The United Teachers of Dade, which represents more than 30,000 Miami-Dade County teachers and education professionals, will launch a series of daily “one-on-one conversations” with each of the county mayoral candidates beginning Friday afternoon (that’s today). “The effort seeks to increase civic engagement among all education professionals and secure more pro public education leadership for […]
Everyone’s internal polls have them winning the Miami-Dade mayoral election this year, and Commissioner Xavier Suarez is no different. He told Ladra that he was leading the other six candidates in a poll done earlier this month of 503 likely voters countywide. The survey by John Zogby Strategies found that Suarez had 21% of the vote. […]
After years of quiet, behind-the-scenes absence — with just a few recent Tallahassee and Miami sightings — former Congressman David Rivera is in the news again — sued by a U.S. subsidiary of the Venezuelan regime-owned petroleum enterprise for breach of contract on $50 million deal to purportedly grease the wheels for the company (read: government) […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava is all in. The 64-year-old who wants to make history as the county’s first female mayor made it official Friday when she submitted her resignation letter to the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, as required by Florida’s “resign to run” law. This also means that her seat officially opens up, and […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Jean Monestime announced Thursday that he was suspending his campaign and blamed the coronavirus spread and COVID19 infections that have hit his community particularly hard. Yeah, okaaaay. That must be the new version of “I want to spend more time with my family.” Monestime, who still has two years left on his term […]
A new drive-through COVID19 testing center at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah will become the fifth location Thursday for people 65 and older who have any symptoms of the coronavirus — on top of on-demand home service for those who are homebound. And on Friday, all adult day care centers or clinics and medical centers that […]
The invitation is striking because of the number of names on the leadership committee: 23 electeds, members of the Hialeah, Miami Lakes and Hialeah Gardens hierarchy, have invited their friends and favorite lobbyists to a fundraiser Thursday for Miami-Dade Commissioner and mayoral 2020 candidate Esteban Bovo at — where else? — Hialeah Park Racing and Casino. […]
Miami-Dade County Commissioners could cut the power to community councils Wednesday and change the rules on how they govern local zoning change requests so that more applications come directly to the commission. And it looks like this amendment to the process, established in 1996 to bring zoning decisions closer to the people and neighborhoods affected, is […]
Ladra got the most interesting phone call Monday, on the eve of the first debate for the Miami-Dade mayoral candidates in 2020. It was a push poll, likely for former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas. Why? Penelas was the only candidate that my interviewer spoke positively about during a nearly 20 minute Q&A (okay it took […]
Ladra might have lit a fire under Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo‘s butt this week: After posting about his new perceived ambivalence for the 2020 mayoral race — which most observers and experts think he’ll lose — Bovo sent a “save the date” to a very special announcement Sept. 30. “Please join the commissioner’s family, friends and […]