Police union contract could finally be passed After a short but dramatic impasse, the contract for Coral Gables Police — who have been without a contract since October — will be discussed and, possibly, approved at the city commission meeting Tuesday. But the additional police presence will not be there for that. Sources told Political […]
Sources: Vince Lago threatened city manager On the eve of his campaign kick-off Wednesday, Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago got into a confrontation of some kind with City Manager Amos Rojas on Tuesday — and police were called. According to several sources, Lago and Rojas were at a meeting at City Hall when there was […]
A mobile text poll of likely voters in the city of Miami Monday not only gauged the appetite for having another ballot question on a strong mayor form of government, which failed miserably in 2018, but also for a charter change to increase the number of commissioners on the dais from five to seven. It […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo may as well just resign now. He can’t get anything done in his last year. All he can do is talk and talk and talk and he seems even bored with that option. He’s been effectively neutered. And he looks defeated. Carollo had a really bad day on the Miami Commission […]
City will seek action against existing sign at PAMM After hearing from more than 65 residents from all five city districts speak against the mega LED billboards on public land, and then taking a long break for lunch, Miami Commissioners voted Thursday 4-1 to rollback the ordinance that allows the mega signs in the downtown […]
Developer may again be backing candidates The sleepy little village of Palmetto Bay may be about to get an exciting election in November. First, a little pajarito told Ladra that former and embattled Councilman David Singer – an allly of former Mayor Eugene Flinn and a critic of current Mayor Karyn Cunningham — picked up […]
Says liability, not lobbyist pal, swayed him The Miami City Commission will on Thursday again take up the proposed repeal of a 2023 ordinance that allows for giant LED billboards in public spaces downtown. And, despite the pleas of dozens of residents during at least four public hearings since January, it is poised to finally […]
Con artist has become entrenched in Democratic Party Activist Vanessa Brito, who dabbles in political consulting and election interference, was arrested just before 8 p.m. Tuesday at Gramp’s in Wynwood — at the fundraiser of a congressional candidate. Brito, who has been climbing the ladder at the Miami-Dade and Florida Democratic Party, had a bench […]
Attorney Richard Lara, who announced his candidacy for Coral Gables commissioner in February during public comments at a commission meeting, used another commission meeting Tuesday to attack Commissioner Kirk Menendez, who he is presumably challenging next year at the behest of the mayor’s cadre of establishment supporters. Is this going to be a habit? This […]
He also has a conflict on redistricting map When the Miami City Commission meets this week to consider, once again, the repeal of the ordinance that allows giant LED billboards on public land, Commissioner Joe Carollo should sit it out. Carollo must recuse himself because he is too close to former Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who […]