Now that he’s won the mayoral race in Coral Gables, we are going to have to keep a watchful eye over Vince Lago. Ladra supported Lago over Commissioner Pat Keon because he has worked harder and represented the residents better, especially when it comes to overdevelopment, where he has been the consistent sole nay. But […]
The rain Sunday didn’t dampen the early voting crowd in Coral Gables as much as Ladra thought it would. There were almost as many voters as on Saturday, for a total of 1,554 ballots cast at the Coral Gables library. Another 540 vote-by-mail or absentee ballots were stuffed into the drop box — 254 on […]
He really should know better. Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla had an attorney send an email to Ladra and several other journalists who reported on the illegal nightclub he was caught at in February, demanding a retraction and that we cease and desist with any follow-up coverage. Good luck with that. The […]
Officer says he pushed her and caused a hip injury Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla used his position and power to shoo a code compliance inspector away from an illegal nightclub in Allapattah that was cited for several code violations. Suzann Nicholson, a night supervisor for the city, has accused the commissioner of […]
When a code enforcement inspector showed up at an illegal after hours club without a liquor license in Allapattah after midnight one recent Sunday, she didn’t expect to find a city commissioner there. Let alone get into a physical altercation with him. But, according to multiple sources and public records available on the city’s NextRequest […]
The Three Amigos are no more. Miami commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la Portilla traded sharp barbs at a commission meeting Thursday — publicly accusing each other of ethical and maybe criminal lapses — in the wake of a scandal about a ghost employee at the Omni CRA who is ADLP’s longtime lackey […]
What does Jenny Nillo have on Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla? Not only does he give her a job at the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency fresh out of prison, but then — when she is busted as a no-show and he should try to distance himself from her — The Dean provides her […]
There could be money laundering involved here The news that disgraced former Sen. Frank Artiles was arrested last week on charges of campaign finance fraud has Miami’s political underbelly scurrying for cover. Because he was not alone, dear readers. There’s no way. Artiles had bragged about being behind the sham candidate in the Senate district […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla flew to Las Vegas this week to visit Elon Musk and tour the Boring Company which has proposed building a $30 million tunnel under the Miami River connecting Brickell to the downtown. Talk about gambling with money and lives. First, nobody believes that Musk […]
Political observers knew it was a bad idea to give Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla the chairmanship of the Omni CRA. Now he is under investigation for having hired a longtime lackey as a ghost employee. Jenny Nillo, a onetime state senate plantidate and longtime campaign and legislative worker for ADLP, is […]