Palmetto Bay commissioners thought they had rid themselves of former Village Manager Edward “Ed” Silva when he was forced to resign just months before the end of his contract by council members who felt he was “in bed with developers” and intentionally undermining the mayor. But nooooooooo. A village resident for the last 25 years, […]
Newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, the first female mayor in the county’s history, has already hired four of her top chiefs — and none of them are women. But she told Ladra this week that she was getting ready to make more announcements and that at least one of them would be a […]
People are still dumbfounded. How could Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, one of the few lawmakers who wanted to fix the broken Florida unemployment system, be ousted by a Latinas for Trump founder who has no political experience? The answer is that Republicans put an NPA spoiler plantidate who was a GOP voter days before he […]
COVID-19 heroes campaign helps get locals elected Among the winners in the election earlier this month are healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital. While some of the candidates their union endorsed lost at the state level, they got every single one of the Miami-Dade commissioners they wanted. Most importantly, they got a mayor who they […]
Officials violated free speech in public comments, could be ousted Just in time for Thanksgiving — something to be really thankful for: Hope in the city of Miami that certain officials who have been running a criminal enterprise could be removed from office. Finally. No, it’s not another recall attempt. The city is being sued […]
The top name on that “clean house” list that people are passing around — hoping that new Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has one, too — is Alice Bravo, the director of the Miami-Dade public works and transit departments. “We do want to see some change,” says Jeffrey Mitchell, president of the Transit Workers Union Local […]
Former Sen. Oscar Braynon, who represented Miami-Dade and Broward in both the Florida House and the Senate for the last 12 years, has joined The Southern Group lobbying firm. State law says he can’t lobby his old colleagues in Tallahassee. But he can lobby members of the executive branch, said Nelson Diaz, managing partner at […]
Despite issues with labor, blacks, he gets a key No. 2 post When Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said early last month that he was leaving the city for greener pastures, he claimed he didn’t have another job option. But Ladra and many others didn’t believe him. Nobody leaves a $306,000-a-year job with nothing […]
But we can’t afford a special election in District 8? She said yes. Miami-Dade’s longtime budget director, Jennifer Moon — who had been elevated to the position of deputy mayor under Carlos Gimenez — has left the new mayor’s team to join the Board of Commissioners as senior advisor. Acting Chair sprung the surprise proposition […]
DLC names two key cronies: Ed Marquez, JD Patterson Miami-Dade Deputy Mayor Ed Marquez is safe. For now. Marquez was on a list of county officials that many political observers thought would be out with the election of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who was expected to clean house. We can cross him off. He has […]