The redistricting process in the city of Miami has turned into a land grab. A battle erupted Friday between Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla in District 1 and Chairwoman Christine King in District 5 over who would get the Wharf Miami, site of a proposed $185-million mixed use project with a 165-room hotel. It […]
Or ‘How Miami Police tried to extradite a Gables resident’ Documents and interviews with Coral Gables police indicate the city of Miami had much more interest than previously acknowledged in the arrest last month of lobbyist and Gables resident Carlos “CJ” Gimenez, son of the congressman by the same name, for slapping a city of […]
Time-out. More than three years after a voter referendum gave the Miami commission the green light to negotiate a lease for a real estate complex disguised as a soccer stadium on the city’s Melreese golf course, the Miami Freedom Park team is still not ready to play. The Inter Miami soccer team owned by former […]
Attorney says it’s gerrymandering to protect his house from seizure The owner of Ball and Chain and several Little Havana properties — who with his real estate partner sued Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo for violating their free speech — has filed another lawsuit asking a judge to stop the commissioner from voting Friday or […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, who was appointed to replace Mayor Daniella Levine Cava more than a year ago, submitted 500 signed petitions to qualify for the race in District 8 this year. If she wants to do it by petition, she will have to collect another 971 petitions to make 1,471 in total — […]
He read the room. Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto asked the county attorney to repeal the ordinance that created the Westchester Municipal Advisory Committee he later secretly formed to consider (read: jam through) the incorporation of Westchester. Souto had already appointed the 7-member MAC, according to a memo he sent on Feb. 9, the day before […]
Average homeowner could pay about $90 more in annual taxes Voters in Cutler Bay have either gotten or are about to get absentee or mail-in ballots for a $37 million, 30-year general obligation bond to fund the construction of municipal facilities and their own “Central Park” on 16 acres of vacant land on Old Cutler […]
Readers of Political Cortadito are going to get sick of the city of Miami this week. That’s because the commission has four back-to-back meetings over three days — including the much-anticipated no-bid, 99-year deal for development of the Melreese golf course. The dates on the dais begin Wednesday with a special meeting to establish the […]
It appears that Ladra has hit a nerve. In a community meeting last week about the redistricting process, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo lashed out against this blogger for exposing that his Coconut Grove house on Morris Lane has been drawn into his district so he can move back in and protect it from seizure when […]
Party on, spring breakers! The city of Miami Beach can’t ban alcohol sales from 2 to 5 a.m. like they wanted to this week and next for the peak of the Spring Break season, when thousands of college students from around the country descend. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Beatrice Butchko blocked the city’s attempt to […]