Coral Gables City Attorney Craig Leen told Commissioners late Tuesday that the city has to have one police chief, not two, as proposed by the city manager in her planned realignment of the police department. Leen issued the opinion after Mayor Jim Cason asked if the city charter required the appointment of one chief. Indeed, […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners will get be told Tuesday that the issue discovered earlier this year where special taxing districts were not paying what they should — either paying higher or lower than what they were assessed — has been taken care of. Everything has been reviewed and adjusted. All good now. You can move on. Nothing to […]
Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak and City Commissioner Vince Lago were the subjects of a secret internal investigation conducted by the former chief last year. An audit of the Coral Gables Police Department’s internal affairs cases in the last several years shows that there was at least one unauthorized, rogue investigation into then-Major Hudak and his […]
Among some of the quick things that will get approved at Tuesday’s Miami-Dade Commission meeting is an item pushing for equal pay for women. It’s cleverly disguised as a local equivalent of the United Nations Convention to End Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and a proposal to simply study the disparities in pay and pain if […]
One after the other, Miami-Dade Commissioners who voted in favor of a new agreement with the Miami Heat owners for the operation and maintenance of the AmericanAirlines Arena downtown said it was better than the last deal they heard about. It’s become like that other mantra: “It’s better than the Marlins deal.” Nevermind that the […]
Some call it payback for the 5% loss and the veto override that arguably strained some of his already-limited ability to negotiate with the county employee unions, but Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is proposing new contracts that ask for a 10% cut in base pay and hints at a new battle with our county labor […]
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 […]
As law enforcement lags in its actions on the case of two women caught red-handed reaping absentee ballots in Hialeah last week — even after El Nuevo Herald publishes a great story where some of the voters said the boletera filled out their ballots — Ladra is left to wonder how this may affect the […]
Gaming interests in the Florida elections are on the front page of the Miami Herald today, but there were a few key connecting tidbits missing from the paper’s otherwise nicely-tracked tale of campaign contributions. See? The cash flow is only part of the story. The pressure — or political palanca coming all the way from […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner “Mayor Sir” Xavier Suarez is likely not going to run for county mayor, despite early indications he would consider it. That’s what most of those close to him say, anyway. But he won’t put the rumor to rest as long as he can use it to light a fire under Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s, […]