The Hialeah election primary ended Tuesday in a thud heard ’round the City of Progress and met with what can only be called shock and/or total disbelief by the hundreds of supporters and volunteers (not to mention the paid political consultants) that waited for results at the campaign offices of both former State Sen. Rudy Garcia and former […]
The absentee and early voting ballot count for Hialeah is trickling in and it may look like su alcaldito Carlos Hernandez and his incumbent-minus-one-plus-one slate is winning the mayoral race. But looks can be deceiving sometimes. Hernandez and Co. were expected to take the ABs (all but Tony “Phony” Vega, who is losing even there). They are, after all, paying Absentee […]
As everyone had expected and determined, Ladra is going to come out — on Election Day no less — for Raul Martinez in the Hialeah mayoral contest. Maybe it’s a self-fullfilling prophecy. But it’s not because Martinez is bigger than life or better equipped for the enormous task of going through the city’s financial fiasco […]
Looks like Hialeah Council President Isis “Gavelgirl” Garcia-Martinez has read the writing on the wall and is beginning to hedge her bets. While she has been campaigning with su alcaldito Carlos Hernandez, she took a little walk through the parking lot Saturday at the JFK library, on the last day of early voting, and had […]
A political commercial that strings together a bunch of the most unfortunate moments in the life of Hialeah Council President Isis “Gavelgirl” Garcia-Martinez is already on YouTube and will be seen on Spanish-language stations tonight and over the weekend. But it’s not her opponent, former Councilwoman Cindy Miel, who is behind the ad. Miel is […]
Ladra will always love the Miami Herald and be grateful for the incredible talent and drive there that has made her who she is today. But times have changed. And it’s a good thing that the Miami Herald’s editorial recommendations in elections are not worth their weight in the paper that prints it anymore. Perhaps […]
The voting in the Hialeah elections has reached record levels already — five days before Election Day. But if you think the big push over the top is happening in early voting at the JFK library, think again. It’s by mail — fueled by absentee ballots. While there have been 2,232 ballots cast at the library […]
A robocall urging Hialeahns to oust Councilwoman Vivian Casals-Muñoz — because she had the audacity to vote “no” twice in the Seguro Que Yes crew — was received by some voters Tuesday while the candidate and both her opponents were at the JFK library greeting early voters. But niether former cop and current Hialeah Housing Authority employee Danny […]
We had been suspecting it for a while, ever since gunshop owner Tony “Phony” Vega changed groups in the Hialeah Council elections back in the middle of September. But on Tuesday, Ladra Vega and su alcaldito Carlos Hernandez came out of the political closet and showed their love for each other. “We love Tony Vega,” […]
Hialeah hairdresser Aida Perez, whose introduction is always followed by “she’s Felipito’s mom,” doesn’t live in the City of Progress. So she can’t vote there. But she drove her sister to early voting at the John F. Kennedy library Tuesday and got to spend a little time with former Mayor Raul Martinez and some of his Back […]