It’s become a tradition in Miami to establish a new residency so you can run for office. And District 3 Commission candidate Rolando Escalona admitted to Ladra that he had moved to a small apartment in East Little Havana after his home, a duplex in West Little Havana, was drawn out of the district and […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Let’s go back to the metaphor of Miami as telenovela, where City Commissioner Joe Carollo is the loud, unruly uncle who gets to the wedding late and gets into a fight. Former City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who is also running […]
With “Crossing gates” and crossed fingers After years of promises, delays, and more ribbon-cutting photo ops than actual buses, the so-called Bus Rapid Transit system — now rebranded as the MetroExpress — is finally set to open later this month. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who inherited the project from former mayor Carlos Gimenez, now a […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates If Miami politics were a telenovela, City Commissioner Joe Carollo would be the uncle who shows up late at the wedding, throws a chair, sparks three lawsuits — and then somehow gets two standing ovations. Now, Carollo is formally in the mayoral scrum — […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins wants to make history as the city of Miami’s first female mayor. And she just might have got the money, the mailing lists, and the establishment muscle to do it. The District 5 commissioner has spent six years mastering the […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Former Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell wants Miami voters to give him another go — this time in the mayor’s chair. The same Ken Russell who once stood out for his clean-cut idealism and YouTube-friendly optimism when he joined the commission in 2015, now […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Because apparently once, twice, and a full eight years on the Miami-Dade Commission weren’t enough, Xavier L. Suarez — Miami’s first Cuban-born mayor and, yes, the father of our current one — is running again to “fix” the city he’s already run. Twice. At […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates No, he’s not close to “Uncle Ron,” as he calls him — and Kenneth James DeSantis makes sure to clear that up right away. The young attorney, relative to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is not affiliated with either the Republican or the […]
Oh look, Lennar is back to nibble away at the Urban Development Boundary — again. The Miami-Dade based developing giant — second largest homebuilder in the U.S. — has dusted off an old West Kendall land grab and this time, they brought friends and fresh asphalt. After more than a decade of keeping this mega-development […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates If there’s one candidate in Miami’s crowded mayoral race who can say “ni hao” with authority, it’s Elijah John Bowdre — a trilingual tech entrepreneur, global traveler, and local advocate who wants to turn Miami into a high-efficiency, low-cost, tech-driven paradise. He’s just super […]