ABZ. Anyone but Zilber. That’s the refrain heard on social media and at private gatherings in Coconut Grove and Brickell when people talk about the special election in Miami’s District 2. Some voters can’t believe that Martin Zilber would even run for office again. The former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge resigned after an […]
In the city of Miami special election, if we are to believe the text messages that voters are getting, we have a child molester, a communist sympathizer and an unethical attorney running for the seat vacated in District 2. Of course, none of that is necessarily true. It’s just part of Miami elections. The smearing […]
Add the International Brother of Electrical Workers Local #349 to the list of individuals and entities who have endorsed former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Martin Zilber for city of Miami commissioner in District 2. Likely under pressure — as the head of the IBEW is the father of a lobbyist who is pals […]
A new law wipes out standing AB requests every two years There are city of Miami voters who are waiting for absentee or mail-in ballots in the special election this month to fill the vacancy in District 2. Only they won’t get it if they don’t ask. Only a third of the typical number of […]
It’s official. As expected, former Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz is running for mayor of Sweetwater in the election this May. What else is he going to do? Diaz announced his intentions to run Thursday in front of Sweetwater City Hall, after he filed candidate paperwork, flanked by those he said support him “and my […]
The first campaign finance reports for the special election to fill the vacancy in the city of Miami’s District 2 were filed Thursday — three days after absentee or mail-in ballots were sent to voters. Former Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Martin Zilber, who has been pushed by Commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la […]
As predicted here on Political Cortadito, the Miami Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed former and disgraced judge Martin Zilber in the race to replace Ken Russell in Miami’s District 2. Some police union sources say the vote was cooked, under pressure from commissioners. Pressure cooked. So has Commission Chairwoman Christine King. “I have no […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners will have to re-vote on the zoning and land use changes for the abandoned Calusa golf course if developers still want to build 550 homes on the 168 acres. An appeals court on Wednesday upheld an earlier court’s invalidation of the 2021 approval because the county had not provide the required pubic notice. […]
There are now only 13 candidates in the city of Miami special election to replace former Commissioner Ken Russell in District 2. It’s only only because we started with 15. Renita Ross Samuels-Dixon withdrew from the race, complaining that the city commission didn’t go the way of an appointment instead. She wanted to be appointed, […]
Even though qualifying ends next month, it looks like Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago has got himself a slate for the April election already. Lago, who is so far facing only a nominal challenge from Jackson “Rip” Holmes, and attorney Alex Bucelo in Group 5, who lost two years ago to Commissioner Kirk Menendez, are […]