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 […]
Well, this just in. Former Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez won the District 7 race, with 53 percent of the vote. But only 214 people more voted for him on Election Day. As expected, Suarez led the absentee ballot race by a whopping 1,200 votes. Hmmmm…Former State Rep. Julio Robaina, who led by a nose in […]
The District 7 commissioner will be known shortly. Or at least the one for now. The Third District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the county could and should release the results of the vote count in that election, which has been suppressed since Tuesday folowing the ruling of a trial judge earlier this week. […]
District 7 voters may get to know on Thursday, finally, who they collectively chose as new commissioner Tuesday to replace Carlos Gimenez, who resigned to run for mayor. Or they may still be in the dark if the Third District Court of Appeal upholds a decision by a Miami Dade Circuit Court judge to temporarily […]
Some might think former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina came out on top in Tuesday’s Miami-Dade mayoral race, getting the most votes of all 11 candidates. But, trust Ladra, it’s a huge political loss and Robaina is shaking his big, cheeky babyface today. Robaina, who enjoyed a 29-point lead four weeks ago, spent more than $1 […]
A judge on Monday told Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor Lester Sola to keep the winner of Tuesday’s District 7 election a secret for up to a week — until he can hear arguments from a local TV attorney activist who sued when he tried but was not able to qualify for the race. That’s victory #2 […]