Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez has apparently never met a billionaire he didn’t like — or didn’t want to give public money and assets to. The latest mayoral mancrush in his stream of bromances with billionaires is with Donald Trump. Hope Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and soccer star David Beckham aren’t too jealous. […]
Looks like the overpaid Miami-Dade County attorneys are going to have to do some actual work. The county filed a motion Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the United Teachers of Dade against Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez, blaming him for shortfalls in hundreds of millions in taxes that the Miami-Dade School Board was […]
It didn’t take long for Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason to answer Ladra’s question of why someone so disinterested in the city and the concerns of its residents would run for a third term as mayor. And, in fact, his response proves my point: He’s running because nobody else did. Or, rather, because someone else […]
While the incumbent’s missus makes up her mind on a run, her hubby has been amassing a PAC fund totaling a quarter million dollars — for someone. A third hopeful has announced plans to run for the Miami Commission seat vacated this year by termed-out Commissioner Marc Sarnoff — and no, it’s still not his […]
So, the common thinking is that Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine could be a contender for the Miami-Dade mayoral race in 2016. But maybe he’s got his eyes set on a higher power: The governor’s mansion? Perhaps a race for U.S. Senate if Sen. Bill Nelson retires or Sen. Marco Rubio heads for the White […]
In defense of an ethics complaint against him for a TV attack ad in his campaign for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser, State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez — who must know himself that he is losing the race — said, en alta voz y con orgullo in a TV news interview that he can lie because, well, it […]
UPDATED: Miami Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin, who is termed out in 2015 and has always wanted to be a police officer when he grows up, is asking his colleagues to waive the two year requirement before he can apply to the city’s police force. Tobin has requested a discussion on the matter at Wednesday’s meeting […]
He must be desperate. And it’s not like State Rep. Eddy “Here Comes Hialeah” Gonzalez can actually run on his own track record in his bold (read: WTF?) attempt to become the most unqualified ever Miami-Dade Property Appraiser. So Gonzalez — who came in 10 points behind former Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia in the August primary — […]
Spotted Thursday morning strategizing over breakfast at Green Gables Cafe: State Rep. Jose Felix “One More Pepe” Diaz and fellow Republican and wannabe representative Daniel Diaz Leyva, the lobbyist running against Democrat State Rep. Jose Javier “J-Rod” Rodriguez in House district 112. It’s only fair. Danny Boy here worked on Rep. “Pepe” Diaz’s 2010 and […]
Cuter Bay Mayor Ed “Mac” MacDougall has no hard feelings after losing the Republican primary for the congressional district 26 race last month. Really. And considering he was the old gringo who was supposed to get single digit dust, he sorta made history by coming in second in a predominantly Hispanic district. But “Big Mac […]