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, […]
Did anybody see Martin Zilber‘s letter to the editor in Tuesday’s Miami Herald? It proves he is delusional. Zilber, the disgraced former Miami-Dade Circuit judge who resigned after an ethics investigation found he mistreated staff and stole $30,000 from taxpayers playing hooky, lost the special election to fill the seat in Miami’s District 2, where […]
City of Miami Commissioners on Thursday voted to add a plaque behind them that says “In God We Trust.” Like that’s gonna help the cesspool of corruption and abuse of power that is City Hall. The ones we can’t trust on the city commission are the city commissioners. Placing a sign about trusting in God […]
Miami’s newly-elected commissioner is getting her baptism by fire. Sabina Covo, who beat a dozen candidates to come out on top in District 2[s special election, has already had her first battle with another commissioner — and it wasn’t on the dais. Guess who it was? Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who skipped […]
Most people in Pinecrest seem to like things the way they are. Voters on Tuesday rejected a charter amendment that would have required a 60% referendum vote on any zoning or land use change in the city. A small group of residents were in favor. Elected officials and a larger group of residents fought the […]
Police are still investigating the burglary at Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes‘ office at City Hall last week. Monday, someone tried to break into one of the commissioner’s Community Response Team trucks (he has two). Most don’t think the two crimes are related. The commissioner’s office was ransacked, but nothing seems to have been stolen. The […]
The Ron DeSantis for President campaign is scheduled to convene Tuesday in Tallahassee when the Florida State Legislature begins its 2023 session. DeSantis has already been campaigning incognito — traveling to fundraisers in Texas and California. He published a book that is subtitled “Florida’s blueprint for America’s revival.” That’s not a hint? So the GOP-controlled […]