Residents in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami know Commissioner Willy Gort. who is termed out after serving since 2011, and also from 1993 to 2000. But, with the exclusion of former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, many voters don’t really know the clusterbunch of wannabes in line to replace Gort. So the Allapattah YMCA […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who is running for mayor and unveiled her first TV campaign commercial during the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami last month, was not the only local candidate to take advantage of the huge audience. Another local candidate also aired the first ad of his campaign during the debate. No, […]
Former State Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla , now a city of Miami commission candidate, had his second best fund raising month in June, with more than $50,000 in additional contributions. That brings his total to just over a quarter million dollars, according to the latest campaign finance report. This would be The Dean’s fourth […]
March was another good fundraising month for former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who is running for the Miami city commission seat in District 1 and has raised more each month for a total of $142,000 in 90 days. The next biggest bank belongs to Miguel Angel Gabela, but he loaned himself $100K so […]
Former State Sen. and current Miami city commission candidate Alex Diaz de la Portilla had another stellar month for fundraising in February, more than doubling his total to almost $86,000. But at least half of the $45,380 raised in February, according to the campaign financial reports filed last week, was through bundles, which generally indicate […]
Don’t think that former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla is not a true threat in the Miami District 1 race this year. While some think this three-time loser is unelectable, it’s best not to underestimate The Dean. Especially when he is raising more campaign money than anybody else. Read related: After loss in Senate, […]