Former Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works Director Alice Bravo was back at County Hall this month, visiting Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz April 15 with a group of lobbyists who are pushing for a totally clean and “flawless” bidding process to be tossed out and started anew. Was she just hanging out? Was she on […]
Checkered past raises eyebrows on the appointment, doubts on ‘search’ Updated: The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department has a new director, another refugee from Miami Beach government. And critics say former Miami Beach Public Works Director Roy Coley is not ready for prime time. Coley was appointed as the new WASA director Tuesday by Miami-Dade […]
La Alcaldesa steps into second procurement mess in as many weeks Two weeks after she withdrew her recommendation for an airport construction supervision contract due to the meddling of a politically connected family and their lobbyists, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava apparently wants to throw out another perfectly good bid process and start over — […]
Lawsuit indicates a cover up attempt at City Hall The city of Miami code compliance supervisor who was confronted and allegedly poked and pushed by Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla at an illegal nightclub in February has sued the lawmaker for libel and is seeking more than $100,000 in damages. In the complaint, the […]
Surprise! Big development interests poured money into both campaigns Riding an anti-development wave, Rhonda Anderson cruised into the Coral Gables Commission Tuesday, winning the runoff with a whopping 74% over Jose Valdes-Fauli, who just couldn’t shake the shadow of his big, bad brother. Valdes-Fauli pulled almost the same 26% he got in the first round, […]
After all that hand-wringing and sweating over the Coral Gables commission election, much fewer voters will actually have made the decision when it comes Tuesday. Already there are more than 2,500 fewer voters between vote-by-mail ballots and early voting than there was for the first round April 13. According to the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, […]
Here we go again. After almost a year, an award for construction supervision at Miami International Airport was stalled last week after the mayor’s office said it needed more time to review a bid protest from the company that was not chosen. It had to be the airport, where bids go to be challenged. And […]
Former Miami City Manager Joe Arriola has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of the commission candidates in the Coral Gables election over a mailer that told voters he had been fired from the Magic City for taking bribes. The lawsuit names Javier Baños, candidate in Group 3, and former Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff — […]
The endorsements are multiplying in the Coral Gables election, which ends next Tuesday. And just in time, too — as the vote-by-mail or absentee ballots are mailed to voters. Three Group 2 candidates who didn’t make the runoff in the April 13 vote, Tania Cruz-Gimenez, Alexander Luis Haq and Claudia Miro, each endorsed Rhonda Anderson […]
Voters in South Miami elected Brian Corey to serve out former Commissioner Bob Welsh‘s term after Welsh died in January. Corey beat out two other candidates: Mary Ann Ruiz and Zach Mann. Guess those negative mailers worked. Corey got 43% of the vote while Ruiz came in second with 33%. Mann came in third with […]