Is there another no-bid deal for his wife’s friend? The Ultra Music Festival this year was a resounding success, according to all accounts. The city got much fewer complaints from downtown residents about the noise and trash left by the crowd of more than 150,000 people over a three-day weekend. The ingress and egress were […]
The long fight over the operation of the Coral Gables Country Club took a Draconian turn Wednesday when police arrived to evict the company that has leased the historic public property for more than a decade — and which has been at odds with the city over the terms (read: payments) for years. Employees and […]
Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, has seized on to what some predict will be a wedge issue in this competitive election: Affordable housing and skyrocketing rental rates. Fried is promoting her first real policy plan called “Lower Costs, Higher Standards,” with a statewide tour of six cities that […]
A Miami Lakes man connected to Ron DeSantis and charter schools could challenge longtime Miami-Dade School Board Member and current Chair Perla Tabares Hantman. Roberto J. Alonso is a trustee at Miami Dade College, appointed by the governor in 2020, and a civic leader with roles on the Miami-Dade planning and zoning board, the Miami […]
Miami’s big GOP fundraiser goes to ultra blue Miami Beach This year’s Lincoln Day Dinner, the Miami-Dade Republican Party’s largest fundraiser, will feature a double header: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio are both scheduled to speak. And it’s going to be in the middle of one of the bluest zones of the […]
Controversial scooter program could be reconsidered Will there be paparazzi? Miami Mayor Francis Suarez may make a special rare appearance at the city commission meeting on Thursday, when he is personally involved in several items. Ladra can’t imagine he wouldn’t be there to personally advocate for the establishment of the Miami Baywalk Greenway. The move […]
The campaigning for state seats in this year’s election has begun in earnest. Looks like the first meet and greet of the season is in Coral Gables Tuesday. It could be the first in-person meet and greet for many since COVID-19. Four Democrat candidates for state office will be there for a Q&A at the […]
The image could not be more poetically appropriate. Here he was, the fabulous Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, standing in front of TV cameras and the world, perfectly manicured eyebrows in place, fancy Bitcoin branded sneakers on like a rock star rapper, calling our city the capital of capital and the future of finance — […]
The Miami-Dade Commission election is sneaking up on us — it’s in August, not November, like the state and congressional races — and it’s going to be a pretty important one, with five of the six seats open, thanks to term limits. Say goodbye to commissioners Jean Monestime, Sally Heyman, Rebeca Sosa, Javier Souto, and […]
Pinecrest Councilwoman Anna Hochkammer — who once aspired to the Florida Senate — is considering a run for State House in District 115, according to a poll that voters got on their cellphones Friday evening. The first questions of the short poll, after identifiers like race and ethnicity, were to gauge the favorability and unfavorability […]