One of the names many political observers thought they would see on the bulging ballot this year is MIA so far. But former State Rep. Marcelo Llorente (Rep., District 116) – who came in third during the Miami-Dade mayoral race last year — says not to count him out just yet. Llorente, who later endorsed […]
Well, there is obviously not much interest in deciding where State Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Rep., District 112) should run next, but the tiny and totally unscientific (read: just fun) sampling we drew in 24 hours voted for a county commission seat by more than two to one. The less than five percent reader participation in […]
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Be afraid, people of Miami Beach. Be very afraid. Do you know who is about to become your assistant police chief? Really know? City Manager Jorge Gonzalez has offered Hialeah Police Chief [Abuser] Mark Overton the temporary post. Because, c’mon, everybody knows this is a backroom deal for him to become top banana in a […]
Decisions, decisions. It’s not easy for termed-out politicians to choose the best next step. Take, for example, the case of State Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Rep., District 112), who is termed out this year and has not filed for any other elected office — yet. The House Majority Leader basically admitted to Ladra Sunday that he […]
Now that Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla has set his mind and heart on a still-elusive seat in the Florida Senate and abandoned thoughts (for now, anyway) about the house seat in district 112 — being vacated by his term-limited friend Rep. Carlos Lopez Cantera — it’s safe for other Republicans to come out […]
U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Rep., District 18) kicked off her re-election campaign with a packed Sunday evening event at Miami’s Rusty Pelican where House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (of Virginia’s seventh district) — the “most powerful person in Washington,” according to GQ magazine (and we all know what a political guide that is) — stomped […]
Hialeah CouncilwomanVivian Casals-Muñoz may leave her days of notarizing questionable mortgage documents behind forever to become, drum roll, a lobbyist. Casals-Muñoz, who has been a much higher profile pol after her sweeping November election victory, filed papers Jan. 17 with the Florida Division of Corporations to open a new business called Vivian Casals-Muñoz Consultants, LLC. […]
The sleepy little suburban bliss that is Doral is about to get a muddy political makeover. Even in this year’s cornucopia of campaigns, the Doral city elections are worth watching. Not just because every seat on the council save one is up for grabs (more on that later). Not because the candidates are that engaging […]
Aside from a public appearance or two, like his lonely attendance at the opening of Hialeah Park in December, former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina has sort of been MIA since he lost the county mayoral race last year that he was once poised to win. A Florida GOP darling this time last year, Robaina did […]
Ladra got a facebook invitation Tuesday night for the first fund raiser for Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla in his new, redirected campaign for state rep, and there are no less than 15 names on the host committee, including his colleague, School Board member Martin Karp, Coral Gables architect Javier Salman […]