In their first meeting with the five newlyelected members, the Miami-Dade Commission moved Thursday to poach former Vice Mayor and Budget Director Jennifer Glaser Moon from the newly-elected mayor’s office. Nobody heard Mayor Daniella Levine Cava complain. Moon is the woman, after all, who said “Under this mask, I’m saying fuck you,” on a hot […]
Miami-Dade’s first female mayor was sworn-in Tuesday at a ceremony that was long on pomp and circumstance — there was even a marching band — and short on specifics. It was a bit anticlimactic. La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, who alternated to short brief Spanish summaries of what she said in English, did name the […]
They had their goodbye ceremony already and each got a key to the county, but the termed out commissioners who are being replaced next week just had to have another fire sale, er, another meeting to give away more county land, move around and allocate more GOB monies, and dole out the rest of the […]
President Elect Joe Biden‘s transition might not be going along as quickly as some might like, and Miami-Dade Mayor Elect Daniella Levine Cava doesn’t get sworn in until next week, but she’s already taking charge at County Hall, making key hires and meeting with department heads. She might want to try to pace herself. This […]
While Democrats across Florida and Miami-Dade in particular are still wringing their hands and pointing their fingers at the disastrous Tuesday that ended in big state and congressional losses for South Florida, local Republicans are still grinning ear to ear and patting themselves on the back. Sure, they lost the presidential race in Miami-Dade, but […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava beat her colleague on the dais to become the next county mayor — making history as the first woman elected to the position, the second most power political job in Florida. Levine Cava won with 54% of the vote, an 8-point lead over Commissioner Esteban Bovo, according to the Miami-Dade […]
Brandon Rosado, Ladra’s cachorro intern, has a keen eye for campaigns and elections. He wanted to provide his own analysis of his ballot for our readers. So just in time, without any further ado (and tiny bit of editing for syntax, not style or substance), is Brandon’s ballot picks for Tuesday’s elections — from top […]
While he came in first in the first round, Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo was the least funded of the four viable county mayoral candidates. He’s all but caught up now, getting within $30K of Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, with more than $1 million raised since the Aug. 18 primary. According to the latest campaign […]
With less than 10 days before the end of the election, Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson announced Sunday that he had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, sending a flurry of other politicians — and maybe a few drag queens — to get their own tests. Richardson, who reported “minor symptoms,” was one of the […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales sprung a surprise resignation on the mayor and commissioners Wednesday in phone calls and a letter that said it was time for him to move on and pursue other interests. He also said he missed his political voice during a time when so many critical issues are dividing us […]