Relax candidates, former county mayor Alex Penelas will pass. Ladra is going to go out on a limb here and predict that all that huffing and puffing won’t pan out. Penelas might be putting his name out there for another election later on. But we don’t think someone as savvy as he would enter a […]
We need to get out of here for another hot scoop on a state rep race but must post this first: After Ladra noted earlier today that Miami Voice PAC chair Vanessa Brito, who led the recall against former commissioner Natacha Seijas, had allegedly denied her involvement in another PAC’s negative attack ad against Commissioner […]
After another high-profile candidate threw himself into the mayoral race last week and speculation grew that other big names would follow — notably former mayors Alex Penelas (Miami-Dade) and Raul Martinez (Hialeah) — some observers whispered Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, a front runners in the special election next month, might drop out. Gimenez told Ladra this […]
Coral Gables Commission candidate Gonzalo Sanabria was not too happy to see Ladra Tuesday night at his Miracle Mile fundraiser. Neither was political consultant Keith Donner, who said outside Randazzo’s Little Italy (owned by Bill Clinton pal and Democratic Party fundraiser Jim Ferrero) that he is not working for Sanabria. Riiiiiiiight. That’s why The Accountability […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner and mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez has learned the hard way, like Ladra did, that you just can’t trust Vanessa Brito, chair of the Miami Voice PAC that led the recall effort against former commissioner Natacha Seijas. Less than two weeks ago, Brito (photographed here at a 2009 event picking names for a door […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Carlos Gimenez is ready to leave the District 7 seat next Tuesday so he can run for county mayor. Gimenez, who has to resign to run but has already been campaigning for months, told Ladra that was likely the date the commission would set at Monday’s meeting as the qualifying date for the […]
Jose “Pepe” Cancio has announced that he will jump into the already crowded special election to replace the recalled county mayor, but Ladra thinks he’s been preparing for a bit, judging by his internet activity and reaching out to old friends. And the race gets even more interesting now: Cancio might be an attractive alternative […]