In what seems like a complete abandonment of his stated principles and mayoral campaign platform, former Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid — who was trounced 58% to 23% by Daniella Levine Cava in last August’s election (no need for a runoff) — has taken a newly-created $200,000-a-year job in a make-believe department in the top-heavy administration […]
But voters can always split this baby It’s not a huge surprise that Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has come out hard, with mailers and phone calls, for a slate of constitutional office candidates that are all Democrats like her. Four of the five are also clients of La Alcaldesa’s prolific political consultants, Christian Ulvert. […]
And also Daniella Levine Cava vs Carlos Gimenez In what’s going to be a historic race for Miami-Dade Sheriff, a position that was eliminated in 1957, voters will get to choose between a political appointee who has spent most of his life in the Broward County jails and a veteran Miami-Dade Police assistant director who […]
It’s over. There will be no runoff for the Miami-Dade mayor’s post. In what was not a close race at all, La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava won with 58% of the vote in the primary that ended Tuesday. Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid beat five other challengers to get second place and it was still […]
The Coral Gables library is always one of the top performing polling places during early voting — as well as on Election Day — and, so, attracts lots of candidates and their supporters to urge voters to punch their number on the ballot. And sometimes it can get fun. Remember when Mayra Joli, running for […]
There are seven candidates on the ballot for Miami-Dade Mayor. But really, there are only two. Eddy Rojas, who owns a valet parking company, is way out of his league here. Alex Otaola, a Cuban-American actor, comedian and podcaster who doesn’t speak English, is out of his mind. Unfortunately, so are the hundreds who will […]
Because six campaign offices are apparently not enough, the campaign to re-elect Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will open a seventh regional office this weekend. This one is in North Miami. The campaign has previously opened a headquarters in Little Havana with five other offices in Miami Beach, Liberty City, South Miami, Miami Gardens and […]
Coming soon to a mailbox near you: Chaos at the Copa. It didn’t take very long for Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, who is running for Miami-Dade mayor against La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, to blast the incumbent for the lack of planning for security measures at the Hard Rock Stadium Sunday. “Miami-Dade & Daniella […]
Neon green liquid leaking at airport was A/C fluid What the $%^# was that fluorescent green liquid that dripped from the ceiling at Miami International Airport on the 4th of July? Some A/C coolant leaking from a pipe that Miami-Dade Aviation says is dyed green so they can trace it back to the source. The […]
Citadel founder Ken Griffin, who wants to build a $1 billion tower in Downtown Miami for his company’s new headquarters, gave $500,000 to Our Democracy, the political action committee for incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who is defending her throne from six challengers. Ladra doesn’t know about you dear readers, but that makes me […]