The city of Miami can stop paying Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s legal bills right now. Let him pay for his own appeal with the funds from his political action committee. Carollo, who has spent more than $2 million of the taxpayers’ money defending himself from a federal lawsuit he lost Thursday, has a neat $1,380,295 sitting […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, whose term ends in November, has raised $640,000 for his political action committee, Proven Leadership for Miami-Dade. But we still don’t know if he’s going to use those funds for a re-election campaign — he has not yet filed any paperwork for that — or a mayoral run, […]
Commissioner was defending illegal nightclub in Allapattah A code enforcement supervisor who happened upon an illegal nightclub in Allapattah and was allegedly inured after she was poked or pushed or nudged by Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, gets to sue the city. U.S. Southern District Judge Jose E. Martinez on Wednesday denied a motion […]
Miami Police moved quickly to find the man who tried to break into a city truck last week that belongs to Commissoner Manolo Reyes‘ office. A member of the commissioner’s staff noticed damage to the driver’s side window and reported the burglary attempt at Coral Gate Park, 1425 SW 32nd Ave., about 9:30 a.m. Monday, […]
Miami’s newly-elected commissioner is getting her baptism by fire. Sabina Covo, who beat a dozen candidates to come out on top in District 2[s special election, has already had her first battle with another commissioner — and it wasn’t on the dais. Guess who it was? Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who skipped […]
While everyone is watching anxiously to see the results of the special election in Miami’s District 2, Miguel Gabela is already thinking ahead to November and District 1. A perennial candidate, it would be his fourth run. And his second rematch. Gabela, a real estate investor and auto parts business owner, last lost in 2019 […]
Former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Martin Zilber has outraised and outspent every other candidate in the special election to fill the vacancy in the Miami Commission District 2 seat. He collected $275,000 in contributions between his campaign account and his political action committee, Beautify Grove Miami. More than everyone else combined. According to […]
ABZ. Anyone but Zilber. That’s the refrain heard on social media and at private gatherings in Coconut Grove and Brickell when people talk about the special election in Miami’s District 2. Some voters can’t believe that Martin Zilber would even run for office again. The former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge resigned after an […]
In the city of Miami special election, if we are to believe the text messages that voters are getting, we have a child molester, a communist sympathizer and an unethical attorney running for the seat vacated in District 2. Of course, none of that is necessarily true. It’s just part of Miami elections. The smearing […]
Add the International Brother of Electrical Workers Local #349 to the list of individuals and entities who have endorsed former (read: disgraced) Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Martin Zilber for city of Miami commissioner in District 2. Likely under pressure — as the head of the IBEW is the father of a lobbyist who is pals […]