Did anybody see Martin Zilber‘s letter to the editor in Tuesday’s Miami Herald? It proves he is delusional. Zilber, the disgraced former Miami-Dade Circuit judge who resigned after an ethics investigation found he mistreated staff and stole $30,000 from taxpayers playing hooky, lost the special election to fill the seat in Miami’s District 2, where […]
City of Miami Commissioners on Thursday voted to add a plaque behind them that says “In God We Trust.” Like that’s gonna help the cesspool of corruption and abuse of power that is City Hall. The ones we can’t trust on the city commission are the city commissioners. Placing a sign about trusting in God […]
Miami’s newly-elected commissioner is getting her baptism by fire. Sabina Covo, who beat a dozen candidates to come out on top in District 2[s special election, has already had her first battle with another commissioner — and it wasn’t on the dais. Guess who it was? Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who skipped […]
Most people in Pinecrest seem to like things the way they are. Voters on Tuesday rejected a charter amendment that would have required a 60% referendum vote on any zoning or land use change in the city. A small group of residents were in favor. Elected officials and a larger group of residents fought the […]
Police are still investigating the burglary at Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes‘ office at City Hall last week. Monday, someone tried to break into one of the commissioner’s Community Response Team trucks (he has two). Most don’t think the two crimes are related. The commissioner’s office was ransacked, but nothing seems to have been stolen. The […]
The Ron DeSantis for President campaign is scheduled to convene Tuesday in Tallahassee when the Florida State Legislature begins its 2023 session. DeSantis has already been campaigning incognito — traveling to fundraisers in Texas and California. He published a book that is subtitled “Florida’s blueprint for America’s revival.” That’s not a hint? So the GOP-controlled […]
No, it’s not El Gran Combo. But it sounds just like them. There’s a new parody song and video about the man chicken protesting Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo who was arrested at Maurice Ferre Park at the grand opening of the dog and cat sculptures walk last month. The video was posted this week on […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the highest bench, will be coming home this week to South Miami-Dade, where her parents still live, for a street naming ceremony in her honor. Brown Jackson, who graduated from Palmetto Senior High, class of 1988, will have a portion of Eureka Drive, […]
The six Coral Gables Commission candidates in the upcoming April election answered questions from both adult residents and students Thursday at the first forum of the 2023 election, hosted by the Coral Gables PTA on Zoom. The next forum is from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, hosted by the Coral Gables Chamber at […]
The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust has gotten a complaint about Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago and his intense interest in the annexation of Little Gables, where his lobbyist brother represents the largest property owner. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ladra knows Lago said that nobody in his family had any business interest in the […]