On the heels of a Super PAC TV ad that has been changed to omit a cameo by former Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman, who was arrested last summer on charges of public corruption, Congressman Joe Garcia had another video faux pas this week. He was basically caught eating a booger on live TV. Well, not […]
The new 30-second video ad touting Congressman Joe Garcia talks about his opposition to a Tea Party “radical plan that would end the medicare guarantee,” keeping prescriptions affordable for seniors and the cost of student loans low. “Call Congressman Garcia. Thank him, for putting the middle class first.” But a casual local observer would have […]
The 305 political world is abuzz with the news that former U.S. Rep. David “King Nine Lives” Rivera jumped into the congressional race in his old district, which he lost in the 2012 presidential elections to Congressman Joe Garcia. Jaws everywhere dropped. People gasped and shook heads. The other Republican candidates in the primary reacted […]
We knew it was going to get good. But did we know it would be this fast? Less than 24 hours after former Congressman David Rivera announced he wanted his office back, and less than three hours after he qualified in Tallahassee for the race in District 26, two ex-staffers of his have endorsed Miami-Dade […]
He’s baaaaack! Maybe he didn’t like former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina grabbing all the headlines. Former Congressman David “King Nine Lives” Rivera, who lost his seat to U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in 2012 amid allegations that he helped financed a Democratic candidate in the primary, announced Thursday that he wants his old seat back. Rivera […]
Some say it’s a special election hundreds of miles away and can’t be compared to any race here. Others say it’s definitely a wake up call to Democrats statewide. But the victory Tuesday in Pinellas County where newly-elected Congressman David Jolly beat the much better funded former State CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has strengthened […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson flew home to Miami for the weekend but not on a regular commercial or private airplane. Wilson (D-North Dade) accompanied President Barack Obama on Air Force One as the POTUS came to an event this afternoon at Coral Reef High School. She also hopped on the President’s helicopter, Marine One, to get from […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Lieutenant Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera joined the bevy of local electeds to blast the Venezuelan government’s crackdown on protesters Friday — more than two weeks after the first two of at least 16 anti-government protesters killed and about a month after the clashes started. They joined Sen. Marco Rubio, who gave […]
The newest member of Congressman Joe Garcia’s campaign team has ties to one of the oldest members of his campaign team. John Hennelly — a campaign consultant who responded to media questions last week about Garcia’s friendship and ties to former Congressman Bill Delahunt, an apologist and friend of the dictatorial Venezuelan regime — once […]
Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo may boast having former Education Secretary Bill Bennett — um, who? — and Miami Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart — um, yawn — at a fundraiser later this month for his Congressional bid. So what? Congressman Joe Garcia, whose seat Curbelo hopes to steal this year, has U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, […]