It’s good to be the king. That’s what Miami Mayor Francis Suarez looks like as he jet sets to Egypt for a star-studded billionaire’s wedding and takes in the Miami Grand Prix F1 races, all just days after he testifies in a Securities Exchange Commission investigation into developer Rishi Kapoor, who paid the mayor more […]
Timing is suspect; alleged violation was six months ago Last week, someone filed an ethics complaint against longtime Coral Gables activist Maria Cruz, alleging that she exploited her official position as a volunteer member of the city’s code enforcement board. The complainant: Rainmaker Brian Goldmeier, a fundraising consultant for many politicians — including Coral Gables […]
Mayor Vince Lago, Brian Goldmeier, Anthony De Yurre all have loans He may have left City Hall, but former Coral Gables Commissioner Frank Quesada is still very involved in local politics. His money is, anyway. Quesada apparently holds the third mortgage to Mayor Vince Lago‘s home. The $616,300 mortgage was signed August 10th last year […]
It has become common for mayoral campaigns to climb up into the millions, but the Miami-Dade Commission candidates are also raking up record amounts of cash this year — most for races that have no challengers so far. In between them, the six incumbents up for re-election have a total of $1.7 million collected in […]