Judging from absentee ballots and early voting numbes, which have already been tallied, it was a good night for only three of the Miami-Dade Commission incumbents. Vice Chair Lynda Bell could be singing the blues. Bell, who was the only one facing a true challenge from neophyte social service activist Daniella Levine Cava, had an early lead […]
More dishonest tactics from an increasingly desperate Miami-Dade incumbent Commissioner Lynda Bell? Among the poll workers who showed up at some of the polling locations in District 8 Tuesday were paid burly men wearing black t-shirts that made them look like police officers supporting her. But they’re not. One of the men posted at St. […]
While people are just getting up to go vote today in one congressional and several county, judicial and state races, it looks like the winners have already been chosen. That’s because there were nearly 83,800 absentee ballots returned and another 29,200 cast at early voting. A total of 112,981 voters have already made their picks […]
UPDATED: The number of absentee ballots returned so far across Miami-Dade for this Aug. 26 primary is 77,500, far less than the 210,000 ABs that have been requested as of Thursday, according to the Miami-Dade Elections Department. But it is almost four times as many votes as in-person ballots cast by early voters. And many think […]
In what has become an increasingly ugly and partisan race for a non-partisan post, Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell — the only incumbent truly facing a stiff challenge — stepped up the heat in recent days, unveiling a TV ad that has none other than Republican Congressoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen endorsing the former mayor of Homestead and […]
Former Gov. Jeb Bush was in Homestead Friday to campaign for Gov. Rick Scott. But, knowing a good earned media moment when she sees one, Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell, former mayor of Homestead, got a well-timed photo op for her own re-election bid. Bell dropped by the B&K Installations, a company that builds custom-made greenhouses, where […]
If you live in District 8 and you missed Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell or her campaign workers coming by to knock on your house, you might have gotten this door hanger with photos of the commission vice chair in action. Bell at a groundbreaking, golden shovel in hand. Yay. Bell hugging a senior cittizen. Awwww. […]
There will be at least three more forums or debates for candidates this week. Ladra is going to have to find a way to be in two places at one time Monday when Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell faces off with challenger Daniella Levine Cava a second time. The debate sponsored by the Rotary Club of […]
UPDATED: A little birdie with inside info told Ladra this afternoon that Ballard Partners, a firm that is desperate to strengthen their new Miami office, stole Chip from the county with an offer he couldn’t refuse. Ballard is the number one lobbying firm in the state, according to Florida Trend, and is currently working on the Genting […]
The long-anticipated showdown between Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell and challenger Daniella Levine Cava came and went Monday night as each worked hard to turn the heat up on the other at the Kendall Federation of Homeowners debate. Levine hit Bell on the recent service cuts in police and libraries and the battle to balance the […]