The following is a letter written to one of the Miami Herald editorial board members by Michael Rosenberg and Rita Schwartz, co-founders of the Pets’ Trust, after the paper’s Facebook live interview of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. With their permission, Political Cortadito is publishing it as an open letter to the entire editorial board. “I […]
As the election gets closer, Carlos Gimenez and those friends and family who benefit from his elected office have gotten more desperate in their attempt to hang on to power and the goose that lays the golden egg. First, they say that she was against police body cameras. False. Regalado simply said that there needed […]
Did you hear the one about the mayor’s campaign consultant working a side gig for a casino giant? No, there’s no punchline. Because it’s no joke. Up until just a few months ago, Jesse Manzano-Plaza – Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s political strategist, campaign spokesman and chief apologist — had been working for Resorts World and Genting, the […]
The private detective that uncovered absentee ballot fraud in the Miami-Dade August 2012 election has nabbed yet another person committing electoral fraud — this time selling “access” to elderly voters, which we have to interpret as access to absentee ballots. Joe Carillo told Ladra Thursday he would give details Friday about his latest sting operation, […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez continues to dodge debates with any of his challengers and is expected to be a no-show to the debate Wednesday hosted by a coalition of women’s groups — the first real public debate in such an important election. A member and former vice president of the League of Women Voters of […]
In yet another sign of the growing desperation Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and those around him have to keep that county gravy train going, the incumbent had a private event last week for only invited insiders to announce a group of insignificant endorsements from the low-hanging fruit. It’s notable not because it was hastily planned and […]
You could cut the tension in the room with a knife Tuesday night, when the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations had their first candidate’s forum and former friends Joe Garcia and Annette Taddeo faced off for what could be the first time in this election cycle — or ever. They are so used to working […]
Not everybody was shocked by the news Friday that Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Zapata had withdrawn his candidacy and was leaving county government. Zapata — who has repeatedly expressed his frustration with the lack of transparency and the “cost of doing business” at County Hall — has had enough. “For the past four years, it has […]
We’ve all just figured out what Plan B is for the family and friends of Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez should he get fired by voters and lose his seat at County Hall in August: Get another seat on the school board. The mayor’s sister-in-law filed documents earlier this month to run for the Miami-Dade School Board […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez will lead another dog and pony show today. Or should we call it a dog and cat show? The opening of the new animal services shelter in Doral is 12 years late, since voters approved it in 2004, but comes less than two months before absentee ballots drop in a hotly […]