The city of Coral Gables will host a candidate forum Wednesday with the four people running for Miami-Dade School Board in District 6, which includes The City Beautiful. Ladra hopes that Carlos “CJ” Gimenez, the mayor’s quick-tempered son, won’t be there just to scare off the candidates who are not his aunt, Maria Teresa Rojas. […]
Former Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Góngora keeps racking up those endorsements in his bid to become the next Florida Senator in District 38. But so is some young gun attorney named Jason Pizzo who nobody ever heard of before. It’s natural that Góngora would get his ex colleagues on the dais to join his team: Former Miami Beach Commissioners Ed […]
Not everybody was shocked by the news Friday that Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Zapata had withdrawn his candidacy and was leaving county government. Zapata — who has repeatedly expressed his frustration with the lack of transparency and the “cost of doing business” at County Hall — has had enough. “For the past four years, it has […]
The deadline to qualify for any one of the seven Miami-Dade County Commission seats up for election this year ended at noon Tuesday and three commissioners can breath a sigh of relief. Bruno Barreiro, Esteban “Steve” Bovo Jr. and Barbara Jordan are automatically re-elected because nobody dared to run against them. The three Bs — Barbara, Bruno […]
UPDATE: This meeting has been cancelled. We imagine it will be rescheduled for a later time. West End could be the first new municipality to incorporate in Miami-Dade County since the moratorium was lifted in 2012 and since Cutler Bay was incorporated in 2005. The West End North Municipal Advisory Committee will convene for the […]
Former Congressman Joe Garcia, who wants his job back in Washington, is talking all over the internet today about his track record and his connection to the residents District 26. “Hi. I’m Joe Garcia. You know, a few years ago we began a journey together, a journey to bring the voice of South Florida to […]
Looks like we may have a Democratic primary in the House 115 race between two perennial applicants. Ross Hancock, who ran against Erik Fresen in 2012 and 2014 and for Coral Gables City Commission in 2013, has been running since January. Earlier this month, Jeffrey “Doc” Solomon, who has run for state House twice and for Pinecrest […]
The program allocates one hour for the speakers, but Ladra bets the Democrats of South Dade Club meeting Tuesday goes late. That’s because there are no fewer than eight blue party candidates — one congressional, one state senate wannabe and six House hopefuls — on the schedule. And who knows how many more will just show […]
I once worked at the same K-Mart on Coral Way and 87th Avenue as Marco Rubio‘s mother. Mine started as an after school job right before the holidays and lasted through the winter break at the “trim-a-tree” department, which is what they called the small area in a middle isle stacked with Christmas and holiday […]
Breaking, breaking: Everyone is abuzz with the news in the last hour or so that soccer star David Beckham and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez had apparently gotten back together and found a new home in Overtown for the future Major League Soccer Miami team’s stadium. Gimenez said that he signed a non-binding “letter of intent” […]