Alian Collazo is not a wealthy guy. The Tampa transplant running for Florida House District 115 as a plantidate filed a financial disclosure where he reported earning $40,500 as a Florida State employee and said he had $1,354.91 in a checking account on June 12. His only other assets were a $6,673.54 retirement account and […]
The most interesting thing about the latest poll released last week by Democrat consultant extraordinaire Christian Ulvert is that he predicts two Republican winners in the Aug. 20 primary. The poll pits Dariel Fernandez against former state rep and city of Miami Beach commissioner David Richardson in the November general election, and, more interestingly, it […]
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 […]
GOP candidates, gym equipment get thumbs up A Democrat candidate for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections has distributed hundreds, maybe thousands of slate cards with endorsements for the Aug. 20 ballot that include judges, the county mayor, the county sheriff’s race — and two Republican incumbents that have never been elected but were, instead, appointed by […]
Let’s thank the Miami Foundation for having and recording a series of forums this month with candidates for several races on the August 20 ballot — and posting them on their website for all voters to see. We are lucky that they think it’s important. It is part of the Vote Miami awareness initiative to […]
Deberíamos haberlo sospechado. Parece que Frank Artiles está detrás del trasplante de Tampa que han plantado en la contienda para el Distrito 115 de la Cámara de Representantes de la Florida contra el veterano capitán de bomberos y ex presidente del sindicato de los bomberos de Miami-Dade, Omar Blanco. Pero, por supuesto. Artiles, si todos […]
As the primary for the constitutional offices nears its closing, former State Rep. JC Planas, an attorney running for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, has gotten the endorsement of four mayors from Miami-Dade municipalities. The Planas campaign announced this week endorsements from South Miami Mayor Javier Fernandez, Bay Harbor Mayor Joshua Fuller, North Bay Village Mayor […]
There is still time to request an absentee/mail-in ballot Monday was the last day to register to vote for the August 20 primary election, which is also the county election for a lot of races that could be decided by a 50% plus one vote. According to the Miami-Dade Elections Department, there are almost 1.5 […]
The incumbent has abused his office too much As we head into the August primary and county elections, some recommendations are hard. This is not one of them. In one of three competitive Miami-Dade commission races on the Aug. 20 ballot, appointed incumbent Commissioner Roberto “Rob” Gonzalez — who has never been elected — faces […]
Voters in Miami-Dade District 7 were reminded Wednesday about former Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner‘s sometimes stormy disposition. Lerner, who is running again for county commissioner against incumbent Raquel Regalado, has famously lashed out at residents — losing her temper, shouting, cursing, banging her gavel, rolling her eyes and walking out of the village meetings in […]