Former State Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who just lost special election for county commission in June on the heels of a loss in a special Senate race, has moved from his room in his parent’s house in Little Havana to a riverfront condo next to Sewell Park so he can run for city commission next […]
When Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Commissioner Audrey Edmonson made themselves members of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority early last year — convincing colleagues to appoint them rather than citizens, as they had traditionally done — there was talk about making MDX toll funds available to build rail for the SMART plan. That was the whole idea, […]
Now we know why Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez suddenly started collecting money again for his political action committee: Miami Dade Residents First — which has raised almost $70,000 all of a sudden after two years of no activity — is sending mail and text messages to Miami voters urging a no vote on the strong mayor referendum. […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has come up with a genius solution to the county’s massive traffic gridlock and mass transit problems: Cars that fly. Ladra is not kidding. Gimenez wants to be George Jetson. We don’t have money to expand rail, which is what was promised to the people with the half-penny tax increase in […]
Ya que se las cago with the Cuban-American vote, former University of Miami President and congressional candidate Donna Shalala may be going after the Colombian vote in District 27 with a new gimmick Saturday aimed at endearing her with the Hispanic community: A chiva tour. Ladra said long ago that Kristen Rosen Gonzalez was the only […]
It’s good to be the king. We’re used to the mayor coming in late some mornings or taking off early to play nine holes of golf at The Biltmore Hotel. But on Friday, while the rest of us were trying to finish our work week, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ducked out early to stump for Ron DeSantis […]
Last June, when Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez went on vacation, he designated his authority to Deputy Mayor Jack Osterholt. When he went to Asia for two weeks from March 13 through the 28th this year and when he went to Israel for a week in November 2017, Gimenez also delegated all his “delegable authority” to Osterholt. […]
This will be the year for Jeffrey “Doc” Solomon, a Pinecrest chiropractor who’s run for state House three times in District 115 and is finally on track to a win. The evidence is not just in the internal poll that has him practically tied with the better-financed Republican transfer Vance Aloupis in the race to […]
Voters in Hialeah and Miami Lakes have been barraged by a deluge of mailers that call Coral Gables firefighter and Democratic candidate for Senate a weak, tax-happy, socialist, communist puppet. Yes, the Republicans, are very afraid. They hand picked State Rep. Manny Diaz Jr. for the seat vacated by termed-out Rene Garcia, and are now finding […]
While this year’s Florida ballot is long on state amendments, city of Miami voters only have to remember three little words when it comes to their city questions: Just say no. None of the Miami referendums put to voters should pass because none of them pass the smell test. Ladra will dissect them one at a […]