Or ‘How the demotion of Daniel Junior caused a domino effect’ A major shake-up in the Miami-Dade public safety and corrections leadership was announced Friday by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. The changes involve at least eight people — but one could argue that none of it would have happened if La Alcaldesa didn’t need to […]
Consider this a Political Cortadito Page Six tidbit. Guess who was spotted having lunch Friday at Morton’s Steakhouse in Coral Gables? CJ Gimenez, the son of the Congressman who last week slapped Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla at the same Ponce de Leon restaurant and got arrested right after. Nobody was arrested this […]
Perhaps the new chairman will hire more ghost employees Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla grabbed the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency from Commissioner Ken Russell last week — again — and immediately asked the executive director to resign. Ladra could not reach Executive Director Jason Walker, but sources at the city say that the […]
It’s not that it’s an attack against Congressman Charlie Crist that has people riled up. We expect that. Heck, we like it. It’s more like the tacit endorsement of guardianship programs that often target and abuse the elderly that is rubbing people the wrong way. And it’s a blatant dis to our querida Britney Spears. […]
Pro cityhood mailers paid by developers have already arrived The process to see if Westchester homeowners want to incorporate has just started — and it’s been very bumpy and very fast at the same time. Some residents are upset that the Miami-Dade Commission in November, at the request of District 10 Commissioner Javier Souto, waived […]
And Crazy Joe Carollo goes off the reservation on a rabid rant Buried in the Miami city commission meeting last week, dropped during one of Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s disturbed diatribes — which is maybe why nobody caught on to it — was news that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the Miami […]
Updated: Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson, who was a state representative in District 113, announced Tuesday that he would be stepping down from his city seat to run for state House in District 106, with its newly-drawn boundaries. He was only city commissioner by default, anyway, running for that after he lost a bid for […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners will consider on Tuesday approving an $7.8-million contract that was already awarded, and for which work has already started, to you guessed it, Magnum Construction Management — which is the same post-bridge collapse Munilla Construction company under a different name — to build a new county fire station in Sweetwater. Mayor Daniella Levine […]
Jose Dotres will make almost twice as much as he did in Collier County The new Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent starts his $370,000-a-year job Monday leading the sixth largest school district in the country. He’ll be commuting. Jose Dotres, who was chosen Jan. 25 by the school board over two other finalists to replace Alberto Carvalho […]
Former city commissioner goes from convict to confidante This could be one of the greatest comeback political stories of the 305. Former Miami Commissioner Humberto “Bert” Hernandez was removed from office twice amid accusations of federal bank fraud and mortgage fraud and absentee ballot fraud. He spent four years in jail, was disbarred by the […]