There are a whopping 25 candidates running for one of seven Miami-Dade County commission seats. That’s more people than you can have at a summer camp this year. With five termed-out posts, this election is a potential sea change that could alter the whole culture at County Hall. Maybe. Because most of the presumed frontrunners […]
The rules for the reopening of the economy in Miami-Dade require restaurants and other businesses to maintain social distancing standards, which limits the number of tables they can use. But Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo believes that the county can help by temporarily closing some streets to traffic so that they can be used by these […]
The momentum of the #thankyouhealthcareheroes movement — appreciation shown to healthcare professionals during the COVID19 pandemic — has manifested itself in window messages on skyscrapers, emergency vehicle parades with full lights and sirens and clapping and/or banging cazuelas on Brickell balconies, in Tik Tok and Instagram video homages and Facebook support pages. Doctors, nurses and healthcare […]
A special election to replace Miami-Dade District 8 Commissioner Daniella Levine-Cava will cost county taxpayers almost $1 million — unless the commission decides to appoint someone to fill out the rest of the term. Many observers and some of the candidates who hope to replace Levine-Cava thought the commissioner’s resignation last month would allow for the […]
There doesn’t have to be a looming election for another mystery mailer to turn up in mailboxes in Miami Beach. This one, that landed last week, targets Mayor Dan Gelber and calls him a dictator for closing beaches and businesses for too long in response to the COVID19 pandemic. There’s even an image of Gelber […]
Former State Rep. and Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who is running for county commission in District 5 against incumbent Eileen Higgins, is not the best looking of the three DLP brothers (that award goes to Miguel). But the 2.0 version on his campaign website is a total babe. Diaz de la […]
One after the other, Miami-Dade County commissioners expressed very big concerns Tuesday with an exclusive, $2.5 billion proposal — complete with a memorandum of understanding — to build a five-stop rail along existing tracks for a new Virgin Trains (aka Brightline) route along the Northeast corridor, It’s too much money, they said. Tri-rail protested and […]
Seniors are getting meals delivered at home. Food bank drive-throughs, turning political, have become regular and frequent in the face of the COVID19 pandemic that has caused many people to lose work and/or pay. But what about pets? Dog food can get expensive. To help provide relief for Miami-Dade’s pet owners, the county Animal Services […]
A coalition of Puerto Rican organizations across Florida have come together to denounce the murder of George Floyd and demand justice, drawing a connection between the systemic racism in U.S. law enforcement and the justice system to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria — during which 2,975 people on the island died and the president literally tossed […]
The Miami-Dade County Commission could hit the rewind button on the Miami Beach monorail project, aka Baylink, because of details that have come out about secretive meetings Mayor Carlos Gimenez had with Genting two years ago during his China trip. Those business meetings — which just happened to be left off the itinerary given to […]