Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell, in the race for her political life, raked in nearly $84,000 in campaign contributions in June — the most she’s gotten in a single 30-day period since February, the biggest month in her re-election bid, when she collected $133,000. In total, Bell now has $533,780 from her own campaign […]
The question still hangs in the air like a thick fog? Where is Michael Kesti? And who exactly is Michael Kesti? The South Dade lobbyist and paid FBI informant is really the only reason why former Sweetwater Mayor Manny “Maraña” Maroño is facing three and a quarter years in the slammer for bribery and extortion […]
Doral’s recent war between the mayor and the city manager — and it’s resulting and multiple criminal investigations — were almost a faint memory when another chapter of political intrigue opened in the small city on the western edge of the county. Councilwoman Sandra Ruiz’s surprise attempt to fire City Attorney John Herin last week failed to get […]
Both former Mayors Steve “Shhhhh” Bateman of Homestead and Michael “Muscles” Pizzi of Miami Lakes — who were arrested in August on separate public corruption charges — sent holiday greetings via email to their friends and supporters. Pizzi, who has used Gmail to communicate with his peeps before, sent his note Dec. 31, and it […]
The Miami Herald appropriate calls it the year of the bust. That’s because 2013 was particularly packed with political corruption — or at least the kind we found out about, anyway. But it was also the year of disgust as electeds promoted corporate welfare for the millionaire owner of the Miami Dolphins, another millionaire bought […]
As I pondered early on Thanksgiving Day the things that I was thankful for, and after I listed the usual suspects — health for me and my loved ones, family support, a talented and beautiful (and smart-ass) daughter, love, good friends that stick by you, passion for what I do, growth in readership — it gave […]
Dear Mayor Elect Philip Levine: In a matter of hours, you will take your duly elected office as the newly named mayor of Miami Beach and I would like to take this opportunity to extend an olive branch and make some recommendations and requests. I know my words may fall on deaf ears. After all, […]
DEVELOPING STORY: Looks like Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton is going to try to make good on his threat to fire Town Attorney Joseph Geller. It comes as no surprise. One of the first things Slaton told people he would do as the new mayor of the small town was change the city attorney. On […]
If you have nothing to do later today, pass by the John F. Kennedy Library in Hialeah, where early voting always promises a show or, in this case, a large artistic election installation. Former Mayor Julio “The Other” Martinez has built a jail cell, a 5X8 cage really, with four orange-jumper wearing dummies inside and […]
The political bomb that exploded in Doral last week has had its aftershocks. Already, there is an investigation into the campaign office rental of Mayor Luigi Boria and another inquiry on his links with a friend and property owner who bought the property from Boria’s children with money the mayor may have lent him and […]