A new PAC for incumbent reported $375 in donations Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, who was forced out of office by term limits in 2020, made the long running rumors official Friday when she filed paperwork to get her old seat back in a challenge against Commissioner Keon Hardemon. This ought to be fun. Now […]
Practice run against Frederica Wilson could set her up as heir Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson is expected to make a big announcement Tuesday. And while she could run for county mayor in 2024 or for commission again, the widespread rumor is that she will run in the Democratic against U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson next […]
The most notable thing that happened at Thursday’s final Miami-Dade County budget public hearing — aside from a staffer dropping the f-bomb on a hot mic (more on that later) — is what didn’t happen: Several residents didn’t get to make public comments on the last stop for the $9 billion 2020-2021 spending plan. They […]
Miami-Dade commissioners will meet Tuesday for the first time since the COVID19 pandemic pretty much shuttered and cancelled everything, including the March 17 commission meeting. One might think it’s all going to be about the coronavirus numbers and the local government’s continuing response to its threat on our county, which is Florida’s epicenter, with 4,146 positive […]
That didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after the Miami-Dade Commission waived an ethics rule that bars freebie trips from county vendors for hurricane relief reasons post Dorian, Mayor Carlos Gimenez flew to the islands Friday with four county commissioners, a deputy mayor and an assistant fire chief. They took off from Signature Flight Support at Miami […]
When Audrey Edmonson took over as chair of the county commission last month, she mentioned term limits that will force her to step down in November — and lamented there’s going to be a brain drain because of it. “The board will never have as much combined experience as it does today,” she said. “There […]
As promised in the last couple of weeks, Miami-Dade Commission Chairwoman Audrey Edmonson moved Wednesday to block development of a Cuban Museum of History or anything else on the last few remaining slivers of vacant waterfront land downtown behind the AA Arena. “The residents want this because this is one of the last pieces of […]
Carlos Gimenez cronyism could cost us future millions Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his pals on the county commission are trying to sell us a bridge. Not just any bridge. His buddy’s bridge. Recent hand-wringing over the selection of a firm to design and build an iconic, new signature bridge over Biscayne Boulevard along I-395 […]
Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Esteban Bovo has named his new committee members, chairs and vice chairs and there are definitely signs that some of his colleagues are buds and some are, well, not. It’s natural to give chairmanships to those commissioners who voted for you as chairman of the board. That’s a longtime tradition and no […]
Death leaves Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, now unopposed, with four more years Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson has been de facto re-elected this week after her sole challenger, former El Portal Mayor Daisy Black — and Edmonson’s longtime nemesis — died suddenly and unexpectedly Wednesday. Details on the cause of death were still unknown Thursday, but Black was […]