After much hand-wringing and nasty, negative campaigns between the three front runners, the Miami-Dade mayoral runoff in November will see what could very well be the most negative and partisan mayoral race in our lifetime when two sitting commissioners and polar party opposites go head to head. Esteban Bovo and Daniella Levine Cava were practically […]
Happy Election Day! By the time you read this, by the time 7 a.m. rolls around and the polls open, more than 300,000 voters have already cast ballots in Miami-Dade — that’s almost 50K more than all the people who voted in the August 2016 mayoral race, including on Election Day. An astounding majority of […]
A pair of caravans in Miami-Dade on the last day of early voting show just how partisan and polemic our county mayoral race has become. In Miami Beach, a blue stronghold with a Democrat mayor, the Miami Beach Democratic Club had a convoy Sunday to kick off the Democratic National Convention, which started Monday, and […]
Miami Comissioner Joe Carollo on Thursday lost yet another attempt to stop his recall. This time, none other than the Florida Supreme Court told him and the city of Miami they have no case. The city of Miami was sued by the political action committee behind the recall in March after City Clerk Todd Hannon […]
In what was likely the last televised debate of the four leading Miami-Dade mayoral candidates, the time and drama was dominated, yet again, by former mayor Alex Penelas and current Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo, who traded jabs and interrupted each other like they were alone on the stage. Ladra could watch Tuesday’s AmericaTeve debate again […]
In the final stretch of the Miami-Dade mayoral election, two separate internal polls put county Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava comfortably in the runoff. Former Mayor Alex Penelas — who came in third in an independent business group poll Ladra posted about on Political Cortadito Aug. 6 — released a new poll of 350 likely primary […]
There wasn’t going to be a primary in the House 112 race — which covers downtown Miami, Shenandoah and Key Biscayne. But then the ghost of former Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro filed at the 11th hour to challenge teacher Rosy Palomino, a perennial candidate and president of the Douglas Park Neighborhood Association who has been […]
UPDATED: Once again, the city of Miami has weaponized its code enforcement office to go after a perceived “enemy.” This time it’s activist attorney David Winker who has won several lawsuits for residents and is currently representing the group trying to recall Commissioner Joe Carollo. How long do you think before Winker sues them on […]
The smart money is on a November runoff in Miami-Dade District 5 between incumbent Commissioner Eileen Higgins and retread has-been Renier Diaz de la Portilla, thanks to Miguel Soliman. While Soliman filed before Diaz de la Portilla, the youngest brother of the political dynasty has enviable name recognition and is expected to beat Soliman handily, […]
Not everyone is doing terribly in the economic crisis fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The four viable Miami-Dade mayoral candidates have raised more than $12 million between them, and spent at least $9.5 million through July 31, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed Friday with the Miami-Dade Elections Department. The biggest bank belongs […]