Jeb Bush endorsement of Carlos Curbelo is soft, squishy

Jeb Bush endorsement of Carlos Curbelo is soft, squishy

For the second week in a row, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo brought out a big gun in the primary that he’s suddenly paying attention to, after ignoring it for months, with a reminder of his endorsement from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. But that backing is soft and squishy. Because Bush already sorta apologized […]

National GOP campaign chair touts Carlos Curbelo in FL26

National GOP campaign chair touts Carlos Curbelo in FL26

Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo, who is already the GOP establishment choice, got some major props Saturday from Congressman Greg Walden (R-Oregon), when the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP’s campaign arm, gave the weekly Republican radio address. But Walden has apparently fast-forwarded to the general election in which the GOP hopes to unseat Democrat […]

FL26 Congressional race: Who has the most guns?

FL26 Congressional race: Who has the most guns?

Only two of the five Republican candidates in the congressional primary for District 26 showed up for the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations debate Thursday — which was two too many for this group. Whoever wasn’t a campaign plant in the audience was probably a Democrat anyway. Ladra could probably count the Republicans on one […]

David Rivera robocall indicates he ain’t out of race just yet

David Rivera robocall indicates he ain’t out of race just yet

Looks like former Congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera is back in the race he said he wanted no part of just weeks ago. Or that’s what one would surmise from a robocall delivered to some Republican voters in District 26 Wednesday. Several sources told Ladra that they had received phone calls from a recording of […]

What hypocrite Joe Garcia didn’t tell Cuban dissident he met

What hypocrite Joe Garcia didn’t tell Cuban dissident he met

Que cara mas dura tiene Congressman Joe Garcia. Loosely translated, it means he is two-faced. But I like the Cuban version of “hard face” better. Because Garcia’s has to be made of stone to face a true Cuban dissident, the wife of a man who was held in Cuban prisons for 20 years, and pretend to […]

Election 2014: More debates this week on August races

Election 2014: More debates this week on August races

There will be at least three more forums or debates for candidates this week. Ladra is going to have to find a way to be in two places at one time Monday when Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell faces off with challenger Daniella Levine Cava a second time. The debate sponsored by the Rotary Club of […]

Carlos Curbelo keeps mum re 2010 attack on Marco Rubio

Carlos Curbelo keeps mum re 2010 attack on Marco Rubio

One might assume that Sen. Marco Rubio and Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo were thick as thieves.  But they were once enemies. A negative attack on Curbelo financed by the campaign of Cutler Bay Mayor Ed “Mac” MacDougall reminds voters that the one-time political consultant used to work for former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist […]

Congressional race heats up with Cuban credentials critique

Congressional race heats up with Cuban credentials critique

Ladra never thought she would see the day when a 305 politico would actually campaign on the fact that he or she is not Cuban. You avoid bringing attention to that, don’t you? In fact, I’ve seen it used against non-Cuban candidates or even just not as Cuban candidates. As in, “I’m more Cuban than the other […]

Carlos Curbelo keeps poll secret in FL26 race for Congress

Carlos Curbelo keeps poll secret in FL26 race for Congress

Days after former Congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera jumped into the Congressional Republican primary for District 26, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo — the establishment choice from months earlier — did a poll that cost him $35,000. And why haven’t we heard a peep about it? Curbelo did not return a phone call to […]