When Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez endorsed Esteban “Stevie” Bovo for county mayor, political observers raised an eyebrow. When his son, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, endorsed Renier Diaz de la Portilla in the Miami-Dade District 5 race, we did a double take. On Wednesday, former Mayor Alex Penelas — who came in third in the first […]
When she was a preacher, former State Rep. Kimberly Daniels thanked God for slavery. As a Jacksonville city councilwoman in 2008, she voted against LGBT protections, equating homosexuality with bestiality and necrophilia. And on Monday, she endorsed Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “El Bobo” Bovo for county mayor. We know this because Bobo the bozo celebrated it. […]
While the bogus law and order issue is what seems to stand out in the heated runoff race for the second most powerful political position in Florida, there are other differences revealed every time Miami-Dade Commissioners Esteban Bovo and Daniella Levine Cava face off That happened three times this weekend — once in Spanish and […]
It’s really rather funny in an ironic sort of way. But sad, too. Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Steve” Bovo has a commercial on the radio where first he says he is “the only Hispanic” in the race for county mayor and then, within seconds, he says his opponent is divisive. Really. His camp also has a […]
If you missed the first Miami-Dade mayoral debate of the runoff Wednesda between Commissioners Esteban Bovo and Daniella Levine Cava, don’t beat yourself up. You didn’t miss much. In fact, the 90 minute affair Wednesday — a Spanish-language debate on Univision 23 — made Ladra miss former Mayor Alex Penelas. At least he knows how […]
Don’t blame Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo for his brother’s racist and fascist rants on social media. He is not his brother’s keeper. In response to a New times story, Bovo has said he did not know about Enrique “Henry” Bovo‘s posts on a Facebook page he administered which described itself as a “non racial […]
In phone calls and text messages, Miami-Dade voters got a survey over the weekend that measured our value on issues and asked who would get our vote if the election was today. Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Esteban Bovo or Daniella Levine Cava. And it seems, just from the questions and descriptions of the candidates, […]
Esteban Bovo behind with $65K since Election Day Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo may have headed into the mayoral runoff with a 2,000-vote edge over Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava. But Levine Cava is killing him in fundraising since. DLC collected more than $1 million between her campaign account and her political action committee, Our Democracy, in […]
The Miami-Dade County Commission will meet Thursday to consider the $9 billion proposed annual budget for 2020-2021– the first post COVID-19 budget and the last one for Mayor Carlos Gimenez and at least five commissioners who are termed out in November. And it won’t be easy. Gimenez said in his budget memo that his administration […]
Of the 3,743 voters whose absentee or mail-in ballots were rejected for some kind of deficiency, one number stands out: 10 were invalid because the voters were deceased. Yes, that’s right, the dead voted in Miami-Dade. Again. Sounds like an AMC movie of the week. If you remember, the 1997 Miami election was overturned because, […]