The phone call came in Monday afternoon. “Jaime,” if that is her real name, was surprised that the person who answered was not just willing but happy to participate in a survey about “important issues in Florida.” Ladra just loves these calls. Turned out to be one of many recent polls for the congressional primary […]
Former Congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera just sucked all the air out of the Florida state primary this August. Rivera surprised everybody when he filed late Friday to run for state rep in the open 119 District against a bunch of other Republicans who are suddenly in an interesting, nationally-watched race. That’s because David Rivera […]
At noon Tuesday, former Miami Beach Commissioner Micky Steinberg became a Miami-Dade county commissioner after nobody qualified to run against her in District 4, where Sally Heyman is termed out. It is the only county commission race that is uncontested — maybe the $400K she raised scared would-bes away — as 19 other candidates qualified […]
The city of Miami’s Omni Community Redevelopment Agency is responsible for 35% of the debt service paid for the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center. It is so delineated in the 2007 interlocal agreement and has always been paid. Every year. Until now. The city owes the county more than $10.7 million, according to a memo […]
Neighbors hope county or state will step in and save the natural preserve There’s indisputable proof now: Photographic evidence of threatened Florida birds nesting at the Calusa rookery in the middle of the abandoned golf course in Kendall that developers want to pave over for 550 homes. Miami-Dade Commissioners in November approved a zoning change […]
Will the last incumbent get a challenge by qualifying deadline? Three of the four Miami-Dade School Board races are filling out with about three weeks left before the qualifying deadline. Robert Alonso, who filed against veteran Perla Tabares Hantman then suddenly decided to retire after almost 30 years. Maribel Balbin, former president of the League […]
They didn’t have the votes and they knew it. That’s the only reason why the would-be developers of an 800-acre industrial park on farmland beyond the Urban Development Boundary asked for a deferral Thursday, after several hours making their case before the Miami-Dade County Commission. But it should have — woulda, coulda — died right […]
What a freaking mess. Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins allegedly announced late Wednesday — in a statement the Miami Herald said was provided by her campaign manager — that she is no longer running for Congress in District 27. The reason? She “heard” that Sen. Annette Taddeo is switching to that race and she’s getting out […]
Transit workers leader calls for end of private service Nobody wants to touch the $9 million no-bid contract the Miami-Dade county administration wants to give to Transportation America for privatized bus routes. It’s a hot potato that keeps getting passed around. The contract was first up at the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust on April 28, […]
The Miami-Dade Commission election is sneaking up on us — it’s in August, not November, like the state and congressional races — and it’s going to be a pretty important one, with five of the six seats open, thanks to term limits. Say goodbye to commissioners Jean Monestime, Sally Heyman, Rebeca Sosa, Javier Souto, and […]