Lawsuit seeks to remove fake ‘plantidate’ from ballot

Lawsuit seeks to remove fake ‘plantidate’ from ballot

The lawsuit against Sasha Tirador and the employee she is paying to run against a political enemy — now why didn’t I think of that — is getting more serious with a request before a judge now to remove a candidate from the ballot. And the hearing is set for Thursday afternoon before Miami-Dade Circuit […]

Renier DLP fights fire with firetruck in Hialeah

Renier DLP fights fire with firetruck in Hialeah

On the first day of early voting at JFK Library in Hialeah, the city administration called on firefighters to remove signs on the fence that belonged to School Board Member and former State Rep. Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who is running for a state house seat in district 103. They claimed hanky panky because […]

Illegal candidate cards cut short to meet the law

Illegal candidate cards cut short to meet the law

Voters who went to JFK Library in Hialeah Monday for early voting may have gotten a palm card that was shorter than it was over the weekend. That’s because two of the candidates were cut from the bottom up. “We got tired of them,” said State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez when Ladra asked why the two […]

Early voting weekend: Low turnout, high bladder control

Early voting weekend: Low turnout, high bladder control

The first weekend of early voting may have seemed incredibly slow to those under the hot sun who had to hold it in, but the trickling of voters Saturday and Sunday added up to nearly 6,500 votes cast in Miami Dade — not bad if you consider it’s already in two days more than 10 […]

Intimidation at JFK starts early in early voting

Intimidation at JFK starts early in early voting

Ladra woke up late and apparently already missed some Election Day antics in Hialeah. A little birdie told me that Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro”  Hernandez has already started harassing the campaign volunteers and workers for School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who is running for a state house seat in 103 against school […]

First day of early voting = Candidate Catwalk

First day of early voting = Candidate Catwalk

Early voting starts today. Do you know where your candidates are? The fat ballot means that there will likely be a slew of local and state candidates with teams of sign wavers at the busiest of the polling places. In Miami-Dade, there are the big three that outperform the rest time and time again. The […]

“Here Comes Hialeah” Gonzalez sues Sasha Tirador

“Here Comes Hialeah” Gonzalez sues Sasha Tirador

The ugly war that Absentee Ballot Queen Sasha Tirador started to wage against State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez (R-102) has so far been relegated to the streets and airwaves. But now it is headed to court. Gonzalez has sued Tirador — who is characterized as an “odious” and uncivilized political consultant in the complaint — for […]

Hialeah AB inquiry may have a bigger net

Hialeah AB inquiry may have a bigger net

The private investigator who finally bust open Pandora’s Box of absentee ballots in Hialeah was questioned at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Monday afternoon — and came out with a much better attitude than the one he had going in. Joe Carillo took an awful long time upstairs with investigators and/or prosecutors  – ‘specially for […]

PI on the Hialeah ABs could be grilled by SAO

PI on the Hialeah ABs could be grilled by SAO

Private detective Joe Carillo is headed to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office this afternoon so they can question him about his investigation of the two women collecting absentee ballots in Hialeah, who were later detained and stopped by police. But Carillo, 57, said he knows he is stepping into a trap and that his sources […]

Carlos Gimenez and the Hialeah boletera smile for the camera

Carlos Gimenez and the Hialeah boletera smile for the camera

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has repeatedly said he doesn’t know the boletera caught red-handed collecting AB ballots in Hialeah this week. But here is our Golden Boy mayor posing for photographs with Daisy Cabrera at the opening of his campaign office on West 68th Street on July 15. She is the second from left standing […]