DERM gets separated, Metro Connect survives First in a series of county budget coverage stories Miami-Dade’s $12.9 billion budget squeaked through Thursday night — or, more accurately, early Saturday morning — after another one of those all-night marathons at County Hall that leave everyone bleary-eyed and cranky. The biggest headline? Bus riders dodged a fare […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins made it official at City Hall this week, dropping off her final paperwork and dropping a shiny new campaign video at the same time. The spot, called “Clear Plan,” is full of feel-good promises about safe neighborhoods, affordable housing, clean parks, and a government that people can actually trust — you […]
Updated: He did it! Ending months of speculation, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo filed paperwork indicating that he is going to run for mayor in the November race in 45 days, after all. He didn’t qualify — yet. But he has until 6 p.m. Saturday to do so. Carollo said on his morning radio show Friday […]
New mayor wannabe calls the guv ‘Uncle Ron’ Two days before the qualifying deadline and 46 days before the November election, someone named Kenneth James DeSantis has entered the Miami mayoral race. Well, maybe. He isn’t completely decided. DeSantis, who told Political Cortadito that he is, indeed, related to the Florida governor — “not closely,” […]
On the surface, it looks like Miami-Dade is just giving its environmental watchdog agency its independence back. But the devil is in the details. Buried in the county’s $12.9 billion budget vote this Thursday is a last-minute “restructuring” that environmentalists say will actually weaken the Division of Environmental Resources Management — better known as DERM […]
Well, it looks like the mayor blinked. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has closed the $400-million gap in the 2025-26 budget and still somehow restored every single dollar to the community-based organizations, the nonprofits whose funding has more than doubled in eight years and that every commissioner suddenly pretends is the only thing standing between […]
Councilman blasted for Charlie Kirk post on Facebook The Palmetto Bay lynch mob came out in full force Monday night, and Councilman Steve Cody barely made it out of Village Hall with his seat still intact. But maybe not for long. While the mayor, the rest of the council and dozens of residents pleaded with […]
Joe Martinez is going to prison. Well… maybe. The former Miami-Dade commissioner and retired cop was sentenced Monday to 34 months for taking money in exchange for crafting legislation that would have helped a West Kendall supermarket owner. But Judge Miguel de la O wanted to give him less time — saying his hands were […]
Looks like the airport vote is boarding two different flights in the Miami mayor’s race. On Friday, former Miami City Manager Emilio González rolled out the endorsement of AFSCME Local 1542, the county workers union that represents the rank-and-file who keep Miami International Airport running — the mechanics, baggage handlers, maintenance crews, and the rest […]
It looks like former Miami City Manager Emilio González has found his campaign sweet spot: the law-and-order vote. Six former police chiefs — count ’em, six — have lined up to bless the retired Army colonel’s run for Miami mayor. This not the endorsement from the Miami Fraternal Order of Police, who have not yet […]