Jorge Forte, one of the lobbyists arrested by the FBI last week in a sting operation that also nabbed two mayors on bribery and extortion charges, had several contracts with the city of Doral, dating as far back as 2009. Three of Forte’s companies had contracts or agreements to do business with the small western […]
Doral Vice Mayor Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera has some nice free publicity on the city’s website for her lobbying business. Or had, anyway. Before Ladra called the city to ask about it and they took the link off a little while ago. Oooops. But earlier today, and all through the year, right on the vice mayor’s government […]
The rumored recall against Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert has not materialized. Despite claims that there would be a petition filed last Monday by recall maven Vanessa Brito — who loves to take credit for the recalls of former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas, even though it was Norman Braman‘s money that did it — there had been no paperwork […]
Doral exploded alright. And the sparks seem like they will continue to fly for at least a few days. But it wasn’t, as expected, because of the kinetic energy between the two alpha males — Mayor Luigi Boria and City Manager Joe Carollo. I thought they would get into a mess all by themselves. Nah. They never stood a […]