Why stop at Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo? A group of longtime active citizens wants to oust all three of the Miami city commissioners that form the new majority and that, they say, have thrown the city into chaos and controversy. Ladra affectionately calls them the Three Amigos, and this group of activists would have them all […]
Moments after his appointment was announced by Mayor Francis Suarez, new Miami City Manager Art Noriega immediately did what he was hired to do — he brought a broken city commission together with a unanimous confirmation vote. That is, after all, why Noriega was picked in the first place: Because of his relationship with commissioners […]
But some voters seem scared to sign the petitions A mobile billboard with Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s face and a phone number to join the recall effort made its way around Little Havana streets Saturday and passed by the Barrios event on 5th Avenue that Carollo was supposed to attend. But one of the organizers […]
And the Democratic presidential candidate to open the first office in Miami is — drumroll, please — former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, whose surrogates celebrated the event with a salsa band outside — where else? — in the heart of Little Havana. This is where Bloomberg will likely get his 305 base, among the […]
Not only did Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez take a free ticket to the Super Bowl from a political benefactor, he scored a sweet deal on a clubhouse ticket for his wife and then he got to bully Miami Gardens residents protesting future plans for Formula 1 races at Hard Rock Stadium with his personal police force. […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo may have forced the city manager, and probably the city’s building director, to resign, and he may have his sights on Police Chief Jorge Colina. But it’s only because they are part of the administration’s leadership team. Carollo is really after Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. This week, the commissioner — empowered […]
UPDATED: Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, who resigned under political pressure last week — and said Sunday that he will probably leave within a couple of weeks — will not finally get a chance to speak to his bosses on Thursday and publicly address allegations that he abused his office. We’ll have to make do for […]
Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez resigned Thursday, trying to take the high road, rather than face a commission hell bent on having him fired and/or investigated in what looks like a vindictive smear job and power play, starring Commissioner Joe Carollo, who has been trying to fire him for months. Is Ladra the only one […]
Its quite possible that yet another sweet, no-bid real estate project gets approval in a fast track process for what seems like the worst transit plan ever by the end of the day Friday — before anyone can notice. Virgin Trains may get, in a series of back-to-back emergency meetings, $76 million in half penny […]
Milly Herrera, a candidate for the Hialeah City Commission, thought she was just campaigning like every other candidate in the U.S.A. Thursday when she stopped by Villa Aida, a senior living facility near City Hall, to hand out campaign flyers. She found herself under arrest by Hialeah Police — likely under orders by Mayor Carlos […]