Miami-Dade activist tells Ron DeSantis, Carlos Gimenez off on COVID19 fail

Miami-Dade activist tells Ron DeSantis, Carlos Gimenez off on COVID19 fail

Where were you when Miami immigration activist Thomas Kennedy told Florida Gov. Ron “DeSastre” DeSantis and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez off for bungling the response to the COVID19 health and economic crisis? That’s what future generations will ask each other every summer as they take a week to honor our COVID19 dead. Kennedy did Monday […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis fails to lead, follows on COVID19, forgets his humanity

Gov. Ron DeSantis fails to lead, follows on COVID19, forgets his humanity

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis showed Wednesday that he is not a leader, but a follower. And he’s following the wrong people. DeSantis issued a statewide “stay-at-home” order Wednesday, one day after refusing to do so simply because President Donald Trump had a change of heart. He pretty much said so. He also literally took the “essential” […]

COVID-19 vs Florida Sunshine laws as Ron DeSantis approves virtual meetings

COVID-19 vs Florida Sunshine laws as Ron DeSantis approves virtual meetings

Updated: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an emergency order on Friday that suspends the Florida statutes that require a quorum be present in person for government meetings and that they be conducted in a specific public place. This means that the Miami city commission, which had been pushing for the approval, might be able to meet […]

Andrew Gillum makes his case with Hispanics for Latino Vote

Andrew Gillum makes his case with Hispanics for Latino Vote

In the governor’s race, Republican Ron Desantis might have the Cuban running mate, but Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is not giving up on the Hispanic vote. Nor is he taking it for granted, launching an #UnidosPorGillum campaign and recruiting Hispanic supporters and surrogates. After having first only one Hispanic listed on his campaign leadership […]