The Miami Downtown Development Authority just can’t help itself. The agency that’s supposed to make life better for people who live and work downtown keeps giving away public money to millionaire vanity projects — and this time, they’ve literally thrown ten grand into Biscayne Bay. That’s right. The DDA approved a $10,000 “sponsorship” for the […]
So much for unity. After weeks of kumbaya talk, meticulous planning, and carefully-worded press releases, Coral Gables finally held its long-delayed “Interfaith Ceremony for Unity and Peace” Monday night. The city had spent nearly two months trying to find a way to honor the victims of October 7 without turning it into a geopolitical food […]
¡Que sorpresa! Looks like Miami-Dade voters more divided than a Cuban sandwich debate between Little Havana and Tampa (Little Havana, hands down). A new Bendixen & Amandi International poll released this week shows just how divided, disillusioned, and downright dizzy our county’s electorate has become — with voters taking opposite sides on everything from fluoride […]
Miami’s mayoral circus came to the Hyatt Regency Monday night, where six of the 13 hopefuls — which already felt like too many — crammed onto a stage for a debate that was more cafecito-fueled food fight than civic forum. Traffic, flooding, homelessness, affordable housing, legal fees, corruption — they were all on the agenda. […]
Councilman blasted for Charlie Kirk post on Facebook The Palmetto Bay lynch mob came out in full force Monday night, and Councilman Steve Cody barely made it out of Village Hall with his seat still intact. But maybe not for long. While the mayor, the rest of the council and dozens of residents pleaded with […]
Joe Martinez is going to prison. Well… maybe. The former Miami-Dade commissioner and retired cop was sentenced Monday to 34 months for taking money in exchange for crafting legislation that would have helped a West Kendall supermarket owner. But Judge Miguel de la O wanted to give him less time — saying his hands were […]
Fellow commissioner estimates tab is $30 million Remember when Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo got slapped with a $63.5 million jury verdict for abusing his office by “weaponizing” city departments to go after someone who had supported his opponent? Well it’s still costing taxpayers every day — and Commissioner Miguel Gabela estimates it at between $27 […]
So much for confidentiality. Less than three weeks after Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago and Actualidad 1040 AM came to a mediated confidential settlement agreement in that weak defamation lawsuit Vinnie filed last year, and four days after both parties filed a “joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice,” which reconfirms that confidentiality, Lago goes and tells […]
It’s so painfully obvious she gets under their skin For almost 12 hours Tuesday, Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro took the hits from her colleagues on the dais like a professional boxer who is used to being in the ring for extra rounds with opponents who don’t fight fair. And even though she was not […]
Shady lobbyist defends Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act So, former Miami Commissioner turned mega-lobbyist Marc Sarnoff has found himself a pulpit in the Wall Street Journal, of all places, wagging his finger at America’s universities for being too “woke” and praising Ron DeSantis and Jeanette Nuñez for saving Florida’s ivory towers from the Marxist-Islamist menace. Eyeroll. […]