Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo got his way Thursday when the commission voted to throw all the unused COVID19 relief money for grocery gift cards from the CARES federal funding into a new pot and divide it between four of them again. Commissioner Jeffrey Watson and his $360,388 balance will stay in District 5 because, officially, […]
In these “unprecedented times,” we keep hearing from our electeds, as the COVID19 pandemic and economic crisis stretches into 2021, people need help paying the rent, staying in business and/or feeding their families. So why are city of Miami commissioners sitting on somewhere between $700,000 and almost $1 million in COVID relief grocery and/or Visa […]
Oooops! The Florida Legislature is already knee deep in committee meetings and the budget was presented by the governor on Thursday. Many if not most municipal governments have already sent their legislative priorities and designated lobbyists to Tallahassee to fight for their pet projects and piece of pork pie. But not Miami, where city commissioners […]
Bill Galvano can apparently count. The former Florida Senate president terminated his contract with the city of Miami on Friday, a week after commissioners moved to fire him at a meeting earlier this month, citing the costly lawsuits that followed his manipulative redistricting of the state. Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Galvano’s buddy, had […]
Miami commissioners want to fire former Sen. President Bill Galvano, who has been consulting on redistricting for $10,000 a month, because they can’t fire Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. The official line from Commissioner Jeffrey Watson, who made the move to terminate Galvano’s contract on a surprise pocket item at last week’s meeting, is […]
The bromance is over. Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la Portilla — the power duo that’s been wreaking havoc on the city — are just not getting along like they used to. Carollo is acting like a jilted lover. And while we don’t know what happens behind closed doors, Diaz de la […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla‘s Tallahassee BFF is planning the redrawing of city districts and is reportedly making $10,000 a month. And you just know that District 1 is going to turn out just like he wants. Sen. Bill Galvano‘s law firm was paid $10,265 last week, representing his first monthly fee plus […]
The Miami city commission appointed a temporary District 5 commissioner to finish out the term vacated by Keon Hardemon, who was termed out and is now the county commissioner in Miami-Dade District 3. It wasn’t who everyone expected. But some suspect a fix anyway. And it looks like Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla doesn’t […]
The back-to-back resignations Monday of three key city of Miami administrators is part of what several sources call a “purge” of officials to make room for political lackeys who will answer to Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. Daniel Rotenberg, Director of the Department of Real Estate and Asset Management — better known as DREAM […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla is expected to return Sunday from a trip to Sarasota where he reportedly stayed at a $400-a-night golf resort and met with with Florida Senate President Bill Galvano at his family’s annual golf tournament to talk about Miami’s redistricting plan. Sources told Ladra that DLP left Thursday in […]