Looks like that shiny new Trump Presidential Library and Hotel in downtown Miami may be shelved. Historian, professor and activist Dr. Marvin Dunn filed a lawsuit this week to stop the transfer of prime downtown land next to the Freedom Tower — yes, that Freedom Tower, the one that symbolizes liberty and exile and means […]
Like a petulant brat who doesn’t like to be told “no,” Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago defied everyone and betrayed both his colleagues and his constituents this week when he displayed an Israeli flag in his window at City Hall, even though the commission had voted against raising the flag because of the outpouring of […]
First in a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Miami mayoral candidate Michael Hepburn says he’s “on the verge of making history” as Miami’s first black mayor. That’s a bold and confident statement — and one Ladra has heard before from more than one well-intentioned candidate whose campaign never made it past early […]
Political palanca is pushing the gas pedal It looks like the BusPatrol program is still parked in neutral — and the Miami-Dade School Board could decide Wednesday whether to tow it away or try to fix it. And three members are very connected to BusPatrol lobbyists pushing for the program to be reinstated. Six months […]
Here we go. The political season just got real. Miami-Dade’s Elections Department has mailed out the first batch of vote-by-mail or absentee ballots for the upcoming Nov. 4 municipal elections in Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Homestead and Surfside — which means the mailboxes in those zip codes are about to get a workout. About 39,000 ballots […]
Former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who was suspended from office after his 2023 arrest on public corruption charges — including bribery and money laundering — that were later dropped, has a new campaign video for his mayoral bid that could easily be titled The Resurrection of ADLP. The 30-second spot, which is […]
Well, that didn’t fly. The Israeli flag will not be raised over Coral Gables City Hall this week for the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, despite Mayor Vince Lago’s push to do just that. After a wave of opposition from residents—and the painfully obvious lack of support from his fellow commissioners — the […]
Opinion By Michael Rosenberg, president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations On the night of September 25, a room full of people came together to see if people of various political persuasions could discuss some very difficult issues that cause Town Hall meetings to dissolve into chaos, screaming, police actions, fights and angry rhetoric […]
But voters feel chilling effect of cancel culture Well, here’s something you don’t see every day in Florida: a Democrat woman leading both Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump in a popularity contest — and not just in the 305 liberal bubble, either. According to the new Bendixen & Amandi poll of 600 voters between Sept. […]
Grab your remote and your cafecito, mi gente — WPLG Local 10 is about to make your 9 p.m. a lot more interesting. Starting tonight, Local 10 News will roll out a full series of live interviews with the candidates running for Miami mayor — 12 of the 13, anyway. You can probably guess which […]