On a short but heated exchange on Miami AM radio Wednesday morning, Trooper Joe Sanchez, a candidate for Miami-Dade sheriff, defended his record and rejected a one-on-one debate with attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez, a former Miami-Dade Police major and another candidate in the crowded GOP primary. Sanchez, a former City of Miami commissioner who has […]
La votación primaria de este mes para los votantes de Coral Gables incluye una pregunta sobre la anexión propuesta desde hace tiempo de anexar al vecindario de Little Gables a la ciudad, y la votación podría detener el proceso o ayudar a que avance. Probablemente detenga el proceso. El avance o el retroceso depende de […]
The primary ballot this month for Coral Gables voters includes a non-binding question about the long proposed annexation of neighboring Little Gables into the city — and the vote could halt the process or help move it forward. It’s probably going to halt the process. The up or down all depends on who comes out […]
Alian Collazo is not a wealthy guy. The Tampa transplant running for Florida House District 115 as a plantidate filed a financial disclosure where he reported earning $40,500 as a Florida State employee and said he had $1,354.91 in a checking account on June 12. His only other assets were a $6,673.54 retirement account and […]
The most interesting thing about the latest poll released last week by Democrat consultant extraordinaire Christian Ulvert is that he predicts two Republican winners in the Aug. 20 primary. The poll pits Dariel Fernandez against former state rep and city of Miami Beach commissioner David Richardson in the November general election, and, more interestingly, it […]
Palmetto Bay leaders are concerned about safety Who in their right mind would put the words “Munilla” and “bridge” in the same sentence only six years after the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed, killing six on Tamiami Trail and providing a lifetime of PTSD to hundreds if not thousands of Miami commuters? Someone […]
There are three referendum questions on the ballot for city of Miami voters, but only the first two are easy yeses. The first question would remove the city’s general auditor and the second question would replace that person with an inspector general, who has more investigative powers. That’s easy. Voters have to vote yes to […]
The Coral Gables library is always one of the top performing polling places during early voting — as well as on Election Day — and, so, attracts lots of candidates and their supporters to urge voters to punch their number on the ballot. And sometimes it can get fun. Remember when Mayra Joli, running for […]
GOP candidates, gym equipment get thumbs up A Democrat candidate for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections has distributed hundreds, maybe thousands of slate cards with endorsements for the Aug. 20 ballot that include judges, the county mayor, the county sheriff’s race — and two Republican incumbents that have never been elected but were, instead, appointed by […]
When attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez decided to run for Miami-Dade County Sheriff in this historic election, he ran it by his wife, Ashley Airaghi. After all, the couple, together for eight years, had been trying to start a family. A campaign could stall that. But when they got news that Airaghi was pregnant with their […]