Dark money from unknown sources is once again influencing voters Coral Gables commission candidate Ariel Fernandez — a well known activist and publisher of the Gables Insider website — is either a socialist or a Republican, depending on what party you identify with. Democrat voters in the Gables got a text message Tuesday reminding them […]
Developers are making noise and moving earth at start of nesting season What the hell do they think they are doing at the abandoned Calusa golf course turned natural preserve? Trucks are rumbling through. Heavy earthmoving equipment are parked at the perimeter of the lake. Development should be halted completely. A court ruled, and the […]
Of course she knows the pledge of allegiance. Miami Commissioner Sabina Covo, who won a special election Feb. 27, was sworn in on the Saturday after that and had no office for a week — working out of a park while she prepared for her first commission meeting — has gotten a lot of heat […]
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 […]