With the Miami mayoral race six months away, Commissioner Francis “The Future” Suarez launched his “Our Time Is Now” video campaign on YouTube in a series of three pieces that remind Ladra of the Barack Obama commercials last year and that seek to position Baby X as the fresh, forward-minded option to lead the city […]
Shhhh. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of absentee ballots arriving in our mailboxes. The ballots were mailed today, which means voters get them Wednesday and Thursday. And, yes, that is why we heard the pro-Miami Dolphins stadium public financing scam commercial on Cuban radio this morning (more on that later). And while special […]
Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Or, rather, putting the field goal before the end zone. Miami-Dade County Commissioners are poised to approve today Mayor Carlos “Not So Golden Boy” Gimenez’s much-ballyhooed “framework” for getting the billionaire that owns the Miami Dolphins up to $200 million in public money to renovate his private stadium, which […]
First in a series. Ladra likes Tallahassee. Sure, the air might smell something that can only be described as a mix between cigar smoke and bullshit, but the sense of urgency and the presence of historic importance — past, present and future — is almost palpable. And the pace! The rapid fire pace that everyone keeps makes me […]
Whenever it happens — whether it’s concurrent with November’s mayoral election or a special election right after or a special election next year — the race to replace Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez, who has challenged Tomas Regalado for mayor — may become the most fun to watch. And the most colorful. Because not only could Manolo Reyes, a […]
Days before the swearing-in of seven new county commissioners (okay, six old and one new), exiting Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez said good bye to his electronic constituency via his weekly e-newsletter. But maybe it’s just a “see you later” instead. Martinez told Ladra Friday that while he’s “gotta find a job in the private […]
Yes, she was finally arrested. But Daisy Cabrera, the Hialeah boletera caught red-handed and arrested more than a week later, only after she was found to have committed forgery, allegedly, is out of jail already sleeping in her comfy bed thanks to someone who paid the $700 on her $7,000 bail for her. Cabrera is […]
The Hialeah boletera turned herself in to authorities today — one day after El Nuevo Herald’s dogged reporters find a woman, an Alzheimer’s patient who was put into treatment at an ALF center months ago, whose absentee ballot was apparently forged. But wait, there is more. Another arrest is pending. At least one more. Ladra […]
Is it really any surprise to anyone that the race for House seat 112 has gone this far on the ugly scale? I mean, we are looking at a contest where one brother got his wife to put her name in the hat against another brother and an ex-wife may have financed a nasty mailer […]
She threatened to get involved in the county’s judicial races and now Absentee Ballot Queen Sasha Tirador has made good on that. But she is not the only piece of the Hialeah political machine driving the candidacy of former Hialeah cop John “Johnny” Rodriguez, who is Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Cesar Mestre‘s law partner. Standing […]