The Miami-Dade County commission committees — where the real wheeling and dealing for county contracts occurs — were repartido, or handed out, last week to the new batch of commissioners. And it’s clear who the chairman’s favorites are and who, ahem, are not. New Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz, who was sworn in under way […]
Medical emergency my fat Cuban ass. Congressman (ew) Carlos Gimenez cancelled a television interview this past weekend because he was embarrassed, full of regret and genuinely afraid of how people, including his Cuban-American core voters, would take his objection to the Democratic process and involvement in what amounts to nothing less than a coup attempt […]
This April’s interesting Coral Gables election just got more interesting: Mayra Joli, the “nodding lady” from President Donald Trump‘s Miami town hall earlier this year has joined the Group 2 commission contest. Jolly filed paperwork Tuesday to run in an already crowded seat that is shaping up as a battle between Jose Valdes-Fauli, the brother […]
Covering Joe Carollo could include witness tampering Tricky Vicky Mendez gives municipal lawyers a bad name. Time and time again, the Miami city attorney shows that she really is only there to protect and represent corrupt city commissioners — particularly her favorite, Commissioner Joe Carollo — and not the residents whose tax dollars pay her […]
The bromance is over. Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la Portilla — the power duo that’s been wreaking havoc on the city — are just not getting along like they used to. Carollo is acting like a jilted lover. And while we don’t know what happens behind closed doors, Diaz de la […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla‘s Tallahassee BFF is planning the redrawing of city districts and is reportedly making $10,000 a month. And you just know that District 1 is going to turn out just like he wants. Sen. Bill Galvano‘s law firm was paid $10,265 last week, representing his first monthly fee plus […]
The NAACP is backing down, after all, from its demand that Jimmy Morales not be appointed as the Chief Operations Officer of Miami-Dade County. But only to wait and see for 100 days. After that, the former Miami Beach city manager and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will get a report card on their promised actions […]
Several people who live, work and play in Miami were denied their First Amendment rights Thursday when the city attorney arbitrarily decided there was no need to hear almost nine hours of public comments on a measure to tighten noise restrictions on businesses next to homes. The city effectively silenced any dissent over a piece […]
The Miami city commission appointed a temporary District 5 commissioner to finish out the term vacated by Keon Hardemon, who was termed out and is now the county commissioner in Miami-Dade District 3. It wasn’t who everyone expected. But some suspect a fix anyway. And it looks like Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla doesn’t […]
Madeline Pumariega, executive vice president and provost at Tallahassee Community College, was raised in Hialeah. She went to Miami Dade College and later became president of the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. And now she’s coming home to MDC as its new president — the first female president of the largest and most diverse community […]