The primary presidential run is over. The Republican National Convention is yesterday’s news. On Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio will officially kick-off his Miami-Dade re-election grassroots campaign with a community rally in his hometown. One week before absentee ballots are mailed to 218,000 voters in Miami-Dade, Rubio’s home and stronghold, this event in West Miami is […]
Philip Levine heads to New Hampshire for Hillary Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine will head to New Hampshire Saturday to stump for Hillary Clinton. And maybe a job? Where was he when Hill needed him in Iowa Monday night? Many people in the know believe that Levine is angling for an ambassadorship, which makes more […]
Taking a cue from his yard signs, South Florida became Marco Rubio country for real over the weekend with four back to back events. Two were official campaign events and two just sorta happened. The first was a barbecue and pot luck Saturday organized by Facebook supporters at Tropical Park. Called Marco Rubio’s Hometown for America […]
It’s more of a homecoming than any other South Florida event. Because when Sen. Marco Rubio greets 500 or 600 or so people at the community center in West Miami Saturday morning, he’ll be talking to neighbors and friends and the people who voted for him the very first time he ever ran for office. “It […]
It’s not just Sweetwater. From Little Havana to Homestead, Miami Gardens to Hialeah, elected officials often publicize Farm Share distributions in their districts or cities and attend the events — when they really aren’t needed there — to connect the bags of food with needy families at parks and community centers or even parking lots. […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Commissioner Rebeca Sosa will have to testify, after all, about the intimate conversation they had during a police union impasse meeting that may be a violation of the cone of silence rules, a judge said this week. But they didn’t want to. When the mayor and Sosa — who was […]
The photogenic highlight of the week has to be the emotional installation ceremony where Miami-Dade Commissioner Jean Monestime was installed chairman. But there were other things going on this week, too. A ground-breaking, a ribbon-cutting and even a couple of parades. The first of two parades was last weekend as politicos pressed the flesh with […]
From the what-a-difference-a-day-makes category: Freshly minted Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jean Monestime took his oath of office Friday, and immediately pledged to use his position to defend the county’s neediest residents — who, by the way, live in his district — with a “Chairman’s Council of Prosperity Initiatives” he said he hopes will bring more people […]
It was a busy week, photographically, for our Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Monday, he launched the Employ Miami-Dade initiative and then he hosted his annual toy drive at the Biltmore Hotel Tuesday. Wednesday he became embroiled in the U.S. policy Cuba blunder and was busy responding to multiple media requests on that. But by Friday, […]
While she may have borne the wrath of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez, county Budget Director Jennifer Glazer Moon got a lot of love, understanding and forgiveness from the commission when they voted Thursday to approve the do-over budget. And she also got the fine imposed by the mayor lifted. County commissioners were forced […]