Among the more controversial — and frightening — bills that the Florida Legislature is considering this year are some “civil immunity” measures that would give companies, hospitals and nursing homes a legal loophole from lawsuits that stem from employees or customers getting COVID-19. No, really. House Bill 7, sponsored by Rep. Lawrence McClure (R-Plant City), […]
But did ‘bad actors’ get some of the $60 million in federal funding? Some renters who are behind on their rent but protected by an emergency COVID eviction moratorium might find themselves on the street soon as Miami-Dade takes steps to resume residential ousters. The county already announced last month that it would start issuing […]
A Florida Senate bill “moving at the speed of light” would purge the permanent vote-by-mail request lists in every county by July — and could disenfranchise close to 100,000 Miami-Dade voters with elections this year in Virginia Gardens, Homestead, Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah. Not so fast, said the Miami-Dade Commission, which on Tuesday passed […]
Rabies cases in wild animals have reportedly gone down in Miami-Dade, but commissioners on Tuesday will consider creating a new website dedicated to reporting and tracking incidents. How does Ladra know that cases are down? Because that’s what is reported on the county’s website, where there is already a lot of content. There’s even a […]
Isis Garcia-Martinez: ‘He just needs a new job‘ As expected, former Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Steve” Bovo — fresh from his loss in the county mayoral race last year — is running for Hialeah mayor, returning to the city where he got his political roots as a councilman and Council President before going to the Florida […]
Less you were forgetting that there is an election in Miami this November, District 5 commission candidate Michael Hepburn — who ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2018 — is ramping things up. On Thursday, he unveiled his Hepburn-On-The-Block campaign, with a plan to walk every block in all 37 precincts starting Monday and […]
Now the party’s getting started. There were no big surprises or sudden jumps from one group to another in Coral Gables as candidates qualified for April 13 election by the noon Friday deadline. Perennial candidate Jackson “Rip” Holmes, who has no chance of winning anyway but keeps running and really cares about the city, moved […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo got his way Thursday when the commission voted to throw all the unused COVID19 relief money for grocery gift cards from the CARES federal funding into a new pot and divide it between four of them again. Commissioner Jeffrey Watson and his $360,388 balance will stay in District 5 because, officially, […]
City commissioners in Miami could officially give the redistricting consulting contract to Miguel de Grandy on Thursday. That’s expected. The contract was taken from former State Sen. Bill Galvano, a pal of Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, last month and De Grandy was already spoken of as the chosen replacement. What’s not expected or […]
And a slew of electeds supporting him After what is arguably a successful first term, Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian is getting ready to run for re-election this year. Samuelian filed his first paperwork on Monday and kicks-off the campaign next week with a virtual political powwow of elected leaders, current and former. The other […]