There are three referendum questions on the ballot for city of Miami voters, but only the first two are easy yeses. The first question would remove the city’s general auditor and the second question would replace that person with an inspector general, who has more investigative powers. That’s easy. Voters have to vote yes to […]
It’s not often we see residents beg their elected leaders not to cut taxes. But in Coral Gables this year, it’s a resounding cry. Nobody wants the city to increase taxes, but one after the other, residents who spoke at a town hall on Tuesday said they would rather keep the taxes the same than […]
There are seven candidates on the ballot for Miami-Dade Mayor. But really, there are only two. Eddy Rojas, who owns a valet parking company, is way out of his league here. Alex Otaola, a Cuban-American actor, comedian and podcaster who doesn’t speak English, is out of his mind. Unfortunately, so are the hundreds who will […]
There is still time to request an absentee/mail-in ballot Monday was the last day to register to vote for the August 20 primary election, which is also the county election for a lot of races that could be decided by a 50% plus one vote. According to the Miami-Dade Elections Department, there are almost 1.5 […]
Coming soon to a mailbox near you: Chaos at the Copa. It didn’t take very long for Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, who is running for Miami-Dade mayor against La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, to blast the incumbent for the lack of planning for security measures at the Hard Rock Stadium Sunday. “Miami-Dade & Daniella […]
The city of Coral Gables commission is playing chicken with the budget. At stake: Millions of taxpayer dollars. A standoff became clear during the second budget workshop Wednesday and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end well — with a potential $10 million cut in services (and taxes) if commissioners can’t make up their […]
Lawyer: Ghost candidate’s PAC got ghost contribution A campaign mailer that used a cropped photograph of Miami-Dade Fire Captain Omar Blanco, who is running in the Republican primary for state rep in House District 115 — saying that he endorsed former Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum — is a “malicious fabrication” according to a letter […]
Want to get yours? Here’s how Check your mailbox for the next few days. The Miami-Dade Elections Department on Thursday will mail about 215,000 vote-by-mail or absentee ballots to county voters with a request on file for the Aug. 20 primary election. That’s a significant drop from the August 2022 primary, when the initial mailing […]
Neon green liquid leaking at airport was A/C fluid What the $%^# was that fluorescent green liquid that dripped from the ceiling at Miami International Airport on the 4th of July? Some A/C coolant leaking from a pipe that Miami-Dade Aviation says is dyed green so they can trace it back to the source. The […]
Miami-Dade Commission chair says it ain’t Along with the Miami-Dade County commission, mayoral and judicial races on the August 20 ballot, after the state legislative and party committee candidates and the new constitutional officers, there will be a ballot question about county mass transit. It’s a non-binding, straw ballot, which means that, really, nothing will […]