Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is having a fundraiser for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Tuesday. Also hosting: Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola and lobbyist Alex Heckler, who is partners with former State Rep. and original G-man Marcelo Llorente. The event is at Levine’s company offices, Royal Media Partners at 960 Alton Rd. Gimenez and Levine have […]
Let’s call it the kiss and tell ordinance. Miami Beach Commissioner John Aleman wants to introduce legislation that would require all the elected officials in the city to disclose — on a printed form — the names of anyone they have sexual relations with that could benefit from their vote. It’s on the agenda for Wednesday’s […]
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell had four endorsements to announce last week in her challenge to the popular and veteran Sen. Anitere Flores. Problem is, she didn’t really. She only had two. Or, at best, three. A social media graphic was posted Thursday boasting the endorsements of Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who got a lot of love from the […]
It seems like every Democrat candidate is using Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in their mailers against their counter party opponents. Our mailboxes are full of Trump comparisons in what is a very obvious concerted effort to motivate Democrats and keep disgusted Republican voters home (read: GOTV and voter suppression). But Trump isn’t enough for […]
Ralph Garcia-Toledo, the man who went from being Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s driver to being a grossly-overpaid $200 consultant subcontractor on a $140 million water and sewer contract secured by his BFF, the mayor, sure is living the mogul’s life. Here he is at Joe’s Stone Crabs, enjoying a leisurely lunch, we presume, with two lovely […]
Is it that State Rep. Manny Diaz, Jr., is afraid to debate a Democrat? Is he afraid to debate a girl? More likely, Diaz — who has never had to debate for his post — is more afraid that he cannot defend his poor record or his no-show job at a non-credited, for-profit university and […]
Voters can hear directly from the candidates in two of the more interesting state races Tuesday when the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations has its first forum after the August primary. Former congressman and state rep David “King Nine Lives” Rivera, who won the Republican primary, and former Miami-Dade Police Lt. Robert Asencio, a Democrat, both vying […]
It’s a running joke that someday someone in the 305 will accuse a politician of child abuse. But stop laughing. Because it happened. It’s gotten real ugly in the race for Florida House seat 118, where candidate Robert Asencio, a recently retired lieutenant with the Miami-Dade Schools Department, has been painted as a no less […]
Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell was not able to get even a second on his motion to fire City Attorney Victoria Mendez Thursday. Russell had made the move to terminate Mendez because he said she intentionally withheld emails that he had asked her for. He said the 26 emails not provided to him painted a different […]
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 […]