And, in Miami, the old Sears could become 1,000 homes A massive complex 751 homes and close to 10,000 square feet of retail space just north of Homestead, a project that has been in the pipeline for 18 months, will go to the Miami-Dade County Commission Thursday for a requested change in zoning. The proposed […]
Remember the ghost candidate that ran in the state senate race in 2020 and ruined it for former Democrat Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, rigging the election that unseated him and ushered Republican Ileana Garcia into office? Well, we may have more of those this year. Ladra thinks she may have found a spoiler candidate running […]
Important post oversees DMV, auto tag offices Hialeah Councilman Bryan Calvo, who is running for Miami-Dade Tax Collector, crashed a press conference given by Mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo Monday morning to announce the endorsement of Dariel Fernandez for the new constitutional position. That’s gotta make for some awkward council meetings. “It’s a personal vendetta,” Calvo […]
It popped up overnight along the Palmetto Expressway in the Miami Lakes area near the Northwest 67th Avenue exit, just north of Hialeah: A billboard comparing former president Donald Trump to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. “No to dictators — no to Trump,” it says in Spanish, with The Donald and the dead oppressive […]
If there was ever something that should go to a referendum for voter approval, it is pensions for our electeds. And Miami city commissioners should go to the ballot if they want to reward their behavior and “hard work” with lucrative lifetime retirement benefits. It’s not too late. The deadline for municipalities to submit a […]
Property appraiser, commission wannabes will also speak at KFHA event Now that all the candidates are set with last week’s final qualifications, the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations will have the first candidate forum this Thursday with at least four of the seven Miami-Dade mayoral candidates on the Aug. 20 ballot. But probably not the […]
It should have been a no-brainer. Coral Gables Commissioners on Tuesday approved giving $42,000 to the Actor’s Playhouse, which leases the historic Miracle Theater from the city, for a new wheelchair ramp that will accommodate newer, bigger wheelchairs for patrons who need to get to the second floor. It was a divided 3-2 vote — […]
In what could seem like a hasty and behind-closed-doors decision, the Miami Lakes Council agreed to pay former Mayor Michael Pizzi — who was arrested in 2013 on federal bribery charges but acquitted a year later — for $1.7 million for the legal fees he incurred in his defense. Wasn’t this supposed to come back […]
The political war in Coral Gables has just gone nuclear. Mayor Vince Lago, who has been spiraling, having public meltdowns and is now under investigation for allegedly assaulting the city manager during a meeting earlier this week, sent his usual email newsletter Thursday — and used it to refute any wrongdoing and lash out at […]
This meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The agenda moves to a special meeting Tuesday. At first blush, it may seem like Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting is a sleeper, especially compared to recent meetings. Nothing on LED billboards. Nothing on redistricting. But a closer look at the agenda reveals a bunch of items […]