Political Cortadito makes some easy recommendations for the Aug. 20 ballot

Political Cortadito makes some easy recommendations for the Aug. 20 ballot

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 […]

Newbie Luisa Santos beats Dennis Moss for Miami-Dade School Board

Newbie Luisa Santos beats Dennis Moss for Miami-Dade School Board

In one of the biggest and happiest surprises of the Miami-Dade 2020 elections results full of surprises is the Miami-Dade School Board race in District 9, where veteran Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss was beaten by young and inexperienced newcomer Luisa Santos. The commissioner known for adjourning county meetings with an exclamation to “move it,” is […]

For School Board District 9: Old pro with palanca vs grassroots newcomer

For School Board District 9: Old pro with palanca vs grassroots newcomer

The following story was written by Ladra’s new cachorro intern. Be nice. By Brandon Rosado for Political Cortadito The race to replace longtime Miami-Dade School Board Member Larry Feldman can be described as a classic David and Goliath battle between a veteran politician with much palanca and a young, idealistic newcomer with not-as-much palanca, but […]

For Miami-Dade School Board, Dennis Moss and five others head to 3 runoffs

For Miami-Dade School Board, Dennis Moss and five others head to 3 runoffs

The Miami-Dade School Board election results Tuesday were full of surprises. The only candidate to win outright on Tuesday was not Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss, who is termed out and running to replace Larry Feldman in District 9 because he doesn’t know what else to do. It was District 7’s Luby Navarro, the only school […]