What an anticlimactic finish. There were no big surprises and there will be no runoffs in the city of Miami after both Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo won re-election by huge margins and newcomer Christine King totally stomped on appointed Commissioner Jeffrey “Who” Watson‘s dreams to serve a real term. Suarez, who had […]
An elected was finally arrested in Miami-Dade. But it wasn’t for anything done in public office. Medley Councilwoman Ana Lilia Stefano was charged with two felony crimes related to her other job as executive director of the Santana Moss Foundation. Stolen: About $24,000 worth of food for the needy. The charges relate to the alleged […]
A group of Palmetto Bay residents scored an incremental victory Monday in their fight to keep a vehicular bridge from being built over the C100 canal on 87th Avenue, connecting 164th Street to 163rd Terrace — a decades old battle that has divided the South Dade community. The Village crowd was not split for the […]
Sure, all politics are local, and we have several municipal races in the 305 Tuesday that we could regret for four years. Yes, I’m talking to you, Miami. But there are elections all over the country and among the high-profile races there are several Hispanic candidates who stand out because they could break the political […]
There are fewer excuses not to vote on Tuesday in Miami’s election. Lime, the global leader in micromobility (read: electric ride-share bikes and scooters), will provide free scooter rides to and from the polls so it’s harder to blame car trouble. Riders can use the promotional code MIAMIRIDETOPOLLS2021 to get two free rides up to […]
Fight nearly breaks out at early voting, caught on video There are actually five candidates in the Hialeah mayoral race that ends Tuesday, but three of them don’t really count. This election has become a head to head war between former Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo and former Hialeah Councilwoman Isis Garcia-Martinez. They’re sucking all […]
Less than three weeks after they filed a federal lawsuit seeking $28 million in damages for being shut down by Miami code enforcement at the behest of City Commissioner Joe Carollo, Little Havana’s iconic Ball & Chain bar and lounge announced on Tuesday it would reopen soon. Anyone really think that’s a coincidence? After years […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners get blue in the face talking about green space. Blah, blah, blah. Now they have a real opportunity to put our money where their mouth is. A unique and organic 168-acre little piece of nature, smack dab in the middle of Kendall, is home to some of the state’s signature and threatened wading […]
Leaked audio of a September Zoom call organized by former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine shows that current Mayor Dan Gelber offered developers and real estate investors an inside track to get their projects built — in exchange for contributions to a political action committee. You scratch my back, I’ll get your mixed-use mega complex […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is a one trick pony. He cannot get elected without calling his challenger a communist or a socialist or a Chavista. Much of Carollo’s 2017 campaign targeted Zoraida Barreiro, the wife of former County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, calling her… Another challenger, Tommy Regalado — son of former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado […]