With a little more than a week before the Nov. 5 election, former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell‘s campaign has launched not one, not two, but three new TV ads against Sen. Rick Scott and his “toxic agenda” in what some call one of the closest watched and most competitive races in the country. It’s part of […]
The city commission meeting Thursday turned into a shouting match between commissioners Miguel “Mike” Gabela and Manolo Reyes basically because of the contentious fight on the self-serving lifetime pensions for electeds that Gabela has championed twice before changing his mind, also twice. Gabela said he stood by the principle of his idea, which was to […]
The accolades are ridiculous. Over and over again — at the city commission meeting Thursday, on Spanish radio, on the internet, in the street — people keep thanking Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for his veto of the self-serving lifetime pensions for electeds that commissioners had voted earlier this month to give themselves. But isn’t he just […]
Some voters in Miami Lakes got a long, rambling text message about the village mayoral election — but not from one of the candidates. It was from former Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi , who recently got a $1.7 million settlement from the city for his defense costs in a federal bribery trial. Vice Mayor Antonio “Tony” […]
As Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is termed out of office and mulls a ridiculous run for mayor — everyone knows he can’t win citywide — it is looking like his old opponent, Alfonso “Alfie” Leon, may run for the open seat again next November. “I am planning on running again. Will be making an announcement […]
But voters can always split this baby It’s not a huge surprise that Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has come out hard, with mailers and phone calls, for a slate of constitutional office candidates that are all Democrats like her. Four of the five are also clients of La Alcaldesa’s prolific political consultants, Christian Ulvert. […]
The Miami-Dade County Elections Department finished on Wednesday an in-depth test of its voting equipment in preparation for the Nov. 5 general election. The “Logic and Accuracy Test” is the final test prior to equipment deployment for the election, a department statement read. Each step of the voting and tabulation process was tested: ballots were […]
Earlier this year, the Florida Legislature made significant changes to condominium laws to enhance the safety, financial transparency and governance of condo associations. These new changes, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, were mostly in response to the tragic 2021 collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside, which caused the deaths of […]
One lifeline: Mayor Francis Suarez could veto In Miami on Tuesday, city commissioners voted 3-2 to give themselves lifetime pensions after Commissioner Miguel Gabela went back on his word to put the question before voters in a referendum, which he said on an AM radio show in August. Commissioners Damian Pardo and Manolo Reyes voted […]
AKA: No, no, yes, yes, yes, no, yes Most Miami-Dade voters have a two-page ballot for the Nov. 5 election. That’s because there are six state constitutional amendments — all of which require a 60% or more approval rate — and a countywide non-binding question on wifi access. In some cities, it could be three […]