Esteban Bovo gets campaign hug from homophobic slavery defender Daniels

Esteban Bovo gets campaign hug from homophobic slavery defender Daniels

When she was a preacher, former State Rep. Kimberly Daniels thanked God for slavery. As a Jacksonville city councilwoman in 2008, she voted against LGBT protections, equating homosexuality with bestiality and necrophilia. And on Monday, she endorsed Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “El Bobo” Bovo for county mayor. We know this because Bobo the bozo celebrated it. […]

Miami-Dade mayoral candidates show differences in a series of face offs

Miami-Dade mayoral candidates show differences in a series of face offs

While the bogus law and order issue is what seems to stand out in the heated runoff race for the second most powerful political position in Florida, there are other differences revealed every time Miami-Dade Commissioners Esteban Bovo and Daniella Levine Cava face off That happened three times this weekend — once in Spanish and […]

For School Board District 9: Old pro with palanca vs grassroots newcomer

For School Board District 9: Old pro with palanca vs grassroots newcomer

The following story was written by Ladra’s new cachorro intern. Be nice. By Brandon Rosado for Political Cortadito The race to replace longtime Miami-Dade School Board Member Larry Feldman can be described as a classic David and Goliath battle between a veteran politician with much palanca and a young, idealistic newcomer with not-as-much palanca, but […]

More than half a mil Miami-Dade vote-by-mail, absentee ballots favor Dems

More than half a mil Miami-Dade vote-by-mail, absentee ballots favor Dems

The Miami-Dade Elections Department mailed out 530,000 absentee or vote-by-mail ballots to voters Thursday and were poised to send another 40K in coming days — that’s more than the 480K mailed out for the record-setting Aug. 18 primary, which puts us on course for another historic turnout. And, according to figures provided by the Miami-Dade […]

US Ambassador Carlos Trujillo makes case vs Venezuela’s Maduro at OAS

US Ambassador Carlos Trujillo makes case vs Venezuela’s Maduro at OAS

Proving that he is a better advocate for democracy than a lawmaker, former State Rep. Carlos Trujillo, who left his post in 2018 to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), was on point this week at a special session on the ongoing repression and violation of human rights in Venezuela. […]

Head to head Miami-Dade mayoral debate is a dud without Alex Penelas

Head to head Miami-Dade mayoral debate is a dud without Alex Penelas

If you missed the first Miami-Dade mayoral debate of the runoff Wednesda between Commissioners Esteban Bovo and Daniella Levine Cava, don’t beat yourself up. You didn’t miss much. In fact, the 90 minute affair Wednesday — a Spanish-language debate on Univision 23 — made Ladra miss former Mayor Alex Penelas. At least he knows how […]

Six mayors in his state Senate district back incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez

Six mayors in his state Senate district back incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez

Six mayors in Florida Senate District 37 have endorsed incumbent Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez — and two of them are Republicans. In this hyper partisan atmosphere, and against the GOP’s handpicked challenger, Latinas for Trump founder Ileana Garcia, that’s like a coup. “Senator Rodriguez has always prioritized our constituents here in Miami during his time […]