Our state governor was in Little Havana last week on hand to distribute vaccines to the Bay of Pigs veterans at a press conference at the Brigade 2506 house. “We are inspired by folks who are willing to stand up and fight for freedom,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said, just a little over a month after […]
And it floats a new half-penny tax to save Biscayne Bay The rumor has been out there for months, but on Saturday, some Miami residents got a mobile poll that pits Mayor Francis Suarez against the former Mayor Tomas Regalado in this year’s election. It also asks if Miami voters would support a new half-penny […]
It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2022 race for Miami-Dade Commission, where there will be five open seats due to term limits and an opportunity for voters in District 8 to elect their commissioner, finally. There are already five candidates each in the District 2 race to replace Commissioner Jean Monestime and […]
Look out, Group 3. Here comes Alex Bucelo. The sleeper candidate who jumped into the race to replace Coral Gables Commissioner Pat Keon — who is running for mayor — may be a 28-year-old newbie whose Papi is greasing the wheels. But he’s made an impression on people who are betting on him. Bucelo, who […]
And a $40,000 loan may have come via Joe Carollo Two of the commission candidates running in the Coral Gables April election have close ties to Miami politics. Claudia Miro, who is running in Group 2, once worked for former Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. President of the Miami Republican Women’s Club Federated, she is now […]
Add Zoning Director Joe Ruiz and Human Services Director Milton Vickers to the high-ranking employees who have left the City of Miami’s employ in the last year, or, basically, since the city commission pressured former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to resign. Vickers’ exit seems to be a direct result of the abusive treatment from commissioners […]
Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli got up on the wrong side of the bed again. Valdes-Fauli , whose arrogance and discourtesy drips in acrimony, was particularly rude and ungracious Tuesday at the Coral Gables meeting to discuss the zoning code update (read: rewrite). More so than usual. It all started when someone reminded him how […]
Leaders ignore protests and widespread opposition Coral Gables commissioners approved the controversial zoning code update Tuesday — or a watered down version, taking out potential height increases, a reduction of parking restrictions, and the contentious changes proposed on Miracle Mile for more discussion. But the upzoning for the Crafts Section — three blocks of single […]
Man, did newly appointed commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins step in it last week. Deep in it. It’s not so much that she renewed a proposal to build a super controversial bridge over a canal on 87th Avenue connecting 164th Street with 163rd Terrace — and Cutler Bay with Palmetto Bay — just a few weeks […]
Coral Gables Commissioners are poised to take the second and final vote Tuesday on the controversial zoning clean-up (read: rewrite), which includes remote parking, height increases downtown, and increased density in the neighborhood known as the Crafts Section. If they do, they will have completely ignored hundreds of residents who have concerns about the process, […]