Debates in Joe Garcia vs Carlos Curbelo race mostly in Keys

Debates in Joe Garcia vs Carlos Curbelo race mostly in Keys

Finally, there have been some dates released for the much anticipated debates between Democrat incumbent Congressman Joe Garcia and Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo, the Republican nominee who wants to unseat him. But not one of the public English-language debates scheduled are in Miami-Dade. And Ladra doesn’t really feel like driving two hours […]

Big news: Carlos Curbelo leads in poll. Duh! Do the math

Big news: Carlos Curbelo leads in poll. Duh! Do the math

The news really isn’t that this poll done by congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo showed the Miami-Dade School Board member up by four points against Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in what was supposed to be (more of that later) a high-profile national race. The news is really that it was just four points. Ladra […]

Joe Garcia opens back-to-back campaign offices in high drive

Joe Garcia opens back-to-back campaign offices in high drive

U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, who is facing one of the most closely watched re-election battles in the country, will open a campaign office in the Keys Sunday, 24 hours after he opened the one in the Hammocks neighborhood of West Kendall — his fifth and sixth in the District, which stretches from Calle Ocho or […]

Carlos Curbelo’s own words come back, haunt him in new ad

Carlos Curbelo’s own words come back, haunt him in new ad

You know how they always say your own words can come back to haunt you? Well, that would be Miami-Dade School Board Member and congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo today, after he sees the new 30-second video ad the Florida Democratic Party released this morning with his own bad choice of words almost on an […]

Dems ask DOJ to investigate Carlos Curbelo disclosure issues

Dems ask DOJ to investigate Carlos Curbelo disclosure issues

Someone finally took him up on his dare. Miami-Dade School Board Member and congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo has told everyone repeatedly that he will not disclose his client list for his lobbying firm, Capitol Gains, because he doesn’t have to. See? He put the company in his wife’s name so he could get out […]

Nice timing: Joe Garcia’s first radio ad follows headlines

Nice timing: Joe Garcia’s first radio ad follows headlines

Talk about good timing: The first Spanish language radio ad for Democrat Congressman Joe Garcia started to air this morning — same day newspapers arrived at homes with the front page headlines: “Lawmakers campaign aides called to testify,” it says in English. “FBI closes in on Joe Garcia’s aides,” reads the headline in Spanish. The […]

Things just went from bad to worse for U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia

Things just went from bad to worse for U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia

As if Congressman Joe Garcia wasn’t already in enough trouble. Facing a well-funded and heated challenge in what national observers call one of the most flippable races in the country, Garcia — who has been smeared with an absentee ballot fraud scandal in his 2012 victory over former Rep. David “Nine Lives” Rivera — doesn’t […]

Who are some of Carlos Curbelo’s business partners?

Who are some of Carlos Curbelo’s business partners?

Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo may not want to disclose who the clients of his lobbying firm are, but public records may shed a little light on at least some of his business partners throughout the years. His company, Capitol Gains — the one he has listed under his wife’s name — also […]

Send a storm bill to Capitol Hill via Congressman Joe Garcia

Send a storm bill to Capitol Hill via Congressman Joe Garcia

Maybe Congressman Joe Garcia (D-Miami) can’t come up with anything else on his own. Maybe this is a way to engage his constituency in the usually droll work of drafting legislation. Maybe he really thinks someone in District 26 is a genius with the answer. Maybe it’s just a social media gimmick two months before […]

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