Pets’ Trust goes PAC to influence 2016 elections

Pets’ Trust goes PAC to influence 2016 elections

The Pets’ Trust people are tired of talking to a brick wall and so they have taken a different route to communicate with the elected officials who ignore them — and more importantly their voters: They formed a political action committee. Now, that’s speaking their own language! The Animal Power Party PAC was formed earlier […]

Political Pics of the Week: MLK, a rodeo and Miss Universe

Political Pics of the Week: MLK, a rodeo and Miss Universe

It was a busy week for Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who was at all the parades, a Catalyst Miami event, the transportation summit and the opening of her office in Homestead. But it was a busy week on Instagram, twitter and Facebook, as electeds took part in MLK events, a rodeo, two parades — […]

Budget score: County labor 0, NCL/consultants $413 million+

Budget score: County labor 0, NCL/consultants $413 million+

On the same day, in the same meeting, in the same room where the Miami-Dade Commission voted Tuesday to keep taking 5% from 25,000 or so county employees contributing to a group healthcare subsidy fund that they were promised would end in January, the county gave $3 million away to NCL Cruise Lines. All while Miami-Dade Mayor […]