Residents in Miami Springs must be pretty happy with what they got. Nobody challenged Mayor Maria Puente Mitchell and Councilman Walter Fajet, who won automatically weeks ago when nobody filed to run against them. And voters returned two council members to the dais on Tuesday. Both Councilwoman Jacky Bravo and former Councilman Victor Vazquez, who had resigned to […]
Former Miami Springs Councilman Victor Vazquez wants his old job back. Vazquez, who resigned last year to run for Miami-Dade County commission — and lost in the first round — is running for the city council again. And, again, he has the backing of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party. Not that it’s a big deal. It […]
Former Miami-Dade Police Det. Fred Suco lost his bid to unseat Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia earlier this month by 341 votes. Garcia won-re-election with 56% of the vote. Or did he? Suco and his attorneys say that Garcia never qualified or was qualified illegally for the April 7 election because all but one of […]