In one of the biggest and happiest surprises of the Miami-Dade 2020 elections results full of surprises is the Miami-Dade School Board race in District 9, where veteran Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss was beaten by young and inexperienced newcomer Luisa Santos. The commissioner known for adjourning county meetings with an exclamation to “move it,” is […]
It’s Election Day. Do you know where your ballot is? If you’re like almost 100 million people across the country, your ballot is already in the process of being counted. In Florida, almost 9 million people — or about 62% of registered voters — had already voted as of Sunday, the last day of early […]
Brandon Rosado, Ladra’s cachorro intern, has a keen eye for campaigns and elections. He wanted to provide his own analysis of his ballot for our readers. So just in time, without any further ado (and tiny bit of editing for syntax, not style or substance), is Brandon’s ballot picks for Tuesday’s elections — from top […]
Quietly last week, with nobody really noticing, a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge ordered the city of Miami to turn the recall petitions against Commissioner Joe Carollo over to the county supervisor of elections already — well, by Dec. 1. Team Carollo also scored a win, however, when Judge Alan Fine split the baby: He also announced […]
As voters line up for hours to cast their ballots in what is arguably the most divisive and antagonistic election of our time, Miami Police are going to be watching to ensure that passion doesn’t turn into intimidation or harassment. “The level of anxiety and the fear that we’re seeing from our residents and business […]
The back-to-back resignations Monday of three key city of Miami administrators is part of what several sources call a “purge” of officials to make room for political lackeys who will answer to Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. Daniel Rotenberg, Director of the Department of Real Estate and Asset Management — better known as DREAM […]
Why are people hanging on to their ballots? Of the 627,484 Miami-Dade voters who had absentee or vote-by-mail ballots mailed to them as of Wednesday, a little more than 142,000 have mailed them back. That means that more than three times as many — a total of almost half a million — are still sitting […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales sprung a surprise resignation on the mayor and commissioners Wednesday in phone calls and a letter that said it was time for him to move on and pursue other interests. He also said he missed his political voice during a time when so many critical issues are dividing us […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo is two for two in his bid to become mayor: Commissioner Xavier Suarez endorsed on Monday the Hialeah politico he came into the commission with in 2011. Already candidate Monique Nicole Barley endorsed Bovo last week over Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, in a surprise move, so, really, only former Mayor Alex […]
Shocker! Monique Nicole Barley, who came in fifth in the race for Miami-Dade mayor last week — but third in a number of predominantly black precincts — endorsed Commissioner Esteban Bovo on Thursday instead of her fellow Democrat, Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava. What’s more is she’s likely leaving the Democratic Party and turning — gasp […]