As predicted here on Political Cortadito, the Miami Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed former and disgraced judge Martin Zilber in the race to replace Ken Russell in Miami’s District 2. Some police union sources say the vote was cooked, under pressure from commissioners. Pressure cooked. So has Commission Chairwoman Christine King. “I have no […]
Miami City Commissioner Christine King wants an office in District 5, close to the people who elected her. Real close. King has proposed renting 1,500 square feet of space for $2,500 a month at the Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation — where she had been president and chief executive officer for 10 years before […]
What the hell happened? People are still asking themselves that after last week’s special meeting in Miami to give final approval to the redistricting. It looked like the residents who had begged to keep Coconut Grove together in the new map had won. It seemed, from the meeting before last week’s, that they got their […]
The redistricting process in the city of Miami has turned into a land grab. A battle erupted Friday between Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla in District 1 and Chairwoman Christine King in District 5 over who would get the Wharf Miami, site of a proposed $185-million mixed use project with a 165-room hotel. It […]
Newly-elected Miami Commissioner Christine King had her first city commission meeting Thursday and was praised and complimented by her colleagues on her solid victory Nov. 2. “You didn’t win, you got a mandate,” said Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who had lobbied hard to appoint her last year to fill the seat vacated when […]
When Miami Commissioner Jeffrey Watson got appointed to replace Keon Hardemon, who became a county commissioner, Watson told everyone at a public meeting that he would not run for the seat when it came up this year. But that was ten whole months ago. This week, Watson — who came out of nowhere, doesn’t know […]
The Miami city commission appointed a temporary District 5 commissioner to finish out the term vacated by Keon Hardemon, who was termed out and is now the county commissioner in Miami-Dade District 3. It wasn’t who everyone expected. But some suspect a fix anyway. And it looks like Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla doesn’t […]
Miami City commissioners could decide on Wednesday who to appoint to the District 5 seat to replace Keon Hardemon — who was elected to the county commission last week — from the 12 candidates who applied as of Monday afternoon. Or they could be split 2-2 and come back later. But they have ten days […]