Shades of shady Miami Beach PAC in county disclosure law

Shades of shady Miami Beach PAC in county disclosure law

Miami-Dade County commissioners gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance that would force elected officials and any candidates for elected office to disclose when they were soliciting funds for any political action committee. Hmmm. Doesn’t that sound familiar? Am I the only one having de ja vu? Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who sponsored the measure, said […]

Levine Cava to push equal pay item at Miami-Dade meeting

Levine Cava to push equal pay item at Miami-Dade meeting

Among some of the quick things that will get approved at Tuesday’s Miami-Dade Commission meeting is an item pushing for equal pay for women. It’s cleverly disguised as a local equivalent of the United Nations Convention to End Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and a proposal to simply study the disparities in pay and pain if […]

Next to be banned by Trump — NBC, Daniella Levine Cava

Next to be banned by Trump — NBC, Daniella Levine Cava

NBCUniversal employees may soon be banned from Trump National Doral Miami resort and spa and all his other properties, too, now that the network has cut ties to billionaire clown act and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and will cease to air the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants after The Donald offended Mexicans and all Hispanics in his […]

Public gets view of $13 billion in South Dade water projects

Public gets view of $13 billion in South Dade water projects

During the next two decades or so, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department will undergo and oversee the largest capital improvement program in the county’s history — with $13.5 billion in projects just in the southern part of the county. Members of the public will get a chance to hear about these projects — which […]

Daniella Levine Cava defends Everglades — and democracy

Daniella Levine Cava defends Everglades — and democracy

Maybe it’s because she’s new. But on Tuesday, freshman Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava showed that she does something other Miami-Dade Commissioners find it hard to do: She listens to the voters. Levine Cava sponsored an item to urge the legislature to set aside $500 million for land acquisition and Everglades restoration from somewhere, […]

Newby commissioner is David Richardson’s first Senate nod

Newby commissioner is David Richardson’s first Senate nod

Way more than a little early in the game, State Rep. David Richardson has announced a “key endorsement” this week in his bid to become a state senator: Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava. Say what? Levine Cava is the newest county commissioner and, as such, probably wields the least power on the dais. She is […]

Political Pics of the Week: MLK, a rodeo and Miss Universe

Political Pics of the Week: MLK, a rodeo and Miss Universe

It was a busy week for Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who was at all the parades, a Catalyst Miami event, the transportation summit and the opening of her office in Homestead. But it was a busy week on Instagram, twitter and Facebook, as electeds took part in MLK events, a rodeo, two parades — […]

Political Pics of the Week: A runoff and other races

Political Pics of the Week: A runoff and other races

Sure, there was some big football game, I hear. But this week was marked mostly by races — a runoff in Palmetto Bay and the NASCAR races at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a three-day speed fest that ended with the championship Sunday night. Both are very competitive sports. In Palmetto Bay, where the former founding Mayor Eugene […]

Daniella Levine Cava meets with commission mates

Daniella Levine Cava meets with commission mates

Freshly chosen Miami-Dade Commissioner-Elect Daniella Levine Cava seemingly can’t wait to get started. She’s not only been attending all the commission meetings since she was elected in a heated race against Vice Chair Lynda Bell Aug. 26, she has also been getting to know the district. On Tuesday, she went up into the sky in […]

Daniella Levine Cava calls volunteers again — for Joe Garcia

Daniella Levine Cava calls volunteers again — for Joe Garcia

When Daniella Levine Cava was running for a county commission seat, she got a little help and moral support from her friendly neighborhood Democrat Congressman, Joe Garcia. Now she wants to return the favor. Levine Cava, whose grassroots campaign beat Miami-Dade Commisioner Lynda Bell Aug. 26, appealed to her supporters Wednesday in a last call for […]