Campaign contributions show same ol’ special interests There is a safety hazard on U.S. 1 at 37th Avenue and Ladra can’t believe it hasn’t caused any accidents yet. It’s a billboard for the re-election campaign of Miami Commissioner Sabina Covo, who won a special election in February to replace Ken Russell, who resigned to run […]
The campaign finance reports filed last week by Coral Gables Vince Lago are pretty boring. He hasn’t raised any money either in his 2025 campaign account or in his political action committee in months, according to the most recent campaign finance records. Not that he needs to. He has more than $656,000 in the PAC […]
The “incumbent” in the Miami District 1 race was suspended by the governor after he was arrested on public corruption charges that include money laundering, bribery and criminal conspiracy. Alex Diaz de la Portilla is accused of abusing his power and selling his vote to give away a public park in exchange for more than […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago had another bad day at City Hall Tuesday. Not only did he lack the votes to reject the proposed salary increase for himself and vice mayor — a grandstanding move that would have locked in future mayors and vice mayors — and is apparently losing the effort to annex High […]
A third name in a week was added to the long list of candidates who could run for Miami-Dade sheriff in 2024: Former and longtime PBA President John Rivera. His announcement came on the heels of two other big hitters: former Maj. Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez filed papers last week and former FHP Trooper and Miami […]
But nobody cared that ADLP lived out of the district Earlier this month, a judge ruled that Miami auto parts dealer Miguel Gabela — who moved into a second property after his first home was drawn out of District 1 during redistricting — could remain on the Nov. 7 ballot and that votes for him […]
Mayor uses salary hike to smear commissioners, critics Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is a liar. Last week, on his damage control PR tour, Lago went on the radio and said that Ladra had extorted him for money. He actually said that he had texts to prove I said I would write negative things about […]
Let’s make it an even dozen. Attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez, who started his career with the Miami-Dade Police Department, is the latest and 12th candidate to jump into the 2024 county sheriff’s race. Alvarez was at the county police force for 25 years, retiring as the major of the special victims unit in 2017. During […]
Less than two weeks after Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez drops out of the 2024 county sheriff’s race, a new name is floated that immediately becomes a top contender if not the front runner: Former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a retired Florida Highway Patrol officer. And judging by the email statement he sent over […]
Community activist Damian Pardo, a candidate in Miami’s District 2 commission race, has been endorsed by retired political journalist Michael Putney, who recently left WPLG where he was the longtime host of the most popular Sunday morning political show, This Week In South Florida. “In all my years covering Miami politics, I never endorsed a […]