Organizers of the recall of Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo already have at least $100,000 to advertise their cause and a contingent of supporters who could become candidates in a replacement election. Volunteers already collected more than 200 signatures last weekend on the first Saturday, said Juan Cuba, photographed here talking to the first group that fanned […]
Ladra has mixed feelings about the results of the Miami commission runoff. On the one hand, there is dread for the people of Miami who now have Commissioner Crazy Joe Carollo to deal with. But on the other hand, Political Cortadito has four more years of fun ahead, as well as perhaps more national appeal […]
Former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo, in a runoff Tuesday for his brother’s city commission seat, dropped a mailer Friday that indicates he is being endorsed by both his brother, Commissioner Frank Carollo, and Zoraida Barreiro, another commission candidate — and wife of Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro — who came in third in the Nov. 7 […]
It could be the underdog story of the decade. Better ‘an Ken Russell‘s win over Teresa “The Missus” Sarnoff. Better ‘an Kristen Rosen Gonzalez beating Philip Levine‘s puppet. Even better ‘an State Rep. Robert “Who?” Asencio slaying King David “Nine Lives” Rivera last year. If Alfie Leon, a young, regular everyman beginning his political career, can beat […]
There’s not a lot of surprise in the Miami election that ended Tuesday. Everybody knew we would have Mayor Francis “The Future” Suarez in charge with some ridiculous support against two nobodies (86%) and that there would be a runoff in the race for District 3 to replace him between former Mayor Joe Carollo and someone […]