Last minute attacks on Miami candidate Damian Pardo are from dark $$ PAC

Last minute attacks on Miami candidate Damian Pardo are from dark $$ PAC

Several mailers and text messages have gone out in Miami this week to try to tie District 2 commission candidate Damian Pardo to Commissioner Joe Carollo, who is that toxic. The weak connections are the financial consultant and human rights activist, who is in the runoff against incumbent Commissioner Sabina Covo, was Carollo’s appointment to […]

Finally a debate! Miami Commission candidates face off before runoff

Finally a debate! Miami Commission candidates face off before runoff

Sabina Covo and Damian Pardo to answer questions A debate between the two commission candidates in Miami’s District 2 — incumbent Sabina Covo and banker and activist Damian Pardo — has been rescheduled from Tuesday to Friday, which is when the three-day early voting period begins. Covo, who won her seat over 12 others in […]

Miami incumbents hold on in election; District 1 and 2 races end in runoffs

Miami incumbents hold on in election; District 1 and 2 races end in runoffs

It may seem unbelievable, but 1,571 people in Miami voted for a man who stands accused of public corruption charges like bribery and money laundering and unlawful compensation from abusing the very position they want to put him back into. What are these people smoking? Former commissioner (because he was suspended by the governor after […]

Miami District 2 race pits short term incumbent vs seven other wannabes

Miami District 2 race pits short term incumbent vs seven other wannabes

There are eight candidates vying for the Miami Commission seat in District 2 — which covers the shoreline from Coconut Grove up through Brickell and downtown to Morningside — in what may be a testament to the vulnerability of short term incumbent Sabina Covo, who was elected in a special election last February to replace […]

Retired TV journalist Michael Putney endorses Damian Pardo in Miami race

Retired TV journalist Michael Putney endorses Damian Pardo in Miami race

Community activist Damian Pardo, a candidate in Miami’s District 2 commission race, has been endorsed by retired political journalist Michael Putney, who recently left WPLG where he was the longtime host of the most popular Sunday morning political show, This Week In South Florida. “In all my years covering Miami politics, I never endorsed a […]