The Miami-Dade County Commission will meet Thursday to consider the $9 billion proposed annual budget for 2020-2021– the first post COVID-19 budget and the last one for Mayor Carlos Gimenez and at least five commissioners who are termed out in November. And it won’t be easy. Gimenez said in his budget memo that his administration […]
Of the 3,743 voters whose absentee or mail-in ballots were rejected for some kind of deficiency, one number stands out: 10 were invalid because the voters were deceased. Yes, that’s right, the dead voted in Miami-Dade. Again. Sounds like an AMC movie of the week. If you remember, the 1997 Miami election was overturned because, […]
¿Ya pa’ que? For the third time in two years, the Miami-Dade Commission voted on Monday to institute and fund an Independent Civilian Panel to review police abuse and complaints. But it’s a much watered-down version with no real teeth to investigate anything. Too little and too late — because the panel becomes nothing more […]
UPDATED: There will be a press conference at the Miami-Dade Elections Department at 4 p.m. Wednesday to demand that the Supervisor of Elections count these ballots and request they “address valid voter suppression and ballot collection concerns” in time for the Nov. 3 election. Among those who will be present: P.U.L.S.E., South Florida National Action […]
UPDATED: Once again, the city of Miami has weaponized its code enforcement office to go after a perceived “enemy.” This time it’s activist attorney David Winker who has won several lawsuits for residents and is currently representing the group trying to recall Commissioner Joe Carollo. How long do you think before Winker sues them on […]
Not everyone is doing terribly in the economic crisis fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The four viable Miami-Dade mayoral candidates have raised more than $12 million between them, and spent at least $9.5 million through July 31, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed Friday with the Miami-Dade Elections Department. The biggest bank belongs […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan — who has now had her independent police review panel vetoed by the mayor twice and has failed to get a majority to overturn it — needed eight of her colleagues to support her motion Tuesday to take the issue to voters in a ballot question. She only got seven […]
Miami City Commissioners want their county counterparts on Tuesday to reconsider their paltry offering from the $474 million federal CARES cash pie they got — $30 million to be shared between all 34 municipalities in Miami-Dade — to aid in the COVID-19 crisis recovery and resuscitate the economy. Or else they could take the county […]
While Ladra has already made some endorsements and predictions for this month’s election, it might be a good idea to repeat them and add some others today, now that early voting has started. A lot of attention has gone to the Miami-Dade mayoral race, but there are also seven commission races and five of those […]
To be or not to be — at school? That is the question many parents are grappling with in the coming weeks as they decide how they want their children to resume their K-12 education in the time of COVID19 this fall. President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy Devos have said to get the […]