Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell lost his first political battle Thursday when he failed to get any support whatsoever on his move to terminate City Attorney Victoria Mendez after she failed to provide all the emails he asked her for about a certain Coconut Grove lot split and development. He didn’t even get a second to his […]
A group of Democrat electeds and wannabe electeds got together Friday to denounce gun violence and call for gun reform at what amounted to basically a campaign stop. Standing side by side to deliver their message of support for common sense firearm restrictions, were former Congressman Joe Garcia, who is running to get his seat back […]
Republican Florida House candidate Rosy Palomino, who is running for a Democrat-held vacated seat that the GOP really wants to turn, has two Tallahassee big wigs helping her get there. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and State Rep. Jose Oliva, slated to be Florida Speaker of the House in 2018, top a host committee, still in formation […]
On a recent Friday night, there were nine police officers patrolling the Hammocks district. Nine police officers in their marked cars, covering the area between Southwest 8th and 200th streets and the Turnpike and Krome Avenue. Nine. The addition of 140 new police officers to our Miami-Dade County Police force is certainly a good thing to begin […]
UPDATED: A Coral Gables Police major has been suspended with pay while Internal Affairs investigates an incident Wednesday in which she was caught allegedly spying on a resident at a commission meeting at City Hall. And Political Cortadito has learned that the State Attorney’s Office may also be looking into it. Maj. Theresa Molina, who served […]
The head of the Beacon Council resigned last month. But it’s likely he would have been fired anyway when his contract expired in October. That’s because it looks like Larry Williams has exaggerated his accomplishments. Williams, president and CEO of the Beacon for the past three years, announced in late August that he was taking a […]
So, now that people — both investigators and reporters — are looking into her job with Miami-Dade Water and Sewer and making public records requests, Barby Rodriguez Gimenez showed up to work Tuesday. Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s daughter-in-law was paraded up and down the Coral Gables offices of Aecom, 135 San Lorenzo Ave., by Esther Monzon, president […]
God help us, but Ladra thinks State Rep. Frank Artiles could very well become my state senator in November. Yes, he is a homophobic, sucker-punching Fight Club aficionado who looks like Magilla Gorilla (it’s the jaw line), lied about his residency when he was first elected and wants to kill a Florida black bear. The only real […]
Today’s City of Miami Commission meeting is expected to get heated when Commissioner Ken Russell asks for City Attorney Victoria Mendez to be fired for intentionally withholding documents he requested regarding the rezoning of a fast-tracked residential development in Coconut Grove. And there’s likely to be some push back, specifically from members of the Cuban American […]
Democrat activist Carlos Pereira, a candidate for Doral City Council, was suspended this week from the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) because he allegedly endorsed Republican State Rep. Carlos Trujillo. Pereira says he has not endorsed anybody in the race for House District 105 and that he cannot control a photo that Trujillo posted on […]