The city commission meeting Thursday turned into a shouting match between commissioners Miguel “Mike” Gabela and Manolo Reyes basically because of the contentious fight on the self-serving lifetime pensions for electeds that Gabela has championed twice before changing his mind, also twice. Gabela said he stood by the principle of his idea, which was to […]
As Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is termed out of office and mulls a ridiculous run for mayor — everyone knows he can’t win citywide — it is looking like his old opponent, Alfonso “Alfie” Leon, may run for the open seat again next November. “I am planning on running again. Will be making an announcement […]
Victoria Mendez sure knows how to land on her feet. The former Miami city attorney, unceremoniously fired for incompetence and conflicts of interests, is also in the midst of a Florida Bar investigation. Yet, she’s winning awards and landing a new job. Mendez was named “Attorney of the Year” in July by the Florida Municipal […]
The first city of Miami budget hearing on Saturday was dominated by a plea from the community to increase police patrols, especially in the Downtown Miami area and marine officers on the Miami River. But the discussion on the dais was dominated by the growing tension between District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo and commissioners Miguel […]
Residents continue lawsuit to block amendment Voters in the city of Miami voted yes down the line to three referendums on the Aug. 20 ballot. The first two questions will replace the city’s auditor general with a new office of inspector general, which has broader investigative powers. More on how that office will work later. […]
This meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The agenda moves to a special meeting Tuesday. At first blush, it may seem like Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting is a sleeper, especially compared to recent meetings. Nothing on LED billboards. Nothing on redistricting. But a closer look at the agenda reveals a bunch of items […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo may as well just resign now. He can’t get anything done in his last year. All he can do is talk and talk and talk and he seems even bored with that option. He’s been effectively neutered. And he looks defeated. Carollo had a really bad day on the Miami Commission […]
He also has a conflict on redistricting map When the Miami City Commission meets this week to consider, once again, the repeal of the ordinance that allows giant LED billboards on public land, Commissioner Joe Carollo should sit it out. Carollo must recuse himself because he is too close to former Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who […]
If Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo really wants to see his bank statements, Commissioner Damian Pardo is ready to prove that he used part of his lifelong savings to self-fund his campaign for the District 2 seat last year. All Carollo has to do is resign. “I’m not giving them to him for nothing,” Pardo told […]
Miami City Manager Art Noriega got a pass Thursday after he explained, to use the word loosely, his wife’s business dealings with the city, while City Attorney Victoria Mendez was removed of her position at the commission meeting on the spot. After commissioners voted 4-1 for Mendez to step down — she will still stay […]