The Miami Voice PAC that led the recall of former county commissioner Natacha Seijas has vowed not to officially endorse anyone in the mayor’s race (yeah, riiiight. More on that later). But the group that allegedly speaks for the masses is not above promoting an old pal of the PAC chair — without so much […]
Voters in Hialeah and Miami Lakes who are registered Democrat or Independent can now disengage from the race to replace State Rep. Esteban Bovo (Rep. District 110), who hopes to become the next county commissioner in district 13. They can’t vote on May 24 anyway. That is right, ladies and gentlemen. As of today, that […]
Paul Crespo, self-described, conservative “Reagan Republican” who lost last year’s U.S. Senate primary to David Rivera (Rep. District 25) and now runs for a Florida House seat is described differently by a Miami Beach cop: Drunk stunt driver from a The Fast and The Furious movie. Crespo, 45, was arrested and charged with DUI as […]
The mayoral race in Coral Gables has been hard to watch, kind of like a scary movie that makes you wince and cover your eyes from time to time. The dramatic battle between two old friends turned foes apparently has a mysterious twist where all these players from the national political circles get involved behind […]
No matter what happens in the Coral Gables elections Tuesday, there will be new face for the first time in 10 years in the seat where Commissioner Chip Withers, who is not seeking another term, has sat for a quarter of a century. Ladra predicts the two incumbents, as usual, win the other two races […]
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 […]