Florida Gov. Rick Scott brought former Gov. Jeb Bush, one of South Florida’s most popular politicians, to campaign with him last month in Homestead. Friday, former Gov. Charlie Crist — who wants his job back — raised the ante and brought a former U.S. President to the battle for guv. And Bill Clinton can turn any […]
You know how they always say your own words can come back to haunt you? Well, that would be Miami-Dade School Board Member and congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo today, after he sees the new 30-second video ad the Florida Democratic Party released this morning with his own bad choice of words almost on an […]
Someone finally took him up on his dare. Miami-Dade School Board Member and congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo has told everyone repeatedly that he will not disclose his client list for his lobbying firm, Capitol Gains, because he doesn’t have to. See? He put the company in his wife’s name so he could get out […]
Talk about good timing: The first Spanish language radio ad for Democrat Congressman Joe Garcia started to air this morning — same day newspapers arrived at homes with the front page headlines: “Lawmakers campaign aides called to testify,” it says in English. “FBI closes in on Joe Garcia’s aides,” reads the headline in Spanish. The […]
It’s not like the forces who want to recall Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez needed another reason to add to their long laundry list of arrogant miscues and misdeeds, disregard for public safety, crony connections and ties to lobbyists and the underbelly of 305 politics. But they got one anyway: Gimenez flip flopped on […]
As if Congressman Joe Garcia wasn’t already in enough trouble. Facing a well-funded and heated challenge in what national observers call one of the most flippable races in the country, Garcia — who has been smeared with an absentee ballot fraud scandal in his 2012 victory over former Rep. David “Nine Lives” Rivera — doesn’t […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners on Wednesday approved a ballot question that would tax residents an additional $18 a year for a $200,000 home in order to build a new courthouse. Where? Don’t know. Who? Not a clue. How? No se sabe. There are absolutely zero details on any of the parameters of the new courthouse, except that […]
In what seems like a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, Miami-Dade Commissioners will discuss on Wednesday the possible ballot language for a question on the future and uncertain FIU expansion into land now used by the Dade County Youth Fair an expo, which would be moved to another location without using […]
We’ve always said that Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell has some big ones. In July, Bell had to drop the proposal that monies be transferred from the Building Better Communities general obligation bond to a series of economic development projects — including $5 million for a mixed use parking lot project in Palmetto Bay, somehow connected […]
Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo may not want to disclose who the clients of his lobbying firm are, but public records may shed a little light on at least some of his business partners throughout the years. His company, Capitol Gains — the one he has listed under his wife’s name — also […]