There’s a growing list of people who think Miami Mayor Francis Suarez ought to resign his position in light of the exposé published this week by The Miami Herald, with details about just how much he blurs the lines between his private, for-profit life and his, ahem, “public service.” Former Miami Police chiefs Jorge Colina […]
Voters in Miami’s District 2 rejected 9-month Commissioner Sabina Covo, choosing financial advisor and human rights activist Damian Pardo, who was hit with a flurry of negative attacks in the last week by a political action committee funded with dark money. Interestingly, it may have backfired. Because while Covo won in the mail-in ballots, Pardo […]
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 […]
And wouldn’t that make her just like ADLP? In the race for endorsements in the Miami District 2 race, there’s a rumor that attorney Eddy Leal, the former counsel to the city’s mayor, has endorsed incumbent Commissioner Sabina Covo in the runoff against banker and activist Damian Pardo. Leal came in third on Nov. 7, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Banker and longtime community activist Damian Pardo, LGBTQ+ champion and founder of SAVE, announced his candidacy last week for city of Miami commissioner in District 2. As a first time candidate, Pardo said he wants to “shake things up” and return to prioritizing residents. ¡Ya tu sabes! With more than 35 years of campaign and […]