King Carlos II has already amassed a $1 million war chest to defend his kingdom. With 16 months to go until the election, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez has reported collecting $1 million with his political action committee, Miami-Dade Residents First. Sure, it’s a huge amount. But it’s no surprise. Not really. Gimenez is not […]
Now that they are competing for the same job, Sen. Marco Rubio will not let Sen. Ted Cruz take his place this year at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, the biggest fundraiser thrown every year by the Miami-Dade Republican Party. But it’s not an endorsement or a slight on former Gov. Jeb Bush. Rubio was […]
Mark Halperin should apologize to all of us Political journalist/pundit Mark Halperin is taking a lot of heat for his what really amounts to a lazy interview of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, one of the Republican contenders for the presidential nomination. In what some have characterized as a test of Cruz’s cubania — the Canadian-born […]
Sweetwater Commissioner Orlando Lopez is expected to become the new mayor of Sweetwater after today’s elections. Not just because his allies, including Commissioner Isolina Maroño, are adept at the collection of absentee ballots. And not just because Deborah Centeno, a Nicaraguan activist who should win because she is the only really clean one, couldn’t muster enough of […]
Does this indicate the same type of campaign as 2012? It’s no surprise to some that Jesse Manzano-Plaza would reprise his role as candidate Carlos Gimenez‘s spokesman and message massager for the Miami-Dade mayor’s re-election bid next year. It was announced last week, that Manzano-Plaza had joined the G-Man team as “senior consultant” for the […]
The event is billed as a “reception” with Jeb and Columba Bush. But it has all the makings of an official announcement that the former Florida governor, son and brother of two past U.S. presidents, is running for president after all. No big deal. It’s expected. And Ladra can’t guarantee he is going to launch […]
Miami Beach Police are rolling out their body cameras this week. But what for? They have already proven that they are going to act with impunity — whether or not the camera is rolling. An officer who was caught on video clocking and kicking a drunk model in handcuffs was, indeed, found to have used […]
If you go to the Miami-Dade ‘Taste of Haiti’ event today promoted by the county and Commission Chairman Jean Monestime, just know that it wouldn’t happen without the help of some of the very people who come to the county for millions of dollars in contracts. Like the Easter Egg hunt and spring festival put […]
Ladra had to laugh out loud when she read the announcement. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, in partnership with the Miami-Dade Age-Friendly Initiative, will launch the “Mayor’s Age-Friendly Challenge,” encouraging business, civic and elected leaders “to take a pledge to help make our community more age-friendly.” Okay, I know that Ladra is a jaded bitch, but […]
Florida legislators jump at the chance to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator Wow. Just look at the legislators lunging for the coveted open Senate seat left by Marco Rubio‘s White House ambition. The list 15 months out already makes for two delicious 2016 primaries in what is already a year full of races to watch. No matter […]