Several mailers and text messages have gone out in Miami this week to try to tie District 2 commission candidate Damian Pardo to Commissioner Joe Carollo, who is that toxic. The weak connections are the financial consultant and human rights activist, who is in the runoff against incumbent Commissioner Sabina Covo, was Carollo’s appointment to […]
And wouldn’t that make her just like ADLP? In the race for endorsements in the Miami District 2 race, there’s a rumor that attorney Eddy Leal, the former counsel to the city’s mayor, has endorsed incumbent Commissioner Sabina Covo in the runoff against banker and activist Damian Pardo. Leal came in third on Nov. 7, […]
It may seem unbelievable, but 1,571 people in Miami voted for a man who stands accused of public corruption charges like bribery and money laundering and unlawful compensation from abusing the very position they want to put him back into. What are these people smoking? Former commissioner (because he was suspended by the governor after […]
There are live elections today in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities: Miami, Hialeah, Miami Beach and Homestead. Some offer a little more drama than others. In Miami, there are two seats up for grabs. Commissioner Manolo Reyes is also on the ballot but he is pretty much in like Flint. No muss, no fuss. But […]
There are eight candidates vying for the Miami Commission seat in District 2 — which covers the shoreline from Coconut Grove up through Brickell and downtown to Morningside — in what may be a testament to the vulnerability of short term incumbent Sabina Covo, who was elected in a special election last February to replace […]
As the Miami election deadline approaches Tuesday, there is one thing that is practically certain: It won’t end there. We won’t have winners in two of the three districts on the ballot. Sure, Commissioner Manolo Reyes will win easy peasy over whoever that guy is that threw his hat in at the last minute and […]
Just when you thought the D1 race in the city of Miami couldn’t get seedier. Or more dangerous. Former Miami Police Officer turned private eye Frank Pichel, now a candidate in the city’s district 1 race, was arrested Sunday afternoon after he pulled a gun on another campaign team in Allapattah. According to the arrest […]
It was bound to happen. Voters in Miami’s District 1 got a mailer last week reminding them that suspended Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla had been arrested on public corruption charges, including money laundering and bribery, in a case mostly about campaign contributions. It writes itself. And when you see it, it looks like […]
Campaign contributions show same ol’ special interests There is a safety hazard on U.S. 1 at 37th Avenue and Ladra can’t believe it hasn’t caused any accidents yet. It’s a billboard for the re-election campaign of Miami Commissioner Sabina Covo, who won a special election in February to replace Ken Russell, who resigned to run […]
The “incumbent” in the Miami District 1 race was suspended by the governor after he was arrested on public corruption charges that include money laundering, bribery and criminal conspiracy. Alex Diaz de la Portilla is accused of abusing his power and selling his vote to give away a public park in exchange for more than […]