After winning the primary Tuesday for the Republican spot in the congressional race for District 26, Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo could have and should have immediately disclosed his client list at Capitol Gains — the one he hides under his wife’s name — and diffused any controversy that is likely going to be a major campaign […]
Miami Beach Mayor Philip “Fix It” Levine wants more people to like him. Levine reached out to residents via one of his regular email blasts to ask them to follow him on twitter and Instagram and like him on Facebook and YouTube. “I began using Facebook and Twitter to send updates during my campaign for […]
After the Fourth of July boating accident that killed four people in Biscayne Bay caused a renewed demand for the county to put a fire rescue boat in the water, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez hunkered down and refused to refund the fire boat, saying that it probably wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. […]
AFSCME Local 199 became the fourth union to settle with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez when the administration and the union’s negotiating team reached an agreement Thursday. “We’re done. We’re finished,” said Andy Madtes, president of the union that represents the largest number of employees at about 9,000. “We got all of our […]
In his bid for the nomination to the Congressional race in District 26, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo spent close to $1 million for the 47% primary victory Tuesday. But a lot of that money went to firms and consultants outside of Miami-Dade. While certainly the bulk of the money was spent locally, […]
UPDATED: Three of Miami-Dade County’s 10 employee labor unions have reached tentative agreements with a suddenly friendlier administration that they now have to take before their members for approval. Three more meetings are scheduled for today and it certainly looks like Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez is more eager these days to strike deals. […]
Commissioner-elect Daniella Levine Cava is not the only one who won Tuesday when she was able to get 52% of the vote in District 8 over incumbent Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell. And Bell is not the only one who lost something. Like always, there will be those who benefit from this regime change […]
No sooner had the results been posted online that U.S. Congressman Joe Garcia came out swinging in the general election race against Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo, who won a mandate from Republican voters Tuesday when he got 47% of the nod for the nomination. Less than two hours after precincts closed, Garcia’s […]
Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo, who was hand-picked by the GOP establishment to pit against Congressman Joe Garcia in November, won by a near mandate 47% of the vote in the five-way District 26 Republican primary Tuesday. He only with a huge absentee ballot margin in Miami Dade and yet, more people voted […]
UPDATED: The final votes had not even been counted, but the hundreds of people gathered at the Palmetto Bay Village Center for the victory party for Daniella Levine Cava — a political neophyte who beat powerful Vice Chair Lynda Bell — danced anyway to a live band as elected celebrities started to pour in. And danced. […]