The Miami mayoral race this November is getting interesting — and we don’t just mean the announcement this week that former Miami City Commissioner Emilio Gonzalez has formally filed to run, making good on rumors that he’s helped spread since early last year. Who’s next? Former Miami Mayor and county commissioner Xavier Suarez, father of […]
Add Zoning Director Joe Ruiz and Human Services Director Milton Vickers to the high-ranking employees who have left the City of Miami’s employ in the last year, or, basically, since the city commission pressured former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to resign. Vickers’ exit seems to be a direct result of the abusive treatment from commissioners […]
Former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, who resigned after Commissioner Joe Carollo tried to fire him and ordered an investigation into the permit for his backyard deck, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust. When Carollo failed to get the votes he needed to fire Gonzalez in December […]
Who is the city manager of Miami? That’s what everybody wants to know. Officially, it is still Emilio Gonzalez, who resigned last month after Commissioner Joe Carollo accused him of fudging the permit for his deck and tried to fire him. Instead, the commission voted for the auditor general to investigate and immediately after that, […]
UPDATED: Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, who resigned under political pressure last week — and said Sunday that he will probably leave within a couple of weeks — will not finally get a chance to speak to his bosses on Thursday and publicly address allegations that he abused his office. We’ll have to make do for […]
Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez resigned Thursday, trying to take the high road, rather than face a commission hell bent on having him fired and/or investigated in what looks like a vindictive smear job and power play, starring Commissioner Joe Carollo, who has been trying to fire him for months. Is Ladra the only one […]