Young GOP VIPs back Manny Cid for Miami Lakes mayor

Young GOP VIPs back Manny Cid for Miami Lakes mayor

Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez, Coral Gables Commissioner Vince Lago, North Miami Beach Councilman Anthony DeFillipo and Coral Springs Commissioner Dan Daley will headline a fundraiser Wednesday for Miami Lakes Councilman Manny Cid, who is running for mayor. The event is titled “Young Professionals for Manny Cid,” and it includes the president of the Miami Young Republicans Jessica […]

Seven Dems fight it out in open House 108 primary

Seven Dems fight it out in open House 108 primary

The exit of State Rep. Daphne Campbell into a Senate run has created an open seat and the largest clusterbunch of Democrats in any primary in the whole state of Florida. There are seven candidates running to replace Campbell in House District 108. Count ’em. Seven! Sure, there are other races where there might be […]

Ross Hancock uses anti-Trump mailer in Dem primary

Ross Hancock uses anti-Trump mailer in Dem primary

Perennial candidate Ross Hancock is running against another Democrat for the opportunity to face State Rep. Michael Bileca in November. But it might also look like he’s running against Donald Trump. Hancock has a mailer going out this week to Hispanic Democrats that plays on their alleged distaste for the brash millionaire GOP presidential nominee. […]

Marco Rubio comes home for Senate grassroots kickoff

Marco Rubio comes home for Senate grassroots kickoff

The primary presidential run is over. The Republican National Convention is yesterday’s news. On Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio will officially kick-off his Miami-Dade re-election grassroots campaign with a community rally in his hometown. One week before absentee ballots are mailed to 218,000 voters in Miami-Dade, Rubio’s home and stronghold, this event in West Miami is […]

Wish you were in Cleveland? Trump watch party is for you

Wish you were in Cleveland? Trump watch party is for you

A group of diehard Donald Trump supporters from the Miami-Dade Trump campaign are having a watch party Thursday night in Miami because its the next best thing to being there on the final night of the the Republican National Convention. “We can’t be in Cleveland so we’re going to get together here,” said former Palmetto […]

Awkward! Annette Taddeo, Joe Garcia face off with polite jabs

Awkward! Annette Taddeo, Joe Garcia face off with polite jabs

You could cut the tension in the room with a knife Tuesday night, when the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations had their first candidate’s forum and former friends Joe Garcia and Annette Taddeo faced off for what could be the first time in this election cycle — or ever. They are so used to working […]

Michael Gongora, Jason Pizzo rack up endorsments for Senate

Michael Gongora, Jason Pizzo rack up endorsments for Senate

Former Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Góngora keeps racking up those endorsements in his bid to become the next Florida Senator in District 38. But so is some young gun attorney named Jason Pizzo who nobody ever heard of before. It’s natural that Góngora would get his ex colleagues on the dais to join his team: Former Miami Beach Commissioners Ed […]

Chased out: Juan Zapata leaves hostile work environment

Chased out: Juan Zapata leaves hostile work environment

Not everybody was shocked by the news Friday that Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Zapata had withdrawn his candidacy and was leaving county government. Zapata — who has repeatedly expressed his frustration with the lack of transparency and the “cost of doing business” at County Hall — has had enough. “For the past four years, it has […]

South Dade ex-mayor takes Trump pumping to the nation

South Dade ex-mayor takes Trump pumping to the nation

Today is the last day on the Miami-Dade Trump Committee for the chairman, former Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall. Thursday, he will fly to D.C. to start working on the national campaign’s outreach. MacDougall will be meeting with the Republican National Committee to talk about taking his efforts with community outreach to a national scale. A […]

Daisy Black’s sudden death shocks friends, community

Daisy Black’s sudden death shocks friends, community

Death leaves Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, now unopposed, with four more years Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson has been de facto re-elected this week after her sole challenger, former El Portal Mayor Daisy Black — and Edmonson’s longtime nemesis — died suddenly and unexpectedly Wednesday. Details on the cause of death were still unknown Thursday, but Black was […]