There are live elections today in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities: Miami, Hialeah, Miami Beach and Homestead. Some offer a little more drama than others. In Miami, there are two seats up for grabs. Commissioner Manolo Reyes is also on the ballot but he is pretty much in like Flint. No muss, no fuss. But […]
Hialeah Councilman Carl Zogby, the former police department spokesman, won re-election outright in a three-way Group 5 race Tuesday, with 57% of the vote. Mayra Jimenez got 27% and Salvador Blanco got 16%. But the other two council races, the open seats which had five and six candidates vying, are headed into a runoff after […]
Former State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez, who everyone knows really wants to be Hialeah mayor more than anything else in the world, seems to be riding this city election out on the heels of last year’s loss in the property appraiser’s race. But he’s not staying out completely. And neither is former Mayor Julio Robaina, who […]
Hialeah CouncilwomanVivian Casals-Muñoz may leave her days of notarizing questionable mortgage documents behind forever to become, drum roll, a lobbyist. Casals-Muñoz, who has been a much higher profile pol after her sweeping November election victory, filed papers Jan. 17 with the Florida Division of Corporations to open a new business called Vivian Casals-Muñoz Consultants, LLC. […]