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: […]

David Rivera turns in petitions for state House run

David Rivera turns in petitions for state House run

Apparently, he is serious. Former Congressman David Rivera, old “King Nine Lives” himself, is really running for the seat in State House district 118, vacated by Rep. Frank Artiles‘ dash to a Senate race (more on that later). On Monday, Rivera turned in signatures to qualify by petition. The Florida Division of Elections allows candidates to […]

Hopefuls jostle for Carlos Curbelo’s school board seat

Hopefuls jostle for Carlos Curbelo’s school board seat

UPDATED: Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos “One Term” Curbelo, who was elected to Congress two weeks ago, isn’t expected to resign from his current seat until January. He has said that the December meeting will be his last. But there are several people either jostling or being jostled for the position before Gov. Rick Scott, who […]

Daniella Levine Cava meets with commission mates

Daniella Levine Cava meets with commission mates

Freshly chosen Miami-Dade Commissioner-Elect Daniella Levine Cava seemingly can’t wait to get started. She’s not only been attending all the commission meetings since she was elected in a heated race against Vice Chair Lynda Bell Aug. 26, she has also been getting to know the district. On Tuesday, she went up into the sky in […]

Lynda Bell resurrects $5 mil for builder pal via Xavier Suarez

Lynda Bell resurrects $5 mil for builder pal via Xavier Suarez

We’ve always said that Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell has some big ones. In July, Bell had to drop the proposal that monies be transferred from the Building Better Communities general obligation bond to a series of economic development projects — including $5 million for a mixed use parking lot project in Palmetto Bay, somehow connected […]

Levine Cava gets to work while Lynda Bell finishes term

Levine Cava gets to work while Lynda Bell finishes term

Ding, dong, the witch ain’t dead, folks. She’s only injured. Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell may have been defeated a the polls last week, bounced by voters that were tired of her self-serving, anti-employee rule. But Commissioner-elect Daniella Levine Cava is not sworn in until mid-November, which means Bell is still a vote on […]

Unions flex political muscle in Miami-Dade commission upset

Unions flex political muscle in Miami-Dade commission upset

Many of Miami-Dade’s much beleaguered labor unions started reaching hard-fought agreements with a compromising county administration. This came on the heels of their victory last week when they helped elect a newcomer and unseated an incumbent — only the the third time that’s happened since 1960. Coincidence? Probably not. It’s more likely that labor — […]

Commission upset: Daniella Levine Cava beats Lynda Bell

Commission upset: Daniella Levine Cava beats Lynda Bell

UPDATED: The final votes had not even been counted, but the hundreds of people gathered at the Palmetto Bay Village Center for the victory party for Daniella Levine Cava — a political neophyte who beat powerful Vice Chair Lynda Bell — danced anyway to a live band as elected celebrities started to pour in. And danced. […]

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