Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado — who in March became the first and, so far, only challenger to incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez — has been calling the mayor out for months on a number of issues. She sued him on the value adjustment board and the $9 million in public funds going to Skyrise Miami. She […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez apologized profusely for the “past miscalculations” that caused sudden, big increases in taxes for property owners in 234 special taxing districts that pay for extra street lights, security and other neighborhood amenities. And then he admitted that some of the special taxing district property owners have been paying for […]
Fresh off his trip to Paris and Marseilles, France, our jet-setting Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez is meeting early this morning with one of David Beckham‘s Miami soccer team investors to, presumably, talk about a stadium again. But why? According to sources and published reports, Team Beckham is looking at two sites for a possible soccer […]
Concerns about Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s reorganization and expansion plans for Vizcaya Museum have been mounting and will have to be publicly vetted at a commission workshop to be set in the near future. Gimenez, in one of his famous last minute Friday memos, requested a workshop “in light of the public comments and media […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez‘s plan to privatize Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, transferring operations to a non-profit board like the one at the county-owned Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, comes just as the public park and tourist attraction considers a $50-million plan to renovate its existing space and expand across the street. […]
King Carlos II has already amassed a $1 million war chest to defend his kingdom. With 16 months to go until the election, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez has reported collecting $1 million with his political action committee, Miami-Dade Residents First. Sure, it’s a huge amount. But it’s no surprise. Not really. Gimenez is not […]
Does this indicate the same type of campaign as 2012? It’s no surprise to some that Jesse Manzano-Plaza would reprise his role as candidate Carlos Gimenez‘s spokesman and message massager for the Miami-Dade mayor’s re-election bid next year. It was announced last week, that Manzano-Plaza had joined the G-Man team as “senior consultant” for the […]
Ladra had to laugh out loud when she read the announcement. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, in partnership with the Miami-Dade Age-Friendly Initiative, will launch the “Mayor’s Age-Friendly Challenge,” encouraging business, civic and elected leaders “to take a pledge to help make our community more age-friendly.” Okay, I know that Ladra is a jaded bitch, but […]
He said he didn’t want to steal any thunder away from Sen. Marco Rubio, who is expected to announce a run for presidency later today. But Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez all but said he was running for mayor in 2017. “Yes, that’s my plan. Wife permitting of course,” Suarez said Monday morning on the Gray […]
The Miami-Dade School Board approved the release of a lease hold on about half of a state property that is now in a convoluted land deal between the the county and the developers of a proposed mega mall and tourist attraction where I-75 meets the Florida Turnpike. But not before Superintendent Alberto Carvalho revealed the county […]