The United Teachers of Dade, which represents more than 30,000 Miami-Dade County teachers and education professionals, will launch a series of daily “one-on-one conversations” with each of the county mayoral candidates beginning Friday afternoon (that’s today). “The effort seeks to increase civic engagement among all education professionals and secure more pro public education leadership for […]
Everyone’s internal polls have them winning the Miami-Dade mayoral election this year, and Commissioner Xavier Suarez is no different. He told Ladra that he was leading the other six candidates in a poll done earlier this month of 503 likely voters countywide. The survey by John Zogby Strategies found that Suarez had 21% of the vote. […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is one of the most popular politicians in Florida right now. He may have been on the ropes just a few months ago, but due to his response to the COVID19 pandemic — and, no doubt, darling media role as Patient Zero — his approval ratings are through the roof, according […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and other top county officials used burner cell phones — yes, the kind used by drug dealers and money launderers — during their 2018 China trip so we wouldn’t know they met with representatives from Genting, which later became part of a group with an “unsolicited proposal” to build a monorail to […]
A longtime activist, and president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowners, has filed to run for county commission in District 7, to replace the termed-out Xavier Suarez, who is running for county mayor. Michael Rosenberg, best known as co-founder of the Pets’ Trust, filed paperwork for the race on Wednesday. He joins an already crowded and […]
The Third District Court of Appeals has decided that the city of Miami must turn over the 1,900-plus recall signatures against Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo that have been held hostage for almost three months in a massive — and possibly illegal –– effort by the city to stop the electoral process. A three-judge panel issued its […]
Updated: Following in his brother’s footsteps — again — former Miami-Dade School Board Member and State Rep. Renier Diaz de la Portilla filed to run against Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins this week. If this isn’t another sign of the apocalypse, Ladra doesn’t know what is. Diaz de la Portilla is the youngest brother of the DLP […]
After years of quiet, behind-the-scenes absence — with just a few recent Tallahassee and Miami sightings — former Congressman David Rivera is in the news again — sued by a U.S. subsidiary of the Venezuelan regime-owned petroleum enterprise for breach of contract on $50 million deal to purportedly grease the wheels for the company (read: government) […]
County commissioners really want Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to put the contract for the synchronization of traffic lights — yeah, we all thought that had been done already — out for a new bid after a locally prominent serial campaign donor filed a bid protest and said his company did not get the same advantage as […]
Just because there’s an existential threat with a viral pandemic going on doesn’t mean there’s no time to fundraise. And Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is really good at that, if nothing else. Remember, he got and spent around $10 million to stay in office in 2016. But he might be a tiny bit distracted, since he […]