Pinecrest voters have the chance to get more control over development in their village through a referendum that would require a public vote for practically all zoning code and land use changes. If it passes next week, any attempt to increase density, height and floor area ratio, or to create new zoning districts — or […]
Predatory scheme to buy and sell homes may have targeted the elderly Two months after his mother passed away, facing $271,500 in code enforcement fines from the city of Miami, Jose Alvarez agreed to sell his 4-bedroom, 3-bath family home near Marlins Park for the bargain price of $205,000. After all, the buyer was recommended […]
And why she’ll need to recuse herself from some votes Newly-elected Miami Commissioner Sabina Covo, who will be sworn in on Saturday, won the special election Monday, getting nearly 30% of the vote in a crowded field, eight points over the No. 2 finisher. The journalist-turned-PR-pro has never held any kind of public office before. […]
After what must be the shortest campaign cycle in the city’s history, Sabina Covo won Miami’s special election in District 2. The TV journalist turned communications pro will fill the vacancy created when Ken Russell resigned to run for Congress (and lost). Covo, who was endorsed by the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava […]
Some local Dems say there needs to be change in Miami-Dade, too Nikki Fried, the former commissioner of agriculture and consumer affairs who lost the gubernatorial primary last year to Charlie Crist, was voted chair of the Florida Democratic Party Saturday over former Sen. Annette Taddeo, who won her primary but lost the congressional race […]
Early voting for the Miami special election to fill the vacant commission seat ended Saturday, with a scant 851 voters casting ballots in person since Thursday at three locations: City Hall, County Hall downtown and the Lemon City Library Branch. Another 3,312 voters have mailed in their ballots. That means 4,066 people have voted so […]
Six commission candidates also qualify for two seats in the April 11 race Without a challenge, Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago automatically won re-election Friday. Noon was the qualifying deadline and Lago alone is running for the mayoral seat. How sad. “I am humbled to have officially been re-elected as your mayor without opposition. I […]
A new digital video making the rounds on social media gives a scathing first-person account of former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Martin Zilber‘s unethical behavior, as documented by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Committee, and narrated by his very victim, the judicial assistant he abused at work when she was pregnant. And Dixie Dent, who was […]
While everyone is watching anxiously to see the results of the special election in Miami’s District 2, Miguel Gabela is already thinking ahead to November and District 1. A perennial candidate, it would be his fourth run. And his second rematch. Gabela, a real estate investor and auto parts business owner, last lost in 2019 […]
Former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Martin Zilber has outraised and outspent every other candidate in the special election to fill the vacancy in the Miami Commission District 2 seat. He collected $275,000 in contributions between his campaign account and his political action committee, Beautify Grove Miami. More than everyone else combined. According to […]