Proposed law would force him to call special election While everybody and their tio knew that former State Rep. Vicki Lopez was getting appointed to the Miami-Dade Commission seat vacated by Eileen Higgins and her Miami mayoral run, the governor still sat on his hands instead of calling the special election the minute her resignation […]
Don’t laugh, but this week will be “Artificial Intelligence Week” in Tallahassee. Because if there’s anything our elected officials need more of it’s that, right? And just next week? Nah. Of course not. It’s always artificial intelligence day in Tally. This week is just when it’s official Florida House Speaker Daniel “Danny” Perez has declared Dec. […]
Eileen Higgins is bringing in backup this Sunday to early voting in the Miami mayoral election. And not just any backup — she’s flying in Arizona’s newly minted U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego, the Marine-turned-politician who just made history as the first Latino to represent that state in the Senate. Very impressive. Muy cute. But Ladra […]
Miami’s supposedly nonpartisan mayoral race has blossomed into a full-blown red-versus-blue circus. Just like Political Cortadito warned months ago. This week, any last veneer of “nonpartisan municipal election” finally dissolved like azúcar in a cortadito. Now we’ve got U.S. Senators, congressional hopefuls, national party operatives — even Mayor Pete Buttigieg chiming in from afar, and […]
It’s been a while since we had a good recall, right? Temporarily stalled by a “technicality,” an alleged attempt to boot Mayor Daniella Levine Cava from office was revived this week faster than you can say caravana anticomunista. The increasingly noisy effort is led by none other than Alex Otaola, the YouTube firestarter who sees […]
Three days of early voting for the election runoffs in Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah start Friday and end Sunday. Election Day is Tuesday. After that, we will have a new mayor and new commissioner in Miami and new representatives in the other two cities. But the races in Miami, where almost 13,700 voters have […]
SB 700 takes aim at Alligator Alcatraz shenanigans Florida lawmakers may finally be waking up and smelling the cortadito. After years of the governor stretching “states of emergency” like chicle viejo to move money around with zero oversight, Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith has filed SB 700— a bill that basically says “oye, enough of the […]
City Hall politicos must be starting to sweat The citizen-driven overhaul of Miami’s busted political structure — the one the commissioners hoped nobody would pay attention to — is picking up steam. Stronger Miami, the political action committee formed earlier this year to put three major charter reforms on the 2026 ballot, announced this week […]
…Because Miami-Dade needs another committee Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced last month that she’s forming yet another advisory committee — this one to help the county celebrate America’s 250th birthday in 2026. Because if there’s anything this county loves more than ribbon cuttings and slogans, it’s a shiny new task force stacked with political […]
This time there’s an audience, pero igual Ladra would like to congratulate the Miami Dade College Board of Trustees for finally holding a real public meeting on the Donald Trump Library land giveaway — or, as it will go down in history, The Hialeah Shuffle. Because make no mistake: Tuesday morning’s “do-over” vote — in […]