With three of his Seguro Que Yes Council members leaving the dais due to term limits, Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernández has devised a plan to keep his iron fist rule on the city: He’s running a slate of new pocket votes. This year, the mayor loses Councilmembers Isis García Martínez, Vivian Casáls-Munoz and José Caragol […]
After canceling a show by performers deemed too close to the Cuban regime, the city of Hialeah is switching gears and the council will likely vote on Tuesday evening to spend $30,000 on U.S.-based Cuban talent for the Fourth of July celebration at Milander Park. Willy Chirino‘s Zarabanda Productions would get $20,000 and Albita Rodríguez […]
All the nation’s eyes will be on Miami this week as the 20 Democratic presidential candidates take on the first debate of the 2020 election. The first night, Wednesday, features Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, former U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro, former U.S. Rep. […]
Have a question for Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava? Ask her over a cup of coffee and some waffles Monday when you’re sure to have her attention. Levine Cava, who is on a full on mayoral campaign already, is having a Breakfast with Daniella at Flava’s restaurant in West Perrine, 17490 SW 104th Ave., starting at […]
The day before the first Democratic debate takes stage in downtown Miami, one of the presidential candidates is having her own party with local voters and interested parties. Can I get a whoop whoop? Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of 20 candidates hoping for the chance to topple Donald Trump in 2020, will have a practice run […]
Immigration policy is driving a wider rift between Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who in 2017 kowtowed to President Donald Trump’s flimsy threat on cities that did not honor immigration detainer requests — becoming the first U.S. mayor to ask “how high sir?” — and Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who wants to replace him in 2020. Upon […]
The very same developers whose plans for an oceanfront highrise on North Beach were quashed by voters in 2015 have gone another route: They got the city to vacate public streets and sidewalks so they can unify a development site and use the FAR to build the condo tower anyway — and a hotel, street-level shops, […]
With the big four Miami-Dade cities having elections this November and six of the 13 county commissioners termed out in 2020 leaving open seats, a new crop of political action committees are getting in line to take special interest money and turn it into attack ads. There are at least 21 new PACs registered with […]
It wouldn’t be summer if the mayor wasn’t in Paris. This year’s annual vacation to Paris on the taxpayer dime also got Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez an England stamp on his very cramped passport as he, Commissioner Barbara Jordan and a delegation of six other county employees and three Beacon Council lackeys take an eight-day jaunt […]
The fight over the Coconut Grove Playhouse is more than just a political battle between two mayors who may very well be facing each other on a ballot near you soon. It is proof positive that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who wants to sell off every part of the county he can before he is out of […]