This is a new feature that debuts today on Political Cortadito. The Cortadito Calendar: A weekly calendar of political powwows, events with electeds and meaningful or not so meaningful meetings. Now you know what’s going on. You have no excuses. MONDAY — Dec. 5 7 p.m. — The New Administration and Prospects For Peace present New York […]
If you, like Ladra, love elections and like to follow campaigns like sports teams, then there is good news from Tuesday’s election results: Two exciting local runoffs. The mayoral seats in both Doral and Miami Lakes, where epic battles are being waged between colorful rivals, the excitement continues for a few more weeks while voters […]
Miami Lakes Councilman Manny Cid scored another young GOP VIP — possibly the Holy Grail of 305 GOP endorsements — when Sen. Marco Rubio recorded a robocall for his mayoral bid. “The 2016 election cycle is about the future,” Rubio says after identifying himself. “Not only the future of our great nation but the future […]
Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez, Coral Gables Commissioner Vince Lago, North Miami Beach Councilman Anthony DeFillipo and Coral Springs Commissioner Dan Daley will headline a fundraiser Wednesday for Miami Lakes Councilman Manny Cid, who is running for mayor. The event is titled “Young Professionals for Manny Cid,” and it includes the president of the Miami Young Republicans Jessica […]
Everybody is wondering if the news Thursday that Sen. Gwen Margolis was withdrawing her re-election bid and retiring will cause Andrew Korge to switch seats again to the first one he looked at way back before he was a congressional candidate even. Or if it is causing State Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) to take […]
Miami Lakes voters were in a giving mood this week, saying yes to and overwhelmingly passing every single one of the 10 charter amendments proposed to them — most of which take powers away from the mayor, making it a mostly ceremonial position. They also made Mayor Michael Pizzi‘s re-election pretty much a pipe dream. […]
Close to 19,000 voters in Miami Lakes will get a ballot in the mail in the next couple of days that could change the way the city governs for years to come. Ten charter amendments — not one, not two, but 10 — are on the ballot that are due back by May 17. It almost […]
Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi can’t step left or right at City Hall without running into a challenger. Last month, Town Councilman Ceasar Mestre filed to run for the mayor’s seat now held by his one-time friend and ally. On Monday, Manny Cid became the second council member to file paperwork to run in what […]
Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi may have gotten his seat back after a protracted court battle. But he’s going to have to campaign hard to keep it. Pizzi, who is widely expected to file for re-election, already has two challengers — former Mayor Wayne Slaton, who was removed from office after Pizzi was acquitted […]
On the second try, Opa-Locka Commissioner Luis Santiago was successful Tuesday in firing City Manager Steve Shiver, who was hired less than three months ago to deal with the city’s financial mess. Santiago had tried to fire Shiver in October — for another reason, an alleged bribe he made to a vendor — but was […]