In addition to the candidates, there are always other people, groups, institutions that win — or lose — in every single election. Without further ado, here are the most obvious winners and losers from Tuesday’s Miami-Dade primary. Winners: Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez and, by extension, Gov. Ron DeSantis. These two put a lot of muscle […]
Renier Diaz de la Portilla loses second judicial bid, fourth race in a row Whew! We can all breathe easier now that we know Renier Diaz de la Portilla will not be a judge. Even for a day. Despite some very vicious and misleading (and possibly illegal) attacks against incumbent Miami-Dade County Judge Fred Seraphin […]
Two more district contests are headed to runoffs in November Three Miami-Dade Commissioners were elected outright and two more seats will head to runoffs after almost 19% of the registered voters in the state’s most populous county cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary. Doral Mayor J.C. Bermudez and State Rep. Anthony Rodriguez will join Commissioner Danielle […]
Voters in congressional District 27 got a call this week from “a national public opinion firm” that was obviously seeking to turn people against Sen. Annette Taddeo, who is running in the primary for the chance to challenge Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar. Ken Russell who? The Miami Commissioner, also running in the Democratic primary, was […]
Parody ad shows what guv’s mail might really sound like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ first ad for re-election is kinda boring, but it doesn’t mean it was easy. You know how far and wide they had to look to find that many happy “thank you” letters? The 60-second spot quotes six or seven alleged letters […]
Two, maybe three Miami-Dade School Board races this year have been seized by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez as part of a statewide effort to unseat more than two dozen local school board members who didn’t back the guv’s hardline stance against masks mandates in schools. Perla Tabares Hantman, Marta Perez […]
One would think that with five open Miami-Dade commission seats this year, due to term limits finally kicking in, we would have better candidates trying to seize the opportunity. But when you really look at it, this batch of wannabes is one of the least promising. It was amazing — and it sucks — that […]
It’s time for Ladra to make her recommendations for this Aug. 23 ballot. There’s nothing any of the candidates can do at this point to change my mind and early voting has already started. Hell, more than 100,000 people have voted already (more on that later). Let’s start with the judicial races, because they are […]
Haitian leaders have denounced attack mailers attacking longtime Miami-Dade Judge Fred Seraphin, the first Haitian-American judge to be appointed in Miami-Dade, for spreading lies to mislead voters about his false arrest as a teenager. And attorney J.C. Planas filed a bar complaint against former School Board member and judicial candidate Renier Diaz de la Portilla, […]
The last time the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations met with its members and residents was in March of 2020. Ladra remembers it well, because she was the guest speaker. It was so much fun. COVID-19 was already coming, but nobody knew that would be the last meeting for more than two years as the […]