It’s on. Absentee or mail-in ballots for the March 19 presidential primary were mailed out Feb. 8 to the voters already on file requesting one. Early voting starts March 4 and ends March 17. The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is 5 p.m. on the twelfth day before the election, so that’s March 7. […]
Voters in South Miami will two charter amendments on their ballots that could be more important to the future of the small city than the presidential or Miami-Dade mayoral elections. That’s because it could change not only future development projects but also the election of all future electeds. If approved, one of the charter changes […]
Everybody knows that South Miami is the solar energy capital of Miami-Dade. The city has made it mandatory for newly constructed homes to have solar panels. Any existing home that gets repairs or renovations to 75% or more of house is also mandated to be fitted with solar panels. The city also makes it easier for people to […]
South Miami is the City of Pleasant Living. Until election time. This week, voters got an attack mailer that targets three of the five candidates: Horace Feliu, Mark Lago and Lina Sierra. Is it just a coincidence that all three are Hispanic? They don’t think so. Was it a veiled message to keep Hispanics out […]
Something scary happened at the home of South Miami Mayor Phillip Stoddard on Halloween four years ago: a 16-year-old boy got sick from alcohol or drugs and ended up in the hospital, where he stopped breathing three times. Stoddard has been sued by the young man, who said the mayor let him drink alcohol and endangered […]
Incumbent South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard was able to beat back a comeback attempt by former mayor Horace Feliu Tuesday night, winning the race with almost 53% of the vote. A third candidate got 7.5% leaving Feliu — who served from 2002 to 2004 and 2006 to 2010 — with just under 40 percent, according […]
Former South Miami Mayor Horace Feliu filed for election to his old seat Friday against incumbent Mayor Philip Stoddard. Feliu told Ladra that he had been watching the development in the small city with a wary eye but that he made up his mind about the race after the police shooting last month of a […]
While Ladra has been busily distracted getting her heart broken and her perfectly proportioned rear handed to her in Hialeah, the political telenovela industry has turned its attention to the sleepy city of South Miami, where there is a Valentine’s Day election next week. But someone in Tallahassee has been paying attention. House Majority Leader […]