The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust issued another couple of slaps on the wrists Wednesday, further convincing critics and watchdogs who wish it had more teeth that it is woefully incapable of handling the 305’s level of unethical behavior. Other than the occasional negligible fines that are worked into the “cost of doing […]
Looking ever more like a would-be mayoral candidate, Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez released the second TV video ad this week in which he attacks Mayor Carlos Gimenez on a number of issues. Last week, it was transportation and the fact that Gimenez uses funds from the People’s Transportation Trust bond to subsidize transit operating expenses. […]
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine officially launched his re-election campaign last week with an email to his supporters, bragging about all he has done, boasting that he’s cleaned up City Hall, and saying that he will again fund his own campaign. I guess he forgot that the now defunct and still shady Relentless for Progress […]
The heat has turned up in recent days as GOP presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Donald Trump hone in on each other with recent jabs and attacks. But Trump is getting a lot more traction on his hits, thanks to his copious use of social media. Meanwhile, if Team Jeb wants to know why they […]
Maybe he just doesn’t care anymore, now that he is slipping in the polls. Maybe he practiced. But Jeb Bush sure seemed more comfortable Tuesday night on the much anticipated return of the Late Show with new host Stephen Colbert than he was weeks ago on the Jimmy Fallon show. Heck, he even gave a shout […]
He’s a Marine. A state legislator. A husband and father and a public adjuster. And now, State Rep. Frank Artiles (R-Country Walk) wants to be a bear killer. Among the nearly 2,000 permits pulled for the two-day Florida bear hunt being allowed for the first time in more than 20 years this October, is one […]
Miami Beach Commissioner Jonah Wolfson announced Thursday that he was going to close down the shady Relentless for Progress political action committee he chairs and has been championing and defending for months. He says he will return whatever is left of the $1.4 million they had collected as of the end of July on a […]
To show what a big bull’s eye Congressman Carlos Curbelo has on his back, Democrats are spending money on negative ads against him a full 15 months before he faces a Democratic challenger in the 2016 election. To be fair, he’s not the only one. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released the Republican attack coupons […]
Former State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez, who everyone knows really wants to be Hialeah mayor more than anything else in the world, seems to be riding this city election out on the heels of last year’s loss in the property appraiser’s race. But he’s not staying out completely. And neither is former Mayor Julio Robaina, who […]
During the primary campaign last year, our new Congressman Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo painted himself as a conservative Republican and said attacks on him for being soft on GOP issues and aligned with Obama and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist were slanderous. But since elected to the office in November, Curbelo has seemed to prove he’s a […]