Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez took the stand last week in the public corruption case against former Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman, who is accused of using his elected position and office to benefit Community Health of South Florida, which had hired him as a consultant (read: lobbyist) to help get a clinic approved. Gimenez […]
The news really isn’t that this poll done by congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo showed the Miami-Dade School Board member up by four points against Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in what was supposed to be (more of that later) a high-profile national race. The news is really that it was just four points. Ladra […]
DEVELOPING STORY: Miami-Dade County Commissioners took a recess during their budget meeting Thursday, but not because they were tired or wanted lunch. The meeting was later cancelled as bomb-sniffing dogs came in for a sweep after a bomb threat. Police dogs were called in to sniff around and see if they could find anything, but the […]
Coral Gables Police Chief Lackey Dennis Weiner resigned late Wednesday, under pressure for allegedly fudging the numbers on crime statistics to make the city look safer during what some claim is a crime wave. He leaves a $165,000 job he has had for four years and will get a $50,000 severance package and $16,500 of […]
Coral Gables Police Chief Dennis Weiner is expected to resign today, under pressure from commissioners who were ready to fire him at Thursday’s meeting anyway. In fact, Ladra is told the votes were there to fire him at the last meeting. Retired Maj. Scott Massington and Maj. Ed Hudak are both being considered as temporary replacements. Word […]
Official numbers say crime is down in Coral Gables. But people are questioning that after a spate of robberies and burglaries in the City Beautiful that hit the news this week. And at Thursday’s commission meeting, Gables Police Chief Dennis Weiner could become the second top administrator in the city fired for fudging the numbers. […]
From the better late than never category, Sen. Marco Rubio has finally endorsed Miami-Dade School Board candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo in his challenge to Congressman Joe Garcia. But what took him so long? Announced Tuesday, one has to wonder why Rubio was the lone Republican holdout in the GOP establishment’s backing of Curbelo way before […]
One of the few contested Florida House primaries in Miami-Dade went, as expected, to the anointed heir of the seat vacated by termed out State Rep. Eddy “Here Comes Hialeah” Gonzalez, and with a comfortable lead (read: landslide) of 60% to 40%. But it’s a five point game, not a whooping, if you only look at […]
This is the story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — if Snow White was a Democrat princess who empowered her dwarfs and made them feel big… just until the prince came and his kiss awoke her and took her away to state politics, leaving the little guys to mine for votes all by […]
U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, who is facing one of the most closely watched re-election battles in the country, will open a campaign office in the Keys Sunday, 24 hours after he opened the one in the Hammocks neighborhood of West Kendall — his fifth and sixth in the District, which stretches from Calle Ocho or […]