Less than two weeks before Election Day, South Miami City Attorney Thomas Pepe issued an opinion last week that the city’s $250 limit on campaign contributions was null and void. It has been since July, 2021. That’s when the state legislature passed a bill that not only pre-empted municipalities from restricting contributions to less than […]
Miami Lakes has a $20 million general obligation bond referendum on the ballot to renovate and improve Optimist Park, which has a port-a-pottie and enough chronic flooding to cancel multiple baseball games. Vice Mayor Jeffrey Rodriguez, who has been out at early voting every day to push a yes vote, gets the prize for the […]
The fourth time was the charm for the developers of the South Dade Logistics and Technology District, a 380-acre industrial and office park proposed on what used to be farmland — just over the Miami-Dade Urban Development Boundary. They got the necessary 8-4 supermajority, instead of the 9 votes they would have needed if the […]
The heated race for an open Florida State senate seat in District 38 has gone from warm to nuclear as both candidates take turns stinging each other and pointing fingers at each other like mosquitas muertas. For weeks, they campaigned on their own merits. Republican Alexis Calatayud, campaign manager and onetime legislative aide to former […]
The first and only gubernatorial debate between Gov. Ron DeSantis and Congressman Charlie Crist seemed to have the incumbent on the ropes. DeSantis sometimes looked like a dear in the headlights as he gritted his teeth and smirked at some of the Crist zingers. The biggest takeaway that everyone will be talking about Tuesday: DeSantis, […]
The incumbent is also the darling of Tallahassee political committees State Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera — wife of political consultant and election denier Kevin Marino Cabrera — got elected two years ago after nobody noticed until too late that there was no real Democrat running in District 114 against her. Then she got a job […]
Miami-Dade voters will get their first chance to cast an in-person ballot for the Nov. 8 election when early voting starts Monday morning at 28 polling locations throughout the county — including five more than last time. One change that might cause confusion is that the Coral Gables Library voting location is moved to the […]
Ask for cash seems to come from the governor’s office One corner of the envelope that arrived Saturday has the governor’s signature above “46th governor of Florida.” The other corner has his picture. It all looks very official. A return address on the lick side, however, shows it was sent by Laxalt for Senate in […]
It reads like they were pulling teeth. A transcript of the sworn statement of Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla by an attorney with the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust shows how well The Dean can channel a hard-headed high school sophomore. In his signature sarcastic style, ADLP and his attorney Ben […]
Democrats are so worried about how the narrative on the governor’s race has changed since Hurricane Ian decimated some of Florida and Ron DeSantis didn’t completely blow it by tossing paper towels into the crowds. Sure, his response has been sufficient. So far. Isn’t he doing exactly what he is supposed to? He’s military. They […]