Absentee or mail-in ballots started arriving at voters’ homes more than a week ago. That means people are already voting for their county commissioners, mayor, judges, school board members, and state legislators and county constitutional officers in their preferred party primary. Most of the really good races don’t happen until November. And among those on […]
Alert: Cancelled due to the inclement weather. Two Democrats who want to face Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 this November will be at a forum on Thursday sponsored by the Democrats of South Dade Club. The August 27 primary will pit former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey, an employment attorney, against Miami-Dade School […]
Board votes 5-3 against resolution along partisan lines The Miami-Dade School Board meeting Wednesday was painful. It was ugly. And so sad. Traumatizing might be an apt description for many people there. It was eight hours or so worth of a debate over a proclamation of October as LGBTQ History Month, a debate that never […]
After about six hours of emotional public commentary and discussion among the Miami-Dade School Board members, the decision was made not to recognize October as LGBTQ History Month, as they had in 2021. A non-academic, mostly symbolic item that passed last year 7-1, failed this year 8-1, revealing a seismic shift in policy driven by […]