Richard Praschnik has a homestead in Lee County Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado has been challenged in her re-election this year by two candidates — former Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner, who wants a rematch after coming thisclose in 2020, and Richard Praschnik, an officer with the Miami-Dade School Board Police who may be yet another ghost […]
We should have known. It looks like Frank Artiles is behind the Tampa transplant plantidate that is running in House District 115 against longtime Miami-Dade Fire Captain and union president Omar Blanco. Pero, por supuesto. Artiles, if you all remember, is the disgraced former state senator who was arrested and charged in 2021 for having […]
The city of Coral Gables commission is playing chicken with the budget. At stake: Millions of taxpayer dollars. A standoff became clear during the second budget workshop Wednesday and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end well — with a potential $10 million cut in services (and taxes) if commissioners can’t make up their […]
The first mailer for Miami-Dade School Board District 7 went out last week, for Mary Blanco, an incumbent who has never gotten a vote in her life because she was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The ad touts endorsements from Lt. Gov. Jeannett Nuñez and Sen. Marco Rubio, because she is a political appointment, after […]
Round 2 mayoral group has incumbent Daniella Levine Cava confirmed Absent from the first mayoral forum presented by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations last week, incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has confirmed that she will speak at a follow-up event next week. So will Alex Otaola, the actor and podcaster who is running […]
County urges state legislature to back off For months, Kendall residents have been calling county commissioners, state senators and representatives to complain about the 5G towers popping up without notice in their neighborhoods — sometimes on the sidewalk right in front of their homes. About 60 of them gathered on a recent Sunday to protest […]
He also has a conflict on redistricting map When the Miami City Commission meets this week to consider, once again, the repeal of the ordinance that allows giant LED billboards on public land, Commissioner Joe Carollo should sit it out. Carollo must recuse himself because he is too close to former Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who […]
What is State Rep. Daniel “Danny” Perez doing getting all involved in the proposed Miami-Dade subsidies for the World Cup? This week, the Miami Herald published a story in which Perez came out against a move to give $46 million away for the privilege of hosting seven World Cup matches in 2026. Perez, a Republican […]
Alian Collazo, the Tampa transplantidate who registered to vote at a senator’s house to run for State House District 115 in Kendall, is not really that Republican. He once courted Joe Biden to speak at Florida International University and his social media posts are peppered with his travels to Cuba and other countries with repressive […]
Nod in sheriff’s race causes dueling GOP videos One would think that former President Donald Trump is busy enough, what with the hush money trial in full swing, the first of four criminal trials he is facing for more than 90 felony charges. One would think he’d also lie low, particularly in micro local elections […]