The first real Miami-Dade mayor’s race debate, hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Association Monday night, was sooooo booooring, that the real story is not about who was there – which is almost nobody – but about who was not there. Most notably: Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, a mayoral candidate who now represents the […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is not ready to give up Hialeah quite yet — and may have had a date with the devil to make a dent there. There is a general sentiment that Commission Chairman Joe Martinez has an edge in the City of Progress because his campaign manager, Absentee Ballot Queen Sasha Tirador, […]
Whose idea was it to have the deadline for campaign finance reports at midnight on a Friday? A quick glance at the totals in some of the more interesting state primary races is all Ladra could do for now. Let’s just dig in with no particular order in mind. But let’s start with the Senate, […]
As if we needed another reason (and justification) to say that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is going to wipe the floor with Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, we get a glimpse of the latest campaign finance reports in the wee hours this morning and find our Golden Boy Gimenez practically at the million dollar mark. Less […]
First, it was State Rep. Michael Bileca, who some people assume is Cuban like his wife, that was outed as a non-Spanish speaker in a robocall. Now, State Rep. Ana Rivas-Logan is outed as Nicaraguan-American in a mailer. In Miami politics, where being a Cuban Republican has been all you need to get elected for […]
Sick of the robocalls yet? You’re not the only one. Phones are ringing off the hook and will only ring more this week as two big days up ahead. Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the Aug. 14 primary. And Tuesday is when the ABs drop, which means the first batch of […]
First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak Tuesday morning at a campaign stop at Barbara Goleman High School in Miami Lakes. But not if Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla can help it. “The use of public schools whose only focus should be to educate our children for political gain is […]
Ladra was only half joking about the tailgate party. Because I did spend Saturday following the Marco Rubio magical tour bus on two-thirds of his opening day. And what a trip it was! First, I saw U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio — whose rising star is so bright he has a tour bus like a rock […]
With 45 days left before the Aug. 14 primary, the Miami-Dade mayoral election — a sleeper compared to last year’s epic post-recall battle — is ratcheting up a little. There are going to be quite a few debates in July, starting with the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Association on the 16th and followed by the […]
Maybe he lost a little steam while he coordinated the successful national Latino political convention, as the NALEO conference in Orlando last week is called. And it was a big todo, so take a bow, former Sate Rep. Juan Zapata (R-119), who serves as chair of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officers […]