Renier Diaz de la Portilla got immunity in corruption case vs brother Alex

Renier Diaz de la Portilla got immunity in corruption case vs brother Alex

The public corruption charges against Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and attorney/lobbyist Bill Riley Jr. revolve around the two political campaigns waged by the lawmaker’s baby brother, Renier Diaz de la Portilla: The 2020 race for county commission and a 2022 judicial contest. An arrest affidavit lays out the scheme as having begun […]

Ladra makes 2022 judicial picks public

Ladra makes 2022 judicial picks public

It’s time for Ladra to make her recommendations for this Aug. 23 ballot. There’s nothing any of the candidates can do at this point to change my mind and early voting has already started. Hell, more than 100,000 people have voted already (more on that later). Let’s start with the judicial races, because they are […]

Diaz de la Portillas double down on lies with new hit pieces vs Haitian judge

Diaz de la Portillas double down on lies with new hit pieces vs Haitian judge

Haitian leaders have denounced attack mailers attacking longtime Miami-Dade Judge Fred Seraphin, the first Haitian-American judge to be appointed in Miami-Dade, for spreading lies to mislead voters about his false arrest as a teenager. And attorney J.C. Planas filed a bar complaint against former School Board member and judicial candidate Renier Diaz de la Portilla, […]

Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago backs Renier Diaz de la Portilla — say what?

Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago backs Renier Diaz de la Portilla — say what?

He has not endorsed colleague Jorge Fors in the county commission race One would surely expect someone like Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo, a Trumpster sell-out who posts memes promoting the big lie on social media, to endorse someone like Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who has waged a race-baiting, false campaign against Miami-Dade County Judge […]

Renier Diaz de la Portilla uses brother’s PAC to attack with lie in judicial race

Renier Diaz de la Portilla uses brother’s PAC to attack with lie in judicial race

Judicial races are different, everybody says. They are more civil. They aren’t as vitriolic as state or county races in South Florida, where candidates are “communists” and investigations are exaggerated or made up altogether. Well, maybe they were different — before Renier Diaz de la Portilla decided to run against an incumbent non-Hispanic judge. Read […]

Update on judicial races in Miami-Dade — forums, funds and endorsements

Update on judicial races in Miami-Dade — forums, funds  and endorsements

It’s not strange that a bunch of Republican candidates for this or that office, even non partisan county seats, were at the Christian Family Coalition’s 2022 Miami-Dade Legislative Victory & Candidates Breakfast last month, pandering for the ultra conservative vote. But a judicial candidate? Incumbent Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts took a few minutes to […]

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