No real 2017 mayoral bids in ‘Big Four’

No real 2017 mayoral bids in ‘Big Four’

We’ve been robbed. Cheated! The four biggest cities in Miami-Dade have elections next month without a single mayoral race. Not really anyway. The four frontrunners have zero or marginal opposition. That means there will be no debates, no conversation about the direction of these cities, no real choice for the voters of Miami, Miami Beach, […]

Candidate Ralph Rosado exaggerates ‘his’ police initiatives

Candidate Ralph Rosado exaggerates ‘his’ police initiatives

Miami City Commission candidate Ralph Rosado sounds like an incumbent on the most recent mailer that arrived in some Miami voters’ homes Wednesday. “Let’s talk about crime and it’s prevention,” it says on the front. “I have worked to guarantee that our police department can count on the sufficient number of police officers to keep us […]

Young professionals host huge fundraiser for Francis Suarez

Young professionals host huge fundraiser for Francis Suarez

It has to be the biggest host committee in formation list that Ladra has ever seen and far too many people to name them all here. But among the most notable “young professionals” hosting a fundraiser Thursday night for Commissioner Francis Suarez‘s bid for Miami mayor are Congressman Carlos Curbelo, Coral Gables Commissioners Vince Lago, […]

Cortadito Calendar: Activism and fundraising and soccer

Cortadito Calendar: Activism and fundraising and soccer

Ladra hopes everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend and got lots of love and nurturing comfort from our mamas… because it’s another doozy of a week in the 305 political world. We’ve got soccer and activism 101 and a group of preservationists’ last stand and the mother of all fundraisers — this last one […]

Fundraising slow for Joe Carollo, Zoraida Barreiro

Fundraising slow for Joe Carollo, Zoraida Barreiro

Both Zoraida Barreiro and Joe Carollo filed their first campaign finance report in their race for the same city of Miami commission seat and they must be a tad disappointed.  Sure, $14,000 (Barreiro) and $10,000 (Carollo) is respectable — for any novice, first-time no-name. But Barreiro is wife of Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, who must […]

Raquel Regalado set to fight anew for charter change, reform

Raquel Regalado set to fight anew for charter change, reform

True to form, Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado is not going to shut up and go away just because she fell a bit short in her shot to become the first female mayor of Miami-Dade. Conceding Tuesday night and thanking her supporters, Regalado vowed to continue to fight for Miami-Dade residents and against the […]