The political establishment has spoken. The endorsements have been handed out. The campaign checks have been cashed. The consultants have been paid. And after all that, more than a third of Democratic voters in Congressional District 24 are still saying, “Meh.” A new St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics shows what is shaping […]
The audacity. That may be the most remarkable thing about HRP Group CEO Roberto Perez‘s recent Miami Herald op-ed defending his company’s Fisher Island fuel depot project. Not the eloquent tribute to capitalism. Not the lecture on the Constitution. Not even the sermon on property rights. The audacity. Perez would have Miami-Dade residents believe his […]
There’s a new sheriff holding the gavel at City Hall If anyone still wondered who was running Miami City Hall, wonder no more. Mayor Eileen Higgins has officially taken the Commission chair away from Commissioner Christine King and handed it to… herself. In a memo sent Monday to commissioners and City Manager James Reyes, Higgins […]
First in a series on the Miami-Dade 2026-27 budget Budget season is back. Hide your wallets. The annual ritual has begun. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has unveiled her proposed $14.3 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-27 (Ladra suspects it is higher), and if last year’s budget process felt like a root canal without anesthesia, […]
Anthony Rodriguez pitches making same-day permits permanent Miami-Dade County government may actually be considering doing something that makes life easier for homeowners who now have to make three trips to the permitting office, take two blood-pressure medications and get a notarized affidavit from their great-grandmother when they want to put up a backyard fence. County […]
For decades, judicial races in Miami-Dade have been the political equivalent of background music. They’re on the ballot. Most voters know they’re there. Few know or care much about the candidates. This year, that changed. The race for 11th Judicial Circuit Court Group 67 has evolved from a little-noticed contest into one of the most […]
Is it Bayfront Park or Bayfront PAC? Miami Commissioner Miguel Gabela wants us all to believe that Bayfront Park Management Trust is simply running a public park, efficiently, despite invoices that seem to indicate bloated expenses for PR, multiple logos and an app from obscure companies that were just formed or re-activated last year and […]
A nine-story tower was approved because of a school for autistic children If there was one thing Coral Gables commissioners made clear Tuesday, it was this: Nobody wanted to be remembered as the person who voted against children with autism. And that’s exactly why Crystal Academy became the centerpiece of one of the city’s most […]
In Coral Gables, the campaign finance reports can read like a City Commission agenda. After months of collecting exactly zero dollars, Mayor Vince Lago‘s political committee, Coral Gables First, suddenly found itself on the receiving end of a fundraising blitz once the November ballot was set. Almost overnight. Between June 23 and 26 the PAC […]
Campaign season in Miami-Dade has officially shifted into another gear now that absentee or vote-by-mail ballots are about to drop. Not one, but two of Democratic strategist Christian Ulvert‘s high-profile South Florida clients launched very similar five-figure advertising buys this week, signaling that campaign season has gone from warm-up stretches to full-contact political sport. The […]