Controversial scooter program could be reconsidered Will there be paparazzi? Miami Mayor Francis Suarez may make a special rare appearance at the city commission meeting on Thursday, when he is personally involved in several items. Ladra can’t imagine he wouldn’t be there to personally advocate for the establishment of the Miami Baywalk Greenway. The move […]
The campaigning for state seats in this year’s election has begun in earnest. Looks like the first meet and greet of the season is in Coral Gables Tuesday. It could be the first in-person meet and greet for many since COVID-19. Four Democrat candidates for state office will be there for a Q&A at the […]
The image could not be more poetically appropriate. Here he was, the fabulous Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, standing in front of TV cameras and the world, perfectly manicured eyebrows in place, fancy Bitcoin branded sneakers on like a rock star rapper, calling our city the capital of capital and the future of finance — […]
The Miami-Dade Commission election is sneaking up on us — it’s in August, not November, like the state and congressional races — and it’s going to be a pretty important one, with five of the six seats open, thanks to term limits. Say goodbye to commissioners Jean Monestime, Sally Heyman, Rebeca Sosa, Javier Souto, and […]
Pinecrest Councilwoman Anna Hochkammer — who once aspired to the Florida Senate — is considering a run for State House in District 115, according to a poll that voters got on their cellphones Friday evening. The first questions of the short poll, after identifiers like race and ethnicity, were to gauge the favorability and unfavorability […]
One week, State Rep. Vance Aloupis (R-115) — who broke with his Republican colleagues to vote against the hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill — announces he’s decided not to run for re-election so he could spend more time with his family. Days later, first time state candidate and longtime Republican political operative Alina García jumped […]
The executive director fired from the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency last month was just the first casualty of Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla‘s wrath — and/or graft. ADLP was made chairman of the Omni CRA in February and immediately started to retaliate against employees who may have cooperated with authorities in the investigation into […]
Calling the non-binding referendum vote five months ago a mandate — as if 57% was a landslide — Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and city leaders have been working since January to ban alcohol sales after 2 a.m. Fresh off the Spring Break curfew that was more about development than crowd or crime control — […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who was absent throughout the entire controversial redistricting process in the city, has decided he will not veto the politically self-serving and gerrymandered new map passed by the commission that divides Coconut Grove in three. A statement issued by his spokeswoman, Soledad Cerdo, made it seem as if he didn’t veto […]
The Florida traffic crash report on the January accident involving a city car with Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla in it shows that his sergeant at arms was at fault for the collision. And we only know that the commissioner was in the car because it was leaked to Ladra and became a […]