A group of active and engaged — and fed-up — residents of Coral Gables has sent out an email blast endorsing Ariel Fernandez in the city election, calling his opponent the “developer’s insider.” Attorney Alex Bucelo, who lost a bid two years ago to Commissioner Kirk Menendez, has the development and real estate investment money […]
In yet another dose of misinformation fed to voters in Coral Gables, commission candidate Alex Bucelo‘s campaign sent out a text message Monday that intentionally makes it look like he is endorsed by the city’s police and fire unions. He’s not. This year, both the Coral Gables FOP Lodge No. 7 and the Coral Gables […]
A request to change venues was denied; the trial will be in Fort Lauderdale As the federal first amendment case against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo approaches, Carollo asked the U.S. Southern District Court to move the jury trial to Miami from Fort Lauderdale. A U.S. District Judge said no. ¡Pero por supuesto! Carollo does not […]
Remember how Ladra told you earlier this month that Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago may have an ulterior motive to push for the annexation of Little Gables, and how the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust got a complaint about his brother’s connection to the trailer park owner? Well, that may have pushed Lago […]
The list has 52 names, but the host committee is “still in formation.” Some important donors got invitations last week to Tuesday’s kickoff for the reelection campaign of “our Miami-Dade County Mayor” Daniella Levine Cava. La Alcalesa herself asks you to join her along with Commission Chairman Oliver Gilbert and Commissioners Keon Hardemon, Danielle Cohen […]
Voters in Coral Gables who got the robocall from Commissioner Rhonda Anderson agree on one thing: She sounds very unenthusiastic. Ladra is not sure that means anything. Anderson sounds monotone most of the time. But some insiders think she had to hold her nose to endorse commission candidates Alex Bucelo and Ivette Arango O’Doski, the […]
Commissioner was defending illegal nightclub in Allapattah A code enforcement supervisor who happened upon an illegal nightclub in Allapattah and was allegedly inured after she was poked or pushed or nudged by Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, gets to sue the city. U.S. Southern District Judge Jose E. Martinez on Wednesday denied a motion […]
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 […]