Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago and Actualidad 1040 AM have officially kissed and made up — or at least signed on the dotted line — in that defamation lawsuit Vinnie filed last year over comments made on the Spanish-language “Contacto Directo” morning radio show in 2023 about an investigation of a possible conflict of interest in […]
Dariel Fernandez gives county hall $26 million gift While Miami-Dade is drowning in debt and digging under the couch cushions looking for a staggering $402 million to close Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s budget gap, blaming the constitutional offices for a big chunk of the shortage — one of those offices is swimming in a big […]
Former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla hasn’t filed any official paperwork to run for mayor this year, but you’d never know it judging by the money trail and the paltry little care packages he has been leaving on doorsteps in The Roads. After more than a year of reporting no contributions, Diaz de […]
Newly elected Miami Commissioner Ralph Rosado has a whole new staff at his District 4 office that are not new to politics. Heck, some of them are not new to Miami. Rosado’s director of constituent services is Lazaro Quintero, the former director of constituent affairs for Mayor Francis Suarez and the guy who was the […]
Forget lunchboxes, backpacks and new sneakers. For thousands of Miami-Dade families, the first day of school comes with a sick feeling in the pit of their stomachs — and it’s not from cafeteria mystery meat. It’s from the fear that masked, armed ICE agents could storm into the classroom or be waiting for them just […]
Half a mil is from candidate’s asset management firm Even before former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez won his lawsuit against the city of Miami for cancelling this year’s election, the retired Army colonel had raised a little more than $750,000 for his mayoral run between his campaign account and his political action committee, Mission Miami. […]
Well, apparently, the “Trump Card” is not the hot-ticket item the salesmen in Mar-a-Lago would have you believe. Sure, the White House bragged that 70,000 people have “expressed interest” in this golden visa to the promised land — but expressing interest is not the same as writing a $5 million check. One global investment migration […]
Miami-Dade fire union has threatened legal action Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava may want to check her smoke alarms — because firefighters smell something funny rising out of the 2025-26 budget: A sneaky move to shift the estimated $30 million cost of running the countywide air rescue helicopters to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, which is funded […]
A new political action committee for the Eileen Higgins campaign for Miami mayor raised $250,000 in its first quarter, showing heavy support from real estate developers, engineering firms, lobbyists — and a political committee that tried to elect James Reyes to Miami-Dade sheriff. Ethical Leadership for Miami filed its first paperwork on March 24, a […]
A poll released by Eileen Higgins‘ own campaign says that the Miami-Dade commissioner is leading the other 10 candidates for Miami mayor by a lot. But there’s no way that anyone can win this clusterbunch election outright. There’s going to be a runoff. And the only one close to Higgins, according to these numbers, is […]