A week after banning two sex ed books, the board approves them In a striking reversal, Miami-Dade School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman — who has been forced into retirement by a GOP-backed challenge — restored two sexual education books to the middle and high school curriculum only one week after she had voted to […]
Last week, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and Commissioners Ricky Arriola and David Richardson came to their senses (read: were shamed into it) and switched sides, voting to actually have a special election within the November ballot to fill the vacancy left by the sudden death of late Commissioner Mark Samuelian, instead of appointing a […]
Voters in Miami Beach will have to wait until November to vote for a person in the special election to fill the vacancy left by the sudden death of late Commissioner Mark Samuelian. And the really good questions, like what to do with the historic Deauville Hotel (more on that later) will be taken to […]
When did we decide that forums were better than debates? And why? Spoiler: They’re not. The first commission candidate forum put on by The Miami Foundation was boring enough that Ladra recommends a recording, if they have one, but only for anyone having trouble getting to sleep. Yawn. None of the candidates — Kevin Marino […]
Several candidates try to fool voters with photos and fake ‘voter guides’ Every election sees candidates that try to identify with certain electeds or political parties, inferring their endorsement or support. But this year, it’s gotten a bit ridiculous as the absentee or mail-in ballots hit voters’ homes. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Florida […]
Judicial races are different, everybody says. They are more civil. They aren’t as vitriolic as state or county races in South Florida, where candidates are “communists” and investigations are exaggerated or made up altogether. Well, maybe they were different — before Renier Diaz de la Portilla decided to run against an incumbent non-Hispanic judge. Read […]
You sort of expect to see this kind of post on Facebook by radicals or Proud Boys or something. But not from the elected mayor of Miami-Dade’s second largest and Florida’s sixth largest city. Yet, Esteban Bovo‘s campaign instagram account posted this extremely radical image last week on the account’s story. Not only is Bovo […]
By now, everyone has seen them. Congresswoman Val Demings, presenting a very real challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio, has released a pair of TV commercials that show she’s getting aggressive in this race. The first ad positions the Democrat, a former Orlando police officer and chief from 2007 to 2011, as the law and order […]
Former and founding Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn will run for the village’s top seat again, challenging current incumbent Mayor Karyn Cunningham in what amounts to a rematch. Cunningham beat Flinn with 61% of the vote in 2018 when he was the incumbent. It was his second stint on the job, after he snatched it […]
Get those calendars out. There will be at least one virtual forum for each of the five Miami-Dade County Commission races on the August ballot thanks to The Miami Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to bring the philanthropic, leadership and civic communities of Miami together. The forums won’t start until after absentee or mail-in […]