Ya que se las cago with the Cuban-American vote, former University of Miami President and congressional candidate Donna Shalala may be going after the Colombian vote in District 27 with a new gimmick Saturday aimed at endearing her with the Hispanic community: A chiva tour. Ladra said long ago that Kristen Rosen Gonzalez was the only […]
It’s good to be the king. We’re used to the mayor coming in late some mornings or taking off early to play nine holes of golf at The Biltmore Hotel. But on Friday, while the rest of us were trying to finish our work week, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ducked out early to stump for Ron DeSantis […]
Last June, when Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez went on vacation, he designated his authority to Deputy Mayor Jack Osterholt. When he went to Asia for two weeks from March 13 through the 28th this year and when he went to Israel for a week in November 2017, Gimenez also delegated all his “delegable authority” to Osterholt. […]
This will be the year for Jeffrey “Doc” Solomon, a Pinecrest chiropractor who’s run for state House three times in District 115 and is finally on track to a win. The evidence is not just in the internal poll that has him practically tied with the better-financed Republican transfer Vance Aloupis in the race to […]
Voters in Hialeah and Miami Lakes have been barraged by a deluge of mailers that call Coral Gables firefighter and Democratic candidate for Senate a weak, tax-happy, socialist, communist puppet. Yes, the Republicans, are very afraid. They hand picked State Rep. Manny Diaz Jr. for the seat vacated by termed-out Rene Garcia, and are now finding […]
While this year’s Florida ballot is long on state amendments, city of Miami voters only have to remember three little words when it comes to their city questions: Just say no. None of the Miami referendums put to voters should pass because none of them pass the smell test. Ladra will dissect them one at a […]
The race in House District 103 may prove once and for all that money alone doesn’t win campaigns. Cindy Polo, the Democrat mom and anti-blasting activist who decided to run for office after the Parkland shooting, may have less campaign spending power than that of former Miami Lakes Councilman Frank Mingo: About $54,000, mostly in small donations […]
Days after an angry mob swarmed Donna Shalala‘s campaign office where Congresswoman and known Castro apologists Barbara Lee and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi , Democrats have invited another pro-Cuba legislator to stump for them in Miami-Dade. Really? Are they really that dumb? New York Congressman Adriano Espaillat, a big advocate of opening relations with Cuba who has invited pro-Cuba lobby […]
The Gimenez clan grip on Miami-Dade tightens. A second son of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has registered to lobby the county: Julio Gimenez — better known as the bad boy arrested in 2006 for drug possession and 2009 for disorderly intoxication after a bar brawl — registered this summer to lobby for Miami-Dade Steel, LLC, which wants […]
This mid-term ballot we’re getting for the Nov. 6 election is so long it almost feels like an SAT test. Seven pages or more will ask us not only to choose between federal, state and local candidates for office but also to set structure and policy for the state and county and cities like Miami […]