Doral seems to be spiraling downward with a constant barrage of blows in the wake of scandalous accusations and an escalating feud between the mayor and the city manager. In the past few weeks, Mayor Luigi Boria has lost two assistants, the city has come under investigation for ethics and possible criminal violations, a group […]
Miami Beach Mayor Elect Philip Levine is having a little shindig on Friday for his slate mates — it’s called a “friendraiser,” though, because I think it is past the deadline for reporting campaign contributions. But not everyone is included. The event posted on facebook Wednesday is for commission candidates Michael Greico and Joy Malakoff, […]
In his first real official act as the newly re-elected mayor of Hialeah — well, the second act, after the little childish banner towing plane snub — Carlos “Castro” Hernandez will promote a new city ordinance at tonight’s meeting that will prohibit naming city properties after a living person. But make no bones about it […]
The woman that is soon to be named the new chief of staff for Congressman Joe Garcia is SEIU Florida State Council Director Caitlin Fishman, who is also daughter of one of New York City’s biggest union bosses. Caitlin Fishman will begin her new job the first week of December. But her name has been […]
Five local Demoratic Party leaders will be recognized at the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s first-ever Blue Gala fundraiser this Sunday in Coral Gables for “investing locally” in a majority Democratic county where the red representation has always been bigger: State Rep. David Richardson(D-Miami Beach), the first openly gay elected to the Florida House, will get the […]
U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia (D-District 26) is going to name a replacement Tuesday for the former Chief of Staff Jeffrey Garcia, who is kind of busy serving a 90-day sentence for absentee ballot fraud. The new chief of staff in D.C. will be a woman, sources told Ladra. Jeffrey “No Relation” Garcia was Joe Garcia’s […]
Seems that former Florida Sen. Nan Rich is finally trying for that 2014 governor’s ticket she pretends to want so badly and has finally launched her campaign for realz now, positioning herself as the anti-Crist — as in former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the only other Democratic candidate who finally announced last week, though everybody […]
Now that this year’s lackluster little municipal elections have come and gone — well, all except the Miami Beach runoffs Nov. 19 — campaign professionals, political wannabes and junkie watchdogs like Ladra can start focusing on the 2014 races that promise much more drama at both the county and state levels. Several stabs for state […]
The election in Hialeah is over. But the war is not. Former Mayor Julio Martinez, a longtime critic of the current administration who lost solidly Tuesday to Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez in what could be one of the lowest turnouts in city history, took to the streets Sunday with a new message: “If you didn’t […]
After what they called a huge victory with the successful campaign for newly-elected Homestead Mayor Jeff Porter, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party will divert its efforts to another race several miles away: The Miami Beach commission race in Group 1. The Dade Dems, who stayed out of the heated mayoral race because every single candidate was […]