A judge last week dismissed a motion by a Miami City Commission candidate who thought her name should be first on the ballot and wanted the election delayed so that new ballots could be printed. The frivolous lawsuit isn’t the only time that Denise Galvez Turros has been in court. But it’s the only time […]
Both Zoraida Barreiro and Joe Carollo filed their first campaign finance report in their race for the same city of Miami commission seat and they must be a tad disappointed. Sure, $14,000 (Barreiro) and $10,000 (Carollo) is respectable — for any novice, first-time no-name. But Barreiro is wife of Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, who must […]
A group of activists are having a community meeting Wednesay night to try to stop a developerfrom taking over part of a Miami Park so they can take advantage of special zoning regulations that would allow them to build a bigger and taller building than is currently allowed. Negotiations with the city are reportedly ongoing […]
Veteran Miami Commissioner Willy Gort will not get to coast into automatic re-election after all since he now has a real challenge from a former zoning board member who is running on a single issue: Crime. Miguel “Mike” Gabela, a real estate investor and auto parts business owner, filed to run in March but launched […]