Ladra’s been asleep at her leash a little too long, but we were resting to catch our breath and strengthen up for the busy and exciting year ahead. That doesn’t mean I’ve been totally absent. A good watchdog always keeps one eye open and it’s been tracking people and reading campaign reports. I had lunch […]
While Ladra has been busily distracted getting her heart broken and her perfectly proportioned rear handed to her in Hialeah, the political telenovela industry has turned its attention to the sleepy city of South Miami, where there is a Valentine’s Day election next week. But someone in Tallahassee has been paying attention. House Majority Leader […]
Imagine a government that not only encourages thugs to intimidate and harass, even batter, critics but then uses their investigative branch to humiliate the victims and cover up the corruption and crime. Sounds like Cuba. But this place is farther north. It’s Hialeah, where newly-elected Mayor Carlos Hernandez continues to abuse his power and those […]
Okay, so Ladra’s been busy and begs for scraps of forgiveness from the political junkies that need her particularly sarcastic java. But I’m baaack. And in a new venue, tracking a new scent. Or several ominous odors, as it were. Despite the barrage of distractions, both random and deliberate (more on that later), there has […]
Yes, Ladra is back. I’m preparing a few posts on things going on in Hialeah, Miami Lakes, the county, Homestead and elsewhere. (More on that later). Ladra has been absent for a while because, let’s say I’ve been distracted. In addition to having to work on my actual paying job in social media and media […]
Some have been promoted. Others have been punished. But make no mistake about the changes going on at Hialeah City Hall and in the city police department: The political payback and retaliation has begun with employees who were involved in the city’s mayoral and council elections last month. Those who supported and helped su alcaldito Carlos […]
You heard it here first. Actually, months ago. Ladra is not just a public watchdog. She’s a political psychic. Back in April, when a Miami Lakes dentist sued Constant Contact about an email he says defamed him to find out who the signed author “Sandra Lopez” really was, Ladra came right out and bet it […]
The swearing-in ceremony at Hialeah City Hall Friday was more like a circus or a carnival than a solemn, vow-taking induction for a new (same as the old) government body. From the Mariachis to the teary-eyed thank you from Su Alcaldito Carlos Hernandez when he mentioned his financial backer, Roberto Cayon to the three-part harmony from three female judges who swore in […]
Hours after he felt the confidence boost of his election — through fraud, lies and trickery — to the mayor’s seat he has exploited for months, Hialeah’s alcaldito Carlos Hernandez again abused his power Tuesday night. From a booth at Flannigan’s. And he may abuse his power against employees he will likely now target because they supported former […]
Former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez conceded early Tuesday night as soon as the absentee ballot machinery of su alcaldito Carlos Hernandez showed it had almost a 4,000 vote lead. A suspicious 4,363 vote lead counting ABs and early voting numbers.“Se acabo,” Martinez told supporters as he made his way outside to the TV cameras. “It’s over.” He […]