With elections in November looming in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities, and eyes on the local and state elections in 2016, the political action committees are coming. Folks like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera have shown that you don’t need hefty personal accounts if you raise the heavy-lifting funds for […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez‘s plan to privatize Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, transferring operations to a non-profit board like the one at the county-owned Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, comes just as the public park and tourist attraction considers a $50-million plan to renovate its existing space and expand across the street. […]
Commissioner Sally Heyman says that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is dragging his feet intentionally on installing red light cameras on some of the county’s most dangerous intersections. The county’s Municipal Services Committee voted Wednesday to reject all five of the bids received for the implementation of 150 cameras — in phases of 50 at a […]
King Carlos II has already amassed a $1 million war chest to defend his kingdom. With 16 months to go until the election, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez has reported collecting $1 million with his political action committee, Miami-Dade Residents First. Sure, it’s a huge amount. But it’s no surprise. Not really. Gimenez is not […]
Does this indicate the same type of campaign as 2012? It’s no surprise to some that Jesse Manzano-Plaza would reprise his role as candidate Carlos Gimenez‘s spokesman and message massager for the Miami-Dade mayor’s re-election bid next year. It was announced last week, that Manzano-Plaza had joined the G-Man team as “senior consultant” for the […]
Ladra had to laugh out loud when she read the announcement. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, in partnership with the Miami-Dade Age-Friendly Initiative, will launch the “Mayor’s Age-Friendly Challenge,” encouraging business, civic and elected leaders “to take a pledge to help make our community more age-friendly.” Okay, I know that Ladra is a jaded bitch, but […]
On Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners will get a report from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez on efforts to relocate the Dade County Youth Fair to make room for Florida International University’s expansion. In it, he identifies four potential relocation sites — really two, since two are old sites already rejected — as if progress has been made. But […]
Advocates for body cameras on police officers say they reduce citizen complaints and use of force incidents. They say that it’s natural for police officers to be on their best behavior if big brother is watching. But who is really watching? Not me and not you. The Florida Senate is considering a bill that would […]
Henri Sori, the Miami-Dade county department head that came under fire last year for that “Harlem Shake,” “morale-boosting” video his staff produced in 2013, resigned from his position Friday. The official reason is that the director of the Community Information and Outreach Department found outside employment. But sources tell Ladra that Sori was told to resign […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Commissioner Rebeca Sosa will have to testify, after all, about the intimate conversation they had during a police union impasse meeting that may be a violation of the cone of silence rules, a judge said this week. But they didn’t want to. When the mayor and Sosa — who was […]