District 2 could be kept whole under new Miami redistricting map Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes did the right thing Friday when he told the city’s consultant on redistricting to put the part of Coconut Grove moved to District 4 back into District 2, where it belongs. Maybe it was for the wrong reasons, but it […]
Before the Miami city commission could discuss redistricting at Friday’s special meeting, Commissioner Joe Carollo made a special call to order — and laid into a false narrative attack on Commissioner Ken Russell. It was unwarranted. Carollo thinks Russell was not only behind the recall two years ago — and he is still butt hurt […]
But community meetings this week aim to seek resident input? Really? One by one, nearly 100 speakers lined up and practically begged Miami city commissioners not to cut Coconut Grove into three pieces in the redistricting process. Of the 96 people who spoke against new maps that adjust district boundaries to accommodate population growth, 91 […]
And city Commissioner Joe Carollo’s house is drawn into his district The latest redistricting map for the city of Miami cuts Coconut Grove into three districts, rather than one, which residents are vehemently against. It also takes great pains to put Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s house — the one he swears he doesn’t live in — […]
Perhaps the new chairman will hire more ghost employees Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla grabbed the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency from Commissioner Ken Russell last week — again — and immediately asked the executive director to resign. Ladra could not reach Executive Director Jason Walker, but sources at the city say that the […]
Florida State Rep. Nicholas Duran (D-112-Miami) said on Friday that he would not be seeking re-election next year and that this upcoming legislative session would be his last. But, he said in an email blast, he was not finished with public service. “Far from it.” And las malas lenguas say he’s already got sights on […]
Miami City Commissioners want their county counterparts on Tuesday to reconsider their paltry offering from the $474 million federal CARES cash pie they got — $30 million to be shared between all 34 municipalities in Miami-Dade — to aid in the COVID-19 crisis recovery and resuscitate the economy. Or else they could take the county […]
Virus? What virus? A land use change, some code amendments and the ban of certain types of fertilizer are among things the Miami City Commission will consider when it meets virtually for the second time since the national COVID19 crisis struck and the stay-at-home orders were issued. The first meeting last month was pretty much limited to […]
For days, we’ve heard Miami officials talk about a drive-through COVID19 testing center at Marlins Park. On Monday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez thanked the University of Miami and Derek Jeter of the Miami Marlins and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for joining up to provide the tests to a growing number of alarmed people. But the seniors come […]
Well, if there was any question that newly-elected Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla was big man on campus, it was answered Thursday, when he made himself co-chair of the Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency and the city’s member representative to the Tourism Development Board. ADLP, who already chairs the Omni CRA, […]