Frank Artiles? Really? The former and disgraced state senator, forced to resign after a public racist rant at a Tallahassee bar, is among the folks being considered Monday by the Miami-Dade commission to fill the vacancy in District 8 caused by the resignation of Daniella Levine Cava, who has become the mayor. Artiles likely won’t […]
Now more than ever — after the Miami-Dade commissioners held off the District 8 appointment to open it up to more wannabes — voters countywide must demand a special election as the only way to maintain our trust. The process of replacing Daniella Levine Cava, who was elected to mayor and left her commission seat […]
For the second time this year, Ed Silva has been rejected in Palmetto Bay. The former city manager, forced to resign earlier this year, lost the election for vice mayor to Leanne Tellam, attorney and PTA mom extraordinaire, two to one. She got two for every one of his. Final score, according to Miami-Dade Elections […]
The NAACP is backing down, after all, from its demand that Jimmy Morales not be appointed as the Chief Operations Officer of Miami-Dade County. But only to wait and see for 100 days. After that, the former Miami Beach city manager and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will get a report card on their promised actions […]
There are two ways the Miami-Dade Commission could go Tuesday with the District 8 vacancy. One would be to stick with their misguided first decision to appoint someone from the tight field of candidates who are already raising money for the 2022 race. The other is to call for a special election. Commissioners Rene Garcia […]
Alina Garcia, a longtime Republican attaché who has worked in the elected offices for Congressman David Rivera, former and disgraced State Sen. Frank Artiles, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Petronis and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo, has moved to the city of Miami to work for Joe Carollo. For the quinfecta. Garcia has worked two […]
The fix is in. Again. Miami-Dade commissioners voted Nov. 19 to appoint a successor for District 8’s Daniella Levine Cava, who resigned to run for mayor, rather than go to a special election and let the voters decide. And, through the process of elimination, that means that Danielle Cohen Higgins is going to be the […]
There’s been quite some community pushback on the appointment of Jimmy Morales as the county’s chief operations officer by the newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. And everything could change after Monday. The Miami-Dade NAACP has not backed down from its position that the former Miami Beach city manager is not a good fit […]
Palmetto Bay commissioners thought they had rid themselves of former Village Manager Edward “Ed” Silva when he was forced to resign just months before the end of his contract by council members who felt he was “in bed with developers” and intentionally undermining the mayor. But nooooooooo. A village resident for the last 25 years, […]
Newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, the first female mayor in the county’s history, has already hired four of her top chiefs — and none of them are women. But she told Ladra this week that she was getting ready to make more announcements and that at least one of them would be a […]