Failing Doral recall, Vanessa Brito tries for marriage equality

Failing Doral recall, Vanessa Brito tries for marriage equality

Fresh off the epic fail that was the botched (read: fake) recall effort in Doral, local “activist” and gypsy con artist Vanessa Brito has moved on, yet again, like the locust she is. This time, she says she formed a PAC to collect signatures for marriage equality in Florida. While the effort is worthwhile and […]

See the Miami Heat parade — and register to vote, too

See the Miami Heat parade — and register to vote, too

I love a parade. Apparently, so do the Miami-Dade Democrats. Taking advantage of the colossal number of people expected to descend on downtown Miami Monday for the Miami Heat Championship parade, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party sent an email asking for volunteers to help them register voters with team spirit. The parade starts at 11 a.m. […]

Rebeca Sosa turns blind eye to Hialeah’s ‘Castro’ Hernandez

Rebeca Sosa turns blind eye to Hialeah’s ‘Castro’ Hernandez

It not only bothers Ladra that Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez gets away with his abuse of power and intimidation of critics and that law enforcement does nothing to stop this obvious crook from corrupting his office and the city any further. It bothers me far more that several respected leaders elected to represent us […]

Hialeah’s oppression, er, I mean elections start to heat up

Hialeah’s oppression, er, I mean elections start to heat up

With a little less than five months to go before the city elections in Hialeah, the abusive antics of Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez have begun again. What took him so long? Even if the only declared and unlikely challenger to the dictator’s reign is a foolish but fed-up young man named Juan Santana who decided to […]

New Francis Suarez video on heels of AB raid

New Francis Suarez video on heels of AB raid

Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez has responded quickly and openly to the revelation Thursday that one of his mayoral campaign workers had illegally requested 20 or so absentee ballots for voters who had asked for them at an event. And good for him. That’s what innocent people do. Not only did he come out of the commission meeting […]

Miami Lakes Mayor pushes hard on mail-in only vote

Miami Lakes Mayor pushes hard on mail-in only vote

With all the absentee ballot shenanigans going on here and there, one would think the county and a respectful municipality would not even imagine having an election that is exclusively and entirely through the mail. But that is exactly what the tony town of Miami Lakes is doing this month with a proposed charter change […]

Francis Suarez: Like father like son? AB scandal hits

Francis Suarez: Like father like son? AB scandal hits

Say it ain’t so, Baby X. According to the Miami Herald, which broke the story moments ago, cops raided the home of the Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez‘s mayoral campaign manager, Juan Pablo Baggini, early Thursday morning after they traced at least 20 illegal online absentee ballot requests to an IP address that was traced back […]

Miami Lakes Mayor for charter change (read: candidates)

Miami Lakes Mayor for charter change (read: candidates)

Miami Lakes residents could change the way that their local leaders are picked in a special vote later this month that would change the city charter to have all the council members elected at large rather than by district. And at least one resident is supporting it publicly: Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi. After voters started […]

Joe Geller sets his sights on Tally, again, as a future state rep

Joe Geller sets his sights on Tally, again, as a future state rep

Among those already looking at the 2014 State House races is former North Bay Village Mayor Joseph Geller, who is setting his sights on the seat that will be vacated by State Rep. Joe Gibbons (D-Hallandale Beach), who is term-limited out and has set his sights on a county commission seat. Geller, who is now […]

Another Bell, the vice chair’s hubby, opts for public office

Another Bell, the vice chair’s hubby, opts for public office

The husband of Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell announced Tuesday (out loud) that he wants his wife’s old job as mayor of Homestead. Mark Bell, owner of the historic Hotel Redland, made public what many had been whispering in private — that he would make a run for office — on the heels of (read: capitalizing […]