What does Jenny Nillo have on Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla? Not only does he give her a job at the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency fresh out of prison, but then — when she is busted as a no-show and he should try to distance himself from her — The Dean provides her […]
It’s not a huge surprise that the Wawa gas station and convenience store planned across the street from G.W. Carver Elementary was the focal point of a Coral Gables candidate forum Thursday night organized by a coalition of parent-teacher associations. And Ladra imagines that nobody’s answers satisfied the group of concerned parents and residents who […]
Critics question process and lack of public notice If the committee meeting last week is any indication, the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization meeting Thursday is going to be long and hard. Have a big breakfast. That’s because the TPO is going to be discussing and voting on the controversial 87th Avenue “bridge to nowhere” that […]
The mailer that landed in mailboxes Saturday calling Coral Gables Commission Group 3 candidate Alex Bucelo a puppet was paid for by former Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. What does Miami have to do with the Gables? Well, while he denies it to the end, Javier Baños, who is also running in Group 3, is the […]
Please forgive me if you were at the Coral Gables Chamber’s candidate forum on Thursday and you heard Ladra snoring in the back row. Thank you, Chamber president Mark Trowbridge for the invite, but it was not worth risking COVID to be there live. I should have watched it on Zoom. Even Mayra Joli, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
He wants to revisit light and heavy rail as an option True to his word, Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee will ask his colleagues to pull the brakes on the $368 million rapid bus transit project along U.S. 1 to Homestead and park it another 60 days to examine other options — such as light and […]
Coral Gables Vice Mayor Vince Lago raised more money for his campaign in January than any other month since he began fundraising a year ago. With a reported additional $69,440, that brings his total to more than $228,000. His only opponent so far — qualification is at the end of the month — is Commissioner […]
It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2022 race for Miami-Dade Commission, where there will be five open seats due to term limits and an opportunity for voters in District 8 to elect their commissioner, finally. There are already five candidates each in the District 2 race to replace Commissioner Jean Monestime and […]