The Miami mayoral race this November is getting interesting — and we don’t just mean the announcement this week that former Miami City Commissioner Emilio Gonzalez has formally filed to run, making good on rumors that he’s helped spread since early last year. Who’s next? Former Miami Mayor and county commissioner Xavier Suarez, father of […]
It’s been talked about for months, but Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins is widely expected to make an announcement any day now that she’s going to run for Miami mayor this November. And it’s crazy for a number of reasons. If this had been before former Miami Commissioner Ken Russell announced that he would run for […]
The Florida Bar last week dismissed two complaints filed by former Miami Commissioner Ken Russell — who later announced that he would run for mayor (more on that later) — against former City Attorney Victoria Mendez and Mayor Francis Suarez, who is an attorney, after the latter gave the Miami Freedom Park developers back the $20 million they […]
There are also at least 3 new political action committees to hide funding And they’re off. Fifteen candidates have qualified to run in Miami’s special election to fill the vacancy on the City Commission created by the resignation of Ken Russell, who ran for Congress and lost in the primary last year. The commission was […]
It took two days because Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla was hoping to wear two of his colleagues down. But Commissioner Manolo Reyes and Chairwoman Christine King stood fast on their desire for a special election to fill the vacancy in District 2 created by Ken Russell‘s resignation to run for Congress (he […]
Some residents in Miami started getting emails this week that attempt to pre-empt people from protesting the possible upcoming appointment of a city commissioner to replace Ken Russell, who resigned to run for Congress. Russell lost in the primary and last week changed his resignation effective date to Dec. 30. That means the commission has […]
Commission could be split between appointment and special election Miami Commissioner Ken Russell has left the building. Russell, who resigned to run for Congress then lost in the August Democratic primary, had made the effective date Jan. 3. But last week, he moved that up to 5 p.m. Dec. 30. Probably so he can lobby […]
New ‘Grove’ political action committee with $47K could be related Whether or not the December meeting stays cancelled, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell, who resigned to run for the congressional primary that he lost to Sen. Annette Taddeo in August, will have to leave by Jan. 3. The commission will likely appoint someone to serve out […]
In an ugly, backstabbing move, Miami Commissioners Alex Diaz de la Portilla and Joe Carollo, at the very last minute last week, snatched the last commission meeting from outgoing Commissioner Ken Russell by postponing the Dec. 8 agenda to January. This would be after Russell’s resignation is effective on Jan. 3. Russell, who resigned to […]
By GRANT STERN, Special Guest Columnist Miami Commissioner Ken Russell is running for Congress for the third time in just five years since he got elected to his present office just six and a half years ago. But the District 2 Commissioner promised the public and specifically members of his own political party at his first 2019 re-election […]