Ladra suspects Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Fernandez-Rundle won’t move on those boleteras caught red-handed in Hialeah last week with not three, not four, not 12 but 19 absentee ballots belonging to other people, in complete disregard and violation for a county law that is punishable by 60 days in prison or a $1,000 fine if […]
She threatened to get involved in the county’s judicial races and now Absentee Ballot Queen Sasha Tirador has made good on that. But she is not the only piece of the Hialeah political machine driving the candidacy of former Hialeah cop John “Johnny” Rodriguez, who is Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Cesar Mestre‘s law partner. Standing […]
Roll the dice. Pick a card. Or a candidate. The race for Miami-Dade School Board in District 7 has already become a backdrop for the larger casino gambling issue that Ladra will bet — in fact, I’m all-in — becomes part and parcel of a bunch of campaigns this year, including what promises to be […]
While most of the post election talk in Hialeah has centered around the victims of Mayor Carlos Hernandez and his vengeful abuse of power, there are some (like the new police chief) who have benefited from their new boss. But nobody won the lotto like Arnie Alonso, photographed here nodding for the mayor during early […]
Maybe the third time is the charm. Candidate Paul Crespo, who has been running in the race for House seat in 102 for almost two years since losing to U.S. Rep. David Rivera in the 2010 primary, is testing the waters to see if he should move his campaign closer to home –to district 112. […]
Miami-Dade’s large delegation of incumbents in the state House are scrambling to keep their jobs post redistricting and that means a change of address for some who are suddenly facing an ally and friend inside newly-drawn boundaries. But it looks like Rep. Frank Artiles (Rep., District 119) will not be one of those who has […]
While state house legislators and challenging candidates scramble to move into convenient or out of inconvenient newly-redrawn districts (more on that next), the clock ticks on a final Senate district map that has been accused, and rightfully so, of still protecting some incumbents, including Sen. Gwen Margolis (Dem., District 35) in these parts. It will […]
While homegrown actor Andy Garcia hosts a fundraiser for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Jeb Bush stumps for U.S. Rep. Connie Mack‘s senatorial bid, Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi had to settle for a lot less star power: Hialeah Mayor Carlos “The Rock” Hernandez and his Lakes council faction, er, I mean colleagues at […]
Hialeah CouncilwomanVivian Casals-Muñoz may leave her days of notarizing questionable mortgage documents behind forever to become, drum roll, a lobbyist. Casals-Muñoz, who has been a much higher profile pol after her sweeping November election victory, filed papers Jan. 17 with the Florida Division of Corporations to open a new business called Vivian Casals-Muñoz Consultants, LLC. […]
Aside from a public appearance or two, like his lonely attendance at the opening of Hialeah Park in December, former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina has sort of been MIA since he lost the county mayoral race last year that he was once poised to win. A Florida GOP darling this time last year, Robaina did […]