One of the closest local races to be decided Tuesday is the county commission contest in district 11, vacated by Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez in his failed bid for mayor. And it shouldn’t be this close. Because one of the candidates is a respected and experienced leader on a national level who has served […]
Most of the people on the list of supporters hosting a fundraiser tonight for Miami Lakes Councilwoman Mary Collins are not a surprise: Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi, Vice Mayor Ceasar Mestre, Councilman Nick Perdomo — who I like to call the Bermuda Triangle — and lawyer Javier Vasquez, who also did a fundraiser for Pizzi […]
Well, at least one more sign. No sooner had I published the post about the mirrored campaign sign for Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi‘s re-election campaign than — wham — I get a photo of another peculiar get-out-the-vote tactic taken from Hialeah politics. This one, to the left, is sent by an alert reader […]
Looks like Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi is seeking some higher intervention in his re-election campaign — as evidenced by the generous use of mirrors on this here yard sign, posted on the corner of 154th Street and Northwest 79th Avenue. And here we thought santeria rituals in political campaigns were unique to Hialeah. […]
Well, do we all feel better now? I’ll bet some boleteras, at least, are breathing a sigh of relief as county commissioners pat themselves on the back over their successful vote today to provide pre-paid return postage on absentee ballots for countywide elections. And I’m sure some cities will probably follow suit in their fanciful, […]
Man, what I wouldn’t give to be at the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting today when Commissioner Esteban “Stevie el Bobo” Bovo proposes — again — that the way to curb absentee ballot fraud is by having pre-paid postage on the ballots themselves so people can put them in the mail. Just who does he think […]
Dear Gov. Rick Scott: First, let me offer some kudos on your efforts to stem voter fraud in Florida, my home state. Then, let me offer my assistance. I am happy to volunteer my time – you can save taxpayer-paid employees for something else – to go through the voter rolls and cross-check the predominantly […]
It was no surprise to anyone to learn this week that both Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez and the county’s Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia filed court challenges to the Aug. 14 election that was tainted by absentee ballot fraud that is known and public and investigated. Garcia lost to termed-out State Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera solely […]
The war between the Diaz de la Portillas and practically all the Miami-Dade delegation just spread its battleground into the Miami Lakes city elections of this coming November. Former Sen. and soon-to-be State Rep. Again Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who is using his PAC to recall Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo for his role in […]
We ought to be giving Joe Carrillo a medal — not a hard time. Carrillo, if you recall, is the P.I. who busted open the Pandora’s Box of absentee ballot fraud in Hialeah when he tailed known boletera Daisy Cabrera — who police already had complaints about from last year — and videotaped her chasing and […]