It looks more like a bop. Videos of the incident between CJ Gimenez, the congressman’s lobbyist son, and Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla at the Coral Gables Morton’s Steakhouse is out. And it doesn’t look so much like a slap as it does a bop on the head. Kinda like the NCIS guy […]
Updated: The son of Congressman Carlos Gimenez was released from jail late Thursday morning, posting $1,500 bond for a battery charge after slapping a Miami city commissioner at a Coral Gables restaurant almost 24 hours earlier. But there are a lot of questions about the atypical arrest of CJ Gimenez in an incident that the […]
But arrest by Miami sergeant-at-arms seems like a conflict of interests Carlos “CJ” Gimenez, the son of the Congressman by the same name who used to be our county mayor, ran into Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla outside of Morton’s Steakhouse Wednesday — and slapped him. There is animosity between the two and […]
If you blinked, you missed it. The Miami City Commission had what is probably its shortest meeting ever Thursday when Chairwoman Christine King adjourned about 10 minutes after it started and deferred all agenda items to the Feb. 10 meeting except redistricting, which will likely come up separately at a special meeting. Both Commissioners Alex […]
Town hall focus: Rapid transit zoning density and height increases A group of Pinecrest residents are riled up about a plan that proposes increases in heights and density along the eastern side of U.S. 1, across from where Miami-Dade County plans to build two rapid bus stations. But village officials say they’re worried about nada, […]
The distribution of hateful, anti-Semitic flyers in Miami Beach and Surfside over the weekend, blaming the “COVID agenda” on a list of Jewish doctors and officials, has not just alarmed that community. Everyone is disgusted. Police from several jurisdictions are investigating the source of the crude, false and inflammatory flyers, which were carefully left on […]
We may get some answers at Thursday’s city commission meeting What is it with the city of Miami Police and car crashes? First, it was Commander Nerly Papier who crashed into a curb, nearly killing two pedestrians, busting her tires and driving her unmarked vehicle through a red light on its rims. She and her […]
Who will be appointed? Ladra’s money is on a former councilwoman Updated: Hialeah Councilman Oscar de la Rosa announced Tuesday that he would resign, as promised when his stepfather campaigned last year for mayor of the second biggest city in Miami-Dade. You know… to avoid any potential or perceived conflict of interest. Esteban Bovo won […]
Faced with unwavering opposition from residents, the Palmetto Bay Village Council voted unanimously Monday night to deny an application to develop the old Burger King headquarters on Old Cutler Drive into 485 units with 68,000 square feet of retail, including maybe a grocery store and pharmacy. The owner’s promise to donate 22 acres of undevelopable […]
Miami-Dade School Board members on Monday chose longtime administrator José Dotres to be the new superintendent after the abrupt departure of Alberto Carvalho to the Los Angeles, California, school district. Yeah, it was quick. Carvalho announced in December that he was leaving, for real this time after he changed his mind when New York City […]