The Miami-Dade Democratic Party said Monday that they had found challengers for every single Republican incumbent in the Florida House — but they had actually missed one. Had they simply forgotten about State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez of District 119 in Doral? Or had they given her a pass because she backed the Miami Dade College […]
One after the other, Miami-Dade Commissioners who voted in favor of a new agreement with the Miami Heat owners for the operation and maintenance of the AmericanAirlines Arena downtown said it was better than the last deal they heard about. It’s become like that other mantra: “It’s better than the Marlins deal.” Nevermind that the […]
Yes, as expected, the keynote speaker at the Miami-Dade Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner in a couple of weeks is a Cuban-American senator. But it’s not that Cuban-American Senator. The big money draw for the June 20 event will be Sen. Ted Cruz from Texas, known as “the other Cuban senator” in these parts. The […]
Three of the six city employees let go by Sweetwater Mayor Jose Diaz last month in what he called a “clean sweep” were re-instated by the commission on Monday. Former Human Resources Director Joanna Rubio was the only department head to be rehired by the minimum required 5-2 margin. But I hope she doesn’t get […]
Thank goodness for the Miami-Dade Democratic Party! Our loyal, local blues turned what could have been a ho-hum year of mid-term elections with very few challenges at the state level into a full House partisan battle. Que fun! Now it’s a party. Dade Dems Chairwoman Annette Taddeo-Goldstein will publicly announce Tuesday, after a press release […]
Developers who want to build that Disneyesque-looking Skyrise Miami building downtown will have $2 million less for construction, now that Florida Gov. Rick Scott included that little legislative gift in the budget items he vetoed on Monday. While this year’s $77 billion budget may have set a state record, these $69 million in cuts may […]
Some call it payback for the 5% loss and the veto override that arguably strained some of his already-limited ability to negotiate with the county employee unions, but Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is proposing new contracts that ask for a 10% cut in base pay and hints at a new battle with our county labor […]
In what has been characterized as a political ploy a full year before what is shaping up to be a heated local election, Sweetwater Mayor Jose M. Diaz — a 12-year commissioner who took over last fall after the previous mayor was arrested on federal public corruption charges — said he has absolutely no idea […]
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has proved, yet again, how difficult it can be for a millionaire businessman who is used to ordering folks around and getting his way to transition to that public servant role and follow the rules. Let me get this straight: First, Levine bullies and baits a police officer at the […]
It will cost Coral Gables nearly $14,000 to remove 14 Bismarckia Palms along Ponce de Leon Boulevard that have been deemed possibly dangerous due to restricted visibility. Seems like a bargain considering each of the trees cost about $12,000 each — a $168,000 investment in further beautifying the City Beautiful. Related story: Coral Gables must […]