A ‘target list’ of commissioners’ enemies is part of questionable acts Guess Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo is not going to go down easily. Three days before a special commission meeting Monday to discuss his very future with the city, the new chief sent the mayor and city manager a detailed 8-page memo accusing the […]
Two days. There are two days left to qualify for the Miami city elections on Nov. 2. Time is running out — qualification deadline is Saturday — for any really viable candidates to step up and run against Mayor Francis Suarez or Commissioner Joe Carollo, neither of whom deserve a free ride or even another […]
Art Acevedo’s brash style choca con los comisionados, days are numbered There is so much to say about Miami’s new police chief that City Commissioner Joe Carollo wants to have a whole special meeting just about him. Chief Art Acevedo was under fire even before he made that “Cuban Mafia” comment at roll call that […]
Looks like Miami Mayor Francis Suarez won’t have any real challenge in this year’s election. So, fueled by his hashtag-friendly banter and bend on technology and the national media spotlight, he can daydream about higher office. Everybody’s been buzzing about it for months, speculating mostly that Suarez was setting himself up as a potential VP. […]
Did anybody else see that knife fight between Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la Portilla at the commission meeting last month? Ladra sure hopes someone in law enforcement was watching. Sources say there is already an investigation into possible abuse of power and quid pro quo in the negotiations for a juicy […]
Watching Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo denounce the repression of the corrupt Cuban regime is like watching elite Cuban officials defend communism while they live like millionaires. ¡Que hipócrita! Carollo has abused his four years in office and position in the city to bully and harass his political opponents or critics, real or imagined. He retaliates […]
After only raising a little more than $20,000 in his first month of campaigning, former Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro has withdrawn from the city of Miami commission race in District 3. Happy Birthday Joe Carollo. Barreiro had signed up to run against Miami Commissioner Crazy Joe last month and had said that Carollo needs to […]
What if there was a virtual campaign forum for an important city election and none of the frontrunners were there? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Could one of the also-rans take the opportunity to become a star? We may just be about to find out. The Urban Core Community Coalition […]
Campaign contributions marked by many special interest bundles Between his campaign account and his political action committee, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo has raised more than three quarters of a million dollars for his re-election this year in just two months, according to the most recent campaign reports filed last week. April was better than May, […]
The long-rumored challenge to Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is true: Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro — whose wife lost to Crazy Joe in 2017 — has filed documents to run for the seat in District 3. Barreiro, who resigned in 2017 to run for Congress (losing to Maria Elvira Salazar un 2018’s primary) was at […]