It’s Julio’s turn. Again. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez only has about a year left in his term. That means he’s got to step up the parceling out of projects and contracts for those on his friends and family plan. On Thursday, his administration is asking the county commission to give a $5 million economic incentive […]
In the middle of a controversial battle over two unused bridges to nowhere that would connect West Hialeah to the east through Miami Lakes, someone started construction on the roadway of the 170th Street bridge Wednesday. Mayor Manny Cid and Town Manager Ed Piederman had to rush to the scene to stop large trucks from […]
The Florida Third District Court of Appeal said Wednesday that former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi could continue his lawsuit against the town for payment of his $3.25 million in legal fees from his 2013 public corruption trial. Pizzi had a dream team of attorneys to fight the federal bribery charges after an FBI […]
November is a month away, but there was an election already on Tuesday. Bet nobody noticed outside of Homestead, where they work the runoff backwards, having a primary in October whenever there is more than one candidate in any race. And guess what? All three races are headed to runoffs. Former Mayor Jeff Porter — […]
If you thought Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert is going to have an easy coast in the Miami-Dade Commission race to replace the termed out Barbara Jordan, think again. Gilbert may have more experience and campaign money, right now, but all the momentum belongs to Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was unarmed […]
Miami-Dade firefighter Omar Blanco has already gotten an entourage of local political stars to support his bid to run against Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in 2020, scoring a series of nice endorsements for the Republican primary in just a matter of weeks. Among his supporters are Sen. Anitere Flores, Miami-Dade Commissioners Jose “Pepe” Diaz, Rebeca Sosa, Javier Souto […]
Former Hialeah Councilman Luis González may have the support of Mayor Carlos Hernández, but he is not going to have an easy coast back into office this November. Back after a two year hiatus to run for the open seat left by the termed-out Isis García-Martínez, Gonzalez will have to beat back two other candidates. There […]
Ladra might have lit a fire under Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo‘s butt this week: After posting about his new perceived ambivalence for the 2020 mayoral race — which most observers and experts think he’ll lose — Bovo sent a “save the date” to a very special announcement Sept. 30. “Please join the commissioner’s family, friends and […]
There could be a perfectly good reason why Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo hasn’t officially announced his bid for county mayor in 2020: Because he may not run, after all. Despite raising more than $1.1 million for his political action committee, Transportation Solutions for Miami-Dade, Bovo has likely done or seen polls that show he can’t win a […]
That didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after the Miami-Dade Commission waived an ethics rule that bars freebie trips from county vendors for hurricane relief reasons post Dorian, Mayor Carlos Gimenez flew to the islands Friday with four county commissioners, a deputy mayor and an assistant fire chief. They took off from Signature Flight Support at Miami […]