Homestead mayor’s election, two council races end with runoffs

Homestead mayor’s election, two council races end with runoffs

November is a month away, but there was an election already on Tuesday. Bet nobody noticed outside of Homestead, where they work the runoff backwards, having a primary in October whenever there is more than one candidate in any race. And guess what? All three races are headed to runoffs. Former Mayor Jeff Porter — […]

Steve Bateman bud Frank May quits Seminole Theater

Steve Bateman bud Frank May quits Seminole Theater

More fallout from the this week’s arrest of former Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman: His campaign manager, Frank May, has resigned from the board of directors of the long-beleaguered Seminole Theater. “It is with deep regret that I resign from the Board of Directors of the Seminole Theatre effective immediately,” May started in his email, sent […]

Arrested, suspended Mayor Steve Bateman files for old job

Arrested, suspended Mayor Steve Bateman files for old job

Yup. He did it. Former Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman, suspended from the post Wednesday after he was arrested on public corruption charges, has filed to regain his seat. We knew it was coming. Ladra reported to you Thursday that he was going to be at a honk and wave event that night — and there […]

Mark Bell leads Homestead $$ race vs. Mayor Steve Bateman

Mark Bell leads Homestead $$ race vs. Mayor Steve Bateman

If the Homestead mayoral election this November reflects the race for cash in campaign reports, it’s going to be a two-man face off between Mayor Steve Bateman and hotelier Mark Bell, who just happens to be the husband of the former mayor, current Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell. That’s because the third horse, Joseph Sewell, has […]

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 […]