He read the room. Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto asked the county attorney to repeal the ordinance that created the Westchester Municipal Advisory Committee he later secretly formed to consider (read: jam through) the incorporation of Westchester. Souto had already appointed the 7-member MAC, according to a memo he sent on Feb. 9, the day before […]
Average homeowner could pay about $90 more in annual taxes Voters in Cutler Bay have either gotten or are about to get absentee or mail-in ballots for a $37 million, 30-year general obligation bond to fund the construction of municipal facilities and their own “Central Park” on 16 acres of vacant land on Old Cutler […]
Readers of Political Cortadito are going to get sick of the city of Miami this week. That’s because the commission has four back-to-back meetings over three days — including the much-anticipated no-bid, 99-year deal for development of the Melreese golf course. The dates on the dais begin Wednesday with a special meeting to establish the […]
It appears that Ladra has hit a nerve. In a community meeting last week about the redistricting process, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo lashed out against this blogger for exposing that his Coconut Grove house on Morris Lane has been drawn into his district so he can move back in and protect it from seizure when […]
Party on, spring breakers! The city of Miami Beach can’t ban alcohol sales from 2 to 5 a.m. like they wanted to this week and next for the peak of the Spring Break season, when thousands of college students from around the country descend. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Beatrice Butchko blocked the city’s attempt to […]
What ‘free state of Florida’ is he talking about? So much talk about the free state of Florida and parental choice for months, and this week Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proved it was all political fodder for his base. He doesn’t really care about parental choice. That is why DeSastre the bully berated and shamed […]
But community meetings this week aim to seek resident input? Really? One by one, nearly 100 speakers lined up and practically begged Miami city commissioners not to cut Coconut Grove into three pieces in the redistricting process. Of the 96 people who spoke against new maps that adjust district boundaries to accommodate population growth, 91 […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo can move back into his fancy, posh Coconut Grove house if the city gives final approval to the redistricting maps as they have been drawn, which divides the Grove into three separate districts. The Morris Lane house Carollo reportedly moved out of just to run for office in 2017 has been […]
After more than four months, we can remove the word “interim” before Police Chief Manny Morales. No big surprise there. City Manager Art Noriega announced Monday that he appointed Morales — who has been at the department since 1994 — to the job permanently. “After further evaluating Chief Morales’ performance during the first 100 days, […]
And city Commissioner Joe Carollo’s house is drawn into his district The latest redistricting map for the city of Miami cuts Coconut Grove into three districts, rather than one, which residents are vehemently against. It also takes great pains to put Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s house — the one he swears he doesn’t live in — […]