Florida politicians love to talk about “family values.” But when it comes to helping parents — especially working moms — actually run for office, they’ve been leaving them high and dry. That could finally change. State Senator LaVon Bracy Davis (D–Ocoee) and State Rep. Kelly Skidmore (D–Boca Raton) have filed legislation — HB 361 and SB […]
Either decision will likely be appealed Will former Miami city commissioner Frank Carollo remain on the runoff ballot Dec. 9 or won’t he? We probably won’t know before absentee or mail-in ballots go out next week. On Monday, Circuit Court Judge Peter Lopez heard arguments in yet another Miami election case. This one seeks to […]
Even before a Mami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed last week, the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations had planned its annual celebration of first responders with pizza and speeches and awards. But the KFHA Police and Firefighter Awards night Wednesday will have special meaning since the death of Devin Jaramillo, 27. “We talk about […]
Where will the rest of the pack land? The first endorsement from one of the losing Miami mayoral hopefuls is vintage Miami. Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier L. Suarez, the original Mayor Suarez, the father of our camera-obsessed current mayor Francis Suarez, has thrown his weight (and his word count) behind Emilio González in the upcoming Dec. […]
If you thought Miami’s political telenovela might take a break after Election Day, think again. The show goes on — and this next act could be the one that finally rewrites the script at City Hall. Commissioner Eileen Higgins came out of Tuesday’s first round not just ahead — but way ahead — in the […]
The American Business Forum seemed more like an audition for him This past week, while millions of Americans faced lost food aid, shuttered programs and threats to their health coverage, downtown Miami staged a spectacle. You know the kind — velvet ropes, orchestral beats, VIP tickets, and a gilded ceremony that screams celebration even when […]
Here we go again. There’s another political tempest brewing in Palmetto Bay — and, once again, it’s Steve Cody and Vice Mayor Mark Merwitzer at the center of it. This week, Merwitzer — who has made a second career out of policing Cody’s social media — issued a press release demanding that the councilman remove […]
The Miami Downtown Development Authority just can’t help itself. The agency that’s supposed to make life better for people who live and work downtown keeps giving away public money to millionaire vanity projects — and this time, they’ve literally thrown ten grand into Biscayne Bay. That’s right. The DDA approved a $10,000 “sponsorship” for the […]
The day after Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins got into the runoff for Miami mayor Tuesday, the race to fill her county District 5 seat really began in earnest. First, Antonio “Tony” Diaz, who withdrew from the special election in Miami’s District 4 last June, filed his intention to run for the seat, which isn’t officially […]
It’s that time again, when Ladra separates the winners from the whiners, the power players from the posers, and the ones still pretending they didn’t lose from the ones already measuring the drapes at City Hall. No, not the candidates, silly. We’re talking about the hangers on. The consultants, activists and/or special interests that also […]