What hypocrite Joe Garcia didn’t tell Cuban dissident he met

What hypocrite Joe Garcia didn’t tell Cuban dissident he met

Que cara mas dura tiene Congressman Joe Garcia. Loosely translated, it means he is two-faced. But I like the Cuban version of “hard face” better. Because Garcia’s has to be made of stone to face a true Cuban dissident, the wife of a man who was held in Cuban prisons for 20 years, and pretend to […]

Miami GOP mini convention a pep rally for Rick Scott

Miami GOP mini convention a pep rally for Rick Scott

What do you call it when you put all the local Republican club members, political candidates, party loyalsists, activists, campaign workers and volunteers together in one room with a DJ, a slideshow, a stage, a guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln serving beverages and lots of balloons in red, white and blue? The GOP organizers called […]

Carlos Curbelo keeps poll secret in FL26 race for Congress

Carlos Curbelo keeps poll secret in FL26 race for Congress

Days after former Congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera jumped into the Congressional Republican primary for District 26, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo — the establishment choice from months earlier — did a poll that cost him $35,000. And why haven’t we heard a peep about it? Curbelo did not return a phone call to […]

Politicos ponder fallout from redistricting court ruling

Politicos ponder fallout from redistricting court ruling

By BRANDON LARRABEE/THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDATHE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 11, 2014 — Members of Congress, candidates and political observers are grappling with the fallout of a judge’s Thursday ruling that two of the state’s congressional districts were illegally drawn for partisan reasons.Lawyers on Friday were preparing to ask Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis to move quickly to prescribe a remedy for the flawed map. Meanwhile, Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown […]

Larry Palomares boasts endorsements he doesn’t have

Larry Palomares boasts endorsements he doesn’t have

Monday was a great day for both Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo and former Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, who are competing for a chance to unseat Congressman Joe Garcia in District 26, as the two other Republicans in the primary imploded. First former Congressman David Rivera is cited with ethics violations related to double-dipping for […]

Joe Garcia endorses illegal UBER ride share service

Joe Garcia endorses illegal UBER ride share service

Congressman Joe Garcia is gonna hafta say that someone hacked into his twitter account. Either that or it’s going to look like he’s thumbing his nose at the law and endorsing illicit business. That’s because Garcia used the social media platform to tout the new Uber X car ride sharing service that launched Wednesday in […]

1st Congressional primary debate missing one: David Rivera

1st Congressional primary debate missing one: David Rivera

The Federated Women’s Republican Club of Miami will host the first debate between the candidates in the highly anticipated Republican primary who are vying this August for a chance to run in the 26th Congressional district against Democrat incumbent Congressman Joe Garcia. So far, four of the five candidates have confirmed they will be at […]

David Rivera has no past, only a future, at Cuba Nostalgia

David Rivera has no past, only a future, at Cuba Nostalgia

Investigation? What investigation? Ana who? Former congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera walked through the Cuba Nostalgia exhibit in West Miami-Dade Sunday kind of like the Pope would walk through the plaza or a rock star through his adoring audience. Or maybe like Jesus would walk on water. Since he jumped into the primary for the […]