An elected was finally arrested in Miami-Dade. But it wasn’t for anything done in public office. Medley Councilwoman Ana Lilia Stefano was charged with two felony crimes related to her other job as executive director of the Santana Moss Foundation. Stolen: About $24,000 worth of food for the needy. The charges relate to the alleged […]
A group of Palmetto Bay residents scored an incremental victory Monday in their fight to keep a vehicular bridge from being built over the C100 canal on 87th Avenue, connecting 164th Street to 163rd Terrace — a decades old battle that has divided the South Dade community. The Village crowd was not split for the […]
Fight nearly breaks out at early voting, caught on video There are actually five candidates in the Hialeah mayoral race that ends Tuesday, but three of them don’t really count. This election has become a head to head war between former Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo and former Hialeah Councilwoman Isis Garcia-Martinez. They’re sucking all […]
There was another shitshow at the city of Miami Friday, as part two of the inquisition against Police Chief Art Acevedo began, conducted in tandem by the Three Amigos, who are still bristling about the chief’s memo that accuses them of misconduct and interfering with police investigations. At one point, Chief Judge Commissioner Joe Carollo […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s fight with the city’s relatively new police chief could become a factor in the upcoming election on Nov. 2, especially after the top cop said he contacted the FBI about the elected’s “misconduct.” Six weeks before the election and a week or so before absentee ballots are mailed to voters, the […]
Congratulations are in order for Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian. The city election is not until Nov. 2, but Samuelian won re-election to his seat last week when a judge ruled that his challenger be removed from the ballot because he was not qualified to run. Fabian Basabe, a New York City transplant socialite and […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Keon “Pay-to-Play” Hardemon showed his true petty colors on Tuesday when he tried to take $550,000 allocated in the county budget from the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in North Miami — which just so happens to be operated by Gepsie Metellus, who ran against him last year for the seat vacated by […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado took a slew of county officials, including Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales, to Key Biscayne Wednesday to explain the controversial Rickenbacker Causeway project proposal to concerned Village residents. Let’s just say it was not her crowd. She was heckled and booed for her perceived defense of a controversial request for proposals […]
Art Acevedo’s brash style choca con los comisionados, days are numbered There is so much to say about Miami’s new police chief that City Commissioner Joe Carollo wants to have a whole special meeting just about him. Chief Art Acevedo was under fire even before he made that “Cuban Mafia” comment at roll call that […]
Former Miami-Dade Transit Director Alice Bravo pleaded no contest on Wednesday to an accusation that she violated the county’s ethics code by lobbying two months after leaving her $250,000-a-year county job — rules require a minimum of two years — and she was basically slapped on the wrist by the Commission on Ethics and Public […]