It looks like the Hialeah Hoodlums — otherwise known as Mayor Carlos Hernandez and his Seguro Que Yes crew of crooked council members –– were recruiting for their criminal enterprise last week. And they peeled a few members off of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s old G-Men gang. Campaign Finance Chair and graft master Ralph Garcia-Toledo, shake-down […]
One of the great truths of politics is that the devil is in the details. It’s true of almost everything. but it is especially true in politics. Another thing that is becoming clear is that the details are in the committees. Is it me, or are the Miami-Dade County committee meetings getting more interesting? This […]
Former Miami Beach City Commissioner Michael Góngora will confirm weeks of speculation and file Monday for the commission race in Group 3. Góngora was a commissioner from 2009 to 2013 in that seat before he ran for mayor in 2013 against Philip Levine. He also lost a race for Florida senate last year, but only because […]
But it’s only one battle. The war may not be over. One year, a dozen hearings and more than $1 million later, the Bal Harbour Shops have dropped their “conflict of interest” lawsuit against Village Councilwoman Patricia Cohen, who was targeted because she voiced opposition to the mall’s expansion plans, particularly any takeover of the […]
Tucked into the Miami-Dade Commission agenda Tuesday is a little item that will make Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s best friend and campaign finance chair very happy. One of the multi-million dollar contracts that will likely be awarded lists Ralph Garcia Toledo‘s company as one of the subcontractors. But nobody is going to mention it. Nobody brought […]
The Cortadito Calendar will now be published on Monday to give people time to send Ladra the events they have planned for that week. Please keep sending info on your government meetings, campaign events and political powwows to edevalle@gmail.com so we have a full calendar each and every Monday. This one is our first on a […]
Former Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli isn’t the only one who wants his old job back at City Hall. Former Commissioner Wayne “Chip” Withers, who served for 20 years before leaving office in 2011, qualified last month — for the seat occupied by incumbent Commissioner Pat Keon. He could have run for the open seat. But […]
And the $350,000 would go to an FIU program run by a former president — who gave $20,000 to his campaigns Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez must have opened another drawer the other day. Because he found some more money for something he wants that means absolutely nothing to the constituents and people who he allegedly serves. Gimenez […]
Giddy Republicans are about to dismantle the Affordable Healthcare Act, removing a safety net that catches 2.2 million Floridians who may otherwise not have insurance. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Scott and our state GOP legislators want to turn Medicaid into a capped voucher system that could cut out some people with chronic care needs. At the […]
If there is anything we should have learned from the discovery last year that the mayor’s best friend was making $200 an hour as a subcontractor on a Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department project is that these contracts need a little more scrutiny. But it looks like we learned nothing because they aren’t getting it. […]