The Miami Beach leg could still be the “backdoor” to a larger, more lucrative county contract Mayor Philip Levine seems to have backpedalled some on his Loopy Loop. Earlier this year, Levine defended his beloved train to nowhere, a stand-alone , two-mile, $245-million streetcar that would loop from 5th Street to the convention center and […]
In one of his last ditch efforts to keep his seat, Doral Mayor Luigi Boria — forced into a runoff Tuesday — posted a new Facebook video last week in which he compares himself to President-elect Donald Trump. “Both have achieved the dream of using their experience as successful businessmen to serve the community and this […]
It’s becoming a broken record: Politicians lie or cheat or steal or hide something or otherwise fail us and when Ladra exposes it — or simply points out something curious that they don’t want anyone to notice — they shout “witch” to redirect the attention from themselves. This has happened to Ladra over and over […]
Week two of our new feature, The Cortadito Calendar: A weekly calendar of political powwows, government meetings and events with electeds. Stay informed. Get engaged. If you know any political happening that should be included in the Cortadito Calendar, please email the information to edevalle@gmail.com. And thank you. TUESDAY — Dec. 13 2 p.m. — The Unincorporated […]
The mayoral race in Doral between incumbent Mayor Luigi Boria and former founding Mayor J.C. Bermudez has only gotten more heated now in the weeks and days before the runoff Dec. 13. And Boria — whose 33 percent Nov. 8 was dwarfed Bermudez’s 46 percent vote — has been the one on full attack in what seem like […]
Mayor Carlos Gimenez, wishy washy as ever, was a day late and a dollar short Thursday when he put out a statement supporting the deferred action on immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. “This morning, I was briefed on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). I fully support the extension of […]
The mayoral runoff in Doral has gotten dirty with campaign ads claiming the corruption of both candidates, incumbent Mayor Luigi Boria and former founding Mayor JC Bermudez. Now we learn that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is investigating possible voter fraud centered around eight people who registered to vote with an office building as their home address. […]
Chalk another loss up for Annette Taddeo. The former chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, who has lost four elections for public office, lost a fifth race Tuesday night when former North Miami Beach Assistant City Attorney Dotie Joseph was elected vice-chairwoman of the same body by about 200 local Democrats after three hours of hand-wringing in what […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez was elected the commission chairman Tuesday. Sure, the board chose Commissioner Esteban Bovo, Jr. over Xavier Suarez. But the victory belongs to the mayor, who now has a compliant chairman and control of the commission agenda. You could see the satisfaction on his face when the two embraced after the vote. […]
County Hall is abuzz with speculation about who will become the chair of the Miami-Dade Commission for the next two years. But the only thing that is certain right now is that it won’t be unanimous, like it was in 2014 when the commission showed a unified body behind today’s Chairman Jean Monestime. In a very […]