This Coral Gables election is not just a contest between like-minded candidates who want to protect and improve the City Beautiful. It’s a referendum on Mayor Vince Lago, who ran unopposed and has campaigned for his two handpicked pocket votes. If Lago gets his way, and Ivette Arango O’Doski and Alex Bucelo are elected, he […]
Former Miami Springs Councilman Victor Vazquez wants his old job back. Vazquez, who resigned last year to run for Miami-Dade County commission — and lost in the first round — is running for the city council again. And, again, he has the backing of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party. Not that it’s a big deal. It […]
La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, who announced her re-election campaign only two weeks earlier, has her first challenger already. Miguel “El Skipper” Quintero, a trapeze artist/teacher and creator of the Miami Circus YouTube channel, filed paperwork Tuesday with the county elections department about his new campaign account. It’s not that he’s got a burning desire […]
Dark money from unknown sources is once again influencing voters Coral Gables commission candidate Ariel Fernandez — a well known activist and publisher of the Gables Insider website — is either a socialist or a Republican, depending on what party you identify with. Democrat voters in the Gables got a text message Tuesday reminding them […]
Developers are making noise and moving earth at start of nesting season What the hell do they think they are doing at the abandoned Calusa golf course turned natural preserve? Trucks are rumbling through. Heavy earthmoving equipment are parked at the perimeter of the lake. Development should be halted completely. A court ruled, and the […]
Of course she knows the pledge of allegiance. Miami Commissioner Sabina Covo, who won a special election Feb. 27, was sworn in on the Saturday after that and had no office for a week — working out of a park while she prepared for her first commission meeting — has gotten a lot of heat […]
Ivette Arango O’Doski, Alex Bucelo have the most funds in their groups The campaign funding trend in the Coral Gables election continues to favor Ivette Arango O’Doski in Group 4 and Alex Bucelo in Group 5. Both have topped $100,000 as of Feb. 28, according to the latest campaign finance reports available online. And just […]
Wow. Thank you good people of the Gables Good Government Committee. They sent questions to all six Coral Gables commission candidates and got specific answers from all — well almost specific, and almost all. Rip is gonna be Rip. And Ivette Arango O’Doski found ways to answer questions without really answering questions. Which means she’s […]
Dozens of Miami activists lay on the floor in front of downtown Miami’s Freedom Tower, staging a die-in to protest further abortion restrictions being considered in the Florida legislative session. The message: Banning abortion will lead to deaths. On International Women’s Day and 24 hours following the filing of House Bill 7 and Senate Bill […]
Miami Police moved quickly to find the man who tried to break into a city truck last week that belongs to Commissoner Manolo Reyes‘ office. A member of the commissioner’s staff noticed damage to the driver’s side window and reported the burglary attempt at Coral Gate Park, 1425 SW 32nd Ave., about 9:30 a.m. Monday, […]