If political campaigns are about optics, then David Jolly and Gwen Graham‘s first South Florida rally Thursday night offered a little bit of everything. Hope. Nostalgia. Democratic royalty. And just enough empty chairs to require some creative interior decorating. The event at FIU’s Graham Center — named after Gwen Graham’s grandfather, the late state Sen. […]
The filing deadline came and went at noon Friday and Coral Gables voters now know what November’s ballot will look like. And Mayor Vince Lago is probably sleeping very well tonight. Perennial candidate and conspiracy enthusiast Rip Holmes and attorney Laureano Cancio, who lost to Rhonda Anderson in 2025 with just 4% of the vote, […]
Miami commissioner still has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do Well, look who suddenly discovered fiscal responsibility. After months of defending an eye-popping salary increase for Bayfront Park Management Trust Executive Director Raúl Miró, Commissioner Miguel Gabela announced Wednesday that Miró’s pay will be cut from $255,000 to $175,000. The reason? According to Gabela, it’s […]
Well, miracles do happen. Maria “Beba” Sardiña Mann, a longtime Silver Bluff activist and president of the Joe Carollo Fan Club who is now best known for grabbing filmmaker Billy Corben’s cellphone out of his hand during a public meeting at Miami City Hall, stood before the Miami Commission on Thursday and did something nobody […]
The race to replace departing Coral Gables Commissioner Ariel Fernandez has officially become more interesting. Not because there are a lot of candidates. But because one of them actually knows what she’s doing. Dominique “Nikki” Whiting, the polished Republican communications operative whose resume reads like a tour through South Florida’s political establishment, announced this week […]
The City of Miami Commission is expected to vote Thursday on whether to place a massive Virginia Key marina redevelopment deal before voters in November. And if this sounds familiar, that’s because it should. Voters rejected a similar proposal in 2021 by 52%. This new proposal dates back to an era when Tomas Regalado was […]
Or, “Nobody Wants to Be Captain of the Titanic” Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a week after Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava tapped Frederick Wong to serve as interim director of PortMiami, he announced he was retiring. Retiring. Just like that. After four years at the port and mere days after finally getting […]
Well, that was anticlimactic. Five Miami-Dade County Commission seats were effectively decided Tuesday without a single vote being cast. No debates. No attack mailers. No awkward candidate forums. No explaining controversial votes. No defending records. No pretending to suddenly care about potholes and transit. Just free passes back to County Hall for four incumbents and […]
Qualifying week has begun, and after weeks of speculation, former State Senator Annette Taddeo officially announced Monday that she is running for Florida Chief Financial Officer, confirming what Political Cortadito suspected all along: she wasn’t looking at the suddenly vacant Senate seat. She was looking at something much bigger. While Miami-Dade politicians have spent the […]
After first term, Fernandez won’t seek re-election Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is getting an early Christmas present this week. Commissioner Ariel Fernandez — a former ally who has turned into one of Lago’s biggest critics and targets — announced Monday that he will not seek reelection, ending one of the most contentious and entertaining […]