Newbie Luisa Santos beats Dennis Moss for Miami-Dade School Board

Newbie Luisa Santos beats Dennis Moss for Miami-Dade School Board

In one of the biggest and happiest surprises of the Miami-Dade 2020 elections results full of surprises is the Miami-Dade School Board race in District 9, where veteran Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss was beaten by young and inexperienced newcomer Luisa Santos. The commissioner known for adjourning county meetings with an exclamation to “move it,” is […]

For School Board District 9: Old pro with palanca vs grassroots newcomer

For School Board District 9: Old pro with palanca vs grassroots newcomer

The following story was written by Ladra’s new cachorro intern. Be nice. By Brandon Rosado for Political Cortadito The race to replace longtime Miami-Dade School Board Member Larry Feldman can be described as a classic David and Goliath battle between a veteran politician with much palanca and a young, idealistic newcomer with not-as-much palanca, but […]

UTD teachers union endorses 4 Miami-Dade School Board candidates in 3 races

UTD teachers union endorses 4 Miami-Dade School Board candidates in 3 races

United Teachers of Dade, the largest teachers union in Florida representing over 30,000 educators and professionals, released its list last week of Miami-Dade School Board endorsements for the November general election. Because three School Board members are leaving, this year’s vote will mark the school board’s biggest shift in representation in the last ten years. […]

For Miami-Dade School Board, Dennis Moss and five others head to 3 runoffs

For Miami-Dade School Board, Dennis Moss and five others head to 3 runoffs

The Miami-Dade School Board election results Tuesday were full of surprises. The only candidate to win outright on Tuesday was not Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss, who is termed out and running to replace Larry Feldman in District 9 because he doesn’t know what else to do. It was District 7’s Luby Navarro, the only school […]

State Rep. Kionne McGhee runs for District 9 county commission

State Rep. Kionne McGhee runs for District 9 county commission

State Rep. Kionne McGhee will run for the Miami-Dade County Commission seat in District 9 this year that is vacated by the term-limited Dennis Moss. In fact, he’s the hand picked successor. McGhee hasn’t filed any paperwork and didn’t call Ladra back Sunday, but he was publicly endorsed by Moss Saturday at the Richmond Heights […]

Kendall HOA group hosts series of candidate forums

Kendall HOA group hosts series of candidate forums

The Kendall Federation of Homeowners Association will host seven candidate forums between Monday and Tuesday for voters who live in the western part of Miami-Dade. Last week, the group hosted forums for the county commission race in District 11 and the congressional Democratic primary race in District 26. Monday’s series focuses on three state races: […]

Pinecrest to install red light cameras on U.S. 1

Pinecrest to install red light cameras on U.S. 1

Red light cameras will be coming to four intersections along South Dixie Highway in Pinecrest, now that a Miami-Dade Commissioner has dropped his objection. “I ask that we be given the same consideration as other cities that have put cameras on U.S. 1, such as Aventura, North Miami Beach, North Miami, Coral Gables, Cutler Bay, Florida City […]

Airport City coup fails; but true colors (Cuba) revealed

Airport City coup fails; but true colors (Cuba) revealed

An attempt to ground the long-delayed Airport City project at Miami International Airport failed Wednesday after commissioners tied in a vote that asked the administration to come up with a list of alternative uses in 60 days. But the true, deep, dark motivation for the motion — made by Commission Esteban Bovo, who originally wanted […]