A long and complicated item on the Coral Gables Commission agenda for Tuesday has some residents worried that the city is trying to sneak some zoning changes in only two weeks after a controversial move to increase heights on Miracle Mile was temporarily stalled. But Vice Mayor Vince Lago and Commissioner Pat Keon both assured […]
There are already seven Coral Gables residents who have expressed an interest and willingness to run for one of the two commission seats that are up for grabs next April. Both Commissioners Pat Keon and Vince Lago have said that they are going to run for the mayor’s seat, being vacated by Raul Valdes-Fauli. They […]
Voters in South Miami will two charter amendments on their ballots that could be more important to the future of the small city than the presidential or Miami-Dade mayoral elections. That’s because it could change not only future development projects but also the election of all future electeds. If approved, one of the charter changes […]
While he came in first in the first round, Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo was the least funded of the four viable county mayoral candidates. He’s all but caught up now, getting within $30K of Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, with more than $1 million raised since the Aug. 18 primary. According to the latest campaign […]
There were still 35,960 new claims for unemployment assistance in Florida last week. That’s 36,000 new claims eight months after the pandemic struck. And while it has dropped a bit from the week before, likely because of the reopening of businesses, South Florida is looking at another possible spike of COVID19 cases in the next […]
The presidential search committee at Miami Dade College meets this week to resume the politically-tainted process of finding a new leader to take the nationally-recognized state college into the future. They will review 60-plus applications for the top job and whittle that down to a maximum of 10. But it might be another colossal waste […]
With less than 10 days before the end of the election, Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson announced Sunday that he had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, sending a flurry of other politicians — and maybe a few drag queens — to get their own tests. Richardson, who reported “minor symptoms,” was one of the […]
Going against the incumbent, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has apparently endorsed former Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla in the Miami-Dade Commission District 5 race. Oh, and it has nothing to do with the fact that it’s the boss’s baby brother. Naaaahhh. Suarez, who is now officially the new whipping boy for […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla is expected to return Sunday from a trip to Sarasota where he reportedly stayed at a $400-a-night golf resort and met with with Florida Senate President Bill Galvano at his family’s annual golf tournament to talk about Miami’s redistricting plan. Sources told Ladra that DLP left Thursday in […]
By Brandon Rosado for Political Cortadito Florida House District 120 — which encompasses the southern part of Miami-Dade, all of the Florida Keys and the Everglades — is a major flashpoint of the global climate emergency. The southernmost district is plagued by poor water quality and threatened existentially by sea-level rise while emitting carbon dioxide […]