Runoff for Miami Lakes council seat reveals rift on the town council

Runoff for Miami Lakes council seat reveals rift on the town council

Lawyer claims ethical violations in special election Nobody won the Miami Lakes Special Election earlier this month for the council seat vacated by former Vice Mayor Carlos Alvarez, who resigned in November, so there will be a runoff Tuesday between attorney Bryan Morera, who got 29%, and former Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Town Manager and failed 2016 candidate […]

PAC launches new video ad attack on ‘Disastrous Daniella’ Levine Cava

PAC launches new video ad attack on ‘Disastrous Daniella’ Levine Cava

Recently suspended $2.5 billion bond is still an issue A political action committee supporting Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid in his bid to become the next Miami-Dade Mayor has launched two new web videos blasting Daniella Levine Cava‘s track record and baptizing her with a new nickname. “Disastrous Daniella passed Miami-Dade County’s largest budget and […]

All labor backs Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s 2nd term — duh

All labor backs Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s 2nd term — duh

She also has the backing of most municipal mayors Almost eight months until the November elections and incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has already sealed up the support from basically every labor union. Like that was even in question? On Tuesday, United Teachers of Dade – Florida’s largest teachers union and the fourth-largest nationally, representing […]

Suddenly, after video ad, Manny Cid’s Wikipedia page is questioned, at risk

Suddenly, after video ad, Manny Cid’s Wikipedia page is questioned, at risk

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid has had a Wikipedia page up since November. But a couple of days after Cid, who is running for Miami-Dade Mayor, launched a video this week about incumbent Mayor Daniella Levine Cava‘s $2.5 billion bond initiative, an anonymous editor “nominated this article for deletion.” Notes on the website page say […]

La Alcaldesa’s camp responds to Manny Cid’s PAC attack on her $2.5 bil bond

La Alcaldesa’s camp responds to Manny Cid’s PAC attack on her $2.5 bil bond

The campaign for the re-election of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava responded quickly and harshly to the 30-second web video ad launched Sunday by Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, who is challenging La Alcaldesa this year, attacking her $2.5 billion bond initiative. And the gist is that Cid himself has pushed for tax increases. “It’s […]

Manny Cid PAC hits Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on $2.5 billion bond

Manny Cid PAC hits Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on $2.5 billion bond

Here’s a commercial you didn’t see during the Super Bowl. The first and anticipated video attacking Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava for her $2.5 billion bomb, er, bond initiative, revealed last month at the State of the County address, is out. It’s not on TV. It will probably be on a smart phone near you […]

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava drops $2.5 billion bomb, er, bond plan at SOTC

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava drops $2.5 billion bomb, er, bond plan at SOTC

Miami-Dade County has never been better positioned. That was the message sent by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava at her fourth (and, perhaps, final) State of the County address Wednesday. “The state of the county is strong,” Levine Cava said to a packed house at Zoo Miami after the district Commissioner Kionne McGhee and Commission Chair […]

Perla Tabares Hantman bows out and Miami-Dade School Board race ignites

Perla Tabares Hantman bows out and Miami-Dade School Board race ignites

Manny Cid, Maribel Balbin among potential candidates Miami-Dade School Board Member Perla Tabares Hantman, who has served in that capacity for almost three decades, will not seek re-election. She made the announcement days after a Miami Lakes man tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis and charter schools filed to run against her. We knew she wasn’t […]

Two building officials resign in Miami Lakes under shady circumstances

Two building officials resign in Miami Lakes under shady circumstances

The two top building officials from the town of Miami Lakes resigned abruptly last month and some City Hall employees and town insiders say they were pushed out by political pressure and/or interference. Building official Mike Mesa and Permits Director Lourdes Rodriguez both resigned from their positions in the wake of an ad hoc committee […]