Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell was not able to get even a second on his motion to fire City Attorney Victoria Mendez Thursday. Russell had made the move to terminate Mendez because he said she intentionally withheld emails that he had asked her for. He said the 26 emails not provided to him painted a different […]
Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell lost his first political battle Thursday when he failed to get any support whatsoever on his move to terminate City Attorney Victoria Mendez after she failed to provide all the emails he asked her for about a certain Coconut Grove lot split and development. He didn’t even get a second to his […]
If good things truly come to those who wait, then Ralph Rosado may just be in luck. Rosado announced recently that he was running for the Miami city commission seat now occupied by Commissioner Francis Suarez, who has not announced yet but is expected to run for mayor since he is termed out and can’t put […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez had his big fundraiser dinner shindig Saturday night and — while he was surrounded by friends and fans, including a contingency from the PBA — did not announce anything about a highly anticipated potential run for county mayor. People left shaking their heads knowing only that Suarez might run someday for […]
He said he didn’t want to steal any thunder away from Sen. Marco Rubio, who is expected to announce a run for presidency later today. But Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez all but said he was running for mayor in 2017. “Yes, that’s my plan. Wife permitting of course,” Suarez said Monday morning on the Gray […]
There was a little, bloodless political battle at the MPO meeting Thursday when the body of electeds that plan regional infrastructure and transit improvements elected its new chair and vice chair. It wasn’t over the chair. The new Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jean Monestime was unanimously and quickly elected to replace former chair of both, Commissioner […]
How pervasive are campaign shenanigans in South Florida? A former Miami mayoral candidate who we never heard of before and who never stood a chance of being elected pled guilty Thursday to three counts of violating state campaign finance laws. Jeffrey Benjamin, who lost big to Mayor Tomás Regalado in 2013, was sentenced to a […]
One of the two most interesting races in 2015, for what is arguably the most powerful seat on the Miami city commission, have two more hats in the ring to replace Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who is termed out this year. Auctioneer and Coconut Grove Village Council member Seth Sklarey and Lorry Woods, owner of Elwoods Gastro […]
From galas to stadiums to breakfasts to parks, Miami-Dade’s electeds were all over the place last week. This past couple of weekends seemed particularly busy. The always gorgeous Aventura Councilwoman Luz Weinberg glammed it up at the Voice for Children gala Saturday nigh at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and smiled for the camera with Judge […]
Three Democrat Party activists are looking at running for office for the first time in Miami Dade. One of them for circuit court judge this year and two of them forMiami city commissioner in the two years fe 2015 elections. And some people say that Ladra’s obsession with elections later this year is premature. Tony Diaz, the […]