Three judge panel slaps city with a civics lesson Miami’s power-hungry politicos just got benched by the grown-ups. The Florida Third District Court of Appeal on Thursday handed a stinging, unanimous ruling that the City of Miami’s sneaky little move to cancel the scheduled November 2025 election and push it to 2026 was unconstitutional. Shocker, […]
15-member committee has lobbyists, contractors Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Anthony “A-Rod” Rodriguez is now leading the charge to strip away inefficiencies in the county’s bloated and Byzantine procurement system. Yes, you read that right. The same Anthony Rodriguez who helped build the maze — and recently came under fire for awarding millions to a shady charity […]
Is Congressman Carlos Gimenez really thinking of jumping ship in D.C. because he didn’t get a fancy committee chair? That’s what the queen of conspiracy, Laura Loomer, says. And while Loomer has made a career out of conspiracy theories, stunts, and playing the victim every time someone dares to call out her nonsense, for once, […]
Melissa Castro suggests ballot language for referendum The city of Miami’s court battle to move municipal elections from odd to even years — effectively cancelling this year’s mayoral and commission races and extending electeds’ terms by a year — may have reverberations in Coral Gables, where the commission voted to move the elections from April […]
In what smells an awful lot like another scripted rubber-stamp moment, the City of Miami Commission last week passed the controversial Transit Station Neighborhood Development (TSND) ordinance, which gives developers the green light to drop a 12-story tower next to single family home within a one-mile radius of any Metrorail, Brightline or Tri-Rail, too. Existing […]
The Third District Court of Appeal hasn’t dropped its ruling yet on whether the City of Miami can just cancel its elections like a bad brunch reservation, but the smart money is on Emilio Gonzalez — the former city manager who sued to undo the shady ordinance that postponed this year’s mayoral race (and two […]
Looks like Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago was playing with fire when he went on a full verbal assault of the firefighters union president at a public commission meeting earlier this month. And what are firefighters good at? Putting out fires that are out of control. IAFF Local 1210, the city’s firefighter union, just slapped […]
Commissioner then mysteriously withdrew his request Coral Gables newly-elected Commissioner Richard Lara — who repealed the prior commission’s increased salaries and talks a lot about fiscal responsibility — tried to nickel and dime the city himself with a reimbursement request for a ticket he bought to the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce’s Centennial Gala. A ticket […]
Ay, Damian. ¿Que te pasó? The progressive darling of District 2 — the man who ran on transparency, accountability, and standing up to the political establishment — has started to look a lot like, well, the political establishment. And people are noticing. Loudly. When Commissioner Damian Pardo was elected in a historic victory almost two […]
Final deal postponed until more details fleshed out The shady deal to hand over the historic Olympia Theater to the operators of a charter school for $10 is so half-baked that even Miami city commissioners, to their credit, asked Thursday for a more complete picture before they rubber-stamp it. Commissioners voted instead and unanimously to […]