The city of Coral Gables is about to honor it’s founder, George Merrick, by naming June 3 Founder’s Day. This item on Tuesday’s commission agenda is for a new yearly designation for a day that will likely be marked in the future by events and exhibits or essay contests. But, as in other celebrations of […]
In every election, judicial races get short shrift. They are the least studied, the least written about, the least talked about. Voters often don’t even know who they are putting on the bench, making decisions based on whether the names reflect their own ethnicity, or along gender lines. It certainly doesn’t help that judges, in […]
The city of Coral Gables is in charge of the Coral Gables Golf and Country Club now — and it’s closed for at least a month. So, no Mother’s Day brunch. The Granada Golf Course and tennis center remain open. For now, anyway. A sign outside the country club Monday said it will be closed […]
Manny Cid, Maribel Balbin among potential candidates Miami-Dade School Board Member Perla Tabares Hantman, who has served in that capacity for almost three decades, will not seek re-election. She made the announcement days after a Miami Lakes man tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis and charter schools filed to run against her. We knew she wasn’t […]
Miami Commissioner Ken Russell lost the U.S. Senate race Thursday. No, the election didn’t come early. It’s still in November. And maybe he would have lost anyway. But Russell’s sudden and unjustifiable switch on the Miami Freedom Park lease agreement — even with amendments made on the fly — is going to haunt him in […]
West Miami’s new mayor is the youngest municipal mayor in the state of Florida, a chubby-cheeked, blue-eyed baby-face who looks more like a high school student than a politician. Eric Diaz-Padron, 27, could also be the next Marco Rubio, the U.S. senator and 2016 presidential hopeful who started his career as commissioner in this same […]
After very little public comment, a pep talk about trust and courage from the mayor, a long and fiery homeland-type sales pitch from the developer, hours of haggling by Miami city commissioners and what looked like near fisticuffs between two of the electeds, the owners of the InterMiami soccer team got the green light to […]
Company tied to hundreds of thousands in campaign contributions For at least five years, Miami-Dade County has been contracting out select bus routes and neighborhood circulators to a private company owned by prolific campaign contributors. Transportation America, which also goes by the names of Limousines of South Florida and Super Nice STS, has other contracts […]
Everybody wants something. While there may be a discussion Thursday, the Miami city commission vote on the Miami Freedom Park real estate giveaway is likely a ways off, as commissioners still have not had a chance yet to make their public asks (which are different from campaign contributions). And this will be the first public […]
Baby Brother is back at it. Renier Diaz de la Portilla, the youngest in the family’s political dynasty, is running for Miami-Dade County judge — again. RDLP filed paperwork Monday with the Miami-Dade Elections Department showing he opened a campaign account and designated himself as treasurer. He is currently challenging Fred Seraphin, the first Haitian-American […]