Levine Cava gets to work while Lynda Bell finishes term

Levine Cava gets to work while Lynda Bell finishes term

Ding, dong, the witch ain’t dead, folks. She’s only injured. Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell may have been defeated a the polls last week, bounced by voters that were tired of her self-serving, anti-employee rule. But Commissioner-elect Daniella Levine Cava is not sworn in until mid-November, which means Bell is still a vote on […]

Mayor Gimenez more friendly to unions in face of recall

Mayor Gimenez more friendly to unions in face of recall

UPDATED: Three of Miami-Dade County’s 10 employee labor unions have reached tentative agreements with a suddenly friendlier administration that they now have to take before their members for approval. Three more meetings are scheduled for today and it certainly looks like Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez is more eager these days to strike deals. […]

Joe Garcia comes out swinging at Carlos Curbelo

Joe Garcia comes out swinging at Carlos Curbelo

No sooner had the results been posted online that U.S. Congressman Joe Garcia came out swinging in the general election race against Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo, who won a mandate from Republican voters Tuesday when he got 47% of the nod for the nomination. Less than two hours after precincts closed, Garcia’s […]

Carlos Curbelo keeps mum re 2010 attack on Marco Rubio

Carlos Curbelo keeps mum re 2010 attack on Marco Rubio

One might assume that Sen. Marco Rubio and Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo were thick as thieves.  But they were once enemies. A negative attack on Curbelo financed by the campaign of Cutler Bay Mayor Ed “Mac” MacDougall reminds voters that the one-time political consultant used to work for former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist […]

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