He says that the facebook post by his wife about his near future as U.S. Congressman was a joke. But David Cardenas, son of national GOP big wig Al Cardenas and local young GOPpie, is running for something: Miami Beach Commission. Commissioner Jerry Libbin‘s bid to unseat Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower provided Cardenas — who […]
Some things never change. Ladra was at Hialeah City Hall for all of nine or 10 minutes, summoned there by a media release about a press conference with both Attorney General Pam Bondi and Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez about a national mortgage settlement. But don’t ask me what they said. I was kicked out […]
Only Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez and Council Vice President Luis Gonzalez have filed to run for re-election this year so far, but Ladra is not the only one hoping for someone to challenge the mayor. Councilwoman Vivian “I’ll Notarize That!” Casals-Muñoz, who has been rumored to have eyes on the mayor’s office for more than a […]
The debate was over before it started, but the maquinita issue is not going to go away as easily as it disappeared last week on the dais. Just days after a proposed countywide ban on the proliferating gambling machines was defeated by the Miami-Dade Commission without as much as a why, Commissioner Juan Zapata, co-sponsor of the measure brought […]
If it looks fishy and sounds fishy, it might be a different fish, but it still smells fishy. In their quest to get public financing of improvements to Sun Life Stadium, the owners of the Miami Dolphins want to paint themselves as “a different fish” than the Miami Marlins, whose taxpayer-paid stadium helped lead to […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman basically accused former Chairman Joe Martinez of using his office funds last year to benefit special interests (read: his interests) during the heated election against Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Oh yes she did. Okay, okay; Heyman didn’t actually name Martinez by name, but on Wednesday she proposed changing the way that […]
Maybe Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez knew something Ladra didn’t. There was no showdown at County Hall this morning over the proposed maquinita ban that went pop, bing, fizz without any discussion whatsoever in a 4 to 7 vote. Hernandez — whose city is a safe haven for maquinitas, the owners of which donate tens […]
There could be another big gaming showdown in Miami-Dade Commission Chambers today. But it’s not about “big gaming” as in casinos and Disney and Genting and all of that mess. It’s a big showdown about little gaming. It’s about maquinitas. Yes, those blinking, twirling, beeping cash vacuums that have proliferated like acne — or something on a […]
Jeb Bush, Jr., is among nine people up for consideration as members of the prestigious and powerful (read: lucrative) Miami-Dade Expressway Authority board Wednesday by the Miami-Dade County Commission. What’s this 29-year-old son of the former governor know about transportation and urban planning? Well, Ladra would imagine it is the same as some other nominees, including Maritza Gutierrez, a marketing […]
While Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason faces a real challenge from veteran City Commissioner Ralph Cabrera, the candidate making the biggest splash with cash in that April election is a new first-time runner vying for one of the two commissions seats. Vicente “Vince” Lago, a “project executive” for BDI Construction (read: developer), is the only one of eight candidates who has […]