Daniella Levine-Cava joins board to address critical water issues

Daniella Levine-Cava joins board to address critical water issues

A longtime advocate of clean water and Everglades restoration, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava — who boasts the nickname “Water Warrior” — will work with other electeds across Florida to address the algae blooms and other water quality issues that plague the state. Levine Cava was selected to serve on the Florida Association of Counties’ (FAC) […]

Old story about Daniella Levine Cava paints ugly picture of harassment

Old story about Daniella Levine Cava paints ugly picture of harassment

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who is expected to win her re-election bid without much trouble, is thought of as the soft-spoken, bespectacled progressive who starts many of her sentences with an apology and stays away from negative politics. But to Ran Gimeno and his family, she is “a monster.” Gimeno and his husband, […]

New Miami-Dade ‘watchdog’ group is really a PAC in non-profit disguise

New Miami-Dade ‘watchdog’ group is really a PAC in non-profit disguise

Don’t be fooled by the name, people. The Keep Government Accountable Coalition is not really a “citizens watchdog group,” as it pretends to be. It is a political action committee hiding under another name and the secrecy of a 501c3 non-profit. That means we don’t know who is funding it. Thanks to Citizens United — whose […]

Levine Cava questions Gimenez on sanctuary about-face

Levine Cava questions Gimenez on sanctuary about-face

And what else might the mayor give up to Trump? Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava is pushing back on the mayor’s decision last week to kowtow to Donald Trump and betray not only the immigrant community in Miami-Dade but all of us. She’s the only one. So far, anyway. But her questions could put the issue […]

American Dream moves along without any ifs, ands or buts

American Dream moves along without any ifs, ands or buts

As expected, the American Dream megamall project passed its first hurdle — if one can even call it a hurdle — at Wednesday’s meeting of the Miami-Dade County Commission as they voted to move forward with a proposd change to the county’s Comprehensive Development Master Plan that would allow the development of the massive retail […]

The MLK episode of the Cortadito Calendar, week of Jan. 16

The MLK episode of the Cortadito Calendar, week of Jan. 16

The big news this week is on Hump Day, when the county mayor gives his annual State of the County address (more on that later). Expect it to be a full house with every elected under the sun — not just the county ones but the municipal council or commission members and Ladra will even […]

Democrat bunch band together to push for gun reform

Democrat bunch band together to push for gun reform

A group of Democrat electeds and wannabe electeds got together Friday to denounce gun violence and call for gun reform at what amounted to basically a campaign stop. Standing side by side to deliver their message of support for common sense firearm restrictions, were former Congressman Joe Garcia, who is running to get his seat back […]