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 […]
The Miami-Dade Ethics Commission has unanimously found probable cause that Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla exploited his office and abused his power to provide Jenny Nillo — a longtime friend he gave a no-show job to at the OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency — with a city car. Kinda anticlimactic ain’t it? The car […]
There are eight referendum questions on the Miami Beach ballot, including two that are carefully camouflaged giveaways to rich millionaire developer friends of Mayor Dan Gelber. Even former Mayor Philip Levine — who was caught in a secret meeting with Gelber and developers trying to form a political action committee to turn South Beach into […]
Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar is a copycat. Yeah, yeah. All Republican candidates pull the socialist card like it’s campaign gold, because it is in some voter demographics. But Salazar came out last week with a TV commercial in which she says, almost word for word, what Sen. Marco Rubio has been saying for weeks. “I’m […]
Budgets or burpees? Diapers or disciplinary reports? After almost a decade in the city of South Miami administration — the last two and a half as city manager — Shari Kamali will resign from her job. The official announcement will be made at Tuesday’s commission meeting. “I want to be a full-time grandmother,” Kamali, 64, […]