Former Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Nikki Fried, who lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary last year, announced Monday that she wants to try “something new” — and is running to be the next chair of the Florida Democratic Party. That pits her against former Sen. Annette Taddeo, who lost her bid for congress last year, […]
Does Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago know something we don’t? Lago doesn’t have a real challenge in this April’s city elections — Jackson “Rip” Holmes can’t beat anyone, let alone the Gables Golden Boy — but he’s raising funds like he’s going to have an opponent. January was his best month, with $58,650 raised, bringing […]
Did the commissioner abuse his power again to violate someone’s rights? It was a nice, normal day of celebrating graft at Miami’s Maurice Ferre Park Saturday for the official opening of the controversial Dog and Cat sculpture park City Commissioner Joe Carollo insisted on paying almost $900,000 for. Until the chickens came. A group of […]
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 […]