With no discussion or debate Tuesday, the Miami-Dade Commission approved the spending of more than $41 million for a new fleet of vehicles this year. Only Commissioners Micky Steinberg and Rene Garcia voted against it. The rest of the commission voted to approve the purchase of 580 vehicles. Miami-Dade County considers a vehicle ready for […]
Free testing available at County Hall next week We’re No. 1! But we probably don’t want to be this time. Miami-Dade is the nation’s leader in new HIV cases reported every year, according to the Center for Disease Control. In fact, the county has had the highest annual rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections of all […]
It’s been 19 days. Less than three weeks ago, President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, the de facto leader of the free world. But it seems like it’s been several months already. Maybe a year. Ladra is exhausted. Numb. Scared. Angry. Dumbfounded. All at the same time. […]
With Hialeah Mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo‘s pending departure from public service to become a Washington D.C. lobbyist — because his relationship with Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suddenly very valuable — there is wide speculation about who might run for the post this year now that it’s become an open seat. Council President Jacqueline […]
Florida State Rep. and House Speaker Daniel “Danny” Perez attended some of the inauguration festivities in Washington D.C. last month, as did many other South Florida electeds who were there. But Perez flew to DC in a private jet with fundraiser Brian Goldmeier and several political influencers, including John Ruiz, the University of Miami booster who wanted […]
Miami Commissioner Crazy Joe Carollo, accused of using the Bayfront Park Management Trust as his own personal piggy bank, has gone nuclear with his proposed solution: Abolish the agency altogether. Sued last month for abusing his power and getting kickbacks in shady deals as chairman of the Bayfront Trust, Carollo put an item on the agenda for […]
A whistleblower lawsuit filed last month against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo for abusing his power as the chairman of the Bayfront Park Management Trust and paying friends exorbitant fees to get alleged kickbacks has snared onetime Coral Gables commission candidate Javier Baños, who is now the editor of the Gables Insider and a frequent critic […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is coming apart at the seams. His latest public meltdown was caught on camera last week during a press conference called by Police Chief Ed Hudak about the two human trafficking incidents that were recently thwarted by the department within the City Beautiful’s borders. Hudak had just finished briefing the […]
Miami commissioners on Thursday abandoned a plan to take someone’s riverside property through eminent domain proceedings and, instead, purchase another property in Little Havana owned by the same man. Instead of a park along the Miami River, the city will use the vacant land between 8th and 7th streets at 14th Avenue to build affordable […]
Miami was reeling Wednesday after the Miami Herald’s Tess Riski reported the whistleblower lawsuit against Miami Commmissioner Joe Carollo filed by two former employees of the Bayfront Park Management Trust of using public funds for his personal gain. Among the details released was a $150,000 payment to America TeVé to broadcast the city’s million-dollar New […]