Diverse voices rise against 2 AM last call rollback referendum in Miami Beach

Diverse voices rise against 2 AM last call rollback referendum in Miami Beach

Business owners, politicians, community leaders, hospitality workers, waitresses, bartenders, drag queens, seniors and the families of hundreds of service workers have come out against a Miami Beach ballot question that could rollback the last call for alcohol sales from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. Opponents say there is no indication crime is worse in those […]

Jimmy Morales leaves Miami Beach early for Miami-Dade and La Alcaldesa

Jimmy Morales leaves Miami Beach early for Miami-Dade and La Alcaldesa

Despite issues with labor, blacks, he gets a key No. 2 post When Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said early last month that he was leaving the city for greener pastures, he claimed he didn’t have another job option. But Ladra and many others didn’t believe him. Nobody leaves a $306,000-a-year job with nothing […]

Ricky Arriola draws 3rd challenge in Miami Beach commission race

Ricky Arriola draws 3rd challenge in Miami Beach commission race

With less than two weeks left before qualifying, a third candidate has filed to run against Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola. Stephen Cohen, a real estate investor specializing in the South Beach luxury condo market, on Tuesday joined Raquel Pacheco, a retired soldier, business owner and PTA mom, and Jonathan Welsh, a healthcare marketing executive, in the race to unseat […]

Two newbies challenge incumbent Ricky Arriola in Miami Beach

Two newbies challenge incumbent Ricky Arriola in Miami Beach

Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola finally has not one, but two challengers. After months of flying solo and successfully scaring off one would-be opponent, the only incumbent commissioner seeking re-election has himself a race. Raquel Pacheco, a retired soldier, PTA mom and small business owner, and Jonathan Welsh, a PR and marketing executive at Care […]

Let Kristen Rosen Gonzalez stay in Miami Beach, as voters intended

Let Kristen Rosen Gonzalez stay in Miami Beach, as voters intended

The Miami Beach commission will appoint someone later this month to fill the seat of Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who was forced to resign when she ran for Congress by a Republican law aimed squarely at the Democrats in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. City commissioners should reject the GOP measure’s calculated retroactive effect […]