If Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez still has any tiny hope left of being elected county mayor, he better dump his campaign manager Sasha Tirador, and fast, before she does any more damage to his already minimal chance. Maybe Tirador is sabotaging his campaign on purpose. Wouldn’t be the first time that is said. Does […]
With all the impact that the NALEO conference this past week in Orlando could have on not just the Latino vote but on Hispanic leadership and the media’s – heck, the world’s – perception of our political community, it’s sad that they sorta blew it. The comments and opinions coming out of what is known […]
Maybe presidential candidate Mitt Romney was the headliner at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officers annual conference in Orlando Thursday. But for a group of Miami legislators and municipal officials, there was another name on their mind: Lebron James. NALEO’s 29th annual conference at the Contemporary Resort in the Magic Kingdom was […]
South Florida Miami Heat fans watching the game tonight won’t just see another tight fight between the best in basketball. They’ll also get to see the first TV commercial aired by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez in his re-election campaign. Talk about maximizing your time with a captive audience. We’ll find out how much of his […]
Around 300 people are expected at a Young Professionals reception tonight for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. The Brickell area soiree is hosted by no fewer than 86 “friends” (read: people with political interests), including Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo, Miami Beach Commissioner Jonah Wolfson, Coral Gables Commissioner Frank Quesada, architect Willy Bermello, Jr., former Miami City […]
While Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, who has left his seat to run for mayor, has publicly supported former State Rep. Juan C. Zapata‘s bid to replace him, his staff and campaign supporters are throwing their weight behind another man in the race. And political observers have raised their collective eyebrow. Manny Machado is a […]
This is a different Carlos Gimenez. What a difference a year makes, eh? Sixty days before another Miami-Dade mayoral primary election and the tables are turned on the incumbent, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, a one-time underdog who was outspent by almost 3 to 1 in a close call that almost woulda coulda but not shoulda […]
Looks like the three-headed DLP monster is trying to get back to Tallahassee after all. Former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla filed at the last minute — okay, with 20 minutes left til the cutoff — to run for state house in district 112. Dean DLP, who served 10 years in the Senate and […]
You know you’ve become a sort of political cause celebre — either the good or the bad kind — when you’re lucky enough to get on the sign outside M&M Liquors in Hialeah. Robert Gewanter‘s neon poetry is pretty famous for his witty wallops on the bad kind: local, state and national political pobrecitos who […]
Ladra has changed her mind. Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez can’t be responsible for the attack on his nemesis, Fire Union Vice President Eric Johnson, that has backfired in a big way. He couldn’t be that stupid. Because he just made himself the laughing stock of Hialeah, Miami Lakes, Miami Springs and beyond. I jumped to […]