Mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez is apparently a chic magnet. Who knew? As plain and vanilla as some people say our former county commissioner and longtime city of Miami administrator is, apparently he doesn’t need a Mercedes “to impress the ladies,” as that cute little jingle produced by a political opponent goes on the radio. There […]
Well, it’s not exactly news, but Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina — a cash magnet whether he is getting large wads in unmarked envelopes delivered to a friend’s home or multiple campaign checks — was officially endorsed by the Latin Builders Association, as if the group needed an official press release so everyone would know. Bernie […]
Miami-Dade mayoral hopefuls Jose “Pepe” Cancio and Luther “Luke” Campbell, snubbed from other candidate forums, finally have a platform on which they can finally share the stage and be compared to each other and all the other guys and, finally, one girl (more on that later). Cancio, a businessman and former interim county commission (appointed […]
Ladra has a message for whoever hid behind the name Sandra Lopez to send out an email to Miami Lakes residents last month bashing a local dentist who is leading an effort to recall Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi: Come out, come out, where ever you are. You are going to be outed anyway, so you […]
Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, one of the front runners in the race to replace recalled county mayor Carlos Alvarez, has raised more than $611,000 for the election bid. That’s more than twice as much as former commissioner Carlos Gimenez, who resigned this week to run for the top post, and quite a leap frog jump […]
The Miami Lakes dentist leading the recall effort against Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi filed yet another lawsuit Monday stemming from his ongoing public battle with the one-time activist lawyer. But instead of Pizzi, (standing in the photo at the Miami Lakes library with a misspelled PAC sign), David Bennett this time sued Constant Contact for […]
There will be two new faces on the Coral Gables Commission starting Friday after voters in the City Beautiful sent a 10-year mayor incumbent packing and welcomed a fresh face that may have broken the record for a candidate’s absentee votes in the city’s storied history. Best thing to happen Tuesday is that the Cuban […]
Three other people have stepped up to challenge former State Rep. Esteban Bovo (Rep. Dist 110) for the seat at county commission district 13, vacated by the recall of veteran Natacha Seijas. They are Alan Rigerman, a middle school teacher who lives with big cats and has fought rock mining in Northwest Dade; Tania Castellanos […]
Eleven candidates finally qualified to run for county mayor by the 5 p.m. deadline today, including four additional names that were new ones — in this race, anyway. Wilbur Bell and Gabrielle Redfern, who ran for Miami Beach mayor and commissioner last year but lost, filed and qualified. So did Eddie Lewish, who ran for […]
So far, Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick’s biggest fear and worst enemy in his bid for re-election today has reared it’s ugly head and no, it does not go by the name of Tom Korge or Jim Cason. Evil, thy name is “low turnout.” Abismal, perhaps, is a better word. Because at this rate, the […]