There are already seven Coral Gables residents who have expressed an interest and willingness to run for one of the two commission seats that are up for grabs next April. Both Commissioners Pat Keon and Vince Lago have said that they are going to run for the mayor’s seat, being vacated by Raul Valdes-Fauli. They […]
Updated: That fight over development on Miracle Mile at the last Coral Gables Commission meeting between Commissioner Pat Keon and Vice Mayor Vince Lago was just a preview of the mayoral race to unfold over the next few months in the City Beautiful. Keon told Ladra Monday that she was, indeed, going to run for […]
President Donald Trump could learn a thing or two from former State Rep. Cindy Polo about conceding a race with grace and style. The freshman, Colombian-American legislator lost her re-election Tuesday to Broward insurance lawyer and former Miramar Planning and Zoning Board member Tom Fabricio, getting only 37% of the vote to his 63%. But […]
Stupid Democrats. They were so busy pushing unprecedented resources to get a blue, progressive, Miami-Dade mayor — dipping into other nonpartisan races, like county commission and school board contests — that they lost sight of the ball and gave up two key congressional seats, possibly a key state senate incumbent and at least two Florida […]
But officials should review shady third plantidate, too The razor thin margin between Democrat Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez and his Republican challenger, Latinas for Trump Founder Ileana Garcia, grew to 31 votes between early Wednesday morning, when it was 21, and Friday, when state officials scheduled a recount that will begin Sunday. The gap hit […]
The fat lady has not sung. Not in Cutler Bay, Doral, Palmetto Bay or North Miami Beach. On Friday, Miami-Dade Elections tweeted a photo of staffers proofreading the ballots for four Miami-Dade municipalities that will have runoffs beginning Nov. 17 after candidates in those elections failed to get a 50% plus 1 majority vote in […]
As has become tradition here, Ladra likes to identify the winners and losers from the election beyond the candidates. There are people, organizations and entities that also gain or suffer from Tuesday’s results. This year’s are painfully obvious. Let’s just go right ahead and start in with the winners, shall we? Winners: Christian Ulvert — […]
Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar go to Washington Two incumbent Democrat congresswomen were ousted in Tuesday’s election by Republicans and a blue state senator behind by 21 votes is headed for an instant recount in three shocker South Florida races that did not end like many political operatives and observers by had predicted. And […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava beat her colleague on the dais to become the next county mayor — making history as the first woman elected to the position, the second most power political job in Florida. Levine Cava won with 54% of the vote, an 8-point lead over Commissioner Esteban Bovo, according to the Miami-Dade […]
Another Diaz de la Portilla lost to Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins Tuesday night. Not by as much as many thought he’d lose, but by enough to wound the dynasty. Again. Maybe that’s why Renier Diaz de la Portilla showed up drunk to a candidate forum weeks ago: He saw the writing on the wall. No […]