She’ll be in the hot seat at Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club Alina Hudak is almost one year into her new job as the city manager in Miami Beach. The former deputy Miami-Dade mayor under Carlos Gimenez was named to replace former manager Jimmy Morales, who went to work for Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. It […]
The distribution of hateful, anti-Semitic flyers in Miami Beach and Surfside over the weekend, blaming the “COVID agenda” on a list of Jewish doctors and officials, has not just alarmed that community. Everyone is disgusted. Police from several jurisdictions are investigating the source of the crude, false and inflammatory flyers, which were carefully left on […]
Checkered past raises eyebrows on the appointment, doubts on ‘search’ Updated: The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department has a new director, another refugee from Miami Beach government. And critics say former Miami Beach Public Works Director Roy Coley is not ready for prime time. Coley was appointed as the new WASA director Tuesday by Miami-Dade […]
The NAACP is backing down, after all, from its demand that Jimmy Morales not be appointed as the Chief Operations Officer of Miami-Dade County. But only to wait and see for 100 days. After that, the former Miami Beach city manager and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will get a report card on their promised actions […]
There’s been quite some community pushback on the appointment of Jimmy Morales as the county’s chief operations officer by the newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. And everything could change after Monday. The Miami-Dade NAACP has not backed down from its position that the former Miami Beach city manager is not a good fit […]
Despite issues with labor, blacks, he gets a key No. 2 post When Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said early last month that he was leaving the city for greener pastures, he claimed he didn’t have another job option. But Ladra and many others didn’t believe him. Nobody leaves a $306,000-a-year job with nothing […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales sprung a surprise resignation on the mayor and commissioners Wednesday in phone calls and a letter that said it was time for him to move on and pursue other interests. He also said he missed his political voice during a time when so many critical issues are dividing us […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales will likely get a four-year contract extension at Wednesday’s meeting and a salary increase to $305,736. In a move that is largely a rubber stamp vote, Morales — who was hired in 2013 for $255,000 a year — will also get an increase in retirement contribution, from $7,000 to what […]
UPDATED: Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales got a three to four year extension on his contract at a secret meeting Tuesday in his own conference room. Commissioners also voted 6-1 to have the finance chair Commissioner Ricky Arriola negotiate a raise to bring back to them. The only dissenting vote was Commissioner Michael Góngora, who […]
If you live or work near Miami Beach City Hall, you may have seen the big black billboard truck circling around this week with City Manager Jimmy Morales‘ face plastered on all sides. Yes, from far away it did look a little like Roger Stone’s face. It wasn’t. “Shame on you, City Manager Jimmy Morales” reads […]