A breakfast chat about minimum wage and labor issues hosted by the Miami-Dade Democratic Party has changed venues after it received notice that two employees at Versailles Restaurant had sued alleging that they were fired after reporting illegal activities there that included wage violations and accusations of sexual harassment. The event this coming Saturday, billed […]
There was the typical crowd at Gwen Cherry Park where First Lady Michelle Obama visited this afternoon to promote her healthy eating initiatives for children. But one atypical attendee stood out: The recently blue former red State Rep. Ana Rivas Logan, who very ceremoniously changed parties two weeks ago. Old time blue-hards like Miami-Dade Democratic […]
If people thought Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell was in trouble before, they are really hearing the bells toll now. Daniella Levine Cava, the longtime social worker and Democratic Party darling that was recruited to run against Bell, has raised almost $145,000 (counting in-kind) in the four short weeks since she started to raise campaign funds, […]
Miami-Dade Democrats are going all out for one of their party candidates, hundreds of miles away, with a phone bank Saturday and a big to-do fundraiser next week starring none other than VP Joe Biden. Like they did with newly elected State Rep. Amanda Murphy‘s campaign last year — who eventually won the seat vacated […]
They have plenty of time the rest of the year to fight over the governor’s race and Congressional District 26. But, this month, local Democrat and Republican leaders will join forces on behalf of “one of our community’s most vulnerable populations” — victims of child sex trafficking. Not a sign of Armageddon. “This shows that Democrats […]
Miami-Dade County Commission hopeful Daniella Levine Cava, who filed Friday to run against Vice Chairwoman Lynda Bell, is set to announce her candidacy this afternoon, again, with a slew of “special guests” including local electeds and former electeds who, one would surmise, support her bid. But Ladra is curious about who is not on the […]
Miami-Dade Democrats can put a third notch on their campaign belt after Tuesday’s win in Miami Beach by Micky Steinberg. Not really a political newcomer as the wife of former State Rep. Richard “Sext Me” Steinberg, who was forced to resign after he was accused of stalking a woman via inappropriate text messages — Micky […]
The three winning candidates are not the only victors in Tuesday’s heated election in Miami Beach. There are a whole slew of people, organizations, firms and special interests who also won alongside the city’s newest commissioners, all newcomers to the dais — Attorney Michael Grieco, retired banker Joy Malakoff and Tallahassee wife Micky Steinberg. Ladra […]
Five local Demoratic Party leaders will be recognized at the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s first-ever Blue Gala fundraiser this Sunday in Coral Gables for “investing locally” in a majority Democratic county where the red representation has always been bigger: State Rep. David Richardson(D-Miami Beach), the first openly gay elected to the Florida House, will get the […]
After what they called a huge victory with the successful campaign for newly-elected Homestead Mayor Jeff Porter, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party will divert its efforts to another race several miles away: The Miami Beach commission race in Group 1. The Dade Dems, who stayed out of the heated mayoral race because every single candidate was […]