State Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez — who is in a race against a well-spoken, attractive, handpicked Republican challenger (and, no, it’s not a rematch with former Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla) — launched his first TV ad Thursday as part of an eventual six-figure ad buy. He’s about a week late. Latinas for Trump […]
In what was likely the last televised debate of the four leading Miami-Dade mayoral candidates, the time and drama was dominated, yet again, by former mayor Alex Penelas and current Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo, who traded jabs and interrupted each other like they were alone on the stage. Ladra could watch Tuesday’s AmericaTeve debate again […]
In the final stretch of the Miami-Dade mayoral election, two separate internal polls put county Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava comfortably in the runoff. Former Mayor Alex Penelas — who came in third in an independent business group poll Ladra posted about on Political Cortadito Aug. 6 — released a new poll of 350 likely primary […]
There wasn’t going to be a primary in the House 112 race — which covers downtown Miami, Shenandoah and Key Biscayne. But then the ghost of former Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro filed at the 11th hour to challenge teacher Rosy Palomino, a perennial candidate and president of the Douglas Park Neighborhood Association who has been […]
Where were you when Miami immigration activist Thomas Kennedy told Florida Gov. Ron “DeSastre” DeSantis and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez off for bungling the response to the COVID19 health and economic crisis? That’s what future generations will ask each other every summer as they take a week to honor our COVID19 dead. Kennedy did Monday […]
The August 18 election is not just for mayor and county commissioners, although that’s what one might think from all the hype. There are also school board and judicial races. Of the four Miami-Dade School Board seats on the ballot, the District 9 race is sucking all the oxygen out of the room. Not only […]
If you could get past the Beetlejuice outfit worn by Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert, the unified message that five mayors sent at a press conference about the Miami-Dade COVID-19 response Thursday morning was increasingly critical of county Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez — who has been at odds with Gimenez over COVID […]
County commissioners really want Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to put the contract for the synchronization of traffic lights — yeah, we all thought that had been done already — out for a new bid after a locally prominent serial campaign donor filed a bid protest and said his company did not get the same advantage as […]
Just because there’s an existential threat with a viral pandemic going on doesn’t mean there’s no time to fundraise. And Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is really good at that, if nothing else. Remember, he got and spent around $10 million to stay in office in 2016. But he might be a tiny bit distracted, since he […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava is all in. The 64-year-old who wants to make history as the county’s first female mayor made it official Friday when she submitted her resignation letter to the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, as required by Florida’s “resign to run” law. This also means that her seat officially opens up, and […]