We finally have proof that Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez failed kindergarten: He doesn’t play well with others. He can’t share. He can’t sit in circle time. On Friday, as the number of positive COVID19 county residents grew to 3,364 — and the number of county deaths to 25 — Gimenez told the White House to ignore the letter written […]
The Miami city commission met virtually Wednesday via a Zoom video conferencing platform that allowed the public to participate in a one-way sort of manner — through emails, video recordings and voice recordings played during the meeting — and where commissioners voted unanimously to create a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. COVID19 curfew starting Friday. Now […]
As the number of COVID19 positives grow, so will the measures governments take to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic that is shaking the entire country. On Tuesday, both Miami and Miami Beach issued shelter-in-place orders that does more than just “urge” residents to stay home, it requires them to — except under the same type and […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez had to walk back his fourth executive order to curb the coronavirus community spread on Saturday, reversing gears from Thursday, when he closed pawn shops as one of the non-essential businesses. Pawn shops was in the middle of a long list of businesses that were ordered closed in a press release and in […]
Updated: And from the better late than never category: The Seminole Tribe of Florida finally closed its casinos to help curb the community spread of COVID-19, Miami Beach hotels are shutting down and Miami-Dade transit finally cut bus and Metrorail service on Friday — Day 5 of the all voluntary #StayHome movement — but only after […]
Updated: Less than 24 hours after the city of Miami shut down all restaurants, clubs, bars, gyms and other locations where people congregate and could, possibly, transmit the coronavirus COVID-19 disease, Miami-Dade County followed with the same kind of emergency order, closing all those establishments and allowing kitchens to stay open for curbside or drive-through take-out […]
So, the ordinance to limit recalls in the city of Miami passed 4-1 after Commissioner Keon Hardemon joined the Three Amigos after first seeming against the change — it even seemed like he offered the Ladra amendment, to make it after a failed recall election. But Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla wove his jabber magic […]
UPDATED: The latest news is that this lawsuit was withdrawn because it was contained “a few” errors and the plaintiffs — which Mayor Francis Suarez confirmed Sunday does include him — will file a new corrected version this week. So, really, he couldn’t even get this right. Suarez wouldn’t say what the errors were, but Ladra suspects […]
Moments after his appointment was announced by Mayor Francis Suarez, new Miami City Manager Art Noriega immediately did what he was hired to do — he brought a broken city commission together with a unanimous confirmation vote. That is, after all, why Noriega was picked in the first place: Because of his relationship with commissioners […]
Even without the big “secret” city manager appointment, the meeting of Miami city commissioners Monday promises to be another battle between Commissioner Joe Carollo and his main target, Mayor Francis Suarez. Carollo is likely to denounce the way Suarez announced his manager selection — he hates being left out — and his hiring of a stand-in […]