Raul Martinez gets dismissed from Caracol; gets his own YouTube channel

Raul Martinez gets dismissed from Caracol; gets his own YouTube channel

Former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez had a popular show on Caracol 1260 AM radio every afternoon. La Hora del Regreso, which translates roughly into “the afternoon rush hour,” was a political lightning rod that went after national hoodlums like Donald Trump and local hoodlums like Joe Carollo. Until last week, when it was summarily cancelled […]

Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez is fined for loanshark lies

Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez is fined for loanshark lies

Nothing really happened when Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez swore to tell the whole truth and then testified in court that he was, indeed, a loanshark charging illegal interest rates in a shadow banking industry ruled by Hialeah politicians. He was either past the statute of limitations or granted immunity for his testimony against former […]

Julio Robaina federal trial draws few friends, supporters

Julio Robaina federal trial draws few friends, supporters

Closing arguments begin today in the trial against former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife on federal tax evasion and fraud charges. Then the jury will begin deliberations and we could have a verdict as early as Wednesday. But has Robaina already been judged by his peers? Because there has been very little if […]

Hialeah mayor strips political enemies’ names from landmarks

Hialeah mayor strips political enemies’ names from landmarks

Is Hialeah ex Mayor Raul Martinez‘s name off the front of City Hall yet? It’s been a couple of hours since the city Seguro Que Yes council voted 7-0 Tuesday on three resolutions by Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez that strip the names of his political enemies from three city facilities:  Raul L. Martinez Government Center, Roberto […]

Hialeah has post-election tax increase re-hearing

Hialeah has post-election tax increase re-hearing

Hialeah will have a budget hearing tonight to announce a raise in taxes. That’s right. Tonight. As in almost two months too late. And also a couple of weeks after an election in which Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez and Council Vice President Luis Gonzalez vowed never to raise taxes. Coincidence? Yeah, riiight. The Florida Department […]

Hialeah ‘naming rights’ law aimed squarely at Raul Martinez

Hialeah ‘naming rights’ law aimed squarely at Raul Martinez

In his first real official act as the newly re-elected mayor of Hialeah — well, the second act, after the little childish banner towing plane snub — Carlos “Castro” Hernandez will promote a new city ordinance at tonight’s meeting that will prohibit naming city properties after a living person. But make no bones about it […]

Post election campaign continues in Hialeah’s war of the signs

Post election campaign continues in Hialeah’s war of the signs

The election in Hialeah is over. But the war is not. Former Mayor Julio Martinez, a longtime critic of the current administration who lost solidly Tuesday to Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez in what could be one of the lowest turnouts in city history, took to the streets Sunday with a new message: “If you didn’t […]

Re-elected Hialeah Mayor gloats with plane banner

Re-elected Hialeah Mayor gloats with plane banner

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane. Yeah, it’s a plane. A political plane with a message. It wasn’t enough for Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez to win with 81 percent of the vote Tuesday. It wasn’t enough to usher in two of his lackeys on the Seguro Que Yes […]

Glenn Rice PAC funds Mayor Carlos Hernandez mailers

Glenn Rice PAC funds Mayor Carlos Hernandez mailers

Last month, Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez said he didn’t have very much to do with Glenn “The Goon” Rice, who harasses and intimidates people for the mayor and who should be charged with filing a false police report for his little staged near-scuffle last month at a restaurant with former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez. […]