After a week hiatus, Political Cortadito Pics of the Week is back. There were more parades last month for Martin Luther King Day — one in Homestead and one in Liberty City. There were luncheons and networking nights. Politicos went on radio and TV and commented on stuff, even, on the Justin Bieber DUI thing. […]
Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was suspended in August after he was arrested on federal bribery and extortion charges — seems to think he’s still the town’s fearless leader. He’s been sending emails to his virtual constituents for months — one this week included a link to a fairly positive Miami […]
The question still hangs in the air like a thick fog? Where is Michael Kesti? And who exactly is Michael Kesti? The South Dade lobbyist and paid FBI informant is really the only reason why former Sweetwater Mayor Manny “Maraña” Maroño is facing three and a quarter years in the slammer for bribery and extortion […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his new BFF, soccer star David Beckham will be promoting their plans for a Major League Soccer stadium on public land Wednesday. Opponents who are already calling this another case of “welfare for millionaires” because of the public land component might have a press conference to bash it on Thursday. Cutler […]
Plans for a Major League Soccer team and stadium are rolling along, like a black and white ball on an open field, so smoothly and quickly that the principal cheerleaders — Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his new BFF, soccer star David Beckham, and Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber — will be stumping for […]
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush isn’t on the ballot for anything this year, and keeps saying aw shucks to suggestions that he run for president. But folks are beginning to wonder if he isn’t already campaigning for a job at the White House from the flurry of public appearances and exposure he’s gotten lately. The […]
What took them so long? The Republican Party of Florida had a very quiet grand opening last weekend for an outreach office on Calle Ocho to help with the many races it’s going to be involved in this year — particularly the governor’s race, where the GOP is hoping to hang on, and the Congressional […]
Providing for what could arguably be the best argument for term limits ever, three incumbents with nearly three decades in office — and half a century, in one case — won re-election Tuesday in Florida City. Mayor Otis Wallace, first elected 30 years ago, won with more than 71% of the vote. And Commissioners Roy […]
When President Barack Obama speaks tonight at the State of the Union Address, he will bring up immigration reform. Again. And the cameras will likely pan to the parade of DREAMers (read: human stage props) invited to the White House as symbols of the struggle. Again. Among them will be Mayra Rubio Limon, a young […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez finally issued the veto Friday that he promised of the 8-5 commission decision to return some money the county has been taking away from employees for five years. That was no surprise. What may have raised some eyebrows is a memo he wrote a day earlier telling Miami-Dade Police Director J. […]