Add yet another big endorsement to Ralph Cabrera‘s bid to return to the Coral Gables city commission: Former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas endorsed the former commissioner in a web video released Wednesday. “As mayor of Miami-Dade County, I had the pleasure of working side by side with Ralph and I always found him to be a forward-thinking […]
State Rep. Jose Oliva, the Speaker of the House holding the firefighter cancer bill back all session, reversed his earlier decision and said Tuesday that he would bring HB857 — or something very similar to it — to the floor in the near future. The legislation, four years in the making, aims to address healthcare […]
It is a fact that firefighters get cancer and die of cancer at a higher rate than the rest of us — 14% higher. Study after study shows that job-related cancer is the number one killer of firefighters. It is a fact that no fewer than 45 states have addressed this issue by passing laws […]
On the one side, you have a liar and an empty suit and a one-term commissioner abandoning his seat. On the other, you have two sitting commissioners, a former 16-year public servant who served as both commissioner and the mayor, the police, the firefighters and, for good measure, SAVE. “Ralph Cabrera and I have many […]
March was another good fundraising month for former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who is running for the Miami city commission seat in District 1 and has raised more each month for a total of $142,000 in 90 days. The next biggest bank belongs to Miguel Angel Gabela, but he loaned himself $100K so […]
After losing the congressional Republican primary to Maria Elvira Salazar, Angie Chirino — daughter of Cuban salsa sensation Willy Chirino — wants to run for Florida Senate in District 39. She joins Pinecrest Councilwoman Anna Hochkammer, a Democrat, in seeking the seat currently occupied by Sen. Anitere Flores, who is termed out and rumored to […]
We will have to wait until Friday to find out if political operative and campaign consultant Christian Ulvert became an elected this week after he got into a tie for the fourth and last council member slot in Miami Shores. Voters in Tuesday’s election had seven candidates on the ballot. The top four vote getters […]
In another close race mirroring the 2017 contest, Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli was barely able to hold on to his seat against former Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick. Now, we can’t say Valdes-Fauli won by a scant 187 votes anymore. Now, it’s a flimsy 123! Not really a mandate, is it? The margin is even narrower than […]
Even before 7 a.m. Tuesday, 4,287 voters had cast absentee ballots in the Coral Gables election. That’s almost 55% of the 7,835 ABs that were sent out. That’s the highest number of mail-in ballots returned in the City Beautiful in at least 10 years, maybe all of history. And more may arrive Tuesday. But while […]
It’s no secret that former Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner has been waiting for Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez to be termed out or make his move so she can run for the district seat. On Monday, she made those intentions clear when she filed documents Monday at the Miami-Dade Elections Department indicating she had opened a […]