Former Mayor Alex Penelas has collected more than $3 million between his campaign account and his political action committee and his publicists think it’s such a good thing they sent out a press release (that they can bill for, of course). It’s not so great once everyone learns where the money is coming from. “Miami-Dade […]
Ladra got the most interesting phone call Monday, on the eve of the first debate for the Miami-Dade mayoral candidates in 2020. It was a push poll, likely for former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas. Why? Penelas was the only candidate that my interviewer spoke positively about during a nearly 20 minute Q&A (okay it took […]
Ladra might have lit a fire under Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo‘s butt this week: After posting about his new perceived ambivalence for the 2020 mayoral race — which most observers and experts think he’ll lose — Bovo sent a “save the date” to a very special announcement Sept. 30. “Please join the commissioner’s family, friends and […]
There could be a perfectly good reason why Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo hasn’t officially announced his bid for county mayor in 2020: Because he may not run, after all. Despite raising more than $1.1 million for his political action committee, Transportation Solutions for Miami-Dade, Bovo has likely done or seen polls that show he can’t win a […]
It wasn’t a secret. Everyone expected Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez, who is termed out this year, to run for mayor to replace Carlos Gimenez, who is also termed out, causing an open seat dash. And some of the other wannabes reacted to the announcement better than others. Former Commissioner Juan Zapata, who was the first […]
Add yet another big endorsement to Ralph Cabrera‘s bid to return to the Coral Gables city commission: Former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas endorsed the former commissioner in a web video released Wednesday. “As mayor of Miami-Dade County, I had the pleasure of working side by side with Ralph and I always found him to be a forward-thinking […]
Former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas — who lives pretty much secluded from politics, commenting now and then on Univision 23 but from afar — has come out of relative political obscurity to promote former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine‘s gubernatorial run. It is his first endorsement since Penelas left office in 2004. “Friends, On Monday, […]
Roll the dice. Pick a card. Or a candidate. The race for Miami-Dade School Board in District 7 has already become a backdrop for the larger casino gambling issue that Ladra will bet — in fact, I’m all-in — becomes part and parcel of a bunch of campaigns this year, including what promises to be […]