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 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 […]
Don’t blame Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo for his brother’s racist and fascist rants on social media. He is not his brother’s keeper. In response to a New times story, Bovo has said he did not know about Enrique “Henry” Bovo‘s posts on a Facebook page he administered which described itself as a “non racial […]
The Miami-Dade County public hearing Thursday might not have been suitable for children because Deputy Mayor Jennifer Moon — who turns out to be human and not some kind of robot — told everyone what she really thinks of people who trash her budget. Or so it seemed. Just as Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava was […]
The most notable thing that happened at Thursday’s final Miami-Dade County budget public hearing — aside from a staffer dropping the f-bomb on a hot mic (more on that later) — is what didn’t happen: Several residents didn’t get to make public comments on the last stop for the $9 billion 2020-2021 spending plan. They […]
Among the important state races this year, at least for Democrats, is the contest for House District 110, vacated by termed-out Republican State Rep. and Speaker Jose Oliva, who will come back as a lobbyist in a couple years. Teacher and community organizer Annette Collazo, a Democrat, got a big boost in her campaign this […]
In phone calls and text messages, Miami-Dade voters got a survey over the weekend that measured our value on issues and asked who would get our vote if the election was today. Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Esteban Bovo or Daniella Levine Cava. And it seems, just from the questions and descriptions of the candidates, […]
One of the most important Florida Senate races to both parties this year, the open seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Sen. Anitere Flores, was always going to be a general election battle between current State Representatives Javier Fernandez and Ana Maria Rodriguez. The GOP is trying hard to keep the majority, which is at […]
With a little more than 50 days til the election — and less than three weeks before absentee ballots are mailed to voters — Democrat incumbent Congresswomen Donna Shalala and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell are ready and eager to debate the Republicans that want to unseat them. Mayor Carlos Giménez, who is running in District 26 against […]
Esteban Bovo behind with $65K since Election Day Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo may have headed into the mayoral runoff with a 2,000-vote edge over Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava. But Levine Cava is killing him in fundraising since. DLC collected more than $1 million between her campaign account and her political action committee, Our Democracy, in […]