altar Wednesday, so to speak. The former county commissioner and mayoral candidate was ready to announce a surprise “major endorsement” everyone knew was going to be from Luther Campbell, one of the nine candidates that did not make the run-off, at an inner city park Wednesday morning that […]
The two candidates for Miami-Dade mayor seemed sorta similar and even chummy Wednesday at a debate presented by The Miami Foundation at the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. But don’t let looks fool ya. Former county commissioner Carlos Gimenez and former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina are polar opposites. Chuckling and patting each other on […]
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 […]